Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-07-02


vide forage for their COWS in the
summer if they expect to make any
money on milk. 1t costs little, and an
abundant supply can easily be raised
by planting a few acres of corn on
which the stock can be fed and
will be some left over which can be
used for silage in the fall.
Asparagus beds should be SPRAYED
about the middle of July to prevent
rust, and a sharp look out should be
kept for it a few weeks before this.
A good spray can be made from four
pounds of copper sulphate, four
pounds OF lime and so gallons of
water. The bed should be sprayed
about once in two weeks.
Poor land on a farm may be used to
better advantage for forest than any
other purpose. Even in very fertile
districts there are few farms without
some uncultivable land. Land which
is extremely dry or wet, or rocky or
sandy, or land subject to washing,
should be used for forest.
If you have a sandy garden rake ND
a lot of dead leaves and put a few
inches of them in the bottom of
furrow where early potatoes are to be
planted Cover them with a little
wood ashes, and pack down closely.
This makes a cheap and good
fertilizer.
Thinning fruit ordinarily does not
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yield the first year as it does the
following year. Prof. S. A Beach of
New York believes that the most
economical method of thinning fruits
is by judicious pruning.
Some lands are more suitable for
permanent meadow than permanent
pasture. Drained and wellcured
muskeg and peaty soil often produce
red top, timothy and other kinds of
hay luxuriantly. Such land usually
holds a good deal of water, and if
pastured, the tramping of the animals
cuts the sod and causes an uneven
stand of grass, with places slightly
elevated that support a few grass
tufts. Many peaty soils when properly
cared for prove to be valuable hay
lands, but not every piece of swampy
land, muskeg or bog can be made into
a permanent meadow.
1t should be the object of farmers
to give more consideration to poultry
With the best markets in the world
right at their doors, they should make
hens pay. The western farmers do
not receive as much for eggs as
eastern farmers, as such eggs are not
classed as strictly fresh" yet they
ship hundreds of eggs to the eastern
cities. They may have cheaper food
in the west, and may be compelled TO
accept any price because of not
having nearer markets, but it does
not destroy the fact that with the
best prices nearer home the eastern
farmers do not produce enough eggs
for the demand.
Fattening ducks and geese is lest
done when they are confined in little
stalls, or when only two or three are
together. Like pig, duck or goose
will eat more when it has COM
panion than when it is alone, as
greediness is one of the Characters
tics belonging to both. The food need
not be expensive. Boiled turnips, car
rots and potatoes, with cornmeal,
make the best mess with which to get
ducks and geese fat quickly. They
must be kept very quiet, given plenty
of water for drinking, and allowed
pulverized charcoal once day. Ten
days is long enough for getting them
in proper condition.
Utica, N. Y, has recently won dis
tinction through Holstein-Friesian
COW, Sadie by name, which-or per-
haps such a COW as Sadie ought to be
referred to as who's a resident of
that place. Sadie has broken the
worlds 3O-day record for milk-giving
and butter-producing In the 80 days
during which Sadie was put to the
test she produced a fraction over
1854 pounds of milk, from which was
extracted 123 pounds 81 ounces Oh
butter. In other words, the milk that
Sadie gave during the 90-days con-
test would have been sufficient to
drown her had it been tanked and she
thrown in, while her months supply
of butter, if packed in the ordinary
bricks, would have served to make
around her wall so high that she
could hardly have jumped over it.
The original carnation was a five
petaled bloom native in the south of
Italy. It was imported into England
about the time of the Norman con-
quest. AS early as 1919 horticultural
works gave minute directions for the
cultivation of the flowers in winter.
The carnation industry has risen to
considerable importance during the
last 10 years, according to Town and
Country. AS 100000 of the young
carnation plants are sold each year,
and florists produce an equal amount
grown by themselves which are not
sold. the entire production of young
carnation plants approximates 5,0OO,-
600 and upward a year. These plants
are grown under glass during the
winter time for cut flower purposes,
producing an annual average Of more
that 1n0.000.000 blooms. What be-
comes OF this enormous number Oh