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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-17
An Excellent WaIlow.

piled to every part of the hog by
means of a rag Or swab Of cotton
waste; or it may be applied along
the back, from ears to tail, with a
common machine oil can and allowed
to ooze down the sides of the hog
Repeat the application in 10 days. AS
a remedy for lice on black hogs
crude petroleum oil is successfully
used. 1t is mixed with an equal
amount of warm v=Jer and applied
with a spray pump or brush. A re-
petition of the application, in 10 to
IA days, eradicates lice with certain
ty. Irritating applications, such as
undiluted kerosene, cannot safely be
used on pregnant sows, as abortion
may follow their use.
An open concrete bath 8x8 feet
containing eight inches of water
makes an excellent wallow. Crude
oil or a coal tar dip poured into the
water will keep swine free from lice
and their skins in good condition.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-17
HE'S THE ORIGINAL CROUCH
Surely Would Be Hard to Please Old
Gentleman With This Kind of
Disposition.

There is in Washington an old
crouch whose son was graduated
from Yale. When the young man
came home at the end Of the first
term, he exulted in the fact that he
stood next to the head of his class.
But the old gentleman was not salts
fed.
Next to the headi" he exclaimed.
What do you mean? I'd like to know
what you think I'm sending you to
college for? Next to the head, Why
aren't you at the head, where you
ought to be-"
At this the son was much crestfal-
len; but upon his return, he went
about his work with such ambition
that at the end of the term he found
himself in the coveted place. When
he went home that year he felt very
proud. It would be great news for
the old man.
When the announcement was made.
the father contemplated his son for a
few minutes in silence; then, with a
shrug, he remarked:
AT the head Of the class, eh? Well,
that's a fine commentary on Yale uni
versity! '-Lippincott's Magazine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-17

Few sections can excel the northern
half of the state for the growing of
garden produce of all kinds. We have
had occasion to compare the garden
vegetables exhibited at the different
northern Wisconsin fairs with the ex-
hibits shown at the Wisconsin and
Minnesota state fairs. In size and
quality the northern grown product, as
a rule, excels that from the southern
localities. The prices paid for such
produce is higher in the northern mar
kets than at Milwaukee, Chicago, St.
Paul or Minneapolis. AS yet the de-
mand for garden produce is much
greater than the home supply.
The bulk of the garden produce
consumed by the rapidly growing cit
les Of Superior and Duluth is shipped
in refrigerator cars. The same is true
of the towns in the iron country trib-
utary to the head of the lakes. There
are splendid opportunities for market
gardens near Superior. The soil,
while heavy, can be made to produce
good crops of garden vegetables if
well drained and given proper ma
nuring and cultivation. On a smaller
scale the same is true near other cit
les and towns in northern Wisconsin
That good returns may be obtained
by raising vegetables is apparent
from the following reports of farmers
in different localities.
Weir brothers, located three miles
west of Iron river on good sandy
loan soil, which was originally COW
cred with birch, maple and pine tim
Der, report yields Of $50 to $50 bush
els per acre for rutabagas, and 300
bushels per acre for carrots. S. j.
Uhrenholdt of Sawyer county. OBJ
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-17
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KEEP HOGS FREE FROM LICE
Common Cause of Thriftlessness in
Toung Pigs and Tends to Retard
Fattening in Adults.
By r. G. wEAyHERsTONE.)


The hog louise is a common cause
Of thriftlessness in young pigs and
when numerous, tends to retard fat
tening in adult hogs and injuriously
affects brood sows and boars. 1t is
advisable and profitable to keep
swine free from lice at all ages and
stages of their existence and devel-
opment SO far as possible. To this
end their houses. pens and sleeping
places should frequently be cleaned
and disinfected. the woodwork white
washed. the bedding material kept
fresh, clean and dry and the yards
free from accommodations of litter and
filth. It is impossible to keep hogs
free from lice without maintaining
sanitary conditions in their quarters
and in attempting to rid them of
these pests the treatment must in
clude not only the hogs, but prac-
tically everything with which they
come in contact daily.
To disinfect recently purchased
hogs, that possibly may carry dis
ease germs or vermin into the herd,
wash them in a warm 2 per cent solu-
ton of coal tar dip and repeat the
treatment in 10 days or two weeks );
or apply the solution freely with a
spray pump and rub it in with a
brush The addition of flowers of
sulphur at the rate of 1919 pounds to
each 100 gallons OF dip mixture rem
ders the solution more effective and
such a combination solution should
be freely used for all fornc of mango
or chronic disease of che skin in
hogs.
To destroy lice a mixture of equal
parts of kerosene and machine oil.
or one part of turpentine and two
parts of machine oil, should be ap-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-17
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STOCK
| 49,. NOTES

