Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-11-07
Agricultural lore

| by the farmer is an nldennl,e vns
Many farmers, especially in our south
ern states, use the term in referrins
to any kind of fertilizer. But little
genuine guano is now sold in this
country. and the analysis of what is
sold is somewhat variable. Without
doubt, if the soil is somewhat deficient
IN plant-food, guano would be of bene-
nj. The guano and phosphate may be
mixed, but we would recommend that
no plaster be mixed with them.
Land that is only slightly sour may
be remedied by blowing it and leaving
Il exposed 70 the action of sunlight
not fas in which many plants delight
Red Ants.
Procure bone, beef or mutton.
marrow bone preferable, place in a
box and nail on the lid, to protect
from dogs. Put it outside house near
where the ants come in. In a few
days myriads of ants will be found col
lected about the bone, and no more
will come into the house. If they are
all over the house it may be neces.
sary to have more than one bone, to
be pueon different sides of the house.
To Get Rid of Chicken Lice.
When my hen house was fairly over
run with mites though | had tried
many remedies for them, and my hens
were dying off so rapidly from the tor.
ture inflicted by those little pests ]
thought | must do something to save
them, writes Lake Mills lady. Into
about seven quarts of water l put two
heaping tablespoonful of concen.
trated I've, and with this solution !
washed the roosts, nests and the
cracks in the wall, using a whisk
broom for the purpose. Before | let
the hens in again, l washed off the
roosts with cold water so there would
be no I've on them to make sore feet
| did this twice during the summer
and not mite is to be seen since
The I've must be handled with care
so as not to spatter it in ones face
while working. The Use of Goa
OLA young calf that we valued
highly bloated from drinking sour
milk, and though it appeared to be OF
the last breath, we saved it by pour
ling cup half full OF coal oil down
its throat. Since then we have used
it in cases of bloat from other causes
with the same good result. Coal oil
is also good remedy for Group. -Four
or five drops on tespoonful of sugar
is the dose which may be repeated
without fear until a teaspoonful has
been taken; rub the chest and neck
with it also. Molasses applied i'm
mediately to burn relieves the pair
and heals he sore up nicely.
Substitute for Bone.
We see a great deal in the papers
about feed for chickens. 1t is agreed
that they should have a proper ration
of grain, also meat in some form
Green cut bone is all right, but we
do not all live near enough to the
butchers to get what we should use
| want to tell how we do, says one
breeder. OF course we use all the
bones we have, but some years we do
not have enough to feed all our chick
ems, for some times we keep more
than at others. If the bone supply
is scarce, we gather shells in the
river. These, we make hot enough
to boil water when it is poured on
them. They will then easily crumble.
The fowls viii Leaf them greedily, and
while we feed the shells we give them
feed, to or three times {. week, of
bran and shorts it'll small lump of
tallow for each fowl. Sometimes we
use cracklings. | use tallow because
it is cheaper OF course we co not use
so much grease in the summer only to
break up hens wanting to set. We
get good sharp sand for ten cents a
wagon load.