Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-06-12

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their likes and dislikes. | could stir
up an awful discussion if l should tel
You what | think about one or two
very popular breeds. The Hamburgs
are great layers when properly kept
and cared for, but they require clean,
dry quarters Ny notion as to the
order of good layers is: rose comb
brown Leghorns, any other Leghorns.
any of the Hamburgs. rose comb
Dominiques, black Langshan, and for
the three winter months alone the
| light Brahmas are unsurpassed. But
say | know an old brown Red
| Horse game hen that produced 210
eggs this season after being moved
four times and more than 400 miles in
crate. # | was going into an all
around year contest would take
Hamburgs. Leghorns, Dominiques or
games, but for a winter contest /
would take black Langshans or light
Brahmas. though | expect to see Col
umDian Wyandottes come In for a
close second on winter laying-Rich-
ard H. Wood in New York Tribune
Farmer
frangrance are of the easiest culture.
fragrace are of the easiest culture.
and are within the reach of all who
wish to enjoy them. The lemon
scented verbena is an old favorite.
and has a delightful perfume. It's
fragrance is so sweet that few can
resist plucking leaf of it, 1t may
be increased from cuttings of the
young wood taken and struck in sum-
mer The halfripened wood will root
quite freely in a hotbed in spring.
This is a deciduous plant, and there
fore should be kept quite dry in win
ter and cut well back in spring.
When growth starts shake out and re-
pot. Pinch the young shoots to
make the plant bushy Violets are
very pretty in a window in winter
their fragrance being very sweet.
Young plants ported in autumn will
flower in sunny widow all the win
ter Plant outside in spring again.
/ Marie Louise is good violet for pot
work. Mignonet is everybody's
flower in sunny window all the win
winter by occasional sowings from
July to September. Mignonet is a
gross feeder and must have liberal
treatment. From three TO six plants
will be plenty in a six-inch pot
American Cultivator.
O. Err and c. w. Melick maintain
in bulletin of the Kansas expert,
ment station that cleanliness is the
first law which should be observed
by every man who in any way manu-
features or handles dairy products. >
and show that this applies particu-
.arly to the utensils used in the dairy,
for unclean dairy utensils are among
| the greatest sources of contamination
of milk by undesirable bacteria,
( which produce taints in milk and
which exist principally in filth lodged
on the surface and i'll the crevices of
dairy utensils The real object Of
sanitation (washing and c.eaning) is
to get rid of these undesirable germs,
for while it is a fact that some of
them are harmless, stir there are
many which are harmful to human
| life, hence We must establish condi-
| lions by which we can DESTROY them
effectively and without great expense. .
| The first requisite is to obtain dairy
utensils that can be easily cleaned,
which have smooth, hard and nonpor-
Gus surfaces, and corners so made that
they are easily accessible to a brush
or cloth. Unnecessary corners and
angles should be avoided
According to w Dietrich. of the
Illinois experiment station, properly
located and constructed hog houses
or shelter are essential 10 success
i in swine husbandry in all regions
with a cold or variable climate. The
best location for a hog house is one
that is well drained and well lighted
| and will permit access TO pasture, to
good shade, and to a stream of run
ming water that is free from disease
germs, where also there are oppor-
tunities for making wallows in clean
mud The two general classes of
hog houses most in use are individual
houses or hog cots and large houses
with individual pens. and of each
| class there is a great variety OF con
struction depending upon individual
needs and conditions. Particulars for
Fccnstruction are given in farmers
bulletin No. 273 of the department of
agriculture compiled from reports of
the Illinois and Michigan experiment
stations.
Not long ago, the writer visited a
poultry farm in Attleboro, where the
poultry had the run of a large orch
ard, and black berries were grown ex-
tensively among the trees. thus giving
three distinct products of the poultry.
1 blackberries and the trees The own
ers call it a three-story farm. But a
Missouri farmer, according to all ac-
counts, goes one better with a four
story farm He has fine clover
4 field: beneath the Clover is one of the
richest beds of coal and below the coal
is fine bed of shale, from which
excellent building brick is made In
and above the clover is an apple or
ehard from which there is an abund-
ant crop of fruit. This makes a
| four-story rarm, coal, shale clover
and apples. For the sake of making