Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-15

fed and cared for, will bring more profit
in year than if she calves in May, if
milk or butter is to be sold.
THERE are fewer cattle in proportion to
the population of the country than there
were thirty-fve years ago. But the
average weight has been largely in
creased.
Fowls that must be fed in summer
should be fed regularly. If fed only
twice day, feed lightly in the morning
and give full feed at night. If fed but
once day, feed at night.
The iniquities of the retail grocer's
Ice chest, onion basket and delivery wag
ons are very apt to be received by his but
ter. The consumer is very apt to lay the
flavor to the butter maker.
England buys $19,252, 1884 out of the
$40. 8O5, S24 worth of the bacon we export
of hams, $2,454, $50 worth out of the $3,-
231,609; nearly half of the $3,462, 539 of
of pork, and about one-third of our sur
plus lard.
Charcoal is sometimes eaten by fowls
with great ayidity. It should always be
kept by them, pounded to the size of
kernals of grain, for the varying need of
animals direct their appetite, and there
fore what they crave will be good for
them.
The calf born in the fall, fairly well
wintered and given the vigorous growth
that grass food gives the following sum-
mer, makes better COW than the spring
raised one, and she is two years old-the
right time for the birth of her first
calf.
The disadvantages of the ordinary sys-
tenn of setting milk in shallow pans for
raising cream are that a longer period
elapses before the skimming is complet-
ed. too much space is required, and in
summer the milk becomes sour before
the cream is raised.
Separated early and raised up by them
selves, pullets are worth at least quarter
more for use than if allowed to run with
lot of cockerels. In the large late ma
turing breeds the evil is less, though
even with them the practice of keeping
them separate is most profitable.
The roof is the most important part of
pig-stye, as indeed it is of all buildings
for sheltering stock. The floor of a little
straw. In fact, many farmers object to
board OR plank floors, which form harbors
1Ol IdUS ollu OuhCI fC1ul1u. Dun bu0 IOO1
must be waterproof
AN earthen floor is the best for the
poultry house. A cement surface under
meath possesses the advantage of perfect
dryness for the extra cost, as it is not
difficult to keep your earthen floor reason
able dry, provided you raise mound of
earth for the house to stand on, and sur
round it with a ditch to catch rain.
For kicking cow, says correspon-
dent, take small rope, make a slip
moose in one end and draw tight around
the COW, just in front of the udder.
had large heifer that kicked badly. I
applied the rope as above and sat down
and MIXED without further trouble It
was only applied three times, and she
gave me no trouble afterward.
IT has been we'll substantiated that bee
stings cure rheumatism. Many persons
have engaged in bee keeping chiefly for
the purpose of being cured of this disease,
and we have testimonials from many,
whose statements are reliable, as to the
efficacy of the remedy. To deliberately
offer ones self as subject before an
angry swarm of bees seems terrible, but
to receive an occasional sting while at
work is soon little noticed