Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-10-20

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Farming is poor business when the
| farming is poor.
But few plants will thrive tn wet
soil. A good drain is sometimes better
than manure.
A COW unused to linseed meal, it is
said, will increase her milk two quarts
a day If fed it.
In three years the progeny of a pair
Of rats, under favorable conditions,
will number 1000.
Sunfower seed produces oil of an
excellent quality, and is said to be
good feed for both poultry and sheep.
A hen will often be made to lay a
soft,shelled egg by falling from a
perch, or by being chased about by a
dog.
1t is the vigor and not the size of
the seed potato that determines the
size of the product and the amount
Of the crop.
Good care prevents disease in the
case of all animals. The troubles to
which they are subject are due in near
ly all cases tc improper treatment.
A good hen will lay at least a hun
dred eggs every year that may be
sold. There ought to be money in the
chicken business, and yet how many
have failed at it?
Watch currant bushes for San Jose
scale. Scrape the bark, if the scale
has arrived, and apply sulphur lime
mixture. Do not let the scale winter
on the bushes. as it will finish the
plants before spring.
Don't force moulting. Nature will
provide for it when the time comes.
This thing of starving poultry for a
long time and then feeding them high
ly nutritious food that they may 'be
made to grow new crop Of feathers
is all nonsense. O.
With regard to hens which regu-
larly and Systematically lay soft
shelled eggs, it is generally found that
they belong to the very prolific varie-
ties, for it is rarely that a hen be-
longing to the Asiatic breeds suffers
from this complaint or habit.
The usual practice Of cleaning of
the droppings boards, and storing the
droppings in barrels, is wasteful from
the fact that when SO put together it
heats quickly and gives off it's nitro
gen. the element which gives it is pc
culiar value as a fertilizer.
Two principal causes may be as
signed why some hens lay eggs with
soft shells Internal weakness is gen
orally caused by too rapid production,
or something may be wrong with the
feeding, by reason Of which the bird
gets an insufficient supply Of lime for
shell formation.
When it is desired to cut two or
more crops Of grass from field the
grass should be cut before the seed
heads form, as the grass has perform
ed It's mission when it has seeded;
hence, If the first cutting is deferred
unt2 the seed is ripe, there will be
no second crop of Importance. Such
crops as Hungarian grass or alfalfa
may be cut about every five weeks.
What boon it will be to shiftless
farmers If it shall prove true as re-
Gently reported, that Hungarian
chemist has discovered a liquid which
will prevent the oxidation Of every
thing that has been immersed in It.
Then the farmer can dip his tools In
it and leave them out in the rain as
frequently as he chooses without In
jury. The new liquid is said not only
to prevent rust and decay, but to har-
den wood and brick. Wood, after be-
ing properly treated in 1T, becomes alb
solutely waterproof. Fuller details
concerning the qualities Of zorene, as
the liquid is called, will be awaited
with INT