Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-05


hot pasture more and cultivate less?
If you have never had a plat of lima
beans try TO arrange TO gov some.
They are certainly the king beans.
In mixed farming there is much stuff
that would otherwise be wasted that, if
sheep were kept, would be converted
into a merchantable product.
There Is only one graft that always
pays and that is grating fruit trees.
Many men have tried other kinds and
in the end have found that it did not
pay.
The oleo crowd have evidently come
to the conclusion that the dairy inter
ests are keeniy alive to the situation
and propose to keep bogus butter just
where it belongs.
The garden is twofoId source of
health. Try it. The home orchard and
the family garden are not mere con-
veniences, but are real necessities. A
years opportunities pass. in this case,
with April.
When one goes along the roadside
and sees locks of wool attached to the
lower wire of a two wire fence he is
led to believe that a man ought to eth
err have better fence or quit the
sheep business.
1t has been observed several times
that the man who drives q skinny, poor
horse usually carries Zig whip. If
such men would be as free with feed
as they are with their whips they prob
ably would have better horses.
If it were so in the days of Poor
Richard" it is so now that three
moves are equal to one fire" There
should be a change in tenures and there
would be less moving. Renters ought
to be given a chance to Lave long terms
on the same place.
1t is not enough to test the seed corn
as a whole 1t should be thoroughly
tested according to the most approved
methods. The planter should also De
tested. Doing these things properly ac-
tually tests the farmer himself, and if
he stands the test the crop usually does.
1t is a most dangerous practice for
a boy or any other person to stand I'M
mediately behind a horse that is haul
ing up the hay fork loaded with a big
Load of hay. Should anything give way,
as a breaking OF singletree, before
the load has reached the carrier, there
is liable to be an accident.
The owner of one-hundred-doliar
land is to be complimented when he
changes his management from a grain
producer to a stock grower. It is all
right to grow grain when it can be pro-
duced at profit. But one cannot af-
ford to haul away by the load the fer
tility of e-hundred-dollar land.
If you have a board floor in your
poultry house Gas you should haye) it
is good idea to cover it with sand.
1t is then much easier to clean it off.
Frequently layers OF dry leaves are
preferred by some, which should be
often applied and they answer the same
purpose. In any event keel the pOul-
try house we'll cleaned all the time.
A fruit grower says: The borer Is
the worst enemy to the apple tree. 1t
does its work in the early summer. |
have found that free washing with
soap suds furnishes complete protec-
ton, provided the moths have not al
ready laid their eggs in the tree. The
trunks of the trees should be washed
about the middle of the months of
April May and June each year.
A paint made of pulyerized charcoal
and linseed oil is an excellent preserva-
tive for posts. A friend Of mine set
few willow posts few years ago in
temporary fence, one Of which had
been treated. When al the others had
rOtted the one that had been treated
was in a good state Of preservation.
The thing to determine is whether it
will pay.
Goats are said to be great leaders and
even protectors of sheep Some time
ago a shepherd of New Mexico, while
away from the home camps, lost his
dog and broke his leg On the same day.
Five days later the sheep, led by the
goats, appeared at the home ranch af-
ter crossing two mountain ranges by q
path of their own finding with but sew
en- sheep missing out OF the flock Of
1000.
Ducks frequently lay for two or
three months before they take notion
to set, so if one wishes to hatch large
number of ducklings some Of the first
layed eggs should be SET under chicken
hens. Ducks eggs usually batch we'll
They require a greater amount of mois-
ture than hens eggs do. If the nest is
on the ground, sufficient moisture may
be had from the earth if set in q box
the eggs should be spr:nkled occasion
ally with tepid water during the later
part of incubation.
ANY farmer who would leave several
bushels of oats on the ground at har-
vest time would be considered a fool
ism man, and yet he does practically
the same thing when he sows inferior
seed that is infested with foul seed,
straws and spoiled grain. He cuts his
Weld several bushels which is equiva-
lent to leaving that much on the ground
at harvest time. One is a foolish prac-
tice and so is the other. IN recent