Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-03-26

possible to get his ground too rich. He
said that he thought it was, but that sc
far he had not been able to get his in
that way.
He cuts his potatoes, one eye to the
piece, but admitted that two eyes might
be better, always beginning at the stem
end and cutting toward that end, for the
reason that there is vein running from
the eye toward the center and stem end
that feeds the sprout in the beginning
of it's growth. He plants in drills thirty
inches apart and three inches deep, al
! lowing one foot between the plants III
the drills He planted Early Ohios and
does not hill them, but said that in clay
ground it might be better. He SAID
further that he used the same kind OF
seed and has for fourteen years, always
selecting the best potatoes every year
for seed; that his potatoes are better
now than at first, which is contrary to
the prevailing opinion that all seed
should be changed frequently or else it
will degenerate. He does not plant on
the same ground year after year.
| IMPROVEMENT IN Stock, BY l.. NJ.
NAsH-He said that in many parts OF
| the country might be found what some
call scrub cattle, but he thought the
cattle were all right, only that they had
fallen into the hands of scrub farmers,
who were keeping lot of them on poor
and insufficient feed that there is no
disposition among many to improve
their stock, oftentimes being obliged to
sell five-year-old steer for less money
than others get for two or three-Year-
old, thereby losing the feed of two or
more years.
SMALL FRUIT, BY J. NJ. SMITH.-The
speaker said that any land that will
small fruit The ground must be made
rich. He spoke favorobly ofthe Wilson,
! Wartield No. 2, and the Crescent straw
berries. He plants the Wilson one foot
in rows the others two feet, and the
rows three feet apart. Covers them up
in the fall with marsh hay or straw,
which is left on till freezing is over i'll
the spring. After removing the cover
he spreads ashes over the ground. He
uses no plants from vines that have
! borne a heavy crop, nor does he try to
raise but one crop from the same vines
Raspberries are easily grown. They
should be covered with earth in the fall
costing about five dollars an acre and
! the same to uncover in the spring
The crop should bring from $50 to sec
per acre. Currants are the easiest ofall
! to raise. Hollands and Prince Alberts
are the best varieties. Use White Hell
ebOre on the leaves or ashes around the
roots to kill the worms.
SHEEP RAISING, BY w. II. COLE.-The
! speaker said that sheep need but little
care, but must have that at the right
time. They can stand cold we'll if they
have dry place to both sleep and feed
in. Cold rains and wet pastures will
soon undermine the health of any
flock.
Dip the lambs in a decoction of to,
bacco to kill the ticks, and then if nc
other sheep are put with them they will
be quite free from ticks for three OF
four years.
Sheep should be kept thriving all the
while, for if they are starved for a while
and then fed well, there will be break
in the wool showing the starvation per.
iod. A sheep should never be caught
by the wool or fore-leg, but under the
chin, or by the hind-leg close to the
body.
Strong blue v1triol water is the best
remedy for foot rot. Pare away the
the diseased hoof and apply, then pu1
them in a different pasture. They
should have free access to salt anC
water. Clover hay is the best for sheep
Young lambs should be taught early
to eat ground oats at first, then whole
oats.
One feature of the Institute was the
choice music furnished by the Juvenile
Band of Grand Rapids and Centralia
and for which we are greatly indebted
to the untiring efforts of DR.. 6. F
Witter.