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


rules that will work well in all cases.
You can better afford to starve your
horses any other time than during the
first year of their exist nce. A stunted
colt seldom makes q well-developed
horse.
The man who sows winter wheat
broadcast is inviting failure. 1t may
not come, but it is liable to. If I
could not drill my wheat 1 would not
SOW any.
The temperature of water for horses
Is not so much an object as the purity
of it. While it is best to have the wa
ter cool, it is more important to have
1t free from all impurities.
The female animal on the farm that
Is coming up in flesh at mating time
is much more liable to produce a good
offspring than the thin or poor animal.
This should be thoroughly understood.
The hired man who kills his employ
er's time Is just as dishonest as the
man who steals his property, as he is
getting money under false pretenses,
and in so doing is a fraud and
swindler.
A farmer living near Fort Scott,
Kan, DESTROYS of providing a bunch
of his hogs with much needed tonic,
gave them a stiff dose of strychnine,
with the result that he next day hauled
sixtee1 Of them out for fertilizer.
Has it ever occurred to you that the
boxes in which grain is fed to horses
will get foul and ill-smelling? They
will and should be cleaned out occa-
sionally. 1t pays to keep them clean,
for a germ will do a mint Of trouble
sometimes.
In breeding cows for the dairy select
the best and breed them to a sire from
q butter-making family. Use only
thoroughbred bull, remembering that
the bull will impress upon his offspring
either his own likeness or that of his
ancestors.
without exercise it is impossible for
the muscle of the young horses 10 de-
yelop, hence the necessity for good
sized field for them to run N. Ii you
would have horses with plenty OF en-
durance. give the colts chance to de-
velop their muscles.
Twenty-Five years ago a two horse
team was used for doing all the heavy
farm work, while to-day the same
work, and much besides is done by a
heavy team of three draft horses, and
the work is done much more advan-
tageously, also resulting in less wear
and tear upon the team
An Indiana man is experimenting
with what he is pleased to term atmos-
pheric irrigation. He simply places tile
in his land. not to lead off the water,
but to supply the soil with air and
thereby increases his crops. He claims
II works we'll for on a hitherto poor,
clay farm he is able to produce large
crops of corn.
The United States are celebrated for
the fast horses they have developed.
The same intelligence, feed water and
atmosphere that developed speed With
out parallel will develop strength with
out parallel when devoted to that OBJ
,N+ ha. orr 70 Trrf,l
under existing conditions of draft
horse breeding.
No Intelligent dairyman will be salts
fed with q herd of cows that produces
ouly 10 pounds of fat per cow, When
If is possible to have one that will
mike over 300 pounds. The difference
between 800 and 10 is too much to
lose each year in a herd of twenty
COWS when a little application Of bust
ness sense will save it.
The feeding of young chicks is really
of minor consideration compared with
sanitary conditions and proper man
agement. There is no kind Of food
that will save them from filth and
yermfn. WelI-hatched, well-fed and
well-cared-for are the three absolute
reouisites for success, but the last of
these is the greatest.
The man who knows how to produce
good milk, and who will locate near a
large city. has as good chance as
anyone to make money. He can get
first prices by selling the milk direct to
those who want it fresh and are will
ing To Day for it. In addition, his
farm will pretty surely increase in
value as the city grows.
The Wisconsin experiment station
has been comparing the cost Of pro-
duction of mutton and beef One hun
dred pounds OF gain We're made by a
wether lamb on 3S4 pounds of corn
296 pounds of corn fodder and twenty
two pounds of potatoes. To produce
| 100 pounds of gain in ii steer required
S94 pounds of corn, 1S5 pounds of
bran and 645 pounds of silage.
A great many people who have never
known the meaning of the word tired
will spend three months at some pleas
| ure resort resting. There is such a
| thing as knowing how to rest when one
is tired, but as a rule the one who most
! needs rest knows nothing about the