Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-19

for few years
Sheep seem to have the call now,
and wise was the farmer who started
a flock q year or two ago.
One way Of keeping the boy on the
farm is making him feel that his ad-
vice and help are needed in running 1t.
1t does not pay to feed lice on 90
cent corn or on any priced corn for
that matter. Are your stock suffering
from vermin?
The hog market has been reported
weak and lower so long now that it
must either give its last gasp or get
better pretty soon.
The very first symptom of kicking
should lead us to dispose Of the animal
that does it. Life is precious. Never
risk it with horse that kicks.
The young animals should be turned
loose In a roomy shed in the winter.
Plenty of good feed and exercise will
keep them in health and on the grow.
Some farmers are seeing signs that
indicate lower wages for farm help
next summer; those not so well versed
in signs are engaging their hired help
now.
Halter-pulling is a bad trick in a
horse Often it is brought On by care
less usage in the stall. Never do any
thing that would frighten a horse In
his stall Look to 1t that no one else
does, either.
Hard labor is a good cure for the
tramp. The law should be so framed
as to land him with the greatest ex-
petition possible into the ranks OF
those whose daily bread is earned by
the sweat of the brow.
Fertile eggs with strong vigorous
germs can be obtained only from
healthy stock we'll cared for. For fowls
require plenty Of exercise, sanitary
quarters and clean food, with pure wa
ter, some grit, vegetables and green cut
bone or meat meals.
Begin to work the horses carefully
in the springtime. They have been
standing about till their muscles are
all soft, and to get right down to hard
oil
Feed carefully, too, for a few days.
Better underfeed than to give teo much
on the start
Fever in sows at narrowing time
may be due to feeding a corn ration,
to too little activity during the latter
period of CESSATION, to constipation as
an outgrowth thereof, and to unclean
water Provide the right food and
conditions and you will not be troubled
wit.; the SOW which eats her offspring.
Did you ever watch beans grow
They come up out of the ground as If
they had been planted upside down.
Each appears carrying the seed on top
of the stalk, as if they were afraid
that folks wouldn't know that they
were beans unless they Immediately
told them.
The shipping quality of fruit deter
mines largely its value. One Of the
first things asked about any new
fruit is: what are its shipping quail
ities?" Many and many fine new
fruit has been brought to the front
and discarded on account of being ''too
soft to ship Up to the present time
few fruits have been able to keep pop
ular attention through their usefulness
in the home garden only. yet 1t would
be wise to hold onto them for this rea-
son alone.
Give variety to the diet of the poul-
try. Millets and kaff1r corn as we'll
as sunfiower seeds. should be given
as q change in the ration. 1t is now
possible to buy long list Of poultry
feeds. such as those mentioned. The
more the food is changed the more do
the fowls enjoy their food, and this
lends to the increased secretion of the
digestive juices and the greater utility
Of the foods. That enjoyment OF food
increases the digestive powers has been
abundantly proved by the scientists
that have been studying such matters.
Preserved Eggs.
The agricultural department at
Washington recently tested eggs which
glass (sodium silicate). They were
found to have an unpleasant taste, and
the white coagulated in cooking. There
was a slight taste of soda and the
white had become pink in color and
very liquid. Eggs kept in water glass
for six months tasted and smelled Ike
well-kept eggs a few days old.
The Family Horse IN Winter.
In winter 1t is worse than cruel TO
neglect having your horse "roughed'
when the going is hard and slippery.
fall but also in the straining of I'M
usual muscles. which the poor brute
is compelled TO resort to in order to
keep his footing A horse that is not
sure of his footing becomes very nery-
GUS and restless and soon tires. The
prospect of a fall thows him into q
panic. for n horse breads nothing so
much as falling down.-Suburban Life
House Plant Fertilizer.
Every home should have space for a
few flowers and plants for embellish-
ment Professor Van Dyke, of the New
York Experiment Station, gives the fol-
lowing prescription for a fertilizer for
house plants: Buy at the drug one
and one-half pounds of nitrate of soda,
half pound of phosphate of soda and
one pound of sulphate of potash. Mix
and pIIlverize the material thoroughly.
When required for use put rounding