Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1908-12-10
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Get ROAD dTdB anu lHtu uIdBs
The lazy hen is not apt to be the
layer
Cleanliness is essential to success
full poultry raising.
DO your hauling in the mornings
when the ground is firm.
The care OF bees is a healthy, easy
and profitable work for women.
The good brood SOW should be kept
as long as she is able to raise a good
litter
OIL meal is 80 per cent. protein A
little IN each feed for the cows is ex-
cellent.
Spread the manure as fast as II is
made. The manure spreader makes
the task an easy one.
It has been said that a horse is no
better than the feet he stands on.
Look well to the hoofs.
It is wet. not cold, which hurts
sheep. Keep them dry and they can
stand lots OF cold weather.
Two-year-old geese are best for
breeding purposes. Sell off the sur
plus stock. 1t won't pay to winter
The low-wheeled wagon will prove
a mighty handy thing on any farm.
Get a set of low-down wheels and try
them.
The man who keeps no stock be
cause feed is high makes a mistake
from which both his land and his
pocket book will suffer.
The road drag is one OF the tools
which should not be put away. Keep
It going over your strip Of road every
good chance you get. IL is especially
effective after rains.
Plan to lay In a supply of ice this
winter. Get place ready TO store 1t.
A good serviceable house can be put
up cheaply, and enough ice stored to
last all next summer
This is the season when you ought
to be planning out the next seasons
work. Take pride in having your
road team look sleek and trim, Rub
up the harness, and If the buggy or
wagon is old and shabby, and you do
not feel able to buy new one, paint
and fix the old one up.
Don't expect TO improve your stock
without expense. The cost Of the
scrub cannot in any sense to taken
as the measure OF cost of producing
the thoroughbred. Just as the i'm
proved animal is intrinsically worth
more money to the buyer, so it is I'M
reasonable to suppose that it should
not cost more money.
When the daily vessels to be scald-
ed are cold remember that the first
application Of boiling water does not
scald them properly, the coldness OF
the tin reducing the temperature of
the water below the scalding point
The only certain way Of scalding tin
pals and pans is to apply the scalding
water after the vessels have been
heated by preliminary rinsing in hot
water
The government is making expert
ments in the practical value OF shelter
belts of trees for homesteads, stock
buildings and orchards. Something
for you TO think about Are your
buildings or orchard so exposed 20 the
bleak winds OF winter and the violent
winds OF summer as to suffer? Trees
Of the right kind planted In the best
way and the best place will mean not
only comfort but profit
II a farmer sells hogs at ten SN,ars
and buys them back In the shape OF
ham. bacon and pork az SIS, why
should it not pay him 20 butcher and
pack meat for his own use2 And n
the handsome profit OF eight dollars
per hog over the live selling price
can be realized for himself why would
IL not be profitable to pack twice or
three times as much as he needs for
himself and sell it2 Perhaps &c would
pay him TO figure on butcheriug 80 or
40 hogs and curing and packing the
meat
In tying wool do not use sisal Irvine.
use hemp The former will hurt the
sale OF your product and for this rea.
son Small bits OF the sisal fiber get
into the wool and not taking dyes,
must be picked ont by hand This oc.
easions a loss Of sometimes MS much
as five cents per pound which must
eventually come from rbe producer
since manufacturers learn what sort
of stuff Is to be expected from a r.
Hiou and bid for 81 accordingly The
lVlnes recommended for use are: No.