Good brood sows are worth more
than the top price of pork.
1t is seldom that both horses in a
feed
1t is Just as necessary to fit a col
lar to a horse as it is to fit shoe
to the foot.
Sheep should not be pastured on
low meadows when ground is wet. as
it will produce footrot.
Sheep that walk lame should be
examined at once and the proper
remedies applied in time
1t is even more essential in sum-
mer than in winter to give attention
to proper facilities for watering the
hogs.
All things considered, a swift-run-
ming stream, with solid banks ard
bottom. is the best watering place
for hogs.
At the present time there is a
great demand for good heavy draft
horses for which the buyers are will
ing to pay exceptionally high prices.
The work teams should have a
bran mash on Saturday night, as
they have a rest on Sunday.
Without good feed and manage
ment even the most carefully bred
sheep will not produce good ieeces.
1t has been found advantageous to
feed the young calves in Sanctions
and to keep them fastened there I'M
til all desire for nursing has left
them.
1t is possible to overdo the large
hog pasture but when calves or
sheep are grown, pasture crops can
be kept under control and yet used
to advantage.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-17
TO KEEP The SKIN CLEAR

For more than a generation, Cuti-
cura Soap and Cuticura Ointment have
done more for pimpIes, blackheads
and other unsightly conditions of the
complexion, red, rough, chapped
hands, dandruff, itching, scaly scalps,
and dry, thin and falling hair than any
other method. They do even more for
skin-tortured and disfgured infants
and children. Although Cuticura Soap
and Ointment are sold by druggists
and dealers throughout the world, a
liberal sample of each, with 32-page
book on the care of the skin and hair
will be sent post-free, on application
to "Cuticura,' Dept. 20 L, Boston.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-17
Green Feeds and Ionic Value.

0fSen TceuS anu oiiIS Fo'0S'
One of the greatest veterinary sur
geons acknowledges that grass or
other green stuff in spring or sum-
mer, as the weather gets warmer, IS
capable of doing more for the good
of the horses that are a bit out of
sorts than the faculty could with all
their tonics and other drugs to boot
But for maintaining a healthy horse
in good, hard condition, green stuff
alone will not do a great deal.
The horses stomach is small, and
a portion of the digesting of the food
is done farther on in the bowels.
Therefore there should be regard paid
TO the nourishing quality of the grass
to which the animal helps himself.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-17
lie HAD THEM IN A CORNER
Clerqynan's Rebuke to ThoughtIcss
Youths at Once Neat and
Disccncerting.

A wellknown clergyman was one
day in a barHer's shop, when four or
five young men walked in whom he
knew by their voices, but who did not
recognize the man in the chair, with
lather all over his face. They pro-
ceeded to spend the time by telling
stories and using expressions which,
to say the least, were rather strong.
When the barber pulled away the
towel the clergyman. clearly shaved,
stood before them. So nonplussed
were they that no one tried to take
the vacant chair, and the barber
called several times-'Next gentle
mani Next gentleman"
The clergyman smiled somewhat
grimly as he said:
1T isn't bit of use, John. There's
not man here who has the effront-
cry to answer to that name"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-17
QUEER DISEASE IS
IN UNITED STATES
Many Here Afflicted With Odd
Ailment, Says Prof.
Munyon.
GREWS0ME CREATURES
VERY COMMON,
FINDS EXPERT.

