Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-11-13
FARM NOTES.

As an indication of the growth of our
best export trade it may be mentioned that
the amount of American fresh beef receiv-
ed into Liverpool during the first six
months OF the present year amounted to
more than &c, 900, 900 pounds, or about 40
per cent IN excess of the quantity for the
corresponding period of 1886.
Mixed grasses are better for stock than
a single variety. No matter how valuable
any particular grass crop may be or how
large the yield the stock will thrive better
when fed ON a variety. The individual
preferences Of cattle may differ and they
will at all times accept change of food,
which promotes appetite and thrift.
The Investigations of the South Carolina
station upon the composition of folders
has determined that for a nitrogenous crop
the cow pea vines are almost without a
rival. The crop will probably produce
more digestible feed than any other, and
the manure which results from the feeding
is OF the highest virtue. These excellent
results are due to the fact that the cow-pea
derives large proportion of its nitrogen
from the atmosphere.
G. B. Freer says that he has found the
MY W OIiC SUCCESSFUL VI a HUN
of poultry. 1t consists of a house six feet
square and six feet high for each fifteen to
twenty-five fowls; yard so by 125 feet to
each house, with sub-yard 10 feet square
IN which to confne them close to the
house when desired; lath fences only four
feet high between the yards and clipped
wings to prevent them flying over. This
plan, he says, brought both healthy fowls
and eggs.
The series Of dairy schools which has
been started by the New York dairy asso-
citation is a movement in the right direc-
ton In the line OF agricultural education.
Practical instruction on the farm, in all
the most approved practices of agriculture,
Is quite as necessary as abstruse expert
ments at the stations Science. with
practice, should be the agricultural mot,
to throughout civilization. Only by com.
blnatlon of the two can we learn to avail
ourselves of all our resources.
There is little doubt that the next (anC
last, by reason Of the exhaustion Of cheap,
cultivatahle lands) .general movement o.
agricultural home-seekers that we shall
witness within the present boundaries Of
the United States will be toward the south
During the last few years there has been Z
large emigration toward that region, but
largely In the line Of commerce and manu-
features. There has been a slight aug
menting of the agricultural population
and comparatively slight increase IL
production, except the great stapIe-cot
ton. Lands are yet cheap there. The de
velopment of manufactures has created
new markets. Railways have been built
so that the shipment of products has beer
facilitated. The soil responds readily tc
cultivation, and the husbandman may
make choice among vast number of in.
dustries, any one Of which he may fnd
profitable in following. 1t is not well tc
cultivate restless spirit, nor to be con-
tinually seeking change; but, if you are
looking for new fields to conquer, take adj
vantage of some one of the many cheap
railway excursions that are now running
to the south and look the land over for
yourself. 1t does no harm to 90 away from
home once in awhile, anyway, 1t some
times serves to make one the more content
ed with his present lot.