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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-03-15

Madam" said Lenet, 'the indisposi,
ton of your highness would be most
fortunate, if you did not suffer. You,
madam" continued he, addressing the
younger princess, spread the news
and summon your doctor, and as we
must have horses and carriages in
requisihon, announce a stag hunt,
which will give a pretext for having
men and horses in activity
But will it not seem strange to have
stag hunt while my mother is ill?''
Madam, the day after tomorrow the
Due d'Enghien viii be seven years old,
will he not?''
yes
Announce that it is given in honor
of the event, and that her highness her
self begged that her illness might not
interfere with it.
IAN excellent idea" cried the dow
ager; Indeed, Lenet, you are an in
valuable counsellor"
But NJ. le Due must go in a carriage
to the chase
No, madam, ON horseback. Do not
be afraid for him; we will have a sad
die which Violas, his squire, shall place
before him on his own horse. It will
be much easier to escape on horseback
than III carriage"
Then you advise US to go?'
"The day after tomorrow, if you have
no reasons for postponing it,"
ooh, no; let us leave this prison as
soon as nOSSihle -
But once out of Chantilly, what will
you do?' asked the dowager.
1--WE must elude NJ. de St. Afghan
and join NJ. de Larochefoucault and
then go to Bordeaux, where we are
expected. Once in the capital Of the
south, you may fight Or negotiate, as
you please. But the first thing is to
get away"
"Well, 1 will assist my mother to her
room, and leave to you, Lenet, the
arrangements of the hunt"
The news soon spread in the castle
that the dOWager was i'll, and that the
doctor had been summoned. Lenet
passed the rest of the day in writing.
That very evening more than fifty in
yitations were carried out by the MI.
merous servants of the house
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-03-15

| turity the effects are less noticeable
The real value Of electricity as grow
ing agent has not yet been determined.
but with continued experiments better
| results may be obtained in the near
| future.-American Cultivator.
A very large orchard requires a
large capital to run it. One might
think that this would "go without
saying" but it does not-not always
One of the biggest orchards With
which I am acquainted some 5000
uees-though well located upon nat
urally good land, and set to the best
standard varieties, about twenty years
ago, has not yet nearly paid for itself,
ana Without a heavy expend:t ure for
ferndzi1 material never can. The
land Upon which it is planted had
been farmed in the ordinary way for
many years before these trees were
set. At that time it was in fair con-
d11on. as moving, yielding from three
fourths to one ton of hay per acre.
it was ploWed, set to trees. and sub
sequently kept in hoed crops. with
enough manure to keep the trees
growing fairly we'll Nothing seemed
to be wrong with it until the trees
reached full bearing size: and then.
after several years, it became evident
that there was not strength enough in
the land TO keep up growth and make
apples too. Since then it has 'tsort o.
Jagged along" to use the words of a
ne1ghbor, "but don't produce anything
hardly" Other orchards of one tenth
the number Of trees, and no older.
are actually giving larger and better
crops. Now, what is the matter?
Plainly, this orchard wants manure.
and unless 1t gets manure. and good
deal OF 1T, and that pretty soon, it
will be "gone up beyond hope.
Mr.. Harris Northern Spy orchard.
Of which he wrote in Walks and Talks.
is case in point fully illustrating the
situation. 1t was considered failure
until he plOwed and manured It. and
then 1t produced big crops of such
big fruit that, If I am not mistaken.
less than 100 of the apples filled a
barrel. But it is going to take an
immense quantity of manure to bring
up this 100-acre orchard like that. or
anything near it. In truth. the ma
nure cannot be had. unless it can be
brought by the schooner load land a
good many of them, from some large
city to the lake shore upon which the
orchard stands. At the ordinary price
estimate that it would cost not less
than $1,000 to get the stable manure
into the soil of that orchard which -
would require to make it profitable
productive. The same effect NIGH,
be produced for some less
money by using in place of the ma
nure ground bone and Canada ashes.
-Vick's Magazine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-03-15
HE OBEYED HER.
One Time When Politeness Was Not
It's Own Reward.

u.
From the Youths Companion:-Most
American women have had embar-
RAISING experiences IN social emergen-
cies. Perhaps none was ever more try
ing than the adventure of a lady noted
in New York society for her courtesy
and savoir faire
One winter day she started on the
train for Philadelphia, taking her seat
in what she supposed was an ordinary
parlor car. There was but one occu-
pant, a somewhat stout man, who sat
with his back to her. Presently he
lighted a cigar and began to smoke.
The lady coughed and moved uneasily
but her hints had 10 effect. She said
at last tartly:
you probably are a foreigner, sir,
and Go not know that there is a smok-
ing car attached to the train. Smok-
ing is not permitted here"
The man without reply threw his
cigar out of the window.
A few moments later the conductor
entered and stared at her in dismay
How did you come here, madam p
he inquired.
'Why, where am II"
TN General Grants private car
The mortified lady's usual tact failed
her here. She looked at the dumb, i'm
movable figure and retreated without
a word
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-03-15
HORSEFLESH IN CHINA.