Many people in the United States are
afflicted with a queer disease, according
TO statement yesterday by Professor
James N. Munyon. He made the follow
ing remarkable and rather grewsome
statement:
Many persons who come and write to
my headquarters at SD and Jefferson
SITS, Philadelphia, Pa. think they are
SUFFERING from simple stomach trouble,
when in reality they are the victims of
an entirely different disease-that of
tape worm These tape worms are huge
internal parasites, which locate in the
upper bowel and consume a large per
Centage of the nutriment in undigested
food. They sometimes grow to a length
of forty to sixty feet. One may have a
tape worm for years and never know
the cause Of his or her i'll health.
Persons who are suffering from one
of these creatures become nervous, weak
and irritable, and tire at the least ex-
ertion. The tape worms rob one of am
bition and vitality and strength, but they
are rarely fatal.
THE victim Of this disease is apt to
believe that he is suffering from chronic
stomach trouble. and doctors for years
without relief. This is not the fault of
the physicians he consults, for there is
no absolute diagnosis that will tell posi-
lively that one is not a victim of tape
The most common symptom of this
trouble IS an abnormal appetite At
times the person is ravenously hungry
ana cannot get enough to eat. At other
times the very sight OF food is loathsome
There. is a gnawing, faint sensation at
the pit of the stomach, and the victim
has headaches. fits of dizziness and naU-
sea. He cannot sleep at night and often
thinks he is suffering from nervous pros
tration.
Il have treatment which has had
wonderful success in eliminating these
great creatures from the system. In the
course of its regular action in aiding
digestion, and Kidding the blood, kidneys
and liver of impurities it has proven fatal
TO these great worms. If one has tape
worm, this treatment will, in nine cases
out Of ten, stupefy and pass it away, but
IL not, the treatment will rebuild the
rundown person, who is probably suffer
ing from stomach trouble and general
anaemic condition. My doctors report
marvellous success here with this treat
ment. Fully a dozen persons have passed
these worms, but they are naturally reti-
cent about discussing them, and of course
we cannot violate their confidence by Civ
ing their names to the public"
Letters addressed to Professor James
M. Munyon, SD and Jefferson Streets,
Philadelphia, Pa, will receive as careful
attention as though the patient called in
person. Medical advice and consultation
absolutely free. Not a penny to pay.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-17
The Sitting Hen.

ton of warmth under her body when
she is on the nest, else she will soon
give up the work
When confined in a coop and the
coop is raised a few inches from the
ground the hen will soon discover that
it is impossible to impart warmth to
anything and the broody fever will
soon abate
Whenever the hen is confined, how
ever, don't withhold food or water,
and when released she will be ready
to commence laying again in a short
time.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-17
CLOVER HAY AS HORSE FOOD
Tendency to Produce AiIment Known
as "Heaves" Renders That Valu-
able Feed Unpopular.

The well-known tendency of clover
hay when fed to horses to produce in
them the ailment known as "heaves."
renders that valuable stock food I'M
popular with those who do not know
it's nutritive constituents.
The trouble Is the horse is given
all it will eat, thus overlooking the
stomach with very rich food which
crowds it's lungs and prevents their
free action. Well-cured clover hay in
right amount is not likely to give
trouble, and less grain will be needed
than when almost any other kind OF
roughness is fed.
Some authorities claim that one
pound of hay and one Of grain per
day for each 100 pounds weight of the
horse is about right for ordinary work.
and for hard work increase the graip
accordingly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-17
TESTING SOILS FOR
ACID AND THE CURE
BY PROF. A. r. WHITSON,
Wisconsin College of Agriculture.

