Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-08-20
To Hold Chinch Bugs in Check.

| Where the bugs are scattered over 2
grain field the case is almost hopeless
for there is no way Of reaching them
satisfactorily. When however, they
begin travelling to fresh fields they can
be held in check and destroyed. A
good way to check the migration is to
pillow a furrOw between the bugs and
+ the field they are heading for. If the
ground is dry the sides of the furrow
will be dusty and check their progress.
! If the ground is wet a narrow strip of
tar should be run along the ground in
stead of a furrow. When tar is used
the ground should be smoothed and the
line of tar poured out from a watering
pot from which the sprinkler has been
removed. Dig occasional holes in the
bottom of the plowed fulro or on the
bug side of the tar barrier. The bugs
will collect in these holes in enormous
numbers and may be easily killed with
kerosene.
Late Fodder Crops.
There is yet time in early July to
sow millet and Hungarian grass and
have them mature sufficiently to be in
best condition. The only trouble
about late sowing of these is that by
the time they are fit to cut fall rains
may come on and make curing the hay
difficult. But if the farmer have hay
caps, as all farmers should, most of the
curing Of millet and Hungarian may be
in In Of
this is the best method of curing these
large, coarse and sappy plants. Not
even an August sun will dry them suf-
ficiently to prevent heating in the NOV
unless there has been previous heat ng
to remove surplus moisture. We have
July for fodder, but it does not pay.
The corn grew rapidly but barely got
into tassel before frost nipped it. Bit
millet and Hungarian will ripen their
seed if sown early in July on land that
is fitted for them 1t is possible il there
are timely rains to plow the ground
from with IN ea~l~ hay crop has been
taken and sow i with mi,iet, thus Civ
ing two hay crops the same year. This
is sometimes done where alsike clover
has been grown, and the millet crop
after alsike is sure to be a large one. -
American Cultivator.
Extra Feed for Mich Cow.
The pastures have been generally
poor this year on account of dry
weather. If extra feed for COWS has
+ taHI 10
Will be this month. 1t should be in
the form of slop, as July grass, even
when as green as it can be got, is not
apt to be succulent Wheat bran
should constitute the bulk of it, and if
the COW is good mixer there should
be some corn and oat meal with it to
keep her from losing flesh. By the
time August comes the early-sown
green corn will be ready and the bran
and grain feed will not be needed.
But in July there is nothing to supple
ment the pasture unless it is pur-
chased, and the penuriousness of some
farmers about paying out money for
feed allows their COWS to suffer check
in milk production from which no sub
seuuent high feeding will restore them
to their previous milk yield. 1t is
much easier to keep up a good yieiC
than to increase it when it has once
been diminished. 1t is greater loss if
this diminished yield occurs within two
or three months after the COW has
calved, and when her yield ought to be
kept up to the highest standard, not
only for the present profit from her
milk. but to increase the tendency to
milk production in the calf that the
COW will be bearing during the next
few months.
/ Turnips for Winter Feeding.
The quick growing white and strap
leaved turnips may be sown any time
this month, but it is better to get them
in early. They make very rap 4
growth and are not good keepers, as
they will turn pithy by January if put
where they are exposed to air, and by
February if they are put in pits. But
knowing this fact the turnips can be
fed early, saving other fodder until
later in the season. Farmers, whose
cows go dry from December until
March, can use good many turnips as
cow food without pn6an gpriDg the