Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-01-16

ldry pen, commodious enough. and
with straw enough to keep himself
clean, with plenty Of sunlight, and then
fed on the surplus of milk and the
surplus of vegetables from the garden.
Then think of the pigs in the basement
lof the stone barn. Even the owner OF
the barn pigs would not hesitate in his
choice cf the two kinds of pork. And
as to profit, there is not grower of
swine IN the country who viii not con-
cede that cleanly-kept pigs pay the
best.
How to Ship Poultry.
| A Chicago commission firm gives
the following Instructions for prepar-
ing poultry for Shipment
In the first place, poultry should be
well fed and well watered, and then
kept from eighteen to twenty-four
hours without food before killing.
Stock dresses out brighter when well
wateredand adds to the appearance.
Full crops injure the appearance and
are liable to sour, and when this does
occur correspondingly lower prices
must be accepted than obtainable for
choice stock. Never kill poultry by
wringing the neck.
| Kill by bleeding the mouth or
opening the veins of the neck; hang
by the feet until properly bled Leave
head and feet on and do not remove
intestines or crop. Scalded chickens
sell best to shippers, so that either
manner of dressing will do If prop
erly executed. For scalding chickens
the water should be as near the boil
ing point as possible without boiling;
pick the legs dry before scalding;
hold by the head and legs and inn
merse, and lift up and down three
times: if the head is immersed it
turns the color of the comb and gives
the eyes shrunken appearance,
which leads buyers to think the fowl
has been sick; the feathers and pin
feathers should be removed very
cleanly and without breaking the
skin; then plump by dipping ten sec
onds in water nearly or quite boiling
hot then Immediately into cold water;
hang in cool place until the animal
heat is entirely out of the body. To
dry-pick chickens properly the work
should be done while the chickens
are bleeding; do not wait and let the
bodies get cold: Dry picking is mu, h
more easily done while the bodies are
warm. Be careful and do not break
or tear the skin.
Before packing and shipping, poul-
try should be thoroughly dry and cold
but not frozen; the animal heat should
be entirely out of the body; pack in
boxes or barrels; boxes holding 100 OF
200 pounds are preferable, and pack
snugly. Straighten out the body and
legs. so that they will not arrive very
much bent and twisted out of shape;
fill the packages as full as possible to
prevent moving about on the way;
barrels answer better for chickens
and ducks than for turkeys or geese;
when convenient, avoid putting more
than one kind in package, mark
kind and weight of each description
on the package, and marx shipping
| directions plainly on the cover.
Advice to Young Farmers.
Buy farm If you can, the best
your means will permit. If you can
not buy, rent one. and neither buy or
rent one that is larger than you can
cultivate well. If it is new land,
clear 1t of stumps, If there are stumps,
so the machinery can be operated,
and If old land make all the manure
you can by using plenty of bedding
under your stock, leaving II TIL il is
thoroughly packed, and you will thus
save the liquid manure. For bedding
use straw of any kind forest leaves,
or any absorbent obtainable. Haul
il direct from the stable to the field,
and scatter regularly from the wagon
or sled on the already plowed ground.
In this way you save rehandling the
manure and preserve its good quality
Haul II during freezing weather il
possibley and never unless the ground
is dry or frozen.
Corn, Oats, Etc.
For oats or corn pillow the land in
the fall. In the spring, when ground
is dry enough to work, disc and har-
row. Drill oats. using two bushels to
the acre. After discing and harrow
ing the ground, plant corn three and
one-half feet apart, and from sixteen
to twenty-five inches apart in the
rows. Harrow again. and as ssoon as It
is up go over 1t with a cultivator or
double shovel Continue this once a
week until 1t is laid by. For wheat,
low the ground any time from harvest
~ sowing time, but the earlier the bet
ter. Disc. II the ground becomes hard;
roll and harrow until the seed bed is
in good condition. Drill one and one
fourth bushels to the acre. In SOW
ing timothy seed use one peck to the
acre, II you want IL in meadow.
Feeding Grain to Hens.
In order that hens may lay well,
they should never be allowed TO have
| fuli crODg during the day II IL all