Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-06-05

moisture in it while the crops are
growing. and the use of cover crops in
winter to prevent a waste of fertility
while the land is idle.
BREED TEST a DELUSioN.
The proposed plan Tor tests of dairy
breeds at the St. Louis exposition. as
outlined before. does net meet the ap-
proval of Farm. Stock and Home.
The test. according to this authority,
is delusion and snare. anyway. A
test of cows. Of form or type is the
sensible, up-to-date test. and the only
one that should be considered at the
first great exposition oil the i tn cen
fury Let the test be made to deter
mine, as far as possible, if form really
has anything to do with the milk Civ
ing functions, and if so. what form is
best. When this is done then the
breed that most abounds in in6ividu-
ais of that form win be the best breed.
Such test will change the inquiry of
what is the best breed?" to what is
the best form?' and the last inquiry
win give breeders a tremendous i'm
pulse in the direction in which lies
rapid and substantial improvement in
dairy cattle.
Tests of breeds are of no practical
value to any one as long as individu-
ais of the same breed differ as widely
as they do. Suppose group of one
one breed should make the best show
ing in the aggregate at ST. Louis, but
in the group wer some individuals that
were better by so to 100 per cent than
others of the group; what sort of a
guide would the taking of the first
premium be to buyer of cows? If
he bought Holstein, for instance,
simply because group of that breed
took the premium he might get an an
imal vastly inferior to one of a breed
that stood several points below in the
aggregate test. At Buffalo there were
individual cows in groups making the
poorest showing in the aggregate that
were much better than some individu.
ais in groups that stood at the head
or near it. Therefore what is the
good of such tests?
If the st. Louis management wants
to make an innovation in it's dairy
test or tests let it make faithful pic
lures of the cows that win or stand
well to the front, and also of some Of
the poorer ones, and If the best are
of great similarity to type, regardless
| of breed, and the poorest are also Of
similar type as to each other, but diff
fering largely from the others, ther
an object lesson will be taught thai
will not only be of great benefit to the
country, but Will cause the test ant
| the st. Louis exposition to be remem
bered when all their predecessors are
! forgotten.
Wisdom in Corn in the East.
Indian corn must be ranked as I;
| money crop on eastern farms thi
year, says the Rural New Yorker
| Wheat is considered such a crop, We
| at present prices an acre of corn will
bring more than an acre of wheat,
say nothing of the value of the stalks
1t is no longer true that one full crol
year will bring down the price to tn
old time level, because the demand 70
corn is greater than ever before. TIL,
export trade is now large enough +,
| affect the retail price, and it will
| probably increase, since Europeans
| have learned to eat corn. All thest
| things help to change the situation
| for the eastern farmer On some
! farms, where formerly it did not pay
t oplant corn, the crop must be grown
now as a matter of economy Corr
| is crop that adapts itself ulte vel
to almost any soil, provided an abund
ance of plant food is supplied. 1t is
the crop on which the stable manure
is used. but it responds freely to high
grade fertilizers also. This is for
tunate thing for some eastern farmers
who have use for all their stable ma
nure, for by. using fertilizers freely
they can grow good corn on old mead
ows or pastures. With corn at its
lowest price, they could not afford to
do this, but this year there will be
good profit in it,
Dairy Notes for Butter Makers.
The following dairy notes are Of
fered by the New York Tribune
Farmer
Sow rye for early grazing; it makes
butter.
Use common clover as a green soil
ing crop; it make shutter.
Keep all the dairy utensils spotless
ly clean
The deep setting process, with plen
ty of ice, makes summer butter max
ing easy and profitable.
Let the salt be perfectly clean and
not too fine.
Keep the milk clean while being
drawn.
Remove it as soon as possible from
the stables.
Strain it at once through several
thicknesses of cheesecloth.
Stop churning when the. granules
are the size of a kernel of wheat.
Own hand separator if you have
10 cows.
RECENT LEGAL DECISIONS.
A statute prohibiting bookmaking
or pool selling at all places except up