Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-10-20

method is found to be reliable the
disease will be practically under con-
troll. The feeding and care that
hogs receive will do much to prevent
such diseases, as unthrifty herds are
the ones most likely to contract any
disease. Plenty of green feed, such
as cane, alfalfa, ETC., with a good sup
ply of fresh, clean water during the
summer months, will do a great deal
toward keeping hogs in the best pos
sible condition. The Oklahoma ex-
pertinent station, at Saltwater, has
devoted considerable time to the
study of hog cholera and the trans
mission of the disease by means of
the hog cholera bacillus. This work
has been principally along the lines
of producing immunity in the, small
! experimental animals and studying
| the effect of the germ in the hog.
Old Orchards.
There are many farms we'll suited
! to sheep-raising which are not used
for that purpose because their own
ers raise other crops which are profit
able. During a recent trip taken by
sheep expert, he passed through a
| section where sheep were being
| raised in old orchards, and he
promptly left the train to investigate.
1t was found that orchards, while
they were still bearing good fruit,
were fast nearing an age when they
would be no longer profitable. New
orchards had been set, but instead
of abandoning the old orchards, the
ground had been seeded down and
turned into fine pastures for sheep,
which were doing finely. Not only
this, but it was found that the
orchards had taken on new life, and
were making a profit for their own
ers. There is a point in this worth
anyone's attention under similar con-
ditions. In some sections sheep
raisers make a business of seeding
down and pasturing their orchards,
and while there may be some ques-
ton as to the wisdom of this plan
with a comparatively young and
thrifty orchard, there can be no doubt
!
Gated.
Houses for Ducks.
/ My duck houses are two feet high
at back, eight feet deep, and only high
enough in front to clean easy, says a
correspondent of American Agricul-
turist. 1 never have over forty ducks
in one pen, and prefer thirty, for then
they will not get crooked breastbones.
Harvesting the Potato Crop.
The late crop is disposed of where
there is nearby market at this time
by selling directly to families as well
as to grocers. The prices obtained
are often 10 cents a bushel above car
lot prices on track. The late crop
should be harvested as soon as well
matured, as there is usually danger
of loss by freezing after the middle
of October Unless the grower has
had experience in shipping and sell
ing his crops, he will probably do
lest to sell to local dealers. The
grower who has the ability and ex-
rerience to successfully sell his crop
| Will SOOn DS d utdleI anu
not a grower. Consignments are not
generally satisfactory, not because
the commission man is not as honest
as the rest of mankind, but for the
reason that he is a buyer of potatoes
and has his own stock to sell first.
Then he has several large shippers
whose business is worth looking aft
er, so the farmers potatoes are IL
some merchant whose trade is worth
giving him a bargain at the expense
Of the farmer.
Notes.
Mango is not disease in the com
mon sense of the term, but is caused
either by vegetable parasite or by
an insect, which grows in the skin.
There are two kinds, but both are
treated alike. The skin is first
washed with warm water, and car
bolic soap, to soften it and open the
pores, in which the parasites are i'm
bedded; it will help matters to rub
the skin with a corncob or some
thing rough to break up the vessels
and remove the crust. The parts are
then dried and rubbed thoroughly
with an ointment made of four parts