Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-06-09

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| during the day on the roost is seldom
found on the nest.
Grass is the best ration for sheep.
No scientist or skilled shepherd can
beat it as balanced ration.
The farm hand who knows how to
milk properly is more valuable to the
careful dairyman than any other help.
The sow that has nothing to recon-
mend her but good pedigree should
be fattened and marketed as soon as
possible.
Plaster of paris scattered over the
floors Of the poultry houses is a purify
ing absorbent, preventing the smell
arising from the droppings.
Remember when you buy dairy
cows that you do not want beef ami
mails, for they are inclined to lay on
flesh instead of giving value received
for their feed and care, in the bucket.
Lettuce is good for the little chicks
1t is greedily devoured by them and
is about as easily obtained in the
spring as anything. A small bed
planted early will make feed for a
good many chicks.
A publication very interesting to
owners of forest land has just been
issued by the United States Bureau
of Forestry at Washington. 1t is,
Part II. of the practical forestry
series and discusses the various
phases of work in the woods and
other matters of practical interest.
1t is illustrated by eighteen plates
and various smaller figures
We verify believe that the silo is
still in it's early stage Of develop
ment in this country. Dairymen have
almost monopolized it thus far, but
the future beef maker will find it as
useful in his business as the dairy
man has proved 1t to be in cheaper
ing dairy products. The most, the
best and the cheapest feed can be
made from the corn crop by the use
of the silo.-National Stockman.
1t is barely possible that some corn
growers would be benefited by drill
ing their corn instead of checking
it. There are some advantages in
drilled corn and again it has dis
advantages. The stalks planted in a
row with one plant every fourteen
inches will give more room for plants
than when checked. The Increase of
76 stalks per acre may not give so
much of a chance for loss when poor
seed is considered Drilled corn will
be more difficult to keep clean.
The barbed wire fence is a thing
that should go out of every commuIr
ity. If there is any excuse for its use
at all it is found on the Western
ranges, where vast areas Of land have
to be fenced that do not belong to
the man that is paying for the fenc-
ing. In well-settled communities it is
Objectionable Some Of our States
have laws that forbid 1t being
stretched along the public highway.
Many a good animal has been ruined
by being caught on a barbed wire
fence. In this day Of good, smooth
wire fences, there is little reason for
using the barbarous kind.
The choice of the boar is Of greatest
importance, for it must not be forgot
ten that the sire is half the herd. In
the case of young boars, the age Of the
animal must always be borne in mind.
1t is very difficult to judge bears at
from three to five months old. When
purchasing boar of this age it is
therefore very desirable to see his sire
and dam. If, so far as can be judged
In his as yet immature state, the young
boar possesses the characteristics
sought for, and an inspection OF his
parents shows them to be Of the de-
sired type, the probability Is all in IA
vor of the animal developing along the
same lines.
Tests with barnyard manure and
commercial fertilizers for hops have
been in progress for seven years on an
English experimental farm. At the
beginning of a three-year rotation one
plat received thirty loads of barnyard
manure for the entire period, while a
second plat received ten loads each
wear. A third plat was annually given
commercial fertilizers. In 1903 the
plat receiving all the barnyard manure
in one dressing yielded nearly half
hundredweight more per acre than the
plat receiving ten loads each year, and
the yields of both Of these plats were
considerably in advance of the yield
obtained with the commercial fertiliz-
ers alone.
Alfalfa as Swine Food.
Alfalfa is the natural food for swine.
The pregnant sow on alfalfa pasture
generally needs no grain at all, at
most but q trif1e of corn should she be
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