Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-11-21

parts of the house. Without weigh
ing sentiments of affection at all, it
is better to have the best
kind of cistern possible than to
lose one youth by typhoid fever, and
there is no measuring the misery
caused by those malarial troubles
that many believe have their origin
in drinking-water contaminated by
decaying vegetation.-Mr H NJ.
Plunkett, in Harper's Bazaar.
The Way to Raise Turnips.
If there should be any rubbish on
the land, such as weeds or leaves, re-
move it as it causes the land to dry
out. Plow the land deep and close,
then SOW the seed. Sow or sprinkle
wheat or oats thinly over the land as
the insects will work on the wheat or
oats before they will the young turn
ips. Always harrow the patch north
and south so that the young turnips
on the north side or ridge made by
the harrow will protect the young
plants when they first come up from
the hot sun.
Orchard Cultivation.
In the fall of 1896 writes an Hi
nois lady, we broke up a plat of
ground, narrowed and rolled it twice.
Laid off ground in effect squares and
set out young trees from nursery.
Last spring we cultivated the ground.
On one half we dug holes one and one
half feet deep and filed in with we'll
rotted manure between rows of fruit
trees, and planted in Watermelons
and muskmelons. They were the
finest melons in this country and the
trees all lived and thrived we'll, with
the exception of two trees. On the
half that was not cultivated, most Of
the trees died.
Profit in Poultry
We commenced February 9th, 1897,
with forty-eight hens and will give
our success with same up to January
| 1, 1898, writes an Ohio woman. Gath
cred 357 dozen eggs; sold 252 dozen
for $25.27; the remaining 105 dozen
were used for setting and home USE
Raised both turkeys and ducks with
chicken hens, and sold poultry as fol-
lows: Chickens, $17.42; turkeys, SEQ
ducks, $2.40; killed twenty young
chickens and six hens, worth $3.50;
making total of $54.19 for eggs and
poultry sold, and $3.50 for poultry
consumed at home, which would make
total of $60.69. Deducting $40 for
feed would still leave something over
dollar per head profit. l lost four
hens and many young chicks; had
ffty-eight hens January LIST for begin
ming. Hens were kept in hen house
most all summer, which cost more for
feed. Fed corn, wheat, oats and offal
from vegetables with plenty Of milk
and fresh water. Sprinkled house and
hens every few days with two table
spoonfuls of crude carbolic acid in
one gallon of water, which is the best
lice destroyer we have tried.
Cutting Corn.
Usually when cOrn-cuttimg time
comes, everybody seems to be in
hurry, and, unless one has his extra
help secured i'm advance, he will be
liable to have to postpone his work
until other farmers in his neighbor-
hood are done, and then no doubt
suffer great loss either from over
ripenness, frost, rain or all three
combined.
Corn fodder secured when it is in
it's best condition, is almost as good
as hay for cattle and sheep; and for
mich COWS there is no other feed
that l have ever tested equal to it.
Just as soon as the corn is we'll in
the dough it is ripe enough to cut.
Some farmers let their corn stand till
the stalks get deadripe before cut
ting. Corn thus cared for may be
little heavier after it is husked Cat
least it is so claimed by some), but
the waste in fodder more than con-
sumes the extra gain in weight Of
corn
The average day laborer will, if cut
ting by the shock, cut seventy
shocks containing sixty-four hills
in each shock per day. An
expert worker will, in medium corn,
cut from 100 to 125 shocks in the same
length of time, and of equal size. But
| have found by experience shat I'M
less corn is suffering to be cut it
usually pays to employ the man who
only tries to make good day wages, Tor
in most cases such men take more
pains in standing up their corn. The
method of tying up shocks has great
deal to do with the way they remain
in position if not husked until
late in the fall. Good green corn
stalks answer very we'll, but they often
break in tying or nearly so, and in
few days after cutting, shocks will
be seen tumbling over, or getting scat
tered over the field, if there should be
heavy wind storm.
Sheep Notes.
Culls and poor sheep will be eagerly
bought up by feeders in the big mar
kets, as sheep are scarce.
Good breeding rams should not be
fat, though they should be in good
flesh, and the man who is not an eX-
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