Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-11

gentle treatment, and comfort, as wei
as plenty of the right feed.
Heavier, and yet heavier, horses
are called for by reason Of the scare
ity of farm help and the increase il
the size of farm machinery.
Overcrowding - keeping constantly
overstocked with Il larger number than
you have room for-is the besetting
sin of a great number of poultry
men.
Cause the pigs to fear you not, es
pecialIy those intended for brood
sows; they should be assured that
their keeper is kind, considerate
friend. Even a hog appreciates such
a friend.
Sheep cannot live on nothing. but as
they eat some grasses and many weeds
that cows do not, they will do we'll on
pastures that are entirely insufficient
for cows. Don't forget to salt them
as often as they want it.
When you want to fatten sheep, do
not throw in a great volume of feed
at one time; they will waste it and
also be Disguised with it. Give them
just enough to eat up clean and no
more, and they will stay on their feed
and fatten up fast
If you will breed part of your COWS
to come fresh in the winter, you will
find it profitable A farmer who
makes really good butter can sell it
for 80 and 40 cents all winter to pri-
vate customers. That is a positive
fact and can be proven.
Give pigs succulent food and eXer-
else, clean, grassy beds to sleep in,
and fresh pure air to breathe, and
there is but little complain about dis
ease. The nearer these conditions can
be duplicated in winter the less dis
ease there will be to complain of
Perhaps the best way to pick seed
corn would be to go into the field
with a sack over the shoulder and
walking between two rows of corn
and watching them both, taking the
best ears from the best stalks as
they appear. This work may be done
when the ears are of medium ma
turity and before corn will do to crib
The asparagus bed should be now
ed and the tops burned before the
seeds fall, otherwise the seed will
grow and overstock the bed with fee
hle plants. The bed should be COW
cred for winter with a heavy coat of
manure for protection, and in spring
rake off the coarse part and work
the rest into the soil.
An apple grower says this about
boxes for apples: 1t is easily han
died and quickly packed In the
instances of the small shipper, who
may not have fruit of the different
Der of barrels, the box enables him
to ship practically all Of each kind.
Fruit packed in a box shows to good
advantage and needs little disturb
ance of contents in making examina-
ton.
In France the wagons used by the
merchants and farmers have wheel
tires ranging from 3 to 10 inches in
width, the most usual width being
from 4 to 6 inches. The large freight
wagons -four wheeled have tires rare
ly narrower than 6 inches, and the
rear axle is about - to Il inches
longer than the front axle, so that the
rear wheel tracks will lap the tracks
made by the front wheels, and so
widen the space of roadway rolled by
the wheels.
Laying hens are very fond of
ground bones. They help digest other
food when they cannot get at sharp
gravel, and with the strong digestive
apparatus which fowls have, every
part is made use of The lime goes
to make the shells, but if the bones
have been only cooked and not burned
they are full of material of which the
egg itself is made The only advant-
age from burning bones is to make
them break up more easily. The
fowls certainly do not like them as
well. nor are they so good for them
as when broken up without burning.
Intensive Farming in Japan.
When it comes to intensive culture
Of the soil the japanese seem to take
the lead. According to experts who
have investigated agricultural condi-
tons in Japan there is nothing in the
annals of agriculture that ever ap-
preached the scientific skill of Japa-
nese husbandry. If all the 1895. 900
tillable acres Of Japan were merged
into one field a man in an automo-
bile, travelling at the rate of fifty miles
an hour could circle arabic Japan IA
eleven hours.
Need Moisture to Hatch.
Eggs must not become too dry dur
ing the incubation period. Some poul-
trymen advocate sprinkling them with
warm water; one writer states that
he dips them in warm water. In pre-
pairing the nests for setting hens it is
a good plan to put freshly cut sod
in the bott5m of the box and build
the nest of hay or straw preferably
hay) on the top of the sod. If the
hen is permitted to leave the nest at
will and wander about the premises