Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-03-01
FARM NOTES.

Wood ashes are said to be valuable
fertilizer for onions.
The Hubbard and Turban are the best
keeping squashes. a dry cellar provid-
with furnace is not q bac place to keep
them.
Corn and timothy are far from a we'll
balanced food. Timothy has no excess
OF heterogeneous material, while the corn
is highly carbonaceous. More muscle
and milk forming material would make
more and better milk.
The raising of forest trees is regarded
as one Of the most profitable industries
in Southern California. Tae eucalyptus
pecan, and black walnut cherry are very
profitable 20 the planter.
If requires about one-sixteenth less
food to put an animal in condition In
warm than it does in cold weather. Ii
the dairyman expects his COWS to be pro
fiGable he must look after their comfort
both as to food and shelter.
Onions, lettuce, spinach, early cabbage
and green peas, with as paragus, are the
first vegetables to reach the market, and
the soil intended for such crops should
be well manfred now so as to allow the
frost to assist in pulverizing it.
In procuring trees in the spring it
should not be overlooked that the young
err ones will thrive better than these that
are larger. The older tree the greater
liability to loss. Young trees root rapid
" and begin to grow early after trans
planting.
The farmer who means to keep up with
the times, says the Rural New Yorker,
will make sure to have barrel of plas-
ter kept constantly in his stable fer use
back of tue COWS. When a farmer begins
to "fail IN love with manure" he gives
one OF the best indications of a we'll
balanced mind.
The soil at first may contain all the
elements required to feed almost all va
rieties of plants, but after continued
cropping for a series of years it may
largely exhaust portion Of these, and
their place may be supplied by the appli-
cation of fresh material that will make
up what has been used by the crops.
An experiment at the Ontario College
in feeding eighteen head OF cattle with
II pounds Of hay, 30 pounds of turnips
and pounds of wheat and bran daily,
and also the same amount of hay and
roots, but with the different kinds of
grain, resulted in the lowest cost of pro-
duction on the bran ration.
Do not use any manure when planting
the young peach trees. Simply remove
the top soil, then dig holes for the roots.
Set III the Gree firmly, throwing the top
soil next to the roots. Firm down the
earth well, cut the trees well back, and
stake them If there be any danger Of
their being severely shaken by the winds,
The degeneration of the American hog
and its increasing liability tc disease, as
well as the Acknowledged less of flavor
and composition in the meat, has been
demonstrated by actual experim ept by
Prof. Henry, at the Experimental Station,
Madison, Wis, to be largely owing to the
exclusion of muscleforming foods, es-
pecially in growing pigs. The system
of feeding RODS the hog of half its blood,
half the natural strength of its bones, and
produces other violent changes, which
end In giving Us a race of animals weak
in constitution and easily broken when
attacked by disease.
Much valuable information may be
gained by farmers with reference to seed
sowing, by testing the seed, counting out
certain number, planting in a box by
the kitchen window, and noting what pro-
pUrtlou germlnate ana prOuuce plants.
Ii can hardly be expected that seed sown
in the open ground will grow as well as
that planted under favorable conditions
in the house. But often when seed has
been heated in the stack or bin, large
proportion will be found lifeless and
should be rejected. We sow too much
grain per acre, because so much has mad
its vitality reduced. If only perfect seed
were sown there would be great saving
in expense, and proportionate increase
in the yield of grain.
Milk Is no doubt excellent food for
hens, but as they are naturally provided
with a grinding apparatus in the stom-
ach, soft, liquid food alone is not health
full. If the milk is curded and the curd
given with corn meal mixed, the food
will be both wholesome and nutritious.
The curd of milk contains large guam
tlty Of caseine, which is a heterogeneous
substance, chemically similar to albumen,
(of the eggs, and hence it is a good food
for the production of eggs. But other
food must be given with it, especially
crushed fresh bones, which are inaispen-
sable for eggs.
SaItyar for Purns