Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-05-29
THE FARM.

~ 1uICHlGAN MIlL6S ludl W Nil
insects she uses one teaspoonful of kerr
osene to gallon of water, and sprinkles
it on the plants with hand broom. 1t
destroys the green flies, currant worms
!; and other pests, and was used without
|. injury on fuchsias, geraniums, callas
aDd other plants.
FARMERS lose money by keeping no
account Of farm operation. paying no
attention to the maxim that "a stitch
in time saves nine;" allowing fences to
|, remain unrepaired until strange cattle
are found grazing in the meadow, grain
fields, or browsing on the fruit trees.
POTATOES ON A CLAY SoIL.-The best
potatoes are often grown in what is
called clay loan, which combats the
somewhat widely diffused idea that po-
tatoes cannot be grown in clayey lands.
A very necessary precaution, however,
is to keep the soil as light, loose and
fine as possible.
PASTURE. think a great mistake
IS made in putting COWS suddenly from
F hay and stabling to young grass and
milk and in flesh, and indeed you may
lose the COW herself. Put your COW, es-
pecially if she be heifer OF good stock,
out only one or two hours day at first.
In few days she will get used to new
, food and new air. But do not turn out
a cow to look after herself very early in
the season.
5 THE use of salt in the care of farm
animals seems to aid an economical
digestion and assists assimilation of
the requisite normal amount of food,
while it is also believed that it makes
the flesh harder and gives the animal
action. In Eng the average daily
allowance of salt is-for calves, one
ounce per day; year old animals, three
| ounces; fattening oxen, six ounces: and
mich COWS, tour ounces. Sheep, it is
: said, will never stray from Enclosures
where salt is kept for their constant use,
| provided, of course, 1unning water is
) also found in the pasture. -CutiUator.
QUEER THINGS ABOUT CATTLE.-The
Melbourne, Australia, Leader tells the
following: There is story told of a
bush missionary who hung up his
horse to the verandah post of house
where he was visiting, and on his return
found party of young heifers about
2 his horse. The absence of the mission
airy must have been lengthy, for the
: heifers had gnawed the stirrup-leathers,
| saddle pouches, the crupper, and had
: destroyed the saddle beyond repair.
5 OF course, healthy cattle, that have in
their feed the ingredients nature intend
ed for them, do not eat or chew such
things-all symptoms Of the kind are
7 gross and unnatural. They indicate,
clear as MONDAY, that the framework
of the animal is deficient in ithe mate
| rial found in old bones and other garb-
age. We say nothing at present re-
[ garding the danger OF swallowing bones
r or other indigestible material. Many
casualties occur in that way, and many
a mysterious ailment IN stock could be
3 traced to foreign substances in the gull
r let or stomach of the sufferers The
t writer in question says that in the
s county of Cumberland New South
Wales) the stomachs of the cattle are
!. swarming with leech worms-'Not a
t calf is dropped free from leech worms"
e he adds. And the belief is expressed
that lime and salt are the ingredients
/ from the want of which cattle suffer
r most. The absence of these materials
4 is seen in bone-chewing, fuke and
e stomach worms in cattle, and rust in
: wheat. The work done by the Queens
land board of inquiry, in searching out
r and giving plain practical information
D regarding such enemies to vegetable
i and final life, is spoken of warmly, and
z the hope is expressed that the board
Il may persevere in the good work done.
:. We trust the board may continue in the
: direction it has been working. There Is
abundance of room for investigation,
/ and there are men on the board able,
willing and enthusiastic in whatever
:, they take in hand. But the efforts are
q crippled from the. ever present doubt
that there are not funds available to
It carry out what may be necessary. The
K beneficial effects of salt and lime mix
a lures, particularly where phocphates CT
/ lime are added to the condiment, are
a well known. Cattle, horses, sheep and
y poultry all take readily to condiments
y of this nature, and their effects are seen
: quickly upon them.
S How TO TRAIN Colt TO HARNESS. -
|, Put on him an easy collar, having a
= pair of reins attached, or add two pieces
+ to lengthen the traces, and let a strong
i man walk behind, holding these. After
| a few minutes the leader may order the
+ man to pull the traces very gently, so
as to press the collar but slightly at first.
In little time he may pull tighter,
r while the leader keeps his eye on the
It colt, and ifhe shows any signs of finch
ing, let him order the traces to be
q slackened, and then gradually drawn
S again until the colt is seer 70 lean into
his collar, when the man who holds the
r traces may use his whole force, for a
# short time only The traces must now
be sIackened again, and the same course
0 gone over repeatedly, but stopping the
t colt occasionally to gentle him, taking
care, however, to slack the traces just
e as he stops, and to turn little to one
l side when starting each time, while the
- man pulls the opposite trace. After
e this exercise let him be taken to the
cart or other vehicle for which he is in
4 tended; allow him to smell and exam
inc it, then push it away and draw it up
n to him several times, raising and lower
l ing the shafts until he takes no notice
4 of its noise, or of the different appearan-
! ces when raised and lowered.
}, Now turn him around and put
: him between the shafts, rub
i them against his sides, push back
. and draw up the cart, striking him be-
e hind and on the sides with it, until he
i allows himself to be knocked about
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