Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-02-03
NNZES
III FARM
A Nh, 61a-

Spraying fruit trees is scienca
Old sows farrow heavier pigs than
sOung sows
decreasing the cost of production
IS increasing the profit.
The COW and the hen have kept
starvation from many a door.
Regularity is an important factor
in caring for the producing herd
In putting up ice wait until the ice
EAs weather are right, then rush the
f>1
A small amount of linseed meal
t*:ded to the horse ration is invalu-
G.0le.
Some animals are selected individ-
ually but prove to be failures as
breeders.
Springs add to the life of the wag-
on also to the comfort of the man
who uses it,
The sale of so many thousands of
young calves annually is an alarm
ng feature Of the beef situation.
1t is the general average of the herd
that decides the profit and not the
returns from one or two of the best
COWS.
When COWS get pretty we'll along in
the period of lactation the churning
does not come as readily as when they
are fresh.
Remember when you pillow in the
orchard that the roots are very near
the surface. Three inches is plenty
deep enough.
More turkeys would mean more
spending money for many farmers
wife. The turkey crop is getting
smaller every year.
Do not guess" that your seed is
all right; that is not enough. You
ought to be sure that 1t is all right
before you plant it.
When feeding new corn from the
field, husk only the end of the rows, to
facilitate turning when the regular
corn husking season begins.
Bring in the corn horse after you
are through with it. Even a wooden
horse will show the effects ii stabbed
out in the field few months.
Rusty garden tools may be bright
ened by soaking In sour milk whey Tor
70 hours. then brushed. A coat of
kerosene should then be applied.
There is probably no question that
the application of lime to any soil that
shows an acid reaction when tested
with litmus paper would be prontaole'
mighty nice shelter for hogs and
cattle can be made of long poles ana
nosts that make a large room with
ceiling about six and one-haf or seven
feet.
20 sure to furnish the hens oyster
she,1s at all times 1t is important
that this element be supplied. % VIII
improve the egg yield and the heai'n
of the flock.
Whom killed by the frost, NOW on
the asparagus tops and ourn tnen'
go olive the bed--and the rhuoarp
nlsnts. too-a thick winter co"' u
stable manure.
NJ one breed of hogs has a monop-
o,r Of all the good points in bacon
tvne AS the saying goes: There are
cod and had in all breeds, ana pao
and worse in some
r. little more attention to the looo
s,nnlv we're given the fowls WIN .
..ia,,, 70 induce a better egg yield the
,,ue,u would be