Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-12-07

brought into use.
One advantage in using smooth plan
cd boards for The poultry house, is
that IT is a much easier task TO keep
down lice and in keeping clean, while
the cost is very little more.
Free exercise for hogs develops mus
Gle and frame and adds to the value Of
the pork Lack Of exercise is the great
est of all breed diseasers in the case Of
all kinds of animals, including man
himself.
The season for tomatoes can be
heightened several weeks by pulling
up thrifty vines before killed bg frost
and hanging them in the cellar. The
fruit will continue to ripen much bet
ter and will keep longer than if picked
and laid away to ripen.
The successful dairy farmer to-day
is a business mana manufacturer
who Is producing commodity In uni
versal demand. He is not in the bust
ness for his health. but for 4 profit
above his living. Therefore a careful
study Of the marketing Of his 1Iiry
products is a necessity with him.
The man who fails to rig enough
sideboards to lis wagon to l'ohl what
corn can be husked In a hais day is
wasting time that is more valuable
than that of the bankers. 1t is all
right to have plenty of batbords. for
they are continually squirting one to 10
his best in trying to fill the wagon
box.
If some farmers would only talk
clover instead of politics they'd be
much better off Some farmers pro
fess to know all about politics wto
have not learned the first principles Of
the beneficial element of clover. A
politician is always looking after his
fences-his political fences. Quit pol
itlcs and grow clover.
The old-fashloned ''razor-back" hog
which ran wild and fed chiefly on
acorns, made the sweetest of all pork
and the most toothsome Of breakfast
bacon. The trouble was the leanncss
o. the carcass generally and the waste
in bone. The thoroughbred hog rt'lte'
dies thes" defects and, Of course. by
greater Julk and fattenlng ,qlitles is
far more valuable for market purposes
than bis unciviized ancestor.
Apples should never be picked when
wet. They should never be stored
when warm Should be ripened IN Il
dark, cool place. All should be sorted
into grades and labeled accordingly.
Two neighbors took apples to market.
Both had the Wealthy variety. One
Of them sorted his apples and took
nothing but the best, and the other
took them as he gathered them. The
first sold his at a satisfactory price,
while the other could make no sale IN
q glutted market
One reason why some spring seci-
ing fails is that blowing sometimes
makes the soil too loose and robs il of
moisture. and then it brings to the
surface material that is not friendly to
tiny roots of young grass and clover.
1t needs surface soil that has been CN-
posed - air and sun, and where or
ganic material has become well rot
ted. The disc will sometimes fit land
better for seeding than blowing. IL
leaves the soil solid, except at the sur
face, moisture is held, and the surface
can be made fine and compact.
III in tsrt1 urjyh s.r1T nfc
It is well to state that where one can
be successful and obtain enjoyment
there is where he ought to reside
Some enjoy the farm and others the
city. Many people have never known
the joys of a farm life, and many
farmers are just in the same condit on
Ci,y and country have their respective
advantages. Wages are possibly he tel
in the city. Int there are great many
opportunities for spending then
There are better educational advalt
tages in the city which are obtained
at the expense of good health.
II your soil needs humus, pillow un
der all the coarse manure you can gel
this fall Every farmer realizes The
necessity of having more manure, an,
one way to secure it is by providing al
abundant supply IF absorbing material
Even If there appears 20 be large
proportion of this material in the ma
nure, making it strawy and coarse.
can be plowed under and will answe
= an excellent purpose. as there is nee'
b of more humus in most of our soils
Every effort should be made TO secure
all of the manure that may be OUTSIDE
, Of the stable, so that nothing shall b
lost. This fine manure. properly an
piled on the meadows. should be WORT
: 81 per two-horse load in the ext
amount OF hay that will thus be sc
cured from its use.
Oeca sionally we meet man WI
knows Il ALL" You can speak o
nothing with which he has not had eS
perience. This man usually has n
use for a farm paper and he has D
time TO devote to farmers institutes
he says he = $50 busy making IN