Acidity in soils, while not directly
Injurious itself to most crops, is not
a condition of fertility, and usually in
dicates a need of phosphates. Es-
peciaIly is it detrimental to the growth
OF ciovers, in that it does not favor
the development of the bacteria form
ing nodules in their roots, which fix
the nitrogen from the air. Clay loan
soils, the organic matter of which has
been almost exhausted, should be kept
in as favorable a condition for the
growth Of clover as possible, and the
neutralizing of any acidity is one of
the most important factors.
A simple test to determine whether
or not a soil is acid is as follows. Get
five cents worth of blue Htmus paper
from your local druggist and go into a
field soon after a rain, while the sur
face soil is still quite moist. With a
clean jack knife cut a slit into the
earth and in this slit insert sheet of
this blue litmus paper, pressing the
soil firmly around it. After five min
utes have elapsed, examine the paper
changed to pink or red, it is indica-
tive of an acid condition. Care should
be taken in handling the htmas paper
that the portion used for the test does
not come in contact with the perspir-
ing hand, because perspiration is also
acid and consequently will have the
same effect on the color of the paper
as an acid soil has.
1t has been customary in agricul-
tural practice in older countries to use
freshly Stacked, burned lime for this
purpose While this neutralizes the
acidity, it also tends to burn out the
organic matter too rapidly. On the
other hand, where lime carbonate such
as finely ground unburned limestone,
mari, or refuse lime from the sugar
beet factories, is used, there is no
danger of applying too much or OF
causing the burning out of the organic
matter Of the soil. On such lands
which show reddening of sensitive
blue litmus paper when slipped into
slit made with a knife and the paper
left in contact with the moist soil for
five minutes, the use of a half tone of
ground limestone or mari or a ton of
refuse lime from the sugar beet fac
tories as a beginning treatment, and
the REPETITION of that amount every six
or eight years will probably keep soils
in ordinary farm rotation practically
free from acidity.
Mari is abundant in this state and
is an excellent source of lime carbon
ate for use on our acid soils. Where
the mari is moist, more must be ap-
piled than when in dry form. Re
fuse lime from the sugar beet fac
tories usually contain 40 to 80 per
cent. of moisture as handled, but can
ordinarily be had for the cost of haul
ing from the sugar beet factories.
The peat soils of the central and
northern part of the state are ordin-
arily SO intensely acid that it is out
OF the question to neutTalize them
with lime. Moreover. their abundant
supply of nitrogen containing organic
matter makes it unnecessary to take
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-17
HORSE AND CATTLE STABLE
Plan Shown in Illustration for Con-
struction of Building to Ac-
comnodate % Animals.

An excellent plan is given in the
Illustration for the construction of a
stable large enough to accommodate
Is head of cattle and 6 horses, to-
gether with hay NOW, oat bin, man
ure shed and driveway.
1t would be better not to build man
ure shed up against the barn, as it
would be better for stock to have it
a short distance from the barn If
the stalls are not large enough to
suit, they can be heightened and the
barn widened accordingly. The sta
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-17
GROWING Wool.

Growing wool differs very little
from making bone and muscle. The
elements of food utilized in its COM
position do not materially differ from
those required by the skin, but vary
somewhat in proportion.
Carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen
and sulphur are the principal and
essential elements of wool composition,
In order to produce a strong uniform
fiber of wool it is necessary that the
food consumed by the sheep possess
an adequate quantity of these essen
tial elements, and in proper proper.
ton.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-17

tanned yields of carrots ranging fron
800 to 600 bushels, and of rutabagas,
from 800 to 1,400 bushels per acre,
on mixed sand and clay loan soil.
From Washburn county comes the
following report giving the returns
per acre: Rutabagas yield about 600
bushels per acre, average price So
cents per bushel, cost of producing
about $40 per acre. Squash will net
about $40 peracre. Onions yield from
200 to 400 bushels per acre and sell
for from GO cents to 81 per 100 pounds
They cost $40 per acre to raise. Cab
bage usually net about 500 Der acre
These results were obtained by an ex
perienced grower on sandy loan soil.
S. d. Seavey of Bayfield, county, re
ports returns as follows: "Rutabagas
will produce as high as 500 bushels
per acre with a little manure applied
to the land I have sowed rutabagas
on May 20 and marketed them July %
at 81 per bushel. Carrots dc
very well here with little manure as
fertilizer. I have raised 405 bush
els on q acre and sold them at so
cents a bushel delivered in Superior"
These results were obtained on sandy
loan soil with good cultivation.
On clay land On the Superior Sub,
Station farm, yields of 400 bushels OF
rutabagas have been obtained. There
is no doubt that there exists good op-
portunities for vegetable gardening in
many localities in northern Wisconsin
The region adjoining Lake Superior
probably offers the best inducements
Not only is the market excellent, but
there is an ample supply of manure
available for fertilizing the land and
improving it's texture
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-17
Reason ENOUGH,

