Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-17

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TO be ribbed up in the fall in Grda.
to expose more surface to the frost
and to hold the manure at the surface.
In the spring, harrow as early as pos
sible and then allow to lay until plant
ing time, when after cultivation. row
up about twenty-eight inches apart,
and SOW at the rate of from four to
six pounds per acre of mangel Or
sugar beets and roll with land-roller
to make drills firm. When plants are
up, scuff1e with horseshoe between
rows and then weed close with a hand
scuffier. When the plants are three
and one-half inches high thin 20
distance Of fifteen inches, and with
occasional shallow cultivation every
ten days or so during summer. Tur-
nip land, if MANFRED in the spring,
should be p1owed lightly after applica-
ton, and drilled same as the mangels.
Sow about three to four pounds per
acre. and then thin to twelve inches
apart. Some may object to the large
quantity of seed and the distance they
are thinned, but from practical ex-
perience | find closer together does
not give crisp root, as they are over
crowded, and any farther apart they
do not yield as much per acre, but the
roots may be larger / find that whale
oil soap at the rate of one pound 20
ten gallons Of water sprinkled finely
over the growing turnips will check
the turnip aphis that has attacked
them the last two dry seasons in the
province of Ontario, making farmers
particular about raising them.
Weaving Young Calves.
A calf that will not try to drink
milk from a pail can be taught to do
so by first giving it milk from a long
necked bottle pouring a little at a
time down it's throat. IN this way it
learns to swallow which is the first re-
quisite, and in a few days it will drink
from pail.
Cabbage for Winter Use.
When it is time to pull the cabbage,
select a clear day (about the middle
of the day, pull, set heads down in a
cool dry place for about week.
Then cut off the roots and coarse
outer leaves Prepare a small barrel
with dry earth enough to cover the
bottom, wrap each head separately n
old newspapers and pack tightly in the
barrel until full, placing the barrel in
the coolest part Of the cellar.
Plan Your Work
The trouble with too many farmers
all over the United States is that they
use their brains too little and their
bodies too much People in this day
and age Of the world must think, AMI
plan, and seek the easiest possible
way to do thing. Better to spend a
half day in planning, and half day n
doing the work, than to work all day
with main strength and awkwardness
to get through. Don't overwork yourself
What's the use. Don't you know you
will never get the benefit Of it unless
your preserve your health? Plan, 50
as to ret part Of the time. We
notice that these take-your-rest
fellows generally get along as well as
any one else, if anything, better.
Plan, take advantage of opportunities.
work thoroughly when you do work.
read the farm papers, and you will as
surely as the sun rises climb the lad
der of agricultural success.
A Pigeon Ranch.
The only pigeon ranch in the world,
according to the New York Mail AMI
Express, is at Los Angeles, Cal. 1t
covers eight acres, and its gigantic
lofts shelter $4,000 birds. 1t was
started three years ago with 1000.
Nearly $50 dozen squads are disposed
of each month, except in the moulting
season, when the supply is only one
quarter as much. They bring So a
dozen in Los Angeles, sometimes $40
when scarce. The cost of feeding is
over S. meal, the flock consuming
daily one wagonload of screenings.
two sacks of wheat and about IL
gallons of boiled meal They also
have three barrels of stale bread
soaked in water during the week
The pigeons never leave the ranch,
and seldom does one get beyond the
wire fence that surrounds the yard
a clear, shallow stream runs through
the place, furnishing an excellent bath
ing and drinking place.