Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-16

The early Matched chick is always
the largest and strongest.
The chickens that eat the most grit
are usually in the best condition.
Don't think that the hen will or can
give you any more than you give her.
hence they utilize feed to the fullest
degree.
Grit, cracked oyster shells and char
coal are almost as essential for chick
ems as food.
Ventilation is best afforded the fowl
house at the top or through openings
near the caves.
Experience is good school, but there
is no reason why one should spend
more than one term there.
On account of their being so very
tfmid,sheep ought not to be pastured
IN the same field with other stock
The use of a wheel hoe saves labor
In the care of garden, even when
much Of the tillage is to be done with
horse.
In cultivating corn it is necessary to
get close to it the first time, and each
subsequent time the cultivator can get
further away.
Cowpeas sown in midsummer, after
orchards have been cultivated, and
turned under are good fertilizer, but
nothing is better than barnyard ma
nure.
Toe much haste should not be exer-
cised in getting the calf upon skim milk.
1t should have a good start, and the
change from whole to skim milk should
be very gradual.
Glover Is a fertilizer factory that al
ways has full force of hands en-
ployed and there are no strikes. 1t
works night and day and cannot be too
warmly supported.
1t is surprisingly how stubborn some
farmers cling to old-faShioned ideas
and methods of the dairy when they
can plainly see their neighbors coming
money right along with advanced dairy
science and improved methods.
Newly-set trees spend much of their
eXertion in making new roots and in
getting established. They need careful,
frequent cultivation, so as to bring the
nourishment they need close to the sur
face and in contact with the roots.
1t will be necessary to perform occa-
sional jobs in the rain, but rather than
make practice Of it one had better be
in the house during rains brushing up
his ideas. Read while it rains, and
when dry work with Drawn and brains
An asparagus patch makes an ideal
summer retreat for chicks. Every poul-
tryman should have a patch. In the
early spring it furnishes a most deli
cious dish for the table, and later fur
nishes cool, shady place for the
chicks.
There is now no necessity for making
out-of-doors caves for lumber to rot
down In a short time since cement has
come into general use. Some of the
most economical caves are now MADE of
concrete and cement. They are durable
and economical.
Seed corn should be 80 well cared
for that it will contain no ears that
will not terminate, and seed testing
should be employed as a demonstration
of the fact that the seed has received
proper attention rather than as a screen
to separate the worthless from the poor
ly preserved seed.
The cheese output of the United
States for the last year. according to
Secretary Of Agriculture Wilson,
amounted to about 3OO,O00,000 pounds.
worth approximately $30,0O0,000. Mr..
Wilson thinks the cheese-making in
dustry Is on a much better basis, more
scientific than ever before.
Tie full value of the vegetables and
fruit from the family garden is never
fully realized unless there's a Jersey
COW cooperating. Her product In the
shape Of milk, cream and butter puts
the finishing touches on succulent vege-
tables and juicy fruits, adding hun
dredfold to their palatability.
There is not a sufficient number of
geese grown to meet the market de-
mand Thousands Of them have been
shipped in from Nova Scotia and other
localities The cultivation Of geese can
be readily carried on in almost every
locality where farming is in vogue.
Geese are easily grown, cared for and
readily marketed at fairly good prices.
Most of the differences between Inc
employer and the hired man on farm
are due to a lack of a perfect under
standing of what is legally and justly
expected of the latter. A verbal con-
tract is easily forgotten and is not al
ways lived up to. A written agreement
will sometimes be a salient reminder Of
what is due both parties.
1t Is a mistake TO overstock your
farm with pigs or any other animals.
Too many farmers, in attempting to
make money by increasing the number
of animals, do 30 at the expense Of
quality An overstocked farm Is not
profitable one, having more animals