Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-10-24
AGRICULTURAL.

A -E
THE quality of the dung Of animals as
a manure, always depends on the quail
ity oftheir food. 81 Es
MORE than one-half of the total popu-
lation of France depends on agriculture
as q means of living.
OVER 1000 farmers in Maine have
taken hold of the beet-sugar enterprise
and are raising this root for the factory
in that state.
RoOT crops of all kinds are usually
crowded; one well-developed and quick
ly-grOWn root is better than two or three
starved ones.
THE German colonies near Marengo
Iowa, were established twenty years ago
they now own 10000 acres of land, val
ued at $50 per acre. ,
WEEDS about the walls and buildings
should be cut before permitting them
to mature seeds, and burned. A single
weed neglected Will be frightful source
of evil next season.
IT is computed that Minnesota is
capable Of producing 700,000,000 bu
of wheat annually, and that the water
power of Minneapolis alone can manu-,
facture half of it into flour
No animals unless we'll fed at al
times can give a constant return for the
food consumed, and no pasture is safe
from injury by over feeding if oyerrur
IN dry weather by a herd of poor, hun,
CRY animals.
THIS item is going the rounds: al
may net be generally known that com.
mon cooking soda is a sure remedy fol
the bite ola rattlesnake, if applied soon
enough. An incision may be made tc
the depth of the wound made by the
fangs of the snake, and into this cut the
soda should be sprinkled. 1t will i'm.
mediately bubble up and turn green
caused by the action of the soda in
neutralizing the acid of the poison"
DISSOLVE common salt in water
sprinkle the same over your manure
heap, and the volatile parts of the am,
monia will become fixed salts, from
their having united with the muriatic
acid of the common salt, and the soda
thus liberated from the salt will quickly
absorb carbonic acid, forming carbonate
of soda; thus you will retain with your
manure the ammonia that would other
wise fly away, and you have new anC
important agent introduced, viz: the
carbonate of soda, which is powerful
solvent Of all vegetable fiber Cbautau
qua Fd1mtr.
| HE MeXicans have a method of sub
DUNG fractions horses and such as are
inclined to rim away which might be In
troduced here with profit A hood OF
Winker is SO arranged that the driver OF
rider can in an instant draw it directly
over the eyes of the animal, ehectually
blindfolding him. When this is done
the horse instantly becomes quiet, anC
repetition of the bIindfolding two OF
three times gradually results in his be
coming quiet and docile. Such an ar
rangement would be valuable appen
dage to the headgear of such horses al
are disposed to run away.
A prominent feature Of the wool
market recently is the purchase anC
shipment to Great Britain, for English
houses, of several hundred thousand
pounds of Cape and Australian woods
These woods, it seems, are higher across
the water than here. This is somewhat
encouraging to the wool interest here
and simply illustrates the fact tha
wool ALSO, is marketable commodity il
England. The day may not be far dis
tant when America can raise part O.
the wool for foreign supply, OF, wha
would be far better, to supply an in
creased demand from such American
manufacturers as should secure q for
eign trade for the manufactured goods
A method in practice among the
best butter makers in England for rem
dering butter firm and solid during the
hot weather is as follows: Carbonate O
soda and alum are used for the purpose
made into powder. For twenty pounds
! of butter one teaspOOnful Of carbonate
of soda and one teaspoonful of pow
dered alum are mixed together at the
! time of churning and put into thC
cream. The effect Of this powder is t.
make the butter become firm and solid
and give it clean, sweet flavor l
does not enter into the butter, but it,
action is upon the cream, and it passe:
off with the buttermilk. The ingre
dents Of the powder should not bt
mingled together until required to bt
used, or at the time the cream is in the
churn ready for churning.- Cincinnati
Price Current.
American trotting horses are in de
mand In England The farmers cry 70,
them. A Hampshire farmer writes tt
the London Agricultural Gazette anC
says: 81 see the subject Of introduc
ing the fast trotting horses Of Americf
is being preached. [ sincerely hope i
will not be allowed to drop. [ usually
have two nag mares covered annually
and here in East Hants there is nothing
in sires to be met with but cart horses
and broken-down racers or sucn othel
leggy brutes. All sorts Of stock arr
being improved except our nags. 1t il
to be hoped that Americans will bt
represented at the great show in Lon
don next year, when | feel sure The
horses will not be allowed to return
[ should be glad to subscribe 2 or ever
8 guineas toward getting q good ex
hibition of then.-NaS5achusat
PIougLnado.
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