Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-02


Where the proper separation cannot
he secured and assured, the procuring
of manly varieties cannot be too strong
ly guarded against.
The retail value of the vegetables
which may be grown in carefully
planned and well-kept garden greatly
exceeds the cost of their production.
The potato beetle is said to have
twenty-five parasite enemies, yet, not
withstanding these and all sorts of poi
sons used in potato fields, it deties an
Inhalation.
Crooked rows do not admit of the best
cultivation. Where corn has been
dropped out of line the crooked way
there should be a most excellent JOB OF
cultivation the first time over, for it
cannot be rectified the second.
The man who says Il am afraid l
can't succeed had better let the farm
alone. The farmer of this age should
come very near knowing what he in
tends to accomplish, and then he should
60 at it with hammer and tongs.
4 good. big draft gelding is the best
proposition on the farm. He is able
to do good work and his owner can'put
his own price on him. The buyer wants
him at almost any price. The demand
for really good horses is greater than
the supply.
1t is necessary to be very careful in
turning stock on clover or rape for the
first time. One is too busy now to take
time to bury the dead. Fill up the
stock, turn them on and leave them
there until fall. Herein lies the least
danger.
The English sparrow is insectivorous
for a few days just as its young are
Matching and only then. 1t is because
Of this simple fact and the further fact
that the sparrow is an enemy of other
birds that it is not included in the pro-
tectiYe laws of the different States.
Sheep are high, and it would not be
good plan to go into sheep raising
on a large scale at this time by buying
many. But sheep raising very certain
Iy will continue a good business, and
1t will be wise to buy any that can be
had at a bargain wherever they are of
fered.
There is a good deal in knowing how
to adjust the cultivatOr and the tenders
so that the work is properly done. The
tenders should be just high enough SO
the pulverized dirt will fall under them
and about the corn. Leaving a strip of
uncultivated ground about six or eight
inches wide for fear of covering up
some of the corn is a dangerous prac-
tice.
The way to get ahead of the scarcity
of help condition is to combine several
implements in any way possible and let
one man do two mems work The man
who drives one team attached to har
row and leads another attached to an
other harrow is hardly up to date. He
should attach all the harrows side by
side and drive the horses abreast. That
is the modern method.
a certain county fair was once in
the hands of some racehorse men, and
1t failed. 1t was recently reorganized
by farmers and made a county agri-
cultural fair. and all the farmers of
that county brought their products and
stock there and gave at least one day
to it and it is now on the road to sue
cess. To make a fair a success it must
be made strictly a fair and not fraud
The Agricultural Society Of Indiana
will expend $1,000 for an airship this
year and will pay S1,625 in premiums.
Farmers and stockmen who have seen
enough balloon business" would like
to see the premium awards balloon
ish." They would like to see something
more given for stock and farm prod
ucts. Fair managers should not lose
sight of the necessity of attracting the |
exhibitor as well as the visitor.
1t has been well established by feed |
ing that alfalfa is excellent feed for |
horses. Fed with corn. it makes a we'll |
balanced ration for horses, though a |
change to oats and bran mash Occa |
sionally is we'll for variety, as horses |
will change in rations as well as other |
animals. But alfalfa hay can always |
be relied on. IL sometimes occurs that |
horses will eat too much alfalfa hay, |
and care should be taken to regulate
this.
Cows will often get choked with a |
small potato or other hard substance |
In food. To relieve them, take of fine |
cut chewing tobacco enough to make
ball the size of a hens egg; dampen |
1t with molasses so it adheres closely, |
lift I'D the cows head, pull the tongue
forward and crowd the ball as far |
down the throat as possible, In a
short time it will cause sickness and /
vomiting and the obstruction Will be
thrown out
A man had a strawstack in his field
He did not have time TO haul it away
and pillow the ground, so he forked the
remaining straw about until It was
quite equally distributed over the
ground and planted potatoes under the
straw The potatoes came up through
the straw, needed no cultivation and
were not bothered with weeds, and in
the fall he reaped quite crop of
tubers. This is a good way to utilize
an old strawstack bottom.
It Is seldom that one who. has al
ways had a garden and enjoyed It's
abundance Of fresh fruits and vege-
tables realizes how large a part of the
fo hiH 1< TI7rTi he