Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-02-16
farm and Boffle.
Egg Production.

Cnlteu states is not generally realized.
In 1880 the first hen census pdt the an
nual egg production &c 56,S75,0S0 doz-
en-. Ten years later it had risen to
S17,211, LAG, an increase of $50, 1886, 066
dozen, AID there is every reason to be-
iieve that the proportionate gain since
then has been even greater.
Dairy Suggestions.
Keep the COW clean by currying her
every day.
Never let cows drink from a pond
that has no outlet.
You cannot make good butter if the
cows eat garlic.
Never add anything to milk to pre-
vent it from souring.
Never mix fresh milk with that
which has been canned
Never move a COW faster than a slow
walk if she has full udder.
Don't let milker who uses tobacco
milk If you want good butter.
Any person who milks COW should
have the finger nails cut close.
The first streams from the teat are
very watery, and had better be milked
onto the ground.
Never close can of milk until 1t
has been cooled and aired by turning
it from one can to another.
We assert this: That butter is not
injuriously affected by ensilage and
that dehorning does NOT affect the milk
production.
When cans of milk are to be hauled
a considerable distance. they should
be full, and carried in spring wagons,
to prevent churuing.- Western Plow-
man.
Sent to Jail at Last.
An olemargarine dealer of the city of
Washington, Joseph wilkins by name,
has been compelled to pay fine Of
1900 and to go to Jail for six months
for the illegal sale of oleomargarine as
butter. He had been arrested several
times before and always compromised
the matter. In the last prosecution he is
reported to have offered $4,000 to COM
promise the case, but through the in
fuence of the secretary of agriculture
the case was carried to the end and the
offender was convicted. Dakota Field
and Farm
Horse Meat as Hen Food.
Hundreds of barrels of cooked horse
meat are sold every winter to poultry
raisers. The horse flesh is cooked in
tight tanks under a steam pressure of
As pounds. This penetrates every par
ticle of the meat, purifying and cook
ing it thoroughly. In this form the
meat will keep from enc to four weeks,
accordingto the weather. There is no
practical way of preserving horse
meat for any length of time. Where it
cannot be cooked by steam it should
be boiled. The meat might be sailed
the same as beef, but 1t would have to
be freshened before being used and it
is a question whether it would then
be safe feed for hens. 1t is a good
food for egg production. One of the
most popular brands of poultry meat
on the market is made from carefully
prepared and we'll cooked horseflesh.
American AgTlculturlSt.
Cleaning Poultry Houses.
In regard to cleaning poultry houses
l find my plan suits very well. / use
as an absorbent coal ashes and land
plaster. The drop boards are cleaned
once day, and the dropping put in one
corner of the barn cellar, on the floor
of which has been spread about foot
of coal ashes to absorb the moisture.
After the droppings are put on this
pile land plaster is sprinkled on them
every day as socd as they come from
the hen house. The drop boards are
sprinkqed with plaster after being
cleaned. The floor of the hen house is
cleaned twice week and what Is
taken out is put in the pig pen. The
floor is then covered with leaves and
hens are kept scratching.-Farmers'
Review.
Cost of Keeping a Hen.
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