Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-03-23

csher, so long as they have any wor
larvae in the hive with which to fo
IN selecting brood for queen rearin y
pe sure 10 have no drone larvae for
the bees Will often build queen 60.
over them, resulting usually in ~
ing but dead drone.
If yo1do not find any queen
eggs scattered around promiscuo,
some in drone and some in wor
cells, some in one cell and none in
next, you may be sure you hays =
fertile worker-St Louis Republic.
How to Dress Calves.
Calves from three to six weeks old,
and weighing about 100 pounds or
say from 80 to 12O pounds, are the
most desirable weight for shipment.
The head should be cut out, so as 10
leave the hide of the head on the skin.
The legs shauld be cut off at the knee
joint. The entrails should all be re-
moved, excepting the kidneys and
liver, which should not be taken out.
Cut the carcass open from the neck
through the entire length-from head
to bumgut. If this is done they are
not so apt to sour and spoil during hot
weather. Many a fine carcass has
spoiled in hot weather because of lis
not being cut open. Don't wash the
carcass out with water, but wipe it
| out with dry cloth. Don't ship until
| the animal heat is entirely out of the
body, and never tie the carcass up in
bag, as this keeps the air from cir
culating and makes the meat more
liable to become tainted. Mark for
| shipment by fastening a shipping tag
to the hind leg. Calves under so
pounds should not be shipped so
pounds is the minimum weight in the
Chicago markeD, and are liable to Je
condemned by the health officers as
unfit for food. Merchants, too, are
liable to be nned, if found selling these
slunks, for violation of the law Very
heavy calves, fed on buttermilk, never
sell well in our market-they are
neither veal nor beef-Chicago Trade
Bulletin.
Varieties of Pigeons.
The following varieties of pigeons
appear in the last premium list of the
Boston pigeon show: Carriers, pout-
ers, pigmy pouters, barbs, tumblers,
short-face tumblers, inside tumblers,
long-face clean-leg tumblers, long
face bald or beard tumblers, sadie
tumblers, muff1ed beard tumblers, muf-
fed barred tumblers, jacibines, owls,
African owls. Chinese owls, trumpet-
ers, fantails, bluettes, silverettes, tur-
| hitnanc Pm
fairy swallows, dragons, nuns, arch
angels, tiplers and homers Each of
these varieties is divided into several
classes, chiefly on the score of color,
ing. 4
i Guinea Fowls.
Every farmer ought to have a few
guinea fowls to add to the variety Of
feathered life on the farm. They are
also good protection against such
depredators as hawks and other enc
mies of young chickens, their loud
cries on the approach of any such in
truders giving signal to the weaker
fowl to make its escape. Guiueas are
a rather wild fowl, and will not bear
confinement well. 1t is not best TO
KEEP them unless there is good range
The hens are great layers, but will
mostly steal their nests, and will bring
off very large broods. The young
guinea fowl are very hardy, and not so
subject to disease as are other fowl.
Among the Poultry.
The nonsetters are the best egg pro-
ducers.
Geese are chiefly valuable for their
feathers.
Do not discard a variety as useless
after one trial.
1t is poor economy to stint the feed
of growing chickens.
The principal point when chickens
are to be sold is earliness.
Keep supply of ground bone where
the fowls can help themselves
| Fresh earth in the poultry quarters
for scratching and busting is indispen-
able.
| When the young chickens seem
droopy examine them closely for lice,
especially around the throat and under
the wings.
AS general rule fowls of two years
old make the best breeders. They
should not be sold until others can
take their plaees.-St. Louis Republic.
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