Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-29

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Give the young chickens the run OF
the place.
If you sin against your stock, be sure
your sin will find you out in reduced
profits.
Home" to the boy and girl does not
mean simply place in which TO eat
and sleep and work
Some men have not yet learned that
brains count more in farming than long
legs and brute force.
Some men enjoy being grouchy and
their highest ambition is to destroy
something others have created.
The team should be fed the heaviest
more time then to enjoy it.
The food limit Of every COW should
be governed by the ability of the COW
to give profit on what she eats.
If hen lays an egg a week the
year through, it will just pay for her
nd will viz a
profit.
If you want to get a good catch Of
clover next season, give the fields
which are to be sown a good coating
Of manure.
1t pays to be honest with the chill
dren from the start because they are
sure to find us out in time, and then
respect takes wings.
A woman often goes about her work
with headache that would send a man
to bed and set him to bowling so he
could be heard mile.
No sensible man would take chances
on breeding poor, starved animals, nor
should he think of using immature ard
shrunken grain for seed.
The greatest value of sheep in an
orchard is found probably in their be-
ing used as a means Of fertilizing or
chards that are bearing.
In commercial fruit growing the de-
mands regulate the supply to a great
extent, whereas in the private trade
the supply largely regulates the de-
mand.
Mite traps are being used success
fully by some They are so arranged
that when the mites seek seclusion
after their nightly feast they are
trapped.
The hog pasture should be gotten in
better shape by sowing grass over
badly rooted places, and the fence
should be mended so that the young
pigs do not break out.
Sheep can never be pastured on rape
safely vile it is damp either from rain
or dew. In order that the sheep can
not go onto the rape early in the morn
ing it is essential that the gate be
closed each evening.
A pumpkin cut in halves and placed
before the fowls will soon be nothing
but rind. A good way is to stick them
on nails in the walls of the house, as
the fowls will get desirable exercise in
jumping a few inches to reach them.
There is enough back-breaking work
to do without using the scoop shovel
to unload grain. Put in a portable
dump elevator. The team will do the
rest, and it will take a few minutes
to crib a big load of corn.
The business Of growing market fruit
and that Of growing fruit for private
trade is an altogether different propo-
sition and the selection Of varieties
must be made according to the line of
growing that is to be followed.
Milk should never be allowed to
stand in the stable at all after milking.
Professor Russell has made some very
Interesting experiments that show how
rapidly milk will absorb various odors.
lie also shows that warm milk will
absorb doors more rapidly than cool
milk.
One, advantage of having calves come
In the fall is that there is usually
more time on the farm to attend 70
the cattle, calves are more economical
ly raised, since by the time the spring
grass shoots up they are ready for it,
and are in good condition the next win
ter to begin the duties of maternity.
There are five conditions which de-
termine the value of milk for human
food. First, the health of the COW
second, the composition Of the milk
third, it's cleanliness and the surround
ings under which it is made, which de-
termine how long it will remain sweet
and palatable; fourth, its flavor, taste
or odor; fifth, it's color and general ap-
pearance.
Use for Grass Clippings.
Grass clippings may be used in
mulching strawberry beds, newly plant
ed shrubs and trees and groups Of the
tall, hardy phlox or any shallow rooted
plant. They help retain the moisture
in the soil and protect the roots from
the effects of the hot sun.
They are used in keeping down rank
growing weeds around manure piles
and in fence corners If put over them
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