Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-23

| ing that the dairyman should alway
keep young stock coming on to fee
the skim milk, to, turning ii off as ia:
as it becomes too old TO make prof
able use of the milk.
Best Cow for the Dairy.
One Or two signs will denote a goo
COW, Prof. Hacker says, as well a
20; in a poor COW the thigh runs dow
straight, so there is no space betwee
| the thigh and the udder on one sid
and the tail OF the other. There shout
be plenty of daylight between the I'D
der and the tail. One of the best way
to tell what kind Of a COW you have j
her temperament. A good dairy typ
has a sharp spine, strongly develope
nervous system, and sharp hip bones
A good COW has a large, wedge-shape
stomach, for she must have a larg
and powerful digestive system to u.s.
up her food quickly and make the bes
returns for it.
One decided advantage in brin,
sailing is that very little working i
necessary. The butterrnilk can all b,
worked out by repeated application:
OF cold water. Butter may be salteC
much more evenly by brine saltins
than by dry sailing, and less WORKING
is necessary. When the churning is
stopped at the right stage and the sail
given by standing the butter in brine
a short time, the only working neces-
sary is to press the granules together
and press in shape for market. In this
way there is less danger of spelling
the grain Of the butter-N. J. Shep-
herd, in Agricultural Epitomist.
Too Many Poor Roads.
Many students of the highway ques-
ton believe that there are more pub
lie roads in the country than are need
ed and that hard roads, in each direc-
ton, two miles apart on the average.
would meet every possible require
ment.-Good Roads.
For Beekeepers.
Spring is the best time to invest
money in bees.
Strong colonies protect themselves
against robbers
All excess of dorne comb should he
removed from the hive
Bees Matched in the fail will live
through winter until spring.
When considerable number of
hives are kept, seven feet each way is
far enough to place them.
The space around the entrance to
the hives should be kept so clean that
dead bees can readily be seen.
If you have lot of empty comb in
the hives where the bees have died,
save it until the working season, when
it can be used
Pure Italian Oees, as a rule, are the
easiest handled. Not only do they
sting less, but they keep their places
on the combs better.
II you deprive the colony of it's queen
the bees will set to work to raise an
other, so long as they have any worker
larvae in the hive with which to do it.
In selecting brood for queen rearing,
oe sure to have no drone larvae, for
the bees will often build queen cells
over them, resulting usually in moth
ing but dead drone.
II you do not find any queen and see
eggs scattered around promiscuously.
some in drone and some in worker
cells, some in one cell and none in the
next, you may be sure you have a
fertile worker.-St. Louis Republic
How to Dress Calves.
Calves from three to six weeks old,
and weighing about 100 pounds or
say from 80 to 12O pounds, are the
most desirable weight for shipment.
the head should be cut out, so as to
leave the hide of the head on the skin.
The legs shauld be cut off at the knee
joint. The entrails should all be re-
moved, excepting the kidneys and
liver, which should not be taken out
Cut the carcass open from the neck
the entire length-from head
to bungut. II this is done they are
not so apt to sour and spoil during hot
weather. Many a fine carcass has
spoiled in hot weather because of it's
not being cut open. Don't wash the
carcass out with water, but wipe it
out with dry cloth. Don't ship until
the animal heat is entirely out of the
body, and never tie the carcass up in
a bag, as this keeps the air from cir
culating and makes the meat more
liable to become tainted. Mark for
shipment by fastening shipping tag
to the hind leg. Calves under so
pounds should not be shipped so
pounds is the minimum weight in the
Chicago market, and are liable to We
condemned by the health officers as
unfit for food. Merchants, too, are
liable to be nned, if found selling these
sfunks, for violation of the law Very
heavy calves, fed on buttermilk, never
sell we'll in our market-they are
neither veal nor beef.-Chicago Trade
Bulletin.
Varieties of Pigeons
The following varieties of pigeons
appear in the last premium list of the
Boston pigeon show: Carriers, pout-
ers, pigmy pouters, barbs, tum blers,
short-face tumblers, inside tumblers,
longface clean-leg tumblers, long
face bald or beard tumblers, sadie
tumblers, muff1ed beard tumblers, muf-
fled barred tumblers, jacibines, owls
African owls, Chinese owls, trumpet
ers, fantails, bluettes, silverettes, tur-
biteens, turbits, magpies, swallows
fairy swallows, dragons, nuns, arch
angels, tiplers and homers. Each Of
these varieties is divided into several
classes, chiefly on the score of color
ing.
Guinea Fowls