Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28

| sACNli
oiack soil is not necessarily a rich
SOIL 1t may be almost devoid of nitro
gen. and so stand in need of some fer
| tilizer,
For humble foot in poultry, paint the
corn literally with tincture of iodine
| daily for week. II this is done in
| the early stages the corn can be spread.
Good bacon is great food. 1t always
tastes like more. Quantity compared,
q man can turn more acres with fewer
hog troughs" on it than On any other
| meat.
| Most men make the mistake of
| spreading the manure too thickly. In
most cases it will be better to cover
larger area with the same amount.
| Guilty.
The Missouri State Board of Agri-
! culture has asked Ernest KellerstrasS,
| the poultry fancier of Missouri. for a
| portrait Of the famous hen Peg, which
| he recently refused to sell to Pader-
ewski for 5000.
The proprietor of the Green Hill
| dairy, near Burlington, n j.. sold his
immense herd Of Jerseys and Alder
neys and restocked the farm entirely
| with Holsteins. He believes that the
latter are less liable to have tuber-
| culoSis.
Lovers Of buckwheat cakes and ma
| pie syrup will be delighted to learn that
New York man has recently been con-
| victed and sentenced to pay $500 fine
and spend thirty months in Jail for
selling bogus Vermont maple syrup
| through the mails.
The bureau of statistics of the Uni
ted States Department Of Agriculture
announces that the healthfulness of
farm animals was better on April
than it was last year and losses from
disease, with the exception of swine,
were smaller
Farmers are truck raisers around
| GlenwOOd, Ia, and are interested in the
| raising of asparagus, and may turn
| their entire attention to the cultivation
of the crop for canning purposes. In
the East from 500 to $500 per acre
Is realized from asparagus.
By the investment of S15 or 500 in a
good writing desk that can be put I'M
der lock and key, some men can save
hundred dollars worth Of fuss,
worry, mental discontinue and house
hold rumpuss that arise from having
no place for business headquarters in
the house.
Science is getting. obstreperous. 1t
has butted into the making of butter
The golden product is now as cOnven-
t1onal as the blue bib-overall. There
is no chance for originality. The rich
~ favored, delicately aromatic product
Of the old shallow cream pans and
dash churn Is no more; That's what
we pay for being scientific
1t Is quite common to hear persons
say that our butter at the present time
Is not as good quality as butter was
ten or twelve years ago. This does not
look reasonable, as dairy and creamery
methods have improved so as to make
dairying almost a new industry. A
more reasonable conclusion Is that the
standard of excellence in butter is high
er now than then.
There are two or three things that
ought to be remembered in making the
hotbed, or cold frame, as it is perhaps
more properly called. First, use fresh
horse manure that will heat. Soak it
down and let it warm up considerably
before putting in the earth, and don't
pack the earth down 80 tight as to pre-
vent the heating process. Three or
four inches Of soil, depending some
what upon its texture, ought to be suf
ficlent. Let the earth warm thorough
ly before planting the seeds. Water
frequently and raise the sash On warm
days, and be sure to have horse blan-
kets ready when the thermometer goes
down to zero.
The person who sets out an orchard
for the first time usually makes the
mistake Of selecting too many varie-
ties. 1t is far better and more salts
factory to select two or three hardy
standard varieties. fall or winter, as
the case may be, and pass up the job
Of using several acres as an expert |
mental plot for thirty or forty varIe-
ties that the nurseryman may urge
upon you. Perhaps the wisdom Of
having but two or three varieties is |
not fully realized until the trees come |
into bearing and one has the market |
Ing Of the fruit to attend to. With |
many varieties and as many seasons |
of ripening there is much delay and |
putter work In picking and disposing |
of the fruit, while the prices one can |
get for little dabs are not SO satisfac- |
tory as for good sized consignments of |
but two or three varieties.
Cold Storage EGGS. !
The eggs stored in this country last |
year amounted TO lis, 161 $40 dozen, Of |