Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-11-19
Six Things

! Six Things
The chief guide at Lauterbrunner in
Switzerland gives to each Alpine climber
before he sets forth on his perilcus Jour
ney an alpen-stock and half-dozen words
of warning
May we not give to our boy and girl
friends few practical hints to use on
their upward journey?
ok shlngs which boy ought to know:
Flrst-lhat quiet voice, courtesy and
KIND acts are as essential to the part in
the world OF gentleman as of gentle
woman.
Second-That roughness, clustering, and
even foolhardness are not mairless. The
mcst firm and courageous men have usual
ly been the most gentle.
Third-That muscular strength is not
health.
Fourth-That brain crammed only
with facts is not necessarily wise one.
Fifth-rhat the labor IMPOSSIBLE to the
boy of fourteen will be easv to the man of
twenty.
Slxth-TEat the best capital for bow
is not money, but love of work. simple
tastes, and a heart loyal to his friends
| and his God
OK Things which girl ought to know:
| F1rst-That drowling tones, anguish
ing eyes, or an affected manner will never
deceive any one into the belief that she
has gentle nature.
Second-1hat while the best unguents.
oepllatorles, and cosmetics may fail in
aHectlng her beauty, every secret thought
ana hidden emotion will leave an indelible
mark upon her face which he that runs
may read.
Ihlrd-lhat the true gentlewo.nan. like
every other jewel of great price. never
thrusts herself into view. Neither her
clothes, her voice, nor her manner challenge,
public notice
Fourth-That the girl with whom.
young men romp and firt is not the
one whom they choose when they wish to
marry.
Fifth That as God has prepared woman
and sent her into the world to be wife
and mother, she should look forward to
those conditions of life, not with silly and
vulgar jests, but with reverent, earnest
effort to fit herself for them.
Slxth-Ihat the ''old maid may find
Tor herself work and position as noble
as tina. OF any other woman.
These hints may help both boys and
girls to reach surer standing ground on the
Farming Withoul Fences.
1t is within the memory of many farm
ers when the fences on "a farm were
considered the most important part of it's
improvements. 1t was in the DAYS when
stock was altogether kept by pasturing
in summer, and mainly by feeding hay
in winter. In those times the lack of
fencing that prevented past1ring the
young clover on grain stubb'e or the
aftermath of a meadow was regarded as a
misfortune. Now it is generally known
that young clover should never be pastured
and In most cases aftergrowth on meadows
may better be left to lie and rot on the
ground than to build even a temporary
fence for the protection of adjoining crops
when 1T Is pastured
Many farmers where fencing material
is scarce have learned to dispense entire
ly with inside fences, and this tendency
is growing. Where it is desirable to
pasture cattle Or horses few days they
are tied to stakes removed daily, so as to
give change of feed But most of the
feed is cut green. and taken TO the stable,
where the animals remain sheltered
from the burning sun. and in greater
comfort than they could be running at
large. The greater amount of food that
land produces in soiling crops make
this cheaper than pasturing. 1t enables
more stock to be kept, more manure to be
made, and this is naturally followed by
more thorough cultivation of the soil.
We believe this plan can be followed
more generally than is often supposed,
1t is not merely adapted to dear land
near cities, but is of equal advantage on
cheaper land, with this condition. that
there be in the means for supply plenty of
manure and plenty of labor. 1t is the
lack of these conditions that make it hard
tobring up poor land at a distance from
cities or large villages.
The way to dispense with fences is to
begin soil.ng or part soiing On a small
scale at first It needs rich land to
grow soiling crops proftably. and the
first year or two only a small piece can
be got in proper condition. Ii manure or
grain for feeding stock can be bought,
land may be brought up to the soiling
standard more rapidly. But 10 either case
it will be idle to expect profitable returns
except with a good deal of attention, ard
the needed care will be better given to
stock fed by hand than to tina allowed to
run in enclosed pasture and feed itself
American Cutivator