Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-30
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Making hay simply means making
filings hum while the sun shines.
Do not set a hen ON nest box the
second time without a thorough cleans
| ing and withdrawing.
Farming has been classified an easy
business by those who observe it from
ear windows. This is all right in theory
but it will not work in practice.
All the odds and ends should not be
put off until a rainy day or one may
not come out even with his work. 1t is
| bette to keep them up as one goes
along.
A bunch of wild horses in Oklahoma
said to be the last herd of wild
| horses in eXistence-gave up the chase
the next day after the territory was
! admitted as a state. Could not stand
| civilization.
Cows are often cheated out of a great
deal of bovine enjoyment by being de-
MED night pasturage. Most people feel
that it is too much trouble to go after
| The cows in the morning, hence they are
kept up in dry lot
| If any bare spots appear in the house
| lawn, either rake them over and seed
| down, or sod them. If the lawn looks
| as though it needed more food, broad
cast some fertilizer, preferably nitrate
of soda, Just before a rain. About a
| hundred pounds Of nitrate to the acre.
Iowa is endeavoring to do something
pre- ctical toward making the selling of
! eggs Dy weight the rule in the future.
A bill fixing weights and measures has
been introduced in the Legislature and
one section of this bill provides that
dozen eggs shall weigh a pound and
a half.
| A great many good things have to be
introduced with difficulty. Some years
ago when the silo was being introduced
| there were many that made fun of the
corn kraut," as they were pleased to
! call silage, but now there are many
who cannot understand why there are
| not more siloS.
Whether building a stack of grain
with fork or 'kneeing" every bundle,
one thing is necessary to keep the mid
die we'll filed. If this rule is followed
there will be but little grain spoiled
After one has reached that point above
| the bulge" it will be we'll to keep the
middle quite full.
Work horses enjoy their nocturnal
| DECENTRALIZATION in the pasture, but for
some unaccountable reason they are at
the rear part of the pasture in the
morning when wanted. 1t is safe to
| say that the man who has to wade
through the wet grass does not get en-
! joyment out of the chore.
Young chicks should be fed regular
ly and each should get its share; this
| is very important and should not be
overlooked if good results are expected.
Remember too that little chicks have
no teeth and must have sand, crushed
bone, shell and charcoal in some form,
with which to grind their food.
For feeding nothing is better for
horse at work than good, sound, heavy
weight oats and good, bright hay.
clover and timothy mixed. If at work
in the winter, we would add consider
able corn, making it say half the ra-
! ton. A bran mash once a week would
furnish a very valuable variation.
If by accident an egg is broken in
the sitter's nest do not neglect to take
it out and clean all the eggs that have
been soiIed by it. If not promptly at
tended to, it would in a few days
cause millions of lice and it is much
easier to prevent their coming, than to
get rid of them after they once get
foothold
Tramps do not take kindly to bread
and butter. They desire something bet
ter, and good way to get rid of them
Is to offer them bread and butter, and if
! they will not take that let them go
without. A hungry man will be glad
to get bread and butter. They will not
often call at place where they get
this kind of a hand-out.
Have you tried to grow a few pota-
toes under straw, or by what is known
as the straw method? Plant them shall
low and cover with six inches or a foot
| of straw and give no further cultiva-
ton. The straw will keep the soil
moist, keep down the weeds and the
vines will come up through the straw
and the new tubers will set on just
unoer the straw and are easily dug
Skimmilk and faxseed jelly is a
! fairly good substitute for natural milk
In fattening calves Add one pint of
| fiaxseed to three quarts of water and
boil twenty minutes, or until it becomes
jelly. For a very young calf use about
two tablespoonfuls to each feed Of
warm skimmilk, and gradually increase
the quantity of the mixture keeping
the proportion of the jelly and milk
about the same.
Too many scrub horses are raised.
The !ong-talked-of colt crop that was
! TO hood the market fails to materiaIize
! For several seasons past this colt crop
! has been threatened, but the prognosti-
Gators are unable to make good" If
| all the horses now seeking market were
I what h11vars renuired the croD WouId
be worth far more money. The evil
agent is the scrub stallion, and he
ought TO be retired.
Eight gallons Of water per day is
the average quantity required for
COW, and the milk given is about 81
per cent water. In some pastures there