Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-09-11
FARM NOTES.

Good roads cost money, but there is
nothing for which money is expended
that yields more satisfactory return.
1t is estimated that As, 600, 900 eggs
are consumed every day in the United
States. Somebody's hens must be lay
ing.
A flock of twenty-five hens, well
cared for, is more profitable than 100
hens that are made to look out for
themselves.
This is the beginning of grand egg
harvest for the enterprising poultry
man who advertises literally. Printers
ink, you know.
The farm that does not improve in
fertility and value from year to year Is
In the hands of an unprogressive and
unthrifty owner.
Mr.. Haaff says the great bulk of the
cattle coming to the Chicago Stock
Yards from Iowa, Illinois, and Wiscon-
sin are dehorned.
Professor Lodd concludes that it is
preferable to cut timothy for feeding at
the period of full bloom rather than
after the seeds have formed.
Hungarian grass is excellent fodder
for new mich cows and young stock.
For sheep and lambs there is nothing
better than well-cured clover hay.
Sulphate of iron in the water is OF
incalculable benefit to fowls. Use the
Douglas mixture only when a strong
stimulant is needed. 1t is dangerous.
Bright oats straw, run through
cutting-box and mixed with bran and
little ground oats, slightly moistened,
makes one of the best folders for
horses.
The Creston Gazette, Senator Harshs
paper, says there have been more
mortgages paid off in Iowa within the
last eighteen months than in any pre-.
vlous five years of the States history.
Manufacturers estimate that 20 per
cent of the wear of farm machinery
comes from neglect to keep the bear
ings properly oiled. Farmers should
take the hint and more freely use the
oil can.
Besides supplying the wants of its
own population. France exports tG
Germany, Belgium. Holland. Den
mark, and Sweden large quantities Of
sailed and smoked geese for winter
provision.
1t is alleged that decided improve
ment in sheep has been made in Colo
RADIO by crossing the wild sheep with
the domestic. The horns are dimin-
and of finer quality.
Professor Wiley, in his report OF
sugar experiments in 1889, says: q
find all the people engaged in the bust
ness are Understanding the difficult
ties to be encountered and overesti.
mating the appliances at hand
The agricultural colleges of this
country are now educating about TO-
900 students. 1t is to be hoped they
will become practical, educated farm
ers, and not seek to enter into the al
ready overcrowded professions.
Professor Henry advocates the silo
and thinks the circular form the best.
In his opinion iron will in the future
enter into the construction of the cor.
rect silo. That is an idea worth con-
sidering by the boilerfactory men.
take Duns agency book and run down
the city columns you will probably be
surprised to learn the fact that the
business men of the cities and towns
are not nearly so well off as the farm
ers."
We must try to grasp the spirit of
| things: to see correctly; to speak to the
point; to give practical advice; to act
| on the spot; to arrive at the proper
! moment; to stop in time. Tact,
| measure, occasion, all these deserve
our cultivation and respect.
A COW owned by T.. F. Appletony, of
Ipswich, Mass. in three days less than
a year produced 941 pounds and eleven
ounces of butter The record she beat
| was 926 pounds and thirteen and three
| fourthS ounces, held by Ladseer's
Fancy, owned by DR.. William Morrow,
of Nashville, Tenn.
The farmers of this country last year
sold more than $500, 900, 900 worth of
butter, eggs. milk and cheese, and
that, too, in addition to their own con-
sumption of those articles. The total
| is more than twice the value of the
cotton crop and more than the value OF
| any single crop except corn. ~
Work! 1t won't hurt YOU. The
capacity of man for work is much be-
hind that which is needed for his sup
port or even for fortune making.
Those who are industrious turn from
their days labor to engage with
pleasure in home occupations of value,
eitherin promoting their own welfare or
the happiness of others.
Wheat is considered among the best
food for poultry. Hens will lay more
if fed it once day, not too much at a
time. but enough to make them look
for more; then is the time to stop until
the following day. Wheat is rich in
material for growth, stimulating the
egg functions. As it is expensive feed,
the hens should receive the larger share
OF what is given them.
John NJ. Stahl says in the Country
Gentlemen that in Illinois andthrough-
out the corn-producing region the
proper procedure is not to raise lesS
corn, but to have more fodder knives.
more barracks and silos, more fodder
cutters, more good animals-cattle.
sheep. horses and hogs-and more crit
and persistence in feeding, and when
farmers have these things they will
have handsome profit
The Indian corn exhibition at Edin-
burgh, Scotland, is leading the Scotch
to eat Americas great staple and they
express preference for it to oatmeal.
A local paper says: 'Indian corn