Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-04-03
Farm Items.

Over 5000 900 trees were planted in
Great Britain in 1882.
A single mahogany tree. after being
cut into veneers, brings $1,000.
The IRISH Farmers Gazette saws the
silo is gaining favor in that country.
In selecting trees from a nursery see
that the roots are not all on one side.
1t is as important to have the lat
est conveniences in the house as on the
farm.
The Western New York Farmers
Club thinks eggs should be sold by
weight.
Eight hundred thousand bushels of
wheat are used every day in the United
States.
A Baltimore farmer is introducing
the japanese persimmon tree into this
country.
The Prairie Farmer regards a COM
position of clay and fine gravel as best
suited for stable floors.
1t is thought there will be more than
So, 100000 worth of eggs brought to
this country this year.
Moncure d. Conway, who is travel
inc in Australia, says each of the laroe
cities there has noble botanical gar
den.
The average wheat crop of the world
is estimated to be over 2,O00 600. 900
bushels, one-half of which is grown in
Europe.
An English authority says boiled DO
tatoes, mixed with cut hay or straw,
are a wholesome and economical food
for horses.
The New York World is responsible
for the statement that the manure
of fowls, if properly applied, will pay
for their food.
every tifty-two acres, Ireland one to
each four acres, and the Island of Jer-
sey twice as many cattle as acres.
Put few ears of corn in the oven
and let them remain until reduced to
charcoal. Feed this to the fowls, and
notice the increased egg production.
The Milwaukee Sentinel thinks that
brute force will answer at the forward
end of the pillow, but that little intelli-
gence is needed at the after part of the
machine.
Bordon's standardized eight and five
eighths pounds per gallon-is now
taken and accepted as the standard for
milk, not only in our own country, but
in all Europe.
Silesia, in Germany, has always
been famous for the quantity and quail
ity of its wool, but the number of sheep
there has fallen off SO per cent. in the
last ten years.
The cranberry crop of 1888 was dis
tributed as follows: New ENGLAND
155, 900 bushels; New Jersey, 125, 900
bushels; Western States (mostly Wis
consin), 49, 900 bushels.
A correspondent of the Prairie
Farmer says he cured balky horse
by drawing rein and stopping him
when he showed any inclination to
stop. By letting him stand minute
he never failed to start at the word go.
A German journal states that the
penetration of roots in drain tile, which
sometimes occasions much trouble, may
be prevented by covering the Joints in
the vicinity of trees and shrubs (and
red clover?) with earth in which a
little coal tar has been distributed.
The authorities of the Iowa Aoricult-
ural College make the following CLASH
fication of the relative values of various
foods as milk-producers according to
the National StOc6n2an: Corn per 100
pounds, so cents; oats, 60 cents; bar
lev, 50 cents; wheat, 63 cents; wheat
bran, 20 cents; oiI-meal, $1.45; clover
hay, so cents; timothy, 50 cents; pOta-
toes, 10 cents.
In order to ascertain the depth to
pillow it IS recommended to lind how
deep the soil has been enriched, and do
not go much below this point. Where
the subsoil is poor, with only few
inches of rich ground on top, the result
of deep blowing would pc to turn the
poor soil uppermost. On land of ordi-
nary richness a crop of Indian corn
will grow better with the same care
and manure if it be plowed only four
or five inches deep than if pIowed eight
or ten inches deep"
One reason why progress in breeds
ing good mixers among native cow
has been so slow is the fact that the in
fluence of the male is too little under
stood. 1t has been the habit of many
farmers to save only heifer calves from
deep or rich mixers, while calves of
the other sex were fattened as veal. 1t
is even yet common for many farmers
to use bulls chosen for size, good looks,
or other merits rather than dairy pre-
potency. The best breeders of dairy
stock now understand that it is quite
as important for the progeny that the
bull be from a good milk or butter
strain as that the mother be good
mixer. american CuLtiUator.
In former times it was generally
held as good doctrine that fast-grow;ng
trees produced wood Of but little value.
In this country, however, at the present
day, there are many cases showing the
rule will not hold good. It is true that
'.soft woods are usually of a rapid
growth. On the other hand, ash, hick-
DRY, bird cherry and many similar trees
not at all slow in growth produce the
best timber. In the case of catalina.
tree that GROWS r9nidlV and hoe o,7i+a