Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-10-11

Pruning is a very important part Of
should be, consulted before it is ""
dertaken on a large scale.
Provide warm quarters for the sheep.
Turnips, with little rye bran, are
good to exc out the pasture. Keep the
N with the flock for early lambs.
The alberta peach is said to be
cross between an Early Crawford and
the Chinese cling, and is an accidental
hybrid produced by planting one near
the other
In building u cellar wall an air space
is just the thing needed and it costs
less than material TO fill it. Jack Frost
don't like an air space in walls, for it
keeps him out.
To the tired. overworked, famed or
otherwise out-of-condition horses there
is no sanitarium nor hospital that com
pares with a good pasture, with some
protection from sun and passing show
ers.
Dressed poultry should not be packed
for transportation until entirely cold.
1t should then be laid in clean straw,
breast down, keeping the wings and
legs close to the body. See that there
is no discoloration Of the skin.
of no iva of far
ers who would regulate the prices of
farm products have just come up to
the problem that in some things, such
as wheat, there exists a worlds compe-
tition which they are powerless to reg
ulate.
Book farming is all right, but not al
ways do we find the book farmer right
1t Is well enough to know the rules of
practical agriculture and it is all right
to put them to practice, but We often
see people who are in practice and they
do better than others.
The man who lives near a large city
is not coming UP to his possibilities If
he does not cater to the best markets
near his home There are many farm
products the city people would like to
have which he could furnish. This is
trade that it pays to cater to.
Carefully conducted experiments in
the spraying of potatoes show that
while the cost of thorough spraying
during the season is but from 81 to SIS
an acre, it has resulted in an average
gain of about $23 per acre during
period of three years over correspond
ing fields that were left unsprayed.
Nowhere does organization count FOR
any more than it does in a thrashing
club. Such clubs are advantageous in
that their members know who is going
to help, and when they are to have
their work done. There are no lag
CARDS and every man has an interest
In the work that is being done, whether
at home or at a neighbours.
Thorough cultivation of orchards has
come to be one of the most important
operations. It not only makes plant
food more available, but is valuable
projection against drought. In soils
which are unusually hard, poor in
humus, and in which the trees do not
form a taproot, it is extremely impor-
tant that the ground be loosened by
cultivation an by the turning under
Of green manure crops.
About the OILY binding law some
states have foOr keeping weeds. cut
along the highways is the law govern
ing a mans self-respect. Most men do
not like TO have weeds grow along the
highway contiguous to their farms, but
now and then you will find farmer
who is perfectly willing to let them
grow. There ought to be a rigid law
for the latter. The former is not under
the law at all; he does not need it.
The wheat producer is told in one pa
per that it would be best for him to
hold his crop for better prices In an
! other paper equally as reliable he is
told that every decline of one cent
per bushel on wheat puts it near the ex-
port price, and it is the price abroad
that must determine crop values as
long as we have a surplus" In the
multitude of such councils it will stand
the eat-grower in hand to know
where he is at
A steady increase in the membership
of the Grange is noticed in most of the
eastern states. The cooperative idea
has not taken 50 we'll with the western
farmers. probably because they have
been especially busy in developing a
new country. but the Grange idea is
penetrating into every section and it
soon will have a large membership.
The good things. that the Grange
stands for are being better understood
and its influence is widening in proper
ton.
Preserving ShfngIed Roofs.
Many dollars may be saved by max
ing your roof last five or more years
longer than is usual before reshingling.
Take some air-slaked lime and when
the shingles are damp sprinkle it upon
the upper part OF the roof. 1t will
gradually wash over the whole of it
and preserve it wonderfully, A bushel
of lime will be sufficient for 1000
square feet. If you don't believe this,
examine your roof and notice the diff
ference in that part where the lime
has washed from the chimney.
Proper Exercise.
Comparatively few people understand
the value of systematic exercise. Farm
ers are in the habit Of thinking that
they get exercise enough. Some of the
muscles certainly get used enough and
too much, but this is not exercise in
the proper sense of the word. 1t is