Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-29

As the hog pastures began to fail, the
farmer is fortunate who has a patch
of sowed corn to cut up and feed to the
hogs.
The cookie bur is found most useful
when it is east into the fire" The
cookie bur farmer is living in a past
age.
A dark nest is hens choice every
time. A nest on the floor is preferable
to one where the hen is compelled TO
fly up to reach it.
Smut on corn increases from spores
and the way to prevent spreading of
this trouble is to get the smut before
the spores ripen and blow away.
The prices for light and medium
hogs are about the same as for heavy
hogs. One hundred and seventy-five
Founders bring as much per hundred
as 300-pOunders do.
Do not kick the cow because you are
angry; go and kick the barn door or
the milking stool instead until you re-
cover your senses. A few lessons will
break you of the kicking habit.
Hogs are excellent in the orchard.
They eat up wormy and waste fruit
and transform it into 1.-The old-fash-
toned bacon, the streakedy bacon, the
hickory smoked bacon, so luscious and
rare
Skunks, minks and disreputable BIZ
peds are the chief enemies of the poul-
try raiser, and experience is likely to
convince him that well loaded shot
gun is the best weapon to use in all
three cases.
Mate up your fowls early, for occa-
sionally one of the hens will want to
sit during the latter part of winter, and
it is a nice thing to have some eggs
ready in order to hatch some chicks
early in the spring.
The census report shows that there
are in the United States this year
3,4O4 ,061 mules, valued at 1884, 6SO,o2o.
This is an increase during the past
three years in the number OF mules
of 675.973. with an increase in valua-
ton of $36,S27,193
Cutting up corn is hard work, but
when 1.-The frost is on the punkin ana
the folders in the shock" there is
feeling that the country is safe. There
is so much good feed in fodder that
the stock breeder can scarcely afford
to let it go to waste.
1t is a most difficult thing to inter
est a man in the alfalfa business by
showing him Illustrations of plans and
in writing articles about its produc-
ton. The best way is to show him the
plants growing. He should see the
whole process-seeing is believing
Dressed fowls and fresh eggs are
constantly in demand, at fair prices,
and farmers who are naturally good
statesmen will find 1t advantageous to
run retail routes, weekly. People In
the cities are willing to pay good
prices for something they know is
fresh.
A new disease among goaes has been
discovered and described by the United
States Bureau Of Animal Industry. 1t
Is contagious and is called ''takosis."
Thus far it has been found only in the
northern and eastern states, where the
climate is quite humid. The natural
range for Angoras is a dry region.
Do not let the high price Of pork in
duce you to sacrifice the tried and
trusty brood SOW. She will come handy
when next years crop of pigs is want
ed. On the other hand, this is a good
year to realize on those danes that fool
away their time and your money in
raising a pair of ordinary twins.
Look at the peaches that ripen in the
bright sunshine and see the perfect
coloring and freedom from rot; then
look at those hanging in dense shade
and notice that they ripen later, are
more subject to rot, and are partially
covered with little black fungus spots.
Great is sunshine as a fruit perfecter
and fungicide.
South of latitude SO, turnips may be
left in the patch to make early
greens for the first spring weather.
Where pine grows, common usage is
to cover the turnips before freezing
with q thick cover of pine branches.
These do not prevent freezing, but
seem to insure an earlier crop of
greens than can be had from those left
uncovered.
A farmer lad married a neighborhood
school teacher, who was town girl.
She undertook to cook some rice after
marriage, and filled the pot with rice
When it began to swell she had to place
It in two pots. Soon the swelling pro-
ceeded until all the cooking vessels she
had were full Of rice. She went out
and tagged her husband TO come to the
house before the swelling rice would
push out the kitchen windows.
Never in the history Of improved ag-
riculture did there exist such neces-
sity for choice clover seed as at this
very time More farms are seeded to
foul weeds by the Introduction of
really poor seed thar in almost any
other way 1t will pay every man to
buy small magnifying glass and look
at the seed he buys He should buy the
best and insist on getting it Buy only