Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-10
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FARM NOTES.

| Coal ashes are excellent on the walk
ways and paths, and assist in hardening
the soil.
Damaged or small heads of cabbage
Can be advantegeously used by giving
them TO the laying hens.
Throw all your soapsuds now on your
asparagus beds. The effect will be
marked in tbs early spring.
bull can DE made TO work in the yoke.
1t will render him more serviceable as
well as prevent ferocity.
Eggs will easily keep we'll at this
season if placed where the temperature
is between 40 and so degrees above zero.
The general rule for making winter
food for bees, if the honey supply is de-
ficient, is to boil one part water and two
parts sugar.
Don't oyerfeed one day and restrict
the supply the next. Regularity
and quantity when feeding saves labor
and expense.
| Woodchop ping is best done at this
season. Ii deferred later there may be
difficulty in hauling, owing TO bad roads.
Get in the wood supply early.
Kerosene is the cheapest of all ipseoti-
cides. At this season it may be used
| literally on the hen-rOots to prevent lice,
which do damage even in the winter.
! Attend &c the little repairs now. The
| small matters give WORK hereafter if left
unattended 10 at first. Make the stables
as snug as possible by closing ell the
cracks in the wall.
| Those who use incubators report that
their greatest difficulty is in procuring
eggs that will hatch. There are plenty
OF eggs, but not such as are suitable for
incubating purposes.
| Mud in the barnyard takes warmth
| from the bodies of the animals. All
preparations in the BARNARD should be
made before the snow comes. To keep
stock in health dryness is essential.
| Seed corn saved from the portion of
the cob nearest the tip is said to produce
| the strongest and best plants, followed
| by the seed from the but, with that from
the miGdle as the poorest.
The best way to put bulls and stations
at work Is to use them in supply ing tread
power. By this mode they can be more
easily controlled. Even rams and goats
| can supply power for churns.
The failure of cabbage to head Is more
often due to lack of plant food than any
| thing else. Water diluted with phos-
phate will often transform mass of
loose cabbage leaves, Fl only for feeding,
into solid, salable head.
Dry digt is better than sand on the
floor of stables, as it is an absorbent, and
the finer the dirt the better. Sand, how
ever, Is more easily removed and does
not cause dust. An excellent method of
keeping the stalls clean is 80 apply a
layer of dry dirt and then sprinkle with
plaster.
The stone dwelling house and the we'll
on the farm cause more disease in the
family than anything else. Saeh houses
are often damp, while wells are some
times used without cleaning for years.
Stone houses should be weather
boarded to be perfectly dry, and the
we'll should be CLAIMED out at least once
year.
It takes about ten ears to average 1
pound of eveporated cora, and 100
pounds OF fresh cut corr will make
tribe over 25 pounds of the finished
prodnot of high grade. If the corn be
hard and nearly ripe this yield would be
increased, but at the expense of quality.
Such corn will sell at from &c. to loo. per
pound in carlots. Most of those en-
gagged in evaporating corn have increased
their business gra lualiy, and pay from
ESQ. to 40c. per 100 ears, or about 50 per
ton delivered at the factory in the husk.
One hundred years ago apples were not
much larger than plunbs tomatoes we're
entirely unknown, and many of the most
valuable fruits and vegetables grew in the
woods in the wild state in which nature
created them. Horticulture has made
wonderful strides, and is advancing every
day.
The former practice of first feeding
out all the poor fodder and then all the
good as spring approaches is thought by
good feeders to be wrong. just think Of
1T for moment. Mankind likes var
iety OF food aud q change, even if part
is of the coarsest grains. Cattle should
have change because they desire it, if
for no other reason. The best reason
for giving variety is to secure more
perfect nutriment.