Whats the trouble, old man?'
asked the sympathetic friend
We'll" answered the judge, you
see, my wife and I have never been
able to get along very well. The re-
lationship has become so unbearable
that we both want a divorce"
81 sec," answered the friend. "Then
why don't you get one?"
Because" answered the judge, sad
ly, Il have sent all the bogus divorce
lawyers to the penitentiary."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-17
TRAP SHEEP-KILLING DOGS
Small Pen Arranged in Meadow or
Field to Capture Destructive
AnImals-HoW Ii is Built

In a meadow or field small pen
eight feet square is made and fenced
strongly with pickets or boards. This
pen is divided into two parts Ia, b.
by cross fence. The pen is wholly
covered over on the top with strong
lath. Two gates &c, d. are made so
that they will swing open of their own
accord and remain so, unless held
closed or fastened. The gate (c) is
furnished with latch. by which it is
fastened when closed. This gate is
intended to admit the dog into the
part of the pen (a) when he is at
tracted to it by sheep confined for
the purpose in the other part of the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-17

Bessie found getting well much more
tiresome than being sick. She was be-
coming very impatient about staying
indoors and eating soups.
When her aunt asked her how she
felt she replied that she was much
worse; that the doctor had found
something else the matter with her.
why, what is it?" asked her aunt
81 think the doctor said GONZALES
ence.'"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-17
Sheep Pasture.

Separate the pastures in which you
keep the ewes and the weaned lambs
so far apart that they will not hear
each other call.
After the lambs have been taken
away from the ewes, they need good
pasture. 1t is a good plan, too, to
leave few gentle ewes with them to
help them get wonted to their new
surroundings.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-17

screaming. I could not sleep, was
nervous and lost flesh so rapidly
looked like a walking skeleton. l doc
tored all the time but had begun to
think there was no help for me- Then
began taking Doan's Kidney pills
and was entirely cured. Doan's Kid
ney Pills gave me new lease of life. -
Remember the name-Doan's.
For sale by druggists and general
storekeepers everywhere. Price soc.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-17
UnimOortant.

Southern negroes have an irrespons-
ible way of visiting about indiscrim-
inately.
Please tell me your name and adj
dress?" asked the depot reporter of
middle-aged negress.
Abs Mrs. Ca'tah from Co'fox"
Whom have you been visiting, Mrs
Carter?" she was asked Abs been
visiting de old colo'd woman down de
track heah couple blocks TO about a
week. All can't JUS member her
name. Success Magazine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-17

any particular pains to supply this
element. Although alsike clover is
one of the best crops for this land, il
is not used to gather nitrogen. Lime
carbonate, such as ground limestone.
can be used in connection with ma.
nure for an absorbent if desired, but
burned lime, either fresh or slaked,
should never be used with manure or
applied to the land the same year that
manure is applied.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-17
Making the Horse Understand

Some folks get into the habit of
saying "Whoa!" to their horses when
they do not mean it, and these faith
ful animals cannot tell when their
masters really mean them to have
them stop, so they keep going. When
you say 'Whoa!" mean it. That is the
only way our horses have of knowing
what to do.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-17
His Meaning.

You are certainly a good locker,
Mrs Jinx"
You hatterer! You like blondes
them"
'Why-er-I-didn't you just tell
me that you never had to look about
more than an hour or two for good
servant?"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-17
Makinn WnnI Fibre

All of the conditions, such as exer-
else, suitable feed, proper protection
and the like, that make for health
and vigor in the sheep, make for
strength and uniformity in the wool
fibre, and if one would improve his
wool output he must look to these
things well.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-17
No Use WASHING Ii.

Mother-Charles. I see you have
written me a little letter to say how
sorry you are you took the jam? Well,
l forgive you for your thoughtfulness.
Charles-Yes, ma. Please don't tear
the letter.
Mother-Why not?
Chrles-'Cos it'll do for next time.
STRAY Stories.