Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-02-23

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If horse coughs it is probably due
to dusty hay. The cleanest hay should
be given the horses. Other kinds Of
stock will do we'll ON dusty hay.
All breeds Of sheep are by choice
scarengers, but when expected to sub
sist entirely on scayenger's fare they
return only scavenger's profits.
Skimmilk is more valuable than
most people think. 1t only takes 3.27
pounds to equal a pound OF cornmeal
in feeding value for growing pigs.
Give the colts plenty of exercise
Don't keep them tied up in the barn
all winter long. They can stand
bit Of fresh air and little frolic every
day.
One pound Of corn meal is equal in
feeding value to 1927 pounds Of skim
milk when fed to growing pigs. There
is really more value in skim milk than
we give credit for.
These days when the fire is burning
warm it will be a good plan to see if
the insurance policy is all right, and it
might be good plan to see that a
ladder is convenient.
Do you give your horses salt regu-
larly or occasionally? They should
have it where they can get it at any
time. If you think it makes no differ
ence, try eating without salt yourself
for a month.
There are two kinds Of profitable
farming One is to grow and sell
profitable crops and by 50 doing i'm
poverish the soil, and the other is to
grow equally as good crops and con
duct the operations so as to keep the
fertility Of the soil up.
Hogs are % to 35 cents hundred
higher than q year ago, and don't
seem likely to be much if any lower.
AS things look now, pork will be
made at less cost this year than last;
so, on the whole, the hog business
shouldn't give growers the blues.
Extra clevises, singletrees, double
trees, colts, etc, should be provided now
when there is comparative leisure
When one gets busy and finds he could
rig another team if he only had a few
more cleyises CT singletrees, and does
not have them, is the one way to insure
disappointment and loss.
The short courses at our agricultural
colleges afford a splendid opportunity
for the busy farm boy to gather some
information along his line. The boy
who wants to get information will
find it there. The boy who is not
looking for it could not find it if it
were at the end of his nose.
Glass gives more warmth to hotbeds
than any other covering, but for plants
that are somewhat hardy, a light
frame covering of oiled muslin is as
good and is cheaper. 1t can be prepar-
ed by stretching the muslin and satur
ating both sides with boiled linseed
oil, spread evenly with paint brush
Congressman as a rule do not pay
much attention to the lobbyist. There
is lobby to which any citizen Of the
United States can belong and his in
fuence will be respected. A stamp on
letter will make you member of
that lobby and your member will
show you respect if you tell him what
you want.
The value of spraying apples has
been further established by tests in
Illinois. where it was noted by actual
count that twenty-five trees left I'M
sprayed produced nineteen unblem-
ished apples Forty-seven busted trees
produced sixty-three unblemished
fruits. while sixty-six trees receiving
liauid sprays grew 1904 perfect speci-
mems In another instance five IN
SPRAYED Wealthy apple trees rlpened
only eight apples without fault and
eighteen busted trees perfected 337.
whereas twelve liquid sprayed trees Of
the same variety bore over 1000 speci-
mems having no commercial Imperfect
tons. Moreover the blemished fruit
on the liquid sprayed trees were less
faulty than the fruit not counted per-
feet on the unsprayed or busted trees.
Care of Dairy Utensils.
The great development of the use OF
hand separators on the farm, accom-
panied by sale of cream instead of milk
to the creameries, has added another
difficulty to the production OF good
creamery butter, in that many farmers
do not care for their separators prop
erly. This leads to the delivery OF
contaminated cream By some Of the
patrons by means of which the entire