Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-09-26

Break the colts to the halter while
very young and they Will not become
halter pullers.
Why is it that so many farmers To-
cate their feed lots in the lowest grounA
on the farm?
Many families are broken up by the
parents regarding the children as mere
money-making capital.
Have at least one hive of bees if
fruit is a speciality. Bees are valuable
assistants in fertilizing the blossoms
If you keep the COWS in the barn at
night see that they are well bedded
and cleaned in the morning before
milking
Watch open wounds on the stock in
hot, showery weather for maggots. A
swab and some good dip properly di-
Iuted will make 'em crawl.
Tankage is all right for hogs, pro-
vided it is fed with corn or other
grain. 1t will not do to feed alone, be-
cause it contains too much protein.
It's a big mistake to pillow when the
ground shows I'D slick and oozy, as 1t
leaves the moldboard. Too wet, and
that means clods and impairs the tex
ture of the soil.
Feeding cattle are simply fesh-pro-
ducing machines, and they should be
disturbed as little as possible. Keep
them in good order and promote lazl-
ness as much as possible,
Rape makes splendid green food for
yarded fowls. A row a few rods long
will furnish green stuff all season, as
it can be picked over many times If the
crown is not broken out.
The more men tamper with nature
the more they complicate matters often
instead of effecting solution. 1t has
been found out that in spraying fruit
trees, birds as well as insects are killed.
Currant bushes should be hoed.
which not only cleans out the weeds
and grass, but renders the new growth
more vigorous A shovelful of we'll
rotted manure, worked into the soil,
will prove beneficial.
When dairymen realize that their sep
arators must be thoroughly washed ey-
cry time they are used and that their
cream must be perfectly sweet when
delivered at the factory, the troubles
Of the butter maker will be practically
eliminated.
The custom of loading farm wagons
so that the heaviest weight is upon the
front wheels is all wrong, and adds
materially to the draft. The heaviest
weight should be carried by the hind
wheels. This has been proved by of
fetal and careful tests.
In the mountain pastures Of Scotland
during heavy snoWstorms fOcks Of
sheep are frequently buried out Of
sight They are discovered by the sa
gacious collie dogs and the shepherd
proceeds to dig a hole through which
they can escape.
II selecting cantaloupes do not aim
to secure a large size for family use.
The best favored and sweetest varie-
ties are the small kinds, and they are
also the earliest. Watermelons, how
ever, should be large, as the larger
the melon the less waste, while they
are also fully equal in quality to the
smaller kind.
That the pure food law and the agi-
tatIon over Ohicagos bad meats has
not resulted disastrously to the trade
is shown by the figures for exports.
Last year the total exports Of meats,
dairy products and food animals
amounted to $250,0O0,0O0, an increase
Of S76,000,0O0 during the past ten
years.
The last years beet production in |
Kansas aggregated 10000 tons This is |
an increase Of rs per cent over the |
output of 1905, which was previously |
the greatest. This is due to the cree |
ton at Garden City of one Of the |
largest factories in the world, which |
contracted for and manufactured vir |
tually the whole of the State crop.
Peach trees will not bear forcing |
with stimulating manures. even in |
sandy soil, as such forcing will cause |
an overgrowth, and the fruit buds will |
drop off in the spring when the sap |
starts and the buds begin to swell. Do
not plant on ground rich enough TO
grow onions, or the trees will make late
growth and produce unripe wood that
may be winter killed
An experiment by professor In
dairying at the New York experiment
station with herd of ordinary dairy
COWS, showed that they had consumed
In ore year $3.50 each and produced
S25 of milk. The farmer had lost
$3.50 on each COW in his herd in adj
ditIon to his labor. A careful wedding
out according to the records kept made
a difference the next year. Each COW
SIS Of feed and produced S3S
Of milk.
Muriate Of potash is a product of
the Stassfurt mines in Germany, and
its sale is controlled by a German
syndicte. Both acid phosphate and
are fine, dry meals, in perfect
condition to be used in a fertilizer
drill, and mixing them aoes not alter
their condition. Muriate of potash re
Bembles common salt in appearance,
except that It is usually somewhat yell
lowish In color. In its commercial