Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-02-17


When purchasing ram for breed
ing purposes. it should be better than
the best in your flock.
Feed ground oil cake to fowls twice
Il week; it will often promote laying
when other foods fail to give good re-
suits.
While a pig should be literally fed
it should not be so overfed but that it
will always be ready for its feed at
the appointed time.
1t has been recently discovered that
people live longer in cities than in
the country. This probably explains
why so many farmers move to the city
when they retire.
A farmer in Wisconsin brought suit
against a seed dealer because he sold
him bird rape seed instead of the
dwarf Essex variety, and that the
crop developed lot of noXious weeds
that greatly damaged his farm.
The best swine breeders nowadays
use some of the many kinds of germi-
cides freely about their houses and
yards. These disinfect and destroy
germs. BY diluting them many kinds
can be taken internally, which frees
the hogs from worms.
In the mixture of blood in breeding
live stock it will not mix like mixing
paints. We mix certain colors together
and get the same result every time
with no variation. Sometimes when
white Shorthorn bull is bred to a Gal
sometimes not.
We are approaching a system of in
tensive farming. Some extensive
farm operations work all right, but we
| are fast approaching a time when we
will need to be more intense in our
| work The extensive snout and legs
of the razorback have given way to
| the abbreviated noses and legs of inn
| proved breeds.
The use of peat for fuel is making
progress in Sweden in competition
with imported coal. Deposits in that
| country are of enormous extent. The
finished peat is heavy and firm, with
a small percentage of ash. Deliveries
to the State railways during the year
will probably amount to about three
thousand tons. The price is 1911 per
ton in large lots.
| Has it ever occurred to you that you
cannot make your own burdens lighter
| by burdening your friends with your
own troubles? 1t cannot be done; it
has been tried repeatedly. Il your
pillow does not scour will your neigh
| Dor be any the wiser or will you be
benefited any by transmitting the
| trouble to him? He will ask you why
you did not take proper care of the
pillow and then your troubles will be
| more.
The latest production OF Luther
Burbank, the well-known California
botanist, is the spineless cactus, which
|
much nutriment as alfalfa and that
the yield of forage per acre is greater.
| This peculiar cactus was obtained by
q series of crosses and careful selec-
ton. The advantage of plant Of this
kind is like that Of others of its fam
lily. 1t can be grown in region too
dry for ordinary crops. Its success
would mean prosperity for the desert
regions of the southwest.
| Rotation Of crops should include
| some mode of clearing the land of
weeds Wheat and clover, followed by
corn. clean the land, provided the corn
crop receives thorough cultivation, but
many weeds come up in the cornfield
after the corn is Laid by" and it is
not unusual for crab grass to then
take possession of the field. Corn
should be followed by another hoe
crop, such as potatoes, cabbages, tur-
| Alps or carrots, and at no period dur
.ng the growing season should the land
be allowed to grow weeds, as late
crop Of sweet corn, to be used as fod-
der, may be grown and cut at any
| stage of growth. The system of rOta-
ton should be governed by the condi-
ton of the land and the value of the
crops in market. No grain crop, how
ever, should follow another, if it can
be avoided, but if two grain crops are
produced in two seasons the third crop
should be clover or the land made to
produce green manurial crops for turn
Ing under, lime being also used.
Shropshire Sheep In Texas. Ga
| prefer one of the mutton breeds of
sheep that will bring twins. Lambs
do best in fall Or winter. The late
| summer lamb does not grow off.
Lambs can be taught to eat at a
younger age than pig They should