China has been considered a great
delicacy for centuries. The Inhabitants
however, for the purposes Of the kit
en-, use almost exclusively animals
OF a small breed, little bigger than
ponies, which have thin legs and small
bones, and grow fat on little food.
They are fed amost entirely on grass
and hay. The meat is sold at COM
paradvely low prices for this reason.
Many farmers devote their time al
most exclusively to raising these horses
for the market.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-03-15
SOME REMARKABLE LITTT ~
MAGNETS.

A magnet which the great Sir Isaac
Newton wore as a set In his finger
ring Is said to have been capable Of
raising 746 grains, or about $50 times
it's own weight of three grains, and to
have been much admired in conse-
quence Of it's phenomenal power. One
which formerly belonged to Sir John
Leslie, and which is now in the Royal
Society's Collection at Edinburgh, has
st1n greater powers. 1t weighs but
little more than Newton's curiosity
even IL grains-yet it is capable Of
supporting 1850 grains, and is, there
fore, the strongest magnet of It's size
in the world st. Louis Republic.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-03-15

Mrs. Rose Hawthorne Lothrop de-
MES the tale that Nathaniel Hawthorne
was engaged to marry the late Eliza
beth Palmer Peabody, that afterward
he fell in love with her younger and
prettier sister Sophia, and that she
thereupon magnanimously released
him. Rose says that all there was of it
was that her Aunt Elizabeth was kind
to him, coaxed him into society. and
invited him and his sisters to Der
fathers house, where he met Sophie
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-03-15
LADY ALEXANDRA DUFF.
The Baby Who Rules the Princess Of
Wales

Inc BABY VINO rules Lue 1FIHceSS Oh
Wales.
Every one who knows that the
princess Of Wales is devoted to her lit
tie grandchild, the Lady Alexandra
Duff, who (says writer in Woman) is
one Of the prettiest children which it
has ever been my lot to see. And [
hear upon the same authority that the
same parsonage also completely rules
her father, the duke of Fife, who Is
devoted to her.Apparently, now and
then his conscience smites him because
he has not as yet quite such warm
corner for the last arrival, for the
other day he asked male married
friend, quite pathetically, if he had
any favorites among his children. Up
on receiving the assurance truthful or
otherwise-that of course he had not,
the duke looked puzzled for moment
and then broke out, "Well, don't care,
I don't see how you can help it." and
went on quietly with the business he
was discussing.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-03-15
I'm FAR II AND GARDEN
A POINT OF VALUE ABOUT PO-
TATOES,
WHEAT THOUGHT TO HAVE
REACHED BOTTOM.

What Science Says About Manure
Dairy Maids Asked to Keep Their
Hands Out Of the Butter-How the
Maximum Egg Production Is Obtain
able.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-03-15

To insure a maximum egg produc-
ton see that the hen house is warm
and comfortable. Strawy horse man
ure makes the best banking for the
outside and packed straw for inside
between the studding. For feed give
a warm mash i'm the morning, only
what will be eaten up clean. This may
be made Of 100 pounds corn meal, so
pounds wheat bran, 80 pounds wheat
middlings and twenty pounds old proc
ess oil meal. At noon scatter a pint
Of wheat in the litter on the floor This
should consist of buckwheat hulls,
wheat chaff, cut straw or of other
light material to make the hens scratch
for a long time as exercise. At night
feed wheat and corn, with a small
amount of buckwheat, changing the
proportion of corn and wheat accord
ing to weather. If cold, feed two
thirds corn, while if the weather is
warm, two thirds wheat and one third
corn should be fed. Pure water should
always be convenient. Beets, t1lrntps,
cabbage, or some vegetable matter
should always be before the fowls, as
we'll as grit and broken oyster shells
Cut green bone or fresh meat should
also be given frequently.-James E.
Rice, in New England Homestead.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-03-15

Science points out deficiencies in sta
bic manure, and in some cases posi-
lively bad results have come from it's
use on crops like potatoes and fruit
subject to attacks of fungus diseases.
For fruit, especially, applications of
concentrated mineral manures in large
amounts have proven to be paying in
vestments. Stable manure is generally
poor in potash and phosphate, and it's
decay in the soil promotes the late
growth of wood and leaf that is not
desirable. But there are other uses of
stable manure where it never fails to
help. One of these is for corn, If ap-
piled early enough so that some part
Of it is mixed with the soil by rains
before the land is p1owed Another,
and perhaps the best use of stable
manure, is top dressing for young
clover. If applied before the seed is
sown, or directly afterwards, it seldom
fails to give a cool catch, and by MAX
ing a larger clover growth it enriches
the land for the next blowing more
than like amount of manure can do
applied In any other way.-American
Cultivator.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-03-15
WHY THE DOCTOR COMPLAINED.

