Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-06

he origin OF Hdlly ulSedSeS dLuoIS
horses can be traced directly to filthy
stables. 1t is, therefore, good economy
to keep the stables scrupulously clean.
While a small bunch of sheep can be
kept on a farm to good advantage,
they serve a double purpose, as they
enrich the farm and bring a cash in
come at the same time.
Cutting bands at the threshing ma
chine? Why, there is no more such
work to be done around the thresher.
Self-feeders now take the place of band
cutter and feeder. This is a saving of
three men.
Geese are more cheaply fattened
than some other kinds of polltry, be-
cause they eat almost anything that is
green. They should be fed on some
corn, or cornmeal may be added to the
chopped green stuff.
The best farm homes and the hap
piest families are not always to be
found where the most money is spent.
1t takes something besides money to
make home. 1t takes congeniality, CO.
operation and a willingness to make
the best of things.
1t is said that man has invented
some scheme whereby the art of rubber
ing can be prevented in the party-line
telephones This will be a great help
to the efficiency of this very necessary
convenience What will become of +
neighborhoOd gossiper?
When a man is busy the weeks go by
rapidly and a week is as a day. 1t ap-
pears that a man has no more than fin
ished one important job until another
is on hand and a month has elapsed.
The man who is not busy has time
dragging on his hands.
Many orchards are neither clean cul-
tivated nor managed according to the
Stringfellow sod culture idea. Their
method is frequently Il hybrid-a stab
at cultivation, but a failure to keep it
well up and then the weeds grow as
high as a mans head.
Experiments have demonstrated that
an acre of rape has the same value
as has 2,600 pounds of barley and sim
liar grains for hog feeding purposes.
Additional, no time is spent feeding it,
and it has the further merit of adding
succulence to the ration.
1t may not be possible to incorpo-
rate the absolutely ten-hour system on
the farm, but it can be approached.
There is more to a farm life than that
of making money and saving time, even
at the expense of arduous labor and
excessive application of it.
Some people are ready to condemn a
whole orchard just because some small
boy of the family is indiscreet enough
to I'll himself with green apples and
doctor has to be called. What is need
ed Is little we'll directed parental in
fluence in cases of this kind
1t is far better to let a neighbor tell
you OF your good qualities than it is for
you to proclaim them from the road
side. Keep the fields and crops look
ing well and your neighbors will do
the rest, and if you rest too much they
will have bad name for you.
1t is estimated that 100000 acres
of timber land are annually devastated
by forest fires. So long as this destruc-
ton keeps up and lumber companies
continue to denude the forest areas of
the country with saw and ak, the ques-
ton of tree planting will always be a
live one.
\ Georgia peach grower says some
buyers want large peaches and some
prefer them only medium in size. He
wants to contract for his crop early
so he can grow them the size wanted.
Most persons are satisfied to get peach
.es of any kind, without being particular
as to size.
A pig will get more satisfaction from
a shingle or piece of lath in the
hands of its owner in scratching its
back than can be imagined. There is
a sort of an acquaintance that can
spring up that will be both advanta-
geous and profitable. How a pig en-
joys it, and it is good for him.
As an illustration Of what can be
h. ], oh,
grade and pure bred horses, We note
the case of the Michigan farmer who
today has a pair of Percheron mares
sixteen years old. They have raised
their owners twelve pairs of colts. nine
OF which have been sold for S3,S27.5O, |
or an average of s425.27 per pair, while
there are six more fine colts on the
farm too young to market.
Chickens that are poor and not be-
ing cared for make but small progress
in life and seldom, if ever, become the |
best egg producers. To have the best |
results with a quick spring growth |
necessary for the establishment of size |
and vigor they must be we'll fed, regu-
larry fed and properly fed from shell |
to finish. Anything short Of this in |
sures an advance to poor growth and |
poor results all along the line
Mushrooms in a Mine.
Mushrooms are growing successfully |
In az old gypsum mine near Grsnd |
Rapids, Mich. The old tunnels and