Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-03-21
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MISCELLANEOUS.

It must be borne in mind that dry or
whole grain as an exclusive diet does not
fill the bill of food for fowls in winter.
They must have cabbage, turnips, onions
and vegetables in general to do well.
Now is the time to make hives for your
next years increase, TO buy your sections
and honey boxes cheap, and 30 read up
and decide upon some plan of manage
ment for next season that will increase
the average product of honey from each
colony.
Given two COWS of equal size, dairy
marking and condition. One makes a
dive for her grain and eats III a BUSH ess-
like way. The other eats and moves
slowly and lazilJ. Which would you select
for butter COW? We took the nervous
animal. We're we right?
Sdpfower seeds are good for a change
in feeding chickens, particularly in the
Writer season. The oil is highly stimUlat-
ing and imparts a brilliant gloss to the
pldmage. But if fed too often, without
being ground, they sometimes cause a
hardness of the crop.
[ have never been in a hurry; 1 have
always taken a plenty of exercise; / have
always tried TO be cheerful, and l have
taken all the sleep that [ needed. These
were the rules followed by the late Rev.
James Freeman Clarke, and he outliyed
and oUtworked most of those who began
life with him.
Quill toothpicks come largely from
France, which possesses the largest facto-
ry in the world. This factory, which is
located near Paris, was originally started
to make quill pens; but, when these went
ont of use, the proprietor turned it into a
toothpick mill, the present annual output
of which is 100000 quilts.
An old teamster of fifty years expert
ence says he never had o case of the gals
upon his animals where the following pre-
ventive was adopted, which was simply to
rub the collars inside, every few days,
with little neatsfoot oil, and the moment
any dirt was found sticking like wax to
wash it off with warm soap suds and then
with oil.
A prominent Chicago dealer says: COW
ing to the decline in tard the extreme
heavy hogs are not sought for as before,
and coarse heavy weights are slow sale.
The best demand is for Light. medium
and heavy hogs weighing under 800 lbs.
weiget being well sustained, and the
weather continues favorable for the ma
turing of hogs"
The vigor and health of hog are to
some extent involved in the strength and
texture of his bone, influencing to some
extent his exercise. Corn neal contain
ing but one tenth of the lime that should
be found in the growth of pig, it follows
that where pigs have not access to earth,
water or other food containing lime, they
suffer for it-a fault easily remedied by
the use of sifted ashes or bone meal, say
one or two pounds to 100 pounds of corp.
Let the farmers conduct their own
business of creamery management,
through manager and salesman selected
from among their own numbers. Pay
him reasonable ompensation for the
time he devotes to the affairs of the cream
cry. Employ the best butter maker TO re
had, even if you pay him $75 month.
Consign the butter each week to reliable
commission men and stay with them and
establish a reputation; that's what sells
butter.-Exchapge
The Russian method of stopping run
away horse is said to be very effective,
and not particularly cruel. They place a
cord with a running knot around the
horses neck near the neckstrap. To
this slip moose attach a pair of reins,
which may be thrown over the cash board
ready TO be seized at once. When the
horse starts take up the extra reins and
tighten the cord around the horses
throat. The most furious horse thus
choked stops instantly and will not kick
or fail-Times Democrat