Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-02-09

When oats are fed unthreshed they
make better balanced ration.
Timothy is not good forage for
dairy cows and not a profitable crop
to grow.
Working the butter after the salt is
properly incorporated is injurious and
causes waste of salt.
In 1900 61,196, 16O pounds of honey
and 1,765,315 pounds Of beeswax was
produced in this country.
Harsh treatment restricts the flow
of milk; treat cows with kindness; they
repay for it in dollars and cents.
A few fowls in separate pens are
much more profitable and more easily
kept healthy than in large numbers.
Profit by experience in all things
This motto is as valuable in the rails
ing Of poultry as in any other bust
ness.
The pure-bred animal is the more
valuable simply because Of it's greater
capacity to appropriate favorable cir
cumstances.
Shipping crates for fowls should be
at least sixteen inches high and as
large as the requirements Of comfort
would suggest.
According to the claims of cold stor-
age men, brown-shelled eggs keep bet
ter than white shelled ones, as they
are heavier and thicker.
Pigs given an opportunity during the
nursing period to eat with the SOW are
weaned more easily and safely than If
otherwise handled.
The poor man has an advantage
over the rich one in that his children
do not have to wait for his shoes be-
fore they can start out in life.
Remember that the sick fowl, if the
ailment shows symptoms such as ac-
company some of the more serious dis
eases, should be quickly removed from
the flock or killed.
White clover is rich in protein and
lime, good for both chicks and hens.
When grass is kept short by lawn
mower, it is much more tender and
better liked.
10 impart best flavor and appear
ance, fatted fowls should be fed tai
low, melted and mixed with meal and
skim milk, twice a week. One pound
of talloW is sufficient for forty fowls.
Since mutton has become so popular
and in such great demand, wool grow
ers are fearful Of the consequences.
People are eating up the wool bearing
f1ocks of the world. Germany has had
her focks decreased 60 per cent since
1878.
The city man has his home for an
abiding place; it is not his business.
The farmer has his home as bust
ness. He earns a livelihood by the
aid of his home. This is one reason
why it should be a happy home. 1t
combines business with pleasure.
A flock of sheep as cleaners in the
cornfield are great success. The
weeds, grass and pestiferous seeds
they destroy can be reached by no
other agency. If the small farmer
owns no flock of sheep he may rent
one for a few days from more
thrifty neighbor ON easy terms.
The soil considered best suited to
the cultivation of the strawberry in
the northeastern part Of the United
States is what is known as sandy
or gravelly loan. A warm, quick soil,
though naturally poor, is preferred to
a heavy, retentive soil well supplied
with plant food Lacking plant food
can easily be supplied.
A wealthy telephone company tore
down a farmers line in making some
repairs to its own line and left it dis
mantled. The farmers waited on the
company and told them to make the
repairs to their line and at least make
it as good as they found it. The agent
told them to go off about their bust
ness that a telephone company worth