Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-01


The world admires a good fighter and
a cheerful loser.
Did you know that turpentine applied
lightly with a brush on floors and walls
Of closets will destroy moths?
If o buy seeds from the grocery
man make him swear that they are not
left over from last years stock.
The farm wives Of America have
done more toward paying the national
debt than all the other women put to-
gether.
Push the lambs along as fast as you
can. The sooner you get them to mar
ket the more money there will be in
them.
It is estimated that the honey pro
OIt6tl III me 4 hCLolEo last SN"L
would load a string of freight cars
from Chicago to New York.
A New Jersey farmer says that chop
ping wood will be made easier and
with better progress If the cutting is
done mostly with the inside corner OF
the ak.
Next time you paper the house scrape
every particle Of loose paper from the
walls first, then cover with a thin coat
ing Of glue water before putting on the
new paper.
A small family should leave few
table scraps, but a large family will
cause more. The fowls, old and young,
appreciate these, if free from bones
and not sou
Hens and chickens like alfalfa. 1t
must, as usual, be clipped several
times first year. To prevent 1t being
dug up cover with a lattice, through
which it is picked by the fowls.
AIllIIldiS Vi NrClbuS udDllS elIcultI
never be used for breeding purposes,
as vices are transmitted. BY careful
breeding in this respect the disposition
of the animals can be positively con-
trolled.
Every well bred COW that is kept on
the farm by the very law Of its being
Is ready. and able to assist in giving
additional value to all crops grown on
the farm if we only surround it with
the right conditions.
Wyoming experiments in preserving
fence posts show that when the posts
were dipped in crude petroleum and
burned off so that the charred portions
come above the ground when set they
Will keep Indefinitely.
The tremendous rush Of unfit hogs
to market last fall resulted in a great
depression in the mutton market, and
sheep and lamb feeders have been
greatly discouraged. However, bust
ness in both ines is rapidly improving.
Some folks use their f~reless hay
cocker In which to raise bread and find
it works to perfection, as it keeps the
dough at exactly the right temper
allure. OF course first warm the nests
by placing kettles of boiling water in
them.
W. a cto ,yn n COW into natiDr most
any old thing on the place, but, like
the Irishman's horse. whose owner fed
him shavings and put green spectaclcs
on him to make him believe it was
grass. she is likely to die as soon as
she gets used to II.
If you have had any contagious dis
ease in the house follow the directions
of your physician implicitly in the mat
ter of fumigating the room after the
patient has been removed. 1t is gen
orally cheaper to destroy all bed clothes
and clothes worn by the sick one than
10 run the risk of another outbreak Of
the disease.
An even and tractable disposition in
n horse is often spoiled by improper
handling and training. as is often the
case with the strong willed and wide
awake boy or girl. The very qualities
which make the child or horse most
useful and valuable IL properly trained
make them the more difficult to man.
age If they are not properly handled in
the early stages.
There is a type of folks that are as
tender hearted as can be IN their re-
Iations to and treatment of dumb sni-
mails who are seemingly calloused
when it comes to hurting the feelings
of their own folks or circulating a false
report which may besmirch the good
name of n %neighbor or acquaintance.
Thu first named trait is a most com
mendable one. but should not he di-
vorced from the higher type of benev-
olence.
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While having a seemingly hard and
tough bark, trees. especially the fruit
bearing kind, are exceedingly suscepti-
bic to damage by fire. This is due to
the fact that the life layer of the tree.
the light yellow camhium layer, is
Just beneath the outside bark and. be-
ing SO near the surface. is easily affect
ed by an extreme of heat. One learns
the truth of this to his sorrow at times
when a fire gets away from him when
burning litter in the garden or when
a fire is accidentally started in the
grass in the orchard.