Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-02-07

ENGlAND imports ABOUT SU,UbU tons or
foreign butter, at an annual cost of near
ly $44, 100000.
THERE will be an international show
of breeding stock in conjunction with
the universal exhibition at Paris in 1878.
THE 16 starch factories of Aroostook
county, Maine, used this fall from 10000
to 100000 bushels of potatoes each, the
price paid at the factory being from 20
to % cents bushel. Many farmers in
the county have from 500 to 900 bush
els stored in their cellars.
CULTIvATING ORCHARDs.-A writer in
the Practical Farmer says that he kept
his young orchard we'll cultivated with
hoed crops for several years. They
grew eighteen inches to two feet in a
season. Only one tree died. A neigh
Dor set out an orchard at the same time,
and seeded it to grass In three years
one-third of the trees were dead, and
those which lived grew only from two
to six inches in year. This is about
the usual experience.
SALT FOR BUTTER.-The purest salt is
required for dairy purposes; and expe-
rience has shown that Ashton's factory
filled is the safest salt to use. Many
committees appointed to make tests,
have reported in favor of this salt; but
the best proof is the testimony Of nu-
merous dairymen who have used other
brands but have been obliged to 90 back
to Ashton's salt. The simple difference
is, that greater care is used in the man.
ufacture of Ashton's salt, and therefore
it is more uniform in quality. 1t costs
a little more, but the amount used in
butter is SO small as to make the price
Of little accountable Stock Journal
AMERICAN HORSES IN ENGIAND.-The
demand in Great Britain for American
bred horses is constantly growing, and
we are of the opinion that the time is
not very far in the future when that
country will look to America for its chief
supply. Race-horses, hunters carriage
horses, and common work-horses were
exported last year from this country to
England and Scotland in considerable
numbers; and we have not the slightest
doubt but the demand will increase
from year to year, until it shall become
a very important item in our annual
export account, simply because we can
and do raise as good horses, of all kinds,
as are produced in England, and we can
do this much cheaper than it can pos
sibly be done in that country. National
Liue Stock Journal
To PICKLE PoRK.-For picking pork,
the pieces should be so cut that they
will lie flat in the tub, and each layer
should be pounded down closely. But
before the sides are cut up it is a good
plan to rub them over with a mixture
of white sugar and salt, one-third as
much sugar as salt. Then place the
pieces in the tub, rind downward, and
sprinkle each layer with the sugar and
salt. When the tub is well filled, put a
layer Of salt over it SO thick as to ex-
Clude the air, and cover it closely for
ten days; then look at it. and if the
brine is not formed enough to cover it,
sprinkle in very little cold water In
cook, and it will keep good for two years
at least, and the sugar will give it finer
flavor than saltpetre. In warm climates
both sugar and saltpetre can be used as
as in picking beef. All |
know that they can make
corned beef more tender and favored, |
by using pickle of one pound of sugar |
to three pounds of salt, and teaspoon |
full of saltpetre.- Country Gentleman. |
MAKE THE HORSES WoRK.-Holses
were designed as beasts of burden, to |
relieve mankind from fatiguing drudg-
cry. 1t does not hurt them to work |
hard, if they are treated kindly. 1t is
not the hard drawing and ponderous
loads that wear out horses and make |
them poor, balky and worthless; but it |
is the hard driving, the worry by rough |
and inhuman drivers, that uses up more |
horse flesh, fat and muscle than all the |
labor a team performs. Consider the |
required to cart every day, and several
times a day, and yet they appear to
grow fatter and stronger every year.
They are treated kindly. On the other
hand, other horses, that do not perform
half the labor, soon grow poor, and give
out, and the next we hear of them they
die with the harness on. Hard work
does not kill them: but the worrying,
fretting, and abuse did the job. Horses
will do all the moving and reaping on a
large farm, thresh the grain, pitch the
hay, turn the grindstone, saw the wood.
and perform almost all the heavy labor
that farmers have been accustomed to
do, and grow fat, if they are not worried
and jerked and kicked about as if they
were living football.-N. Y. Times.
LAMENEss IN SHEEP.-The principal
part of the body is supported by the
1eel or back part ofthe foot. The front
part is. from its pointed nature, well
adapted to preserve the foothold and
prevent slipping, particularly in ascend
ng rocky declivities; and in such situa-
ions, and PARTICULAR if the animal has
% travel, the wear of the horn at the {
'oe is equal to its growth. But in wet :
or on soft soil, the growth of s
he toe is much greater than the wear, {
md consequently this part often grows !
long and irregular, SO that it
separates from the quick and dirt in Y
inuates and lameness and trouble
ome wound are the consequences,
ometimes leading to foot-rot. This s
night be prevented by cutting off the {
horn with knife. s
The foot of the sheep often become {