Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-30

mon between a dirty cream separator
and gilt edged butter product
In training a horse to walk fast he
Is not injured IN the least for any other
gait and can be taught to trot and
gallop just as well as before.
The very first symptom of kicking
should lead us TO dispose of the animal
that does it. Life is precious Never
risk it with a horse that kicks
When horse gets to gnawing at
manger the best thing to do is to cover
everything gnawable with tin. Better
do it before the habit is formed, how
ever
1t will be very likely the same chap
who failed to test his seed corn before
planting it who will be bemoaning his
hard luck and cussing the wea ther and
Providence next election time.
When an egg containing a live germ
is surrounded by a lot of eggs contain
ing dead ones, it is in no condition to
get the proper heat, and will have to be
a very vigorous germ if it matches out
at all.
In proportion to contents, there Is
more shell surface in a small egg than
large one, so that to run an incubator
to suit the small egg will be too damp
for the larger Ones where moisture is
used, and vice versa.
Begin to work the horses carefully
in the spring time. They have been
standing about till their muscles are
all soft, and to get right down to hard
work all at once may make them sick.
Feed carefully, too, for a few days.
Better underfeed them to give too much
| on the start.
Flax undoubtedly has place as a
sIbduer Of newly broken soils, but is
curse when used anywhere else. In
European countries, where this plant is
raised year after year and primarily
for it's fiber, an intensive system of ag-
riculture is followed, together with a
heavy fertilizing of the soil.
| Because some farmers are not getting
rich after having had telephones in
stalled for some years, is no argument
against the phone. The telephone has
simply put him in position to meet
competition of other business men who
have taken advantage of the service
which may be gained over the wires.
Be careful in handling fowls, espe-
cially ducks and geese. Ducks have
very weak joints and it always Injuries
them more or less to catch them by
the legs. Overlooking. overcrowding
| and lack of ventilation cause much loss
among amateur poultry keepers. A
| large per cent of the chicks die and
| those that survive are runty and I'M
dersized.
Give the boy two or three acres OF
ground to farm this year. Allow him to
send to the State Agricultural College
for some seed corn and assist him in
preparing the ground and planting this
seed The work will be good for him,
| the information obtained will be inval- |
liable and the profits will be ample for
him to provide his own clothes for the
coming year
| Don't forget in starting the incuba |
| tor to clean out the heat or fiue pipe |
into which the lamp chimney extends,
| to put in a brand new wick, to clean |
all the parts Of the lamp thoroughly, |
! having the burners as near as possible |
as bright as when they are new. Use
good sewing machine oil on all the
| bearing parts Of the machine after first |
carefully removing the dust and dirt.
| AS a measure Of economy, plan to
grow plenty of vegetables for the family |
table throughout the year-potatoes,
| peas, beans, beets, sugar corn, tomatoes,
| onions, cabbage, ETC. Study out good
| truck patch now, and work 1t for all 1t
| Is worth. Buy seed now If need be.
Also grow plenty Of roots for the cows,
horses, sheep and poultry and save buy
Ing bran. 1t is the buying Of food
things that keeps some farmers poor.
A simple system of crop rotation that
Is generally recommended and that
not only tends to conserve the fertili
~ of the soil. but results in a maximum
destruction Of weeds, consists of corn
two years, oats one and clover one.
Coupled with the points mentioned, the
clover, in addition to being a soil rem
ovator, imparts physical texture that
makes it possible to put it in the best
possible condition for succeeding crops
of whatever kind.
The farmer and gardener, even
though he may not have an aesthetic
taste which would cause him to pro-
tect bird life for it's sake alone, If he
has but thought for the size Of his
oocketbook will do all he can to shield
the birds of the community in which
he lives from their many enemies.
Never before has the place of the birds
in the system of natures economy
been more fully appreciated than now
and never so hlgh yalue placed on
the service which they render to man.
In judging horses, like men, you can
generally depend a good deal on your
first impression. When the first In
preston is good, you may sometimes
discover things that for while will
lead you to think contrary TO your
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there will, as a rule, be discovered evil
dences to support the good impression
at first gained. By the same process