Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-19
NUBBINs OF FARM NEWS.

Uncle Sam received 81, 100000 last
year for public lands of all kinds.
An apple orchard near Albany, Ore,
| fifty-two years old, is still producing good
| fruit.
A gardener at Tacoma, Wash, last sea-
son marketed $3.50 worth of celery from
one acre of ground.
Calvin d. Rogers of Iron River Wis.
has just imported from Italy twenty bees
| for which he paid So each.
The explosion of cream separator
nearly killed Earl Adams and his mother,
living near Trempealeau, Wis.
On one ranch near Ventury, Cal, &c.
600 bushels of lima beans were raised last
| season. They were all thrashed out by
| one machine.
Oregon hop growers are protesting to
Congress against the passage of the nu-
merous prohibition measures now before
that body, as likely to injure the hop
| market.
Emperor William of Germany sent fif-
teen coach and cavalry horses to the In
ternational show. They were among the
most beautiful animals ever seen in this
country.
Night riders In Tennessee who were
arrested for burning tobacco sheds and
shooting at farmers were set free because
jury could not be found in the county
to try them.
Wyoming is sending a large number of
her tough little bronchos to Alaska, as
it has been found that they stand the
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other breed
The government reports that 100000
cattle died in the United States last year,
over half of them succumbing from ex-
posture. The total losses from all causes
are estimated at $24,OO0,0O0.
One Of the sights at the International
Stock show was a pure white Galloway,
sired by Scottish Standard, a thorough
bred Galloway bull out of a pure bred
white Galloway cow This is a freak,
but may produce a new type of Gallo
way.
The famous Riverside dairy and stock
farm owned by the Pierce brothers of
Stockton, Cal, is to be, sold in small plots
and the thoroughbred cattle, which are
famous the world over, are to be dis
persed. The owners say the difficulty Of
securing labor has made fancy stock
growing Improbable.
Over 300 farmers, engineers and bust
ness men attended the good roads conven-
ton in st. Paul, where various road ma
terials and plans of construction were
shown. new laws and weak places in the
old ones discussed and the duty of local
officers explained.
At the national convention of school
superintendents at Washington resolu-
tons were adopted in favor of the study
of agricultural subjects in the schools of
the rural districts: granting federal aid
to the State normal schools for the train
ing of teachers in the subjects of agri-
culture, manual training and home eco
Ifomics.
In order to finance the moving of the
crops in Washington State the farmers,
bankers, shippers and exporters got to-
gether and agreed on a short credit plan,
as a result of which S30,000,000 worth
of wheat is now flowing to Puget sound
and Pacific coast points for shipment to
Europe, Africa and Asia.
To determine whether or not woodpeck-
ers eat the bark beetles which have been
so destructive to trees in South Dakota,
forest rangers have been ordered to kill
and dress a number of the birds and send
them to Washington. where their stom-
achs viii be analysed and tested to find
if any of the bark beetles are contained
in the organs.