Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-15

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The first requisite of success in breed
Ing is the love of an animal.
Burn the potato vines and all trash
in the fields to prevent rot.
An honest nurseryman is a rare prize
that should be tightly chung to.
A heavy rain coat is cheaper than
doctors bills. So is a hired girl for
the wife
The man who has learned enough to
attend to his own business has pretty
good education.
A good deed and a pleasant manner
will do more with your neighbor than
a lawsuit.
A breachy cow, a sheep-killing dog
| and lazy and careless hired man are
the three greatest nuisances ons the
farm.
Men are the vainest creatures in the
world, yet they are always making fun
of women for studying the looking
| glass.
Rape grown during a wet season is
much more succulent and has a tend
ency to cause bloat quicker than when
grown during dry season.
Some of our highest producing dairy
cows have been developed along milk
producing lines until they are in real
| ity an unnatural deformity.
1t Is good plan to market off the
calves as soon as they are Of a market
able size and age. The milk is worth
| more than the calf after that
California fruit growers recently
sent trainload of oranges for distribu-
ton among the people Of Iowa in order
to educate them up to the advantages
| of eating more of this fruit.
Hens that have to dodge for their
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near, and that are compelled to Skin
mish for a living, are not the ones
| that are paying off the farm debt.
There is more danger from pasturing
rape during wet season than a dry
one. Not only on account of the con-
ditlon Of the plant, from the standpoint
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taken into the stomach.
What has become of the good old
cider apple butter that mother used to
make? The government experts show
that 80 per cent Of the stuff now sold
for apple butter is so badly adulterated
as to make it unfit for food
1t takes courage to keep on raising
sheep or hogs or anything else when
prices show a weak backbone for
couple of years in succession. But the
man who has the grit to stick to his
business will win in the long run.
The Stock Breeders Association of
Grangeville, Wash, paid $4,000 for
Percheron stallion. He is dark brown.
years old, weighs 1880 pounds and
stands IS hands l y inches. The as
ISOLATION is composed of ten farmers
Unler no circumstances should the
unsophisticated country girl go to a
large city on tempting offer of high
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view has been certified to by person
Of her acquaintance in whom she has
absolute. confidence. In all too. many
cases girls are wont to view these Of
fers as bona fide only to find by bitter
experience that they were traps set by
unprincipled or immoral schemers to
lure them to the city.
For years past fumes Of tobacco
have been used for the purpose Of fu-
migration in green and hot houses
But, due to the fact that this is not
always effective with all kinds Of IN
sects, other insecticides have been ex-
perimented with, and hydrocyanic acid
gas has been found to be very effec- |
tive. One of the drawbacks with this |
is that In addition to exterminating in |
sect life it will also infiict injury on
the plants If allowed to remain in the
Enclosure too long. 1t is likewise a |
deadly poison, and great care has to be |
exercised In the use Of 1t.
A Busy Horse Is Seldom Sick
Many farmers have a great amount |
of work for their horses during the |
busy season, but not much for them |
to do in the winter. AS a consequence |
the horses come through the winter |
looking well, but are weak and easily |
tired with the burden of heavy spring
work. The lack Of regular exercise |
for several months has reduced their
general vitality and muscular powers.
1t is better for horses to have some
regular daily work in winter In order
to keep their muscles hard and strong,
even If it Is but a few hours in the
harness at a time. Then they will not
be weak and fabby when spring work
opens.
When it is impossible to furnish them
work let them out in the lot or field
where they can browse little and kick
up their heels.
The Fruit Garden.
Pick the pears two weeks before
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