Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-06-25
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Corn is poor food for brood sows.
1t makes little milk. Wheat middlings
are much better
The Maryland agricultural station
has issued an interesting and ex-
haustive bulletin on the periodical
cicada, or 17-year locust The report
contains number of good pictures.
The Iowa agricultural college an
nounces an extension of its veterinary
course from three to four years, in Or
der to embrace certain branches Of
animal husbandry essential to broader
training.
A large draft horse in idleness may
have 20 pounds of good hay and when
working needs but II to IA pounds
when oats are fed in abundance to fur
nish the required heterogeneous matters
to repair waste of tissue.
Berkshires seem to be booming, the
records of sales in February filed with
the American Berkshire association,
in 80 states and Canada, amounting to
425 animals, Illinois and Indiana lead
ing with 81 and 43.
Fowl meadow grass is recommended
by the Vermont experiment station for
sowing in mixtures on wet soils. The
mixture should include red-top tim
othy and alsike. Sowing in midsum-
mer without nurse crop is recon-
mended.
Henry Stevens & Son, well-known
| New York breeders Of Holstein cattle,
have recently paid $4,000 for the nine
weeks-old bull calf out of Sadie Vale
Concordia, the COW that established
new records for and 80 days pro-
duction Of milk and butter fat.
The Iowa cattle station is engaged
in gigantic cattle feeding experiment,
in which 500 cattle are being used,
and are divided into 10 classes of so
each. The majority of the patent cat
tie food men are fighting shy of this,
and do not care to submit their goods
The annual report of the field opera
tons of the United States bureau of
soils for 1902 has been completed, and
will soon be ready to be given out 1t
will be issued in two parts, and will
contain "A Autograph soil maps and re-
ports of various assistants of the
bureau.
Good wheat bran is one of the best
foods that car be fed to the dairy
cows. Bran is rich in protein, the
very element out of which blood is
made, and blood is the fluid out of
which milk is made. Giving other
foods to properly sustain the body will
increase the profits of the dairy.
Twenty-one of the best hens in this
country have sailed from San Fran
cisco to engage in an egg-laying con-
test with Australian hens, which will
continue for one year. Their expenses
were paid by the Australian govern
ment, which will buy the six best at
$25 apiece. The others will be sold
there at public auction.
A good way to eradicate weed pests
is to sow the land with buckwheat
twice during the season, blowing it
under when in blossom. After the
second crop is plowed in, rye may be
sown to be turned under in the follow
ing fall. Following up this practice
weeds will have hard time of it, and
the land will be benefited.
The best way to distinguish sex of
ducks and geese when young is by the
voice. There is always a difference
between the male and female, even
though but slight. Pinch a duck or
goose and it will gire a sound of dis
like and betray itself The male has
a fine, squeaky voice, while that o,
the female is loud and coarse.
The novice is continually advised.
when planting garden crops, to press
the soil down firmly over the seed
after covering. This, which is good
rule in most cases, is not without its
exceptions. The inparting of some
kinds of soils, especially of clayey
soils when damp, will prove a barrier
that small and delicate seeds may be
unable to break through Planting
too deeply and pressing the soil too
firmly above the seeds are frequent
causes of failure which tie gardener
cannot otherwise explain.