Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-05-09
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Eggs for Matching.

Matching, it is a saving of time, labor
and fencing to let them out on the
fields together until spring comes. It
s the impression on the part of some
that when birds of different breeds
are allowed together the purity Of the
flock will be impaired; but if the
breeds are separated month before
the eggs are used there will be no
evidence of impurity in the chicks
Matched Where one has two or three
breeds it is somewhat difficult to keep
them separate without combining them
in yards, and as by so doing more
work becomes necessary, it is not ad
Visable to separate them day longer
than the last eggs for Matching is
taken. There is safeguard, however,
should doubt be entertained in regard
to retaining the purity of the breeds,
and that is to get rid OF all males now
and procure new blood" next spring.
1t is not necessary to have the males
with the hens, as they will lay as
many eggs without the males as
when they are present with the
HOck.-FEarm ana F1reSlQo.
Giving Seed an Early Start.
The ground is often cold when the
seed is put into the garden plot. To
get the earliest vegetables, have "a
few boxes without bottoms and with
a sliding pane of glass for a top.
Let the top slope toward the sun.
Shut the slide entirely until the plant
breaks ground, then ventilate as would
in a hotbed. A few such boxes will
make some of the garden products ten
days earlier worth trying for
American Agriculturist.
Cucumber Soil.
Cucumbers delight in warm, loose
rich soil and under ordinary condi-
lions well-rotted manure is the best
fertilizer. | have obtained the best
results under glass by preparing a
compost of two parts fibrous loan, as
decayed sods or rich garden soil, and
one part well-rotted stable manure
which has been exposed to the weather
until much of it's value is lost. An
occasional light application of nitrate
of soda will insure quick, vigorous
growth. Hen manure is rich in
nitrogen and must be used with care,
but when thoroughly incorporated
with the soil is valuable.-Prof. w, M.
Munson, in Farm and Home.
Poultry Hints.
Thirteen eggs make an average set
ting.
Cornmeal and kitchen scraps are
good for ducks.
There is no use trying to raise lice
and fowls together.
The breed you like the best has
much to do with the best fowl
Geese cannot be raised to an ad-
vantage without grass and water
Feed some coarse, bulky foods to
the ducks along with the grain.
Arrange the setting nests so that
the hens will be bothered as little as
possible by the outside hens.
EARLY maturity is an item with
poultry, especially chickens and
turkeys, when raising them for mar
ket.
We believe it is altogether possible
to improve the egg laying qualities of
any flock of careful selection
1t is a good plan to give laying
hens an occasional feed of corn that
has been Burned until it is charcoal
Barley and Oats for Hog Pasture.
When the clover crop has failed or
If field was not sown this spring, a
and is not to be sown this spring, a
very good substitute can be had by
sowing a mixture of oats and barley
Mix the seed in proportions of three
parts barley to one of oats and SOW
2 bushels or 2 1-2 bushels per acre.
Prepare the land as for oats, SOW with
a seeder and clover by narrowing
thoroughly. Have the ground as fine
as possible and well compacted, so
that if dry weather comes the crop
will not be seriously injured. If it
is not desirable to SOW with a seeder,
harrow before seeding until the seed
bed is thoroughly fined, then go over
the ground with drill, having it set
~ IudI LuS S00u Will NC CONOT0u n Of
2 IL inches. The crop will be ready
for pasture as soon as it is tall
enough to hide the ground.
Enough hogs must be on hand to
keep it down, for if it gets large it
will not be relished and consequently
not eaten. If kept down it will fur
nish pasture during the entire spring
and early summer, provided there is a
sufficient amount of rainfall By
sowing at different times, this pasture
can be made to last the entire season
through. For the first crop seed as
early as the ground is in condition,
then every month for six weeks there
after until the latter part of July
The crop can be grown wherever oats
or wheat flourish. There is no diff
fculty in securing stand and an
excellent pasture can thus be secured
Everyone who has live stock, particu-
larly hogs, should seed small area
this spring. Orange Judd Farmer.