Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-09-15

and that at night when they come tc
roost. I season literally with red
pepper all through the year, and
II bowels are too open at any time
give pulver;zed alum in feed Out OF
90 Matched, raised 45.-R. G. c., in
Epitomist.
Milk Fever
1t will soon be the time of year
when milk fever is to be expected.
This disease is very infrequent
among cows that are kept solely for
calf rearing. 1t is one of the d.
seases brought on in the ATTEMPT
to secure a very large yield of milk.
II seldom attacks COWS with the first
calf, or COWS that are MIXED right
up to calving. 1t is the most dan
gerous n the third and fourth years,
hut may occur in heavy milking COWS
at any tine afterwards We know
OF no certain cure in a severe case.
The disease may, in a measure, be
prevented by milking the COW up to
the time of calving, or, if she has
been farroW for some time, by keep
ing her on short rati9ns for some
two or three weeks previous and for
a week or two afterwards The
bowels should be kept open and there
should be good shelter from the heat
in the daytime, giving as much ex-
ercise as possible. The COWS that
are heavy mixers and those pre-
disposed t. milk feve! should not be
! allowed to come in during the period
of flush grass. Probably the best
thing to do with these if they do
come in in June is to put them on
short pasture with plenty of shade
and water and give no other feed
Wallace's Farmer.
The Butter Will Not Comes
Several have been inQuiring why
the butter will not come. Many at
! tribute the failure to the tempera-
ture. That is often the cause, but
when the temperature is right and
the butter fails to come the fault is
in the milk Ct a certain COW. In
order to find which one, take as
many self-sealing Jars as you have
COWS; fill each jar half full of milk
from each C W, placing the name of
each COW on the jar that contains
her milk. When it is ready to
churn, shake the jar up and down
until you see the butter has come
The milk Of the COW that has caused
the trouble produces froth instead
of butter. This IS a sure test.
No churning should be attempted
without thermometer Cream should
be GA degrees for winter. A great
deal depends on the temperature OF
the room where you churn. If tho
room is cold the cream will cool to
some extent; so that GA degrees will
not be too warm.-Julia, in Ohio
Farmer.
Drinking Vessels for Chicks.
Take a common quart tn can
which does not leak Remove the
top of the can and then take an awl
CT some instrument about the size
of the lead in an ordinary lead pen
Gil and punch a hole in the side of
the can about one-fourth of an inch
from the top. Now fill the can with
water and place over it a succor or
! shallow dish and invert the whole
| thing. The water will run out of
the hole in the side of the can until
! it raises up to the hole when the
water will remain at that height as
| long as there is any water above the
! hole in the can. The edge of the
succor or dish should be a little
| higher than the water raises.
The can prevents the chicks get
ting their feet in the dish besides
| acting as a reservoir.
Rinse out the can every day and
give it a good scalding out every
week, to destroy disease germs
Indiana Farmer.
Care in Feeding Young Pigs.
Too much highly concentrated
food, which is generally clrD, is the
cause of much of the difficulty some
> growers of pork find in raising young
pigs. 1t must be remembered that
a food which will make bone and
muscle is quite as essentia! as fat
tening ration. Whel the you & pigs,
and older ones, too, for that matter,
act restless, and get to gnaWing their
pens, stop feeding corn for while
and use bran and middlings with half
a pound Of Iinse- d meal to each
ANIMAL well mixed with grain, gen
orally adding corn as they improve
in health. Good clover hay is also
an excellent ba ancing ration for
hogs, and they sh ,uld have all they
can eat of it. A good supply Of salt
and ashes mixed and more o" less
charcoal should also be kept at all
times where the hogs can readily get
it, for it supplies a material which
will aid in digestion, and something
of the kind is usually needed by ami
mails which have as little exercise as
| hogs nerally.-Exchange
Have you ever stopped to think
!, that a straight furrow is the short
est one and that the man who keeps
his burrows straight can ploW more IN
a day with the same team energy
than the one who lets his burrows
become as crooked as snakes
track in the dust?
i How are things about the house
}, and dooryard? Do they look as if the
place where you live is home or
, just a place to stop? A good door
yard fence, a smooth lawn, a we'll
kept garden and a tidy barnyard go
ng ways in making home a pleas
:. ant place.