Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-10-24
In the First Cold Niqhts.


is in early autumn almost painful,
simply because We are not used to it.
Why are not domestic animals equally
susceptible? Their actions indicate
that they are. Yet the first snow
storms often find the farmer not ready
for winter, and stock must run out
and shiver, fortunate if friendly shed
or hay stack offers partial shelter.
Even if the adult animals are provided
for, the calves must rough it. How
queer that young stock can endure
more than old ones? No, not just
that. There is more capital stored in
an adult, consequently more risk; and
it must be as well cared for as pos
sible.
The fact is, young stock thus treat
ed suffer shock which is not easily
overcome 1t is well known that low
temperature demands high feeding.
And if the calves are thus showed off
in the first cold nights they must be
more highly fed, and even then the
abuse tells on their condition. Nor
is this temporarily. A check il
growth is a serious matter financially.
It takes time to regain ground lost:
and if the loss in flesh is great or the
rough usage protracted the animals
may never develop into the mature
beasts which were promised. If you
would grow first class stock do not
stunt the calves but give them the
% oil
may wait until the second table i'll
emergency, if given piece" in the
meantime, but it is not wise to turn
the calves off in that way at the begin
ming of winter. Now as seldom in agri-
cultural history, is the mental stamina
called into action With partial or
total failure of many crops over wide
area, the question of how best to ward
off the difficulty resolves itself into an
individual problem that every one
must solve That stock is destined to
become more scarce, all admit; and
who have previously advocated keep
ing only the best, in the best order,
now advise keeping as many breeding
cattle as can be maintained in medium
condition, lest the generation be too
nearly eliminated. 1t may be better
to buy feed or half starve his stock
Whether this or to buy corn, at sixty
cents a bushel it may be, is best for
you, is personal equation, the solu
tion of which requires some brain
work.
Wintering Bees.
The colonies should be strong TO
winter well 1t is the number of bees
that count and not the number OF
hives. When there are weak colonies
it is good policy to unite them. They
may be united as late as November.
II not united the weaklings will con-
tinue weak, if they live through the
winter. which is doubtful. United.
they would make good strong colony
by next June, providing other condi-
tions are favorable. They could then
be divided into two good ones. 1t
might do to attempt to winter the
weak colonies separate if there was
any hope of them building up in the
spring, but they won't do 1t. The bees
will die off faster than the young ones
come on. They cannot keep the in
side of the cluster warm enough for
rearing early brood. Being 50 few in
numbers their whole strength is need
ed to resist the cool spring weather
A large number of bees clustered to-
gether can stand the severest cold in
winter and keep the nursery warm for
the rearing of young bees early. Not
more than half the bees in the strong
est colonies live through the winter
and the weaker ones lose more than
half. There should be young bees
Matching as late as October to take the
place of the old bees that die of
during the winter. There should bt
enough honey in the hives to take the
bees through the spring as well al
winter.
Scours i'm Calves.
In the Maine Farmer, a correspond
ent writes of an efficacious cure fUr
scours that he has tried. He says
Il have had a good deal Of experience
with this trouble, and used to think /
was in the calf overlooking III
stomach with rich milk. At first
tried milking the COW before the cal
was allowed to suck, but the result
was the same Then l tried COW
which had been giving milk for some
time, but still the calves died with tn
scours. did not until the pas
winter find a remedy that gave an
good results. My calves commenced
dying and / tried various remedies
but did no good until after dosing OE'
all day, and it got steadily worse, ant
coming to the conclusion that it wa,
going to die, finally remembered tina
about two years ago a rennet man hat
said he cured bis by giving them vine
gar. At the time the remedy SCENE,
so unreasonable | did not take mucl
notice of It, but as he was a reliabl
man and / had no reason to doubt hi
word, | concluded to try the vinegar d