Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-12-30

Mares do not usually give trouble
by abortion if given good food and
reasonable care Of course, when
pregnant, a mare should not be over
driven, nor be compelled 10 smell
blood or offal, and should not back
or hold back heavy loads Her stall
should not have much incline Nour-
ishing food, pure water and fresh air
are essentials. If one suspect ergot
or smut in hay or feed it should be
discarded
1t is estimated that barn-yard ma
nures have a value of about two-thirds
that of commercial fertilizers. there
fore the careful saving of farm ma
nures and their judicial application to
! the soil are vital factors in farming
operations, and as essential to con-
| tinued success as blowing the land or
planting the crop.
The price of dairy products in the
winter is so much higher than in sum-
mer that only a small extra effort as
to care and judicioUs feeding may re-
suit in a considerable increase in the
profits from the entire herd at this
| season.
The intelligent f1ock-masters are
fast coming to recognize the fact that
the man who makes the most of his
opportunities in handling a farm flock
must become a breeder and feeder OF
high-class mutton, more especially
sheep.
The farmer who is breeding a flock
Of improved mutton sheep and feeding
them in an intelligent and painstaking
| manner, may plan his feeding opera
lions so that he may have a good near.
| by city market every week in the year.
Farm-yard manureS benefit the soil
| by acting as a mulch and make hui
| mus, but their benefit to the growing
crops depends entirely upon the
amount of nitrogen, phosphOric acid
and potash they contain.
1t is true that the generality of
| farm mares are low in quality, but
that is no valid excuse for farmers to
| persist in breeding horses that no.
| body wants, not even themselves.
Sheep raising numbers among its
requirements Quietness and content
ment in a degree perhaps not so es-
sential to success in the handling of
! other breeds of live stock.
In the production of strawberries
the best specimens are obtained only
! by careful culture. he plants should
be of large fruited and firm fruited
variety of the best flavor
Begin to take the chill off the water
| you give the horses when the weather
gets cold. You can heat it cheaper
on the stove than you can in the
stomach of the horse.
A thick coat of paint daubed over
the severed limbs when pruning in the
orchard or wood lot prevents cracking
of the wood and gives the trees bet
ter appearance.
The ordinary diversified farm with
| it's abundant use of horsepower fur
nishes ideal conditions for growing,
developing and training draft horses.
1t will pay anyone that keeps from
% to 100 hens to build a shed close
to the henhouse in which to deposit
the droppings during the winter.
1t is best to separate pullets from
the rest of the flock, let them have
free range and feed largely of whole
| or cracked corn, wheat or oats
| It is impossible to create capacity.
You may breed for it but you can't
create it and it's very important
function in the dairy COW.
There is the most money in the
long run in dairying by selling the
cream or butter only and keeping the
other products on the farm.
The Duroc Jersey sows are very
docile they are easily handled during
the breeding and narrowing season and
are very prolific breeders.
Under no circumstances should any
thing be added to milk to prevent its
souring. Such doings violate the law
of both God and man.
The problem of keeping the boys
and girls on the farmstead is solving
! itself. for farm life is becoming more
and more attractive.