Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-01-19


good healthy condition. Warm, we'll
ventilated and roomy quarters are
necessary for the production OF eggs.
During the spring and summer months
the hens having free range of the
farm and get all those elements which
are necessary for her welfare. She is
the first of the farm animals to be up
in the morning. She is continually
on the go. picking spear of grass
here, picking bug or insect there,
then she finds grain seed or is dig
during the day she will be found dust
ing herself in the rays of the sun.
She is always hungry. The secret OF
securing plenty of eggs in the winter
is to make their winter life as near tt
the life they lead in summer as you
can. A liberal supply of course litter,
such as oat straw, leaves Or cbaff,
should be placed on the floor and
renewed at least once a week. In this
litter variety of grain should be
thrown early in the morning SO thai
when they come off the roost they
will have little exercise in scratch
ing for this grain. Later On they
should be given warm mash of equal
parts of ground corn, oats and bran to
which has been added little salt and
onion to season and flavor. This
mash should be fed on a dry order
than too wet. At noon give a little
more grain in the litter and at night
give all whole corn. Keep the hens
rather on the hungry side rather than
to over feed. Fresh water and plenty
of grit in the shape of broken glass,
old crockery or mortar, should be kept
before them continually. Green food
should be given them often and for
this purpose use second cutting clover,
put up in the shape of hay, ca bbage
and mangel wurtzel, also answer good
purposes. On warm summer days
they should be out in the open air and
on stormy days should be confined, as
nothing is SO detrimental to the well
fare of the hen.
Cnean+eries.
Mr.. Jacobs. in speaking about
"Creameries, said in part: "You
can ship milk better and cheaper than
any other product Oh the farm. Get
in touch with your creameries and do
all in your power 10 help make a
creamery profitable. A cooperative
creamery is the best. Adopt the
simplest plan possible and let all
patrons share profit and losses alike.
Strive to get your milk to the cream
cry in good coalition. 1t will make
a better product and that means a
better profit for you, 1t is better
plan to separate your own cream at
home, either by hand or power separat
or. You can take better care of
cream than you can of the whole
milk. The feeding value of your
skim will then be greater"
Corn.
The Friday morning session was
opened by an address on ''Corn" by
Mr.. Coe. "The corn that grows in
this country is wonderful. 1t is
most valuable crop. 1t has been esti-
mated that if all the corn grown in
the United States was piled up in the
city of Chicago and hauled away in
wagon loads, containing each forty
bushels of shell corn, it would take as
many loads as could be placed one
after another close together headed
for New York, across the ocean and
over Europe back to Chicago. Yes,
and you would have to circumnavi-
gate the earth six times with this
line of wagons around the world
before the corn was picked up. In
Jefferson county, where [ live, the
corn crop each year brings in 81 ,000,0 900
to the farmers. There are many
principles involved to produce good
corn crop. Good seeds are of the first
Select your corn stock
from that which is rich in foliage. If
it is partly parched il contains its
vitality. Manure the land and plant
clover seed in the fall. Prepare your
ground well before planting. Plow
and harrow frequently to hold the
moisture. Plant the corn shallow for
then there is warmth and makes the
ground soft. Harrow just before it
comes up and also after it is up short
ways. The tender leaves may become
covered up by luoSe soil but this need
not alarm you for they will shoot right
up again. When / first came to Wis
conSin l worked for cousin and the
first day l arrived my cousin said:
Take the. team and harrow the corn
The corn was up ways and started
to harrow out side of the field and
when / had finished the long row, /
turned back to look at the work and
10. and behold. the corn had disap-
peared. Well I thought my cousin
must know his business so / narrowed
the other side of the field and when
came near the barn my cousin came
to look over my work and | heard
him yell, whoa. Now he said,