Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-09-22


is greater with grown fowls than with
those that are still growing. 1t in
jures the breeding power in males as
well as in females.
/ Farmers in the vicinity of Swanton,
VT, are contending with a new pest
which attacks the raspberry bushes
All the tender shoots in the whole
field suddenly droop, wither, and in a
/ few hours are dead. Examination
show that the whole circumference of
the vine has been punctured by SER
les of minute holes, and on splitting
the stalk open a good-sized egg is
found deep in the wood.
Colorado sugar-beet growers are jub-
liant over the prospect of the best crop
ever produced in that state. Last
year slightly less than 100000 tons
were produced; the beets were sold
at $3.50 per ton. This year, according
to carefully prepared estimates OF
both beet-growers and sugar manufac-
turers, the crop will reach $4,000 tons
or more, and the price is fixed at IS a
ton. This means about 100000 gain
to the farmer
Japanese florists have succeeded in
cultivating a rose which looks red in
the sunlight and white in the shade.
Plants have been rendered artifcally
Alpine by keeping them in an ice-boX
at night, and fully exposed to the Nun
by day. The leaves grow smaller and
thicker, frequently with reddish color
alton, and the flowers become relative.
/ ly larger end more highly colored
Apple trees six years old or over
that do not develop fruit buds should
have their growth checked. Watch
the progress of the tree. After the
leaves are fully grown is the time to
check the growth. To cause the for
nation of fruit buds, different methods
are practiced, such as twisting small
wire tightly around the trunk. This
must be removed in about five weeks.
Another method is to girdle by cut
ting or peeling band of bark one or
two inches wide. Pruning, stopping
cultivation or sowing clover are also
used sometimes. The same methods
may be employed for other fruit trees.
The ability of Angora goats to rough
it is shown by the experience of N. d.
Powers of Troy. N. Y. from whose
herd Of Al Angoras eight escaped to
the mountains last fall and were sup
posed to have been lost. This spring
! six of them were found in the noun
tain forests in good condition, havin-
got living by browsing on bark and
twigs.
The old German farmer, who feeds
his hens corn and milk the year round,
receives about SO year, gross from
each. But, before you try his plan
and expect his results, see to it that
you have his fine, clean poultry house,
a good summer range, and barn full
of clover hay for them to run in win
ter The whole hang together.
The butter from Danish diaries
brings higher prices in England than
any produced by the British butter
makers or any imported from any
other nation. The little kingdom on
the north coast of the European con-
tinent exports, also, 100000 pounds
of honey every year.
Well cured alfalfa hay is certainly
a milk-producing food. Both analysis
and actual feeding shows that it is a
better food than red clover hay. AS
it gives a heavier yield than clover
and endures for years without seeding
Il is a valuable crop
Poultry can be raised on land which
is thin and hilly and is as sure a
crop as any. Keep in mind that
your crops must be kept clean if you
are to have any success and hard work
is as necessary as good stock.
Training a horse to pull steadily in
starting heavy load is highly essen
/ tial; for Jerking, with it's severe and
sudden straining, often does more
harm in a minute than steady hard
work all day.
The apple crop promises well
/ throughout the entire northwest, if re-
I ports received indicate general condi-
tons. Unfavorable reports come
/ from some localities, it is true; but a
/ large majority are very good.
/ 1t is a good plan to put halters on
calves and keep them on picket rope
! for a few weeks during the early
stages of their young lives. 1t
I teaches them to stand tied and breaks
them to leading.
/ Here are some sheep axioms from
England Keep sheep off the wet
oracc ITca calf fraaIv Dur, daoa
grass to destroy parasites. Do not
keep sheep long continuously on the
same land.
If your hens are sick and you think
~ Is necessary to give them medicine,
take some lard and make a big pill of
it and then fill it with red pepper and
ginger.
COW, unused to linseed meal, win
increase her milk two quarts day If