Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-01-19

POULTRY houses heated artlf1cIally
are, as a rule undesirable because
they are unsatisfactory.
It used to be. thought that salt
would kill hogs; but it will not. On
the contrary, some salt is good for
them, if given regularly.
At no other time in the life Of the
animal is the influence of liberal or
Of scant feeding SO great as when the
animal is young.
A fowl that is very healthy and In
prime condition usually has that beau
tiful yermillion red color in the comb,
face and Wattles and a natural bloom
on the plumage.
One fruit grower says the best rasp-
berries he ever raised were kept off
the ground, SO chickens could not
reach ripe fruit, but had fowls run
extra nice, too.
In arranging a piggery, have the
troughs SO placed that any food left
over by the animals may be easily
removed and fix the troughs so that
they may be emptied as soon as the
swine have drunk all the pure water
they need.
However well grounded the position
of the wool grower may be at any
TINA ba ;c short eff,b4a5 ;f bo noo
lects to look after the mutton side
Of his business. But at the same
time he should not neglect the quality
Of wool and the interests of wool pro-
duction.
Mature hens, which are fed very
sparingly for about two weeks and
then receive rich heterogeneous ra-
ton, mott more rapidly and with more
uniformity, and enter the cold wealth
er of winter in better condition than
similar fowls fed continually during
the Noting period on an egg produc-
ing ration.
Strange that the enormous increase
in the use Of auto cars should go
hand-in-hand with the strongest de-
mand the country has ever known for
good horses. How do we account for
it? Well, one way is that large
share of the people who are running
''automobubbles" are persons who
never did and never would own
horse.
The man who selects his breeding
stock on account of the merits which
they possess will be more likely to OBJ
tain satisfactory prices for his horses
than he who selects on account Of ped
igree alone, regardless of merit. The
man who selects animals that possess
both merit and choice pedigrees will
be most likely to realize profit from
the business.
A recent report of the pomologist
Of the Department Of Agriculture
gives a list of the largest apple pro-
ducing States. OF the States having
over 100000 bearing trees, Mis-
souri, heads the list with 100000
trees; New York next with 15,00O,O00;
Illinois, 100000; Ohio, 100000;
Kansas, 100000; Pennsylvania, 12,-
100000, and Michigan, 100000
trees.
In a sense, alfalfa makes a perma
nent pasture for cattle, yet 1t needs
intelligent care and careful grazing.
1t should not be tramped when wet
or frozen, and is better adapted to
soiling than pasturing. II not grazed
too close, if the stock Is rotated from
one field to another to allow 1t to get
a start after being eaten. down, it will
last for many years. Gnawed to the
earth, tramped when wet or frozen, it
Is soon gone. Cattle are readily soiled
with alfalfa, and treated in this way,
there is no bloat or injury to alfalfa
fields, and many more cattle can be
kept on q given area.
Spinach is crop that Is usually
planted in the fall. 1t is hardy and
endures severe winters. The seed
may be broadcasted or sown in drills,
but the drill system should be pre-
ferred. Another winter vegetable
which remains in the ground until
spring is satisfy, which, however, is
seeded in May. Turnips If left in the
ground will produce early green's in
spring, and SO will the stalks of cab
bage if they are left with their roots
in the ground. The most popular for
affording early green in winter, how
ever, is the spinach, though it is rath-
er late now for seeding.
Breast Bones of Poultry.