Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-03-07
FARM NOTES.

A cheese weighing 1000 pounds has
been made at the Ingersoll factory in
Canada. It'required thirty-five tons of
milk for its composition.
/ Clover seed is lower at the present
time than it has been for many years,
selling at 81 to s. a bushel of sixty
pounds, all over the west.
The cultivation of tobacco in England
Is strictly prohibited, the traffic in it
being Il government monopoly. Seven
/ ty per cent. of the quantity imported
and consumed comes from the United
States.
i The good > resulting from the seed
distribution Of the United States depart
ment of agriculture-at a yearly ex-
pense to the people Of "some s65.OOO"
lis characterized by the Toronto Globe
as = marvellously small"
We have not seen, as vet. a printed
word of sympathy for the executive
board of the agricultural society of War
rem county, ILL.,, who were indicted by
the local grand jury and fined 800 ' for
allowing gambling" at their last fall
fair,-Nev York Tribune.
p. With that zeal for the new-fangled"
characteristic of his lively administra-
ton, the commissioner Of agriculture
"will procure a few bushels of seed of
the Japan persimmon, sprout them in
Washington, and disseminate the young
! plants as he has done and is doing the
tea plant. "-Neao York; Tribune.
a lady of Michigan has been very
successful in obtaining two flowers in
stead of one from every Towering sheath
of the Gala lily. Her method is as fol-
lows AS soon as the joint flower is cut,
or begins to wither, pull the stock down
through the open sheath, clear to the
bottom. At the bottom will be found
standing, close to the stalk, another
bud, inclosed in a delicate coverinet
Cut the old stalk away as close as posi-
BILE without mJurlng the bud, and if it
has not been kept back too long, it will
grow up very quickly.
HINTS FOR THE SEASON.
Don't let few sunShiny days deceive
you into letting up on the care of your
stock. February and March are hard
months, especially for growing animals.
The appetite has tagged somewhat, and
the sudden changes of weather are very
trying. A little neglect will surely cause
them to get setback; a few set-backs
mean spring poor" stock; and this
means-well, the butcher or the stock
buyer will tell you what this means, in a
language that you ought to understand,
viz, dollars and cents.
Good reader, where are your plows,
cultivators, harroWs, reapers and other
tools? How many Of you have left
them exposed to the weather all winter,
in the fields and fence corners? The
writer would not like to tell how many
of these he counted thus left out in the
fields all winter, in a railroad ride of
less than 100 miles in Iowa. Yet this
sort Of managers are always complain
ing when they find themselves poor and
unable to make both ends meet The
wonder is that this class are not worse
off than they are.-Prai1ie Farmer
The Iowa agricultural society at its
late session at Des Moines, in relation
to the endeavOr made to introduce the
cultivation Of the huckleberry as valu-
able, passed a resolution to the effect
that, as the sense of the society all citi-
/ zens should be cautioned against buying
or planting any blueberries or buckle
berries upon representations or pretend
ed experiences, as the huckleberry had
been thoroughly tested in Iowa and
found a total failure.
CLEAR TITLES. - Every landowner
should know that he has
clear title to his real estate. A
very small thing may, in the course of
time, serve as a foundation upon which
| to set fraudulent claim. Deeds are
/ fyoc11ontlx, NOT pooorJOJ al, For,,, =. =,
| important link in the chain; and, as
time passes away, and circumstances
are forgotten, no one questions the title,
and all is well. Years afterward, when
previous owners are dead, some ques-
ton comes up, some widow or minor
heirs put in q claim, and a lawsuit, with
its expenses and delays, is the result.
There are thousands of farmers who are
not able to describe their farms by sec
ton, town and range; and, if they were
called on to do 50 before the court, they
would ANONYMOUSLY fail
TURNIPS-Recent experiments have
shown the result of growing tur-
nips three successive years in the
same ground, without manure,
| to be as follows: The first
year the yield of roots was 1888
pounds; the second year 1856 pounds,
and the third year 1, $50 pounds. The
result from the same piece of land and
the same crop for three successive
years, with the addition Of twelve tons
of farm-yard manure, was an increase
in the yield the first year tc 22,233
pounds; the second years crop in
creased to 24,108 pounds; while in the
third year a crop was obtained of 38,17O
pounds. In these experiments the ben
eficial influence of the farm-yard ma
nure is clearly evident two years after
its first application.
Milk IN WNTER.-If you want
plenty of milk in winter, you
must give the COWS plenty of good
feed. You might as well expect to
make shoes without leather as to get
milk from COWS unless they are fed
something to make the milk. A grist
mill will not turn out flour unless it is
fed wheat, neither will the cow turn out
milk unless fed such food as will make
it. She needs meal, bran, etc, made
into slop; good hay, turnips, carrots.
ETC., and a clean, dry bed, in u good,
warm shed. Milk is a bountiful diet,
and is indispensable, almost, for child
ren. Many farmers are very negligent
about feeding the COWS properly that
give milk in winter-RurdI World
How TO BURN A BARN.-It is the |
easiest thing in the world if a few
simple directions are followed Use