Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-09-20


will do more harm than good.
If horses are put in pasture to rem
edy feet or legs, remove their shoes;
and do so If they are to remain long
IN pasture for any reason.
XIII the head lice of the chicks with
yaseline. Grease their heads slightly
and see that none gets in the eyes.
Repeat the dose in ten days.
Bad roads are Improbable. They
put farmer out of business and make
nothing for any man. Who is respon-
sible for bad condition of the roads?
There is always more profit in rails
ing one good colt and in raising it right
than in raising half a dozen mongrels
and not raising them as they should be
raised
The man who goes to his stable, wa
tiers his horses and gives them a light
feed the last thing every night before
he retires, always has round, sleek,
good-looking animals.
Low-headed trees are growing Ill
favor, not only because they are likely
to suffer less from the wind, but be-
cause they protect the bodies from sun
scald. Early prunings should be made
to produce these low heads.
Provide shade for the fowls and
chicks. In the absence of natural
shade, build some frames six or eight
feet square and cover the top with old
boards, leaving all four sides open so
| that the air Will have free circulation.
The up-to-date farmer Is not miner
of the soil, digging out wealth, after
| wards abandoning his farm, but he is
! a manufacturer. The miner always
leaves a location as soon as it is work
ed ont. Not so with a farmer who is
onto his job.
| Tt has been stated that prosperity Is
so pronounced in Nebraska that the
farm girls wear diamond rings and re-
Gently a cow was slaughtered to get
| diamond which she had accidentally
eaten while being fed by diamond
ringed lassie
A half-doZen good roots Of rhubarb
should be set out very early and heav-
| lily MANFRED, spading the manure in the
soil before setting out the roots. Ii
well cared for, few usings may be
made the first year, but it is best to
wait until the second.
Ii 1.-THE head Of the house cannot
see the benefit of cultivation in an or
chard, or thinks he must use the or
chard for pasture or meadow, see what
can be done by pruning the trees for
two or three years. Try pruning OH
the near approach Of the growing sea-
son.
Milk as food for pigs has a feed
ing value far beyond its actual food ele-
ments IL given in the proper combina-
ton with other rations, but 1t is
great waste to raise pigs exclusively
upon 1t, no matter how plentiful 1T
may be. Middlings and grass should
be fed with 1t, and so double the num-
Der of pigs kept with the same amount
Of milk.
A successful fruit grower says: Il
plow my orchard every year. BY plow-
ing 1t get good growth on the young
trees, and get rid of a great many pests
that would otherwise hinder their
growth. l find that orchards not
plowed have small apples, and the trees
are stunted in their growth. 1t is
good plan to trim out all broken down
limbs, for insects will hide in the
splinters.
Eight gallons Of water a day is the
average quantity required for a COW,
and the milk given is about 81 per
.ent water. In some pastures there is
40 water. the cows being supplied night
and morning, which forces the COW to
drink four gallons at time in order
10 be supplied As the COW does not
snow that she must drink four gallons,
she may use less, and she will reduce
her milk supply accordingly.
When hay has been put in the barn
in a damp condition nine out Of ten
persons will leave the doors Of the NOW
open so it will cool off. The opposite
Is the correct thing to do. Hay that
Is heating is safer and better by hav-
Ing the NOW closed up tight. with open
ings, if any, at the op. The moisture
in the hay will rise as yapor and will
make its exit at the top, as the roof
Is kept hot, but in the other case it
would condense at the top of the hay
by the cooler air admitted through the
doors.
| Lime for Insects.
Dry hydrate of lime formed by slak-
ing fresh lime with just water enough
| info a Gpa Tlou-1ar &c 1,Ga1