Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-03-07


1t is good economy to keep the stables
scrupulously clean.
Pigs often lack vigor because the
brood sows are kept too fat. A good,
thrifty condition is much better for the
pigs than too much fat.
If the farm is running down and the
owner getting poor, there is no rota-
ton that will turn the tide in his favor
more promptly than rye, clover and
sheep.
The ravaGes of San Jose scale in
number Of eastern orchards have been
almost entirely done away by careful
and persistent spraying with bordeaux
mixture.
In using tarred papers for roofs, con-
sideration must be given the fact that
unless the paper be securely fastened,
SO that the wind can not get under it,
the roof NAV be destroyed during the
prevalence of a very high wind. Paper
roofs are excellent, provided they are
properly put on.
Everything possible should be done
In the orchard and garden during the
fall and winter. A good knife or prun-
ing shears should be carried SO as TO
thin vines and trees whenever an OPP
portunity occurs. Old wood needs to
be taken out and the new wood shaped
for the following year.
The man who tested his corn thor
oughly before planting will not only
get a larger crop at cribbing time. but
will derive satisfaction every day he
cultivates the crop, from the fact that
he himself and the land he works are
realizing q fair return on the degree
of fertility and effort that are respect
lively invested.
Dairving tends toward good farming.
The man who sells milk to a cOndensing
factory or cream to creamery Is
obliged to deliver a good, wholesome
product in order to secure NO. price.
This necessitates his producing good,
pure feeding materials on his farm.
In other words, he must keep his farm
clear of weeds in order to secure the
best feed.
To protect trees from borers, mix
cement with skim milk and apply with
stiff brush. Mix only small guam
tity at time. as it may set" Apply
If in a somewhat thin condition, and
then make a second application. First,
remove the earth from the trunk of
the tree and apply the mixture six
inches below the ground and foot
above.
IF there are any draughts of air
along the floor of the barn or stable,
the cause may be the openings near the
foundations. Bank with earth and
trample it down firmly. Should the
weather become cold, sprinkle with
water and the earth will freeze on the
surface and become hard, affording an
excellent protection against cold
draughta
A Chicago seed firm has new wrin-
kle in what is called seeded string
This is nothing more or less than
tissue paper string filed with seeds of
different garden plants. In place now
of planting seeds by guess out of the
hand one can just lay string of let
| tuce or radish in the furrow and cover
in less time than it takes to tell. The
rows can be kept straight in this man
ppr and cultivation made easier, it is
said.
Always keep the very best. earliest
Matched and thriftlest birds for your
eggs producers and breeders. Most
farmers are in the habit Of selling their
earliest Matched and best developed
birds TO the hucksters because they are
In good demand and bring good price
not thinking that such actions will
very soon produce evil results, because
! breeding from late hatched pullets and
! cockerels for few years will very
soon degenerate a flock of good birds
ion of those who have had first hand
experience with the Canada thistle and
uuack grass, both root stalks and with
out question the two worst pests in
the agricultural vocabulary, that they
can only be eradicated by being dug out
| bodily by the roots repeatedly during
| the season as fast as any new growth
shows or by a process of strangulatiOn,
which consists Of a deep narrowing
and a late sowing of buckwheat. With
| the most careful handling by either
method it is seldom that one seasons
warfare will suffice to eradicate the
pests 1t is true with these plant pests
As with a good many other disa greeable
| things in everyday life that IAN ounce
of prevention is worth pound of
cure" il being far easier to take the
necessary precaution to examine the
| imported seeds with which the seeds
| Of ouack grass and thistle are usually
| mixed and refrain from sowing them
| than to rid the ground of the plants
after they get good start
Modern Conveniences.
Probably one of the greatest objec-
tons to rural life, one which has in
| duced many families 10 forsake the
! country for the city, is the lack of san
.tary and other modern conveniences
| in the farm home. Owing to the fact
that medical science has demonstrated
that typhoid and enteric diseases, so
| prevalent in the country districts. are
| largely due to imperfect disposal of
the waste OF the household and barns,
it may he said that sanitary conven-
fences are a necessity on every modern
farm. To suggest ways and means by
which at small cost the progressive