Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-18
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Dry soil is one of the first re-
Quisites for successful sheep farming.
Sheep do better when kept quiet.
On no account should they be fright
ened.
Glover Is richer than grass in the
muscle-formers; for young animals il
is the better feed.
If we'll fed at night the hogs will
be kept warm and not become hun
CRY before morning.
Poultry houses heated artifcially
are, as rule, undesirable because
they are unsatisfactory.
Hogs need fresh, clear water, even
when they are fed on slop. Clabber is
not as good for growing pigs as but
termilk or sweet milk.
1t used to be thought that salt
would kill hogs; but it will not. On
the contrary, some salt is good for
them, If given regularly.
At no other time in the life of the
animal is the influence of liberal or
of scant feeding so great as when the
animal is young.
A fowl that is very healthy and in
prime condition usually has that beau
tiful vermillion red color in the comb,
face and wattles and a natural bloom
on the plumage.
One fruit grower says the best rasp-
berries he ever raised were kept off
the ground, so chickens could not
reach ripe fruit, but had fowls run
ming among them. The chicks were
extra nice, too.
In arranging piggery, have the
troughs SO placed that any food left
over by the animals may be easily
removed and fix the troughs so that
they may be emptied as soon as the
swine have drunk all the pure water
they need.
However well grounded the position
Of the wool grower may be at any
time, he is short-sighted if he neg
lects to look after the mutton side
Of his business. But at the same
time he should not neglect the quality
of wool and the interests of wool pro-
duction.
Silage will not faint cream or milk,
providing it Is SO preserved that it
does not spoil. The cows should be
fed only as much as they will consume,
and this feeding must be done directly
after milking. Good silage properly
handled makes the best of milk and
cream.
Mature hens, which are fed very
sparingly for about two weeks and
then receive a rich heterogeneous ra-
ton, mott more rapidly and with more
uniformity, and enter the cold wealth
er of winter in better condition than
similar fowls fed continually during
the molting period on an egg produc-
ing ration.
Strange that the enormous increase
in the use Of auto cars should go
hand-in-hand with the strongest de
mand the country has ever known for
good horses. How. do we account for
it? Well, one way Is that large
share Of the people who are running
"automobubbles" are persons who
never did and never would own a
horse.
The man who selects his breeding
stock on account Of the merits which
they possess will be more likely to OBJ
tain satisfactory prices for his horses
than he who selects on account of ped
igree alone, regardless of merit. The
man who selects animals that possess
both merit and choice podigrees will
be most likely to realize a profit from
the business.
A recent report of the pomologist
Of the Department Of Agriculture
gives a list Of the largest apple pro-
ducing States. OF the States having
over 100000 bearing trees, Mis-
souri, heads the list with 20,O00,0OO
trees; New York next with 100000;
Illinois, 100000; Ohio, 100000;
Kansas, 100000; Pennsylvania, 12,-
100000, and Michigan, 100000
trees.
In a sense, alfalfa makes perma-
nent pasture for cattle, yet it needs
intelligent care and careful grazing.
It should not be tramped when wet
or frozen, and is better adapted to
soiling than pasturing. If not grazed
too close, If the stock is rotated from
one field to another to allow it to get
a start after being eaten down, it will
last for many years. Gnawed to the
earth, tramped when wet or frozen, it
Is soon gone. Cattle are readily soiled
with alfalfa, and, treated in this way,
there is no bloat or injury to alfalfa
fields, and many more cattle can be
kept on a given area.
Spinach is a crop that is usually
planted in the fall. 1t Is hardy and
endures severe winters. The seed
may be broadcasted or sown in drills,
but the drill system should be pre-
ferred. Another winter vegetable
which remains in the ground until
spring is satisfy, which, however, is
seeded in May. Turnips If left in the
ground will produce early greens in
spring, and so will the stalks Of cab
bage if they are left with their roots
in the ground. The most popular for
affording early green in winter, how
ever, is the spinach, though it is rath-
er late now for seeding.
Treating Wounds Trees.
Linseed oil and white lead are com
monty used for painting wounds made
in pruning trees, but better prepare
ton, called SchaefelNs healing paint,
is made by boiling one ounce Of lith-