Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-09-12
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nail IN time saves nine.
The best method of paying for the
fam is to make it productive.
Keep the weeds from securing a start
by constant, thorough cultivation
Beauty is as beauty does" applies
to home surroundings as well as peo-
pie
Labor is never spent in vain when it
leads to the accomplishment of good
results
To make sheep pay, keep the best
sheep obtainable and give them the best
keep possible.
If properly managed, an acre will
supply through the silo ample feed for
q COW for one year
Limbs that are diseased on trees are
best removed as soon as discovered,
regardless of the season or age OF the
trees
The productiveness and profitable
ness Of the farmers business depends
almost entirely in intelligent manage
ment.
One reason why animal husbandry
Is profitable is the saving in transpor-
tation when concentrated products
are marketed.
The man who never held to any bust
ness is nearly always the one to IN
vest when prices are high and sell out
when prices are low.
The feeding of grain to sheep will
make their wool grow faster and more
iense, and consequently heavier fleece
will be the result
Stable manure is the most practical
fertilizer known, for an application of
it seems the adding of both the ele-
ments of fertility and humus.
The farm products must be put In
the form in which they will command
the most money and yet leave the farm
In the most productive condition
Do not sell the youngest yearling
stock while there are older animals
that can be disposed of with equal adj
vantage and which will not grow into
more money.
The best system Of farming Is that
which gives the largest returns for the
labor and capital invested and still
leaves the soil in condition to produce
maximum crops.
When the food supply Is only sufi-
cient for maintenance in an animal
there is no gain In weight simply for
the reason that nothing to make
growth or weight has been furnished
Make a study Of the herd Of cows
selec- e best ones, sell the poor
ones, buy or raise more good ones
grow more cowpea and alfalfa hay
for winter feeding, and make the
cows keep you instead of you keeping
the cows
In laying drains it Is best to cover
each joint with collar, SO fitted that
the soil will not work in and fill the
tile If the bottom of the ditch is cui
down to a point exactly the size of the
tile the latter will not move laterally
nor cause trouble. 1t is best to make
1t secure and safe in the first place
All kinds of coarse food can be rem
dered serviceable by judicious combina-
| ton of the ration. Even cut straw will
be eaten if bran and oil meal are
added to it. Fodder can be made ac-
hay may be fed with other foods in a
manner to make the whole ration very
| palatable
Rough, rocky or bashy land may be
plowed in the fall to good advantage
| because the farmer is then not so busy
as in the spring, thus giving him more
time to remove the rocks and roots thai
| fill the land. When the farmer be
Iieves his land to be full of worms an6
grubs he will do much in the way OF
killing them by blowing very late il
| the fall.
A cattle breeder, who has expert
mented in various modes of feeding
states that he estimated the cost Of the
food according to the value Of the land
and the crop, and with a bunch OF
steers on a pasture, from May to Sep
TENDER, he cleared $3.50 an acre. As 1t
labor was required, the steers securing
the food from the pasture, the gain was
an addition to that which the pastures
give ordinarily, while the manure is
also an item Of profit
1t is very easy among lot Of fowls
to decide which will be the best layers
| 1t is always the hen that has red
combs and that gets up the earliest
even in cold weather. When a hen is
moping and dumpish she will not lay
many eggs, and those she does lay,
while they may be all right while fresh
| for eating, are worth little or nothing
for setting. If the eggs for setting
were always chosen from fowls that
were themselves active and vigorous
the greatest possible improvement in
the prolificacy of fowls would be at 10
| expense whatever.
| The Largest Orchard.
| Where are the largest orchards In