Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-07-21


The summer butter should be wash
ed In water at So degrees.
Hens in windy weather and with
out shelter will not lay, and soon be-
come "roupy."
The milk which loses It's quantity
cannot be fully restored until the COW
has had her next calf.
Chickens should be reared upon
fresh ground every year to insure sue
cess, and coops often shifted.
Milking should not be hastily done.
The stripping is the most important
part and should be done thoroughly.
If coat is soiled in the mud, curry
and clean thoroughly before milking.
This will keep the milk clean and
the pores Of the cows skin open.
Every decent farm paper in the
country has printed so much about the
Importance of testing seed that there
is no excuse for anybody planting dead
ones
Timothy hard on the soil? Yes, and
so is any other crop, unless some Of
the elements it takes out are put back.
Timothy properly managed is a good
ORC For fo 70
The claims Of the stock food max
ers are largely without foundation.
There is nothing in most of them that
cannot be bought in the shape of bran,
middlings and oil meal at very much
lower prices than the so-called stock
food is sold for.
On some farms all kinds Of poultry
are fed together, old and young, and
geese, ducks, turkeys and chickens.
There are always domineering individ-
uals in barnyards, hence it will be an
advantage to separate the older from
the younger stock when feeding.
Weeds are soil robbers and should
not be allowed to gain a foothold. The
best time to kill them is before they
have gained good hoh on the soil. A
weak seed just sprouted dies if it is
even moved, while a weed we'll start
ed often grows right along if every
root but one is turned out.
For the main crop Of tomatoes
small stocky, quickly grown plants
are best for transplanting in garden
or field, but for extra early, potted
plants that are almost ready to bud
may be used These should be trans
planted without removing much of
the earth from the roots. By this
method it is possible to have ripe to-
matoes by July 1.
The Delaine is pure bred Merino
sheep, the result of Improvement by
careful selection, breeding and feed
ing with a definite ideal constantly
in the minds Of it's breeders, writes r.
Wood in Breeders Gazette. The chief
characteristic difference between the
American Merino, or Spanish Merino,
as it was formerly called, and the De
laine is the entire absence of folds
or wrinkles either on the neck or
body of the latter, longer staple of
wool and a lighter weight of fleece.
AS distinguished from the Rambouil-
let, the latter is larger and more
rangy sheep than the Delaine, while
the fleece is generally denser, but not
as oily nor quite as fine nor as long
as the Delaine All these breeds are
merely families of the one great
breed, Merino.
Remedy for ScouTs.
Laudanum is q good remedy for
scours, one-half to a teaspoonful at
a time twice a day, according to Sc
verify Of disease. For bloating we
give half a teacup Of soda and half
cup of salt in a little water, not put
ting the water with soda until ready
to pour down. Well bred calves fed
in this way and kept growing will
come in at two years old and give