Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-01-20
Treat the cow kindly.

The tide is setting toward the farm
again
Burnt lime is harmful unless IL h
very carefully used. y"
Lime is not fertilizer, and should
be used only to correct acidity in q
soil.
Hogs often fail to get a sufficient
amount of water during the winter
time.
The cost of high living does not
worry the farmer; he makes his own
living.
With present real estate prices the
expression dirt cheap" loses much
of its force.
The value of the manure from the
no small item.
The right way to water cows In
winter is to keep the water before
them in the stable.
Hogs may be badly diseased with
tuberculosis and not show 1t IN the
least before slaughter.
A well-defined system of manage
ment for the growing of cattle needs
to be put into operation.
Instead of experimenting with
large planting of new variety OF tree
fruit, top-graft a few trees.
The farmer who is too far from
town to deliver milk at a profit will
find buttermakng his salvation.
1t pays to maintain a heavy flow OF
milk, even If expensive feeds must be
given the COWS at certain seasons.
In apple culture the first great es'
sential in the successful culture of
the apple is the improvement of the
soil.
If it is winter eggs you want better
let the oldest hens go. They some
times lay few eggs but very few as
rule.
When buying bran for the COWS get
enough to divide with the hens. AS
hen food bran is just as valuable as
cow food.
1t does not pay to plant crops in the
peach orchard. Some. people do it,
but it is generally believed to be
bad practise.
A balky horse is made so by
cranky or cruel driver, and can rarely
be cured. So be very careful in
breaking the colts.
Convenient coops for marketing tho
chickens will pay not only in the sat
isfaction that they afford but in tho
greater convenience.
Bordeaux mixture is likely to cause
russeting of apples on young trees, as
it produces excessive development OF
cork cells in the skin.
1t has been suggested that the
packer who puts rotten eggs on the
market should be sentenced to serve
time as target for the eggs.
Have the floor of the hen house
warm and dry. The time is near
when the hens to do we'll must have
warmth and dryness under foot
It is quite true that hogs have not
such dainty appetities as sheep, yet
they will respond surprisingly to any
increased attention In this respect
Yorkshire breeders will declare that
to the best breed because It has given
them the best results; SO with the
Berkshire men and also the Tanwortf
advocates.
Sugar beets make very good feed :
for cattle, but some grain and clover
and alfalfa should go along with
IUeDl, DIS luey COuIdIu IOO UuCn water
to be fed alone.
On the average farm the sheep are
the most neglected animals, and IL Ia
really astonishing to note the waste
of opportunities in conditioning and
marketing lambs.
When the nests are put in order
for the winter, sprinkle ashes into
the material and put couple Of moth
balls in as well. These tend to dis
courage mites and lice.
Carefully scrape away the dirt
around the base of one or two of your
trees, and you will be able to discover
whether the roots are growing too
closely to the surface or not
Many fail with sheep because they
fail TO keep the breeds that are best
adapted to their farms and do not