Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-12-09

+ion If is believed that greater care
m,.st be had in preparing sllage Tor
ebaen than for cattle. Sheep require
| q sweet and dry silage. Tricky plant
ad corn cut before it is well matured,
does not make ideal silage TOT sheep'
| Corn planted about like field corn
harvested and put into the sllo when
II begins to dent, has proven very
healthful to sheep, and they nave
done we'll upon. If clover hay is 1ed
in conjunction with this sllage' cheap
and satisfactory gains may be maze
in sheep fattening.
Investigations which have been car
rfed on for several years IN hnode
Island show that the disease known
&c "hlack head" in turkeys is spread
ing TO all parts of the country ana
that chickens as well as turkeys may
become victims. No certain cure mas
vet been discovered for this disease
which has so ravaged the turkey-pro-
ducing states of the East.
Much has been said and written
about the Importance of keeping dairy
utensils perfectly clean, but not So
much about the churn, ana IL propel
care is not exercised in keeping inc
churn sweet and clean, the butter
will he tainted, no matter how Wen
the milk has been cared tor Deloi0
being ready for the churn.
II is we'll to remember that the
pigs must be kept growing from Ine
start if results are to be SATISFACTORY
and if the sows and pigs are lea an
insufficient or unsuitable ration untll
the work is out of the way so there
will be time to devote more attentlon
to them, a valuable opportunity wiz
be lost to the owner.
A distinct flavor of the SOIL mas
been noticed in butter by french Ga
perts. Normandy COWS taken TO d
new locality yielded butter percept-
IDLY changed, but not Wholly hAo
that Of the native COWS. In Which,
with concentrated food, the character
istic soil flavor disappears.
With the sheep on the farm the
problem of fresh meat for family use
is partly solved. Mutton butch
cred on the farm can nearly always
be used to advantage and then you
will know whether you are eating
spring lamb or something else.
Sheep and other nervous animals
which are being fattened for market
should be kept as quiet as possible or
their feed will not do them the most
good. The more you handle all the
live stock in a gentle and confidins
way the better they will do.
We need no longer go to foreign
countries for new and better blooos
for the great number and high quail
ity of American breeding establish
ments give ample scope for the
avoidance of the pernicious influence
of inbreeding.
In the past, and even at the present
time. most of the domestic onions
that supply tho markets OF the large
cities of this country, are grown on
what is known as muck soil, in most
cases land reclaimed by draining
swamps.
Il is not always the best plan to
DISPOSE of beef cattle as yearlings,
but in many instances in the corn belt
area It has come to be a common
practice. and is followed by a consld
cradle number Of cattle raisers.
The orchard is unquestionably the
ideal place for hog pasture. The
needed shade is provided, the hogs
will take care Of the waste fruit and
if properly managed there need be no
damage Z. the trees.
IF the cream is churned while sweet
considerable quantities of butter will
be lost n the buttermilk, and the fin
ished product will be void of the
proper favor, regardless Of the ration
fed to TIE COWS.
After the pigs have been put into
the fattening pen in the fall they
should be fed all that they will eat
with q relish for as a rule the shorter
the fattening period the larger the
profits.
The average annual cost of main
tanning a farm work horse is approx
imately $50, and for this cost Of main
tepance gives a return in work about
three hours per day throughout the
year.
There should not be wide discrep-
ancy between the value of the hog
house and it's occupant. 1t is as wrong
TO put a 500 SOW in $40 house as 1t
is to put $40 SOW in 800 house.
pullet that has had all the bone
it will eat will mature a month quick
er than one that has had none. 1t
may be fresh bone or burnt bone-any