Wife-The doctor complained that we
always waited too long before sending
for him. Husband-That's just like
doctor-it's so much easier for them
to cure at the beginning. Fnegende
Batter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-03-15

wholly with the ladle, and even tina
must be done in such a way as not t
destroy the texture, which is one o
the fine points OF good butter.
Do not try to economic the feedin:
by using mouldy hay. unsound grai1
or decayed vegetables. Let all suc1
things go at once where they belong
right into the manure pile. 1t is ex
| penSive and dangerous to try to ust
them anywhere else.-Otsegs Republi
can.
Chicks that give promise of proving
standard fowls will thrive much better
if the cullS are removed and more
room in the quarters and a freer range
given to those that are apt to be kept.
| \ great loss is sustained on farms In
general by refusing by a little fore
| thought to fatten table birds. The
bird is allowed its liberty and fire.
quently but a scanty living until the
| morning when the pot-pie is wanted
and the good wife feels Of his bonv
frame and signs, sometimes even won
dering that it is not fatter. Every
bird should be shut up in close, clean
quarters, and fed for seven to ten
days. Kept in confinement longer than
this. birds begin to pine, lose their ap-
petite and decrease in weight. The
feeding troughs should be scalded out
daily or every other day If the weather
be cold, and sharp grit kept within
reach Of the fattening birds Sweet
oatmeal and hot corn meal mash are
among the best things to induce rapid
fattening. The feed should be very
slightly Scalded. In this way every
bird may be made to gain from one
third to one fourth in weight without
noticeable expense, and whether for
selling or for the table it means con-
siderable profit. A little salt i'm the
food once a day is also advisable
Otsego Republican.
There is much difference of opinion
as to the mingling of breeds for i'm
pressions of mating. The embryo
chick feeds ON the egg after the germ
is started, which is of the blood of it's
parents and not subjected to the ner-
vous system of the parents while in
the embryo stage. This germ is Just
what is made after leaving the ovaries
of the hen. Receiving that of the male,
If Of a different breed, makes a cross
and If of the same breed produces a
thoroughbred, providing both parents
are pure. Some make a claim different
to the above, but my experience has
been considerable
[ should not be afraid to mate a
week previous to saving eggs from
mating for purity, but had rather have
them mated longer for better results.
for moving and changing laying hens
puts them out of condition for some
days. This generally causes laying
hen to stop laying for a short time,
which naturally retards fertility of
eggs and strength of the germ for
short period. It is the contented and
happy flock that lays the eggs for
Matching best chicks and such a flock
is familiar with each other and their
surroundings. These reasons convince
me to mate my fowls at least two or
three weeks before the eggs are need
cd. I usually make up my fiocks early
and merely change the males for pure
Or cross stock as desired, but lose about
week with each change -Otsego Re-
publican,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-03-15

A matter that some dairy maids
have yet to learn Is that butter should
never he touched by the hands. This
contact destroys the grain. Work 1t
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-03-15

Kentucky potato growers have, they
think, made the discovery that by plant
ing their first crop potatoes in July
or August a second crop is produced,
which, though unripe at harvesting
time, will, if planted in the spring.
produce better crops than the seed
grown and fully matured early in the
season. We do not doubt that this is
an improvement for southern potato
growers, whose season is long enough
to ripen the first crop in time 10 plant
d second. Some twelve years ago we
tried this experiment in Il northern
latitude, but found that by the last of
tune, when we wanted to plant our
second crop, the first were not ripe
enough to produce sprouts until 1t had
been dried two or three weeks. Hence
we were obliged to save the previous
years potatoes until the following mid.
summer and then plant them after re-
peatedly sprouting them. Of course
the crop planted with this debilitated
seed was nearly a failure, but we
saved and planted the seed which it
grew and it produced a large crop. 1t
Is a rule among potato growers that
the varieties which ripen latest are the
best yielders, and if very early varie-
ties are wished for seed it must be
gown from Seed planted very late the
previous year. The advantage of hay
ing unripe potatoes for seed is that the
unripe potato is drying out its excess
of moisture while the ripe tuber is sap
ping its vigor by sprouting
Cultivator
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-03-15

! The American Agricul turist for
! March has an exhaustive review of the
wheat market, showing that in all
probability the price of this staple has
reached its lowest point.
| The visible supply of wheat in Amer
lea is less than it was a year ago at
this time. The supply in the United
Kingdom, in Europe and afioat for
Europe, is only 100000 bushels great
er, whil ethe worlds available stock of
wheat was 1S3,OOO,OOO bushels on Feb
ruary 1, or 100000 bushels more than
at the same date a year ago. Then
Chicago and Liverpool prices were, re-
spectively, seventy-fve and eighty-one
cents a bushel.
The population both of this country
and Europe is much larger than the
100000 increase i'm visible supply will
furnish food for We need for home
use 100000 to 100000 bushels of
wheat additional each year, and yet
in this country we have less wheat in
sight than a year ago. There is also
probably less wheat In farmers hands,
for, owing to its low price, more wheat
has been used for stock feed during
the past few months than ever before.
In bulletin 81 of the New York Cor
j nell station, experiments have been
made and explained in cultivating
raspberries and blackberries for market
crops. The results of the experiments
justify the writer in saying that these
two berries can be grown for evaporat-
ing purposes at a profit, regardless of
the distance from the markets. With
good culture and attention, 1T says that
the average yield per acre should be
sew enty to eighty bushels, and the red
sort about one hundred bushels to the
acre. EvapOrating the blackberries
and raspberries did not prove profit
able, and is not advised to be under
taken, but the black raspberries did.
! The berries are harvested by the aid
of a berry picker. and the most ap-
proved methods Of evaporating are
used. If one goes into the business
for profit it pays to secure all the requi-
site machinery. The vines need good,
rich soil, plenty Of water In the dry
seasons and good aIl-around culture
With such attention given, there is no
reason why money should not be made
! in the work. IF there is a good mar
/ ket for the fresh. red raspberries and
blackberries, it will pay to give them
the same good culture.
In bulletin So of the New York Sta
ton some additional words are given
about the use and value of electricity
in the garden and greenhouse. The
effect Of the electric light upon cauli-
! flowers grown in the winter forcing
house proved unsatisfactory. When
the light was too close to the plants
permanent injury was done, but when
removed ten feet or so the plants had
a tendency to stand more erect, but
otherwise the results were no different
from those propa gated IN the dark
forcing houses. Cauli1ower as a win
ter crop has proved very successful at
this station, and the same bulletin
shows that the vegetable can easily be
grown in the winter. But while the
electric light had no beneficial infi1-
! ence On the caulifowers 1t did favor
ably affect the lettuce and radishes In
their early stages of growth. But as
the plants get older and reach ma
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-03-15

Bishop Nicholson confirmed a large
class at Chippewa Falls.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-03-15

Properly managed, an incubator will
hatch fully as many eggs in proportion
as the average hen, especially during
the winter. But it is necessary to
fully understand the machine and to
give proper care In order to obtain the
best results. Now is a good time to
buy and try an incubator, as it will
give plenty of time to get accustomed
to managing it before it is necessary
to fill for Matching.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-03-15

Chicks that give promise of proving
standard fowls will thrive much better
if the cullS are removed and more
room in the quarters and freer range
given to those that are apt to be kept.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-03-15

A COW that at five years Of age will
not produce one pound of butter per
day is not worth keeping.
Perhaps you do not think it is best
20 keep your stock indoors all the time
throughout the winter. But at least
bear in mind that exposure to storms
and sudden changes of temperature
cannot fail to be very detrimental
Pay attention to this and put them
under cover when the need appears.
! No Smutty corn should under any
consideration be fed to stock Of any
kind. The only use for it is to burn
it as soon as it can be got into the
/ fire. If this rule were thoroughly OBJ
/ served for one or two years, smut
/ fungus might be stamped out There
IS constant tendency on the part of
some farmers to throw sTnutty ears
Of corn to the pigs or give them to
cows, under the mistaken idea that
thus they are saving something of
value. So far from this being the
| fact, it Is the belief of many farmers
that smut In corn is a frequent cause
of abortion in breeding animals. Burn
all the smutty corn ears In that way
| they win be kept from the manure
pile, and thus prevented from being
drawn upon the land to affect future
cropS.-American Cu1tvator.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-03-15

wholly with the ladle, and even that
must be done in such a way as not to
destroy the texture, which is one of
the fine points of good butter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-03-15

Do not try to economic the feeding
by using mouldy hay. unsound grain
or decayed vegetables. Let all such
things go at once where they belong,
right into the manure pile 1t is ex-
penSive and dangerous to try to use
them anywhere else.-Otsegs Republi-
can.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-03-15

A COW that at five years of age will
not produce one pound of butter per
day is not worth keeping.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1894-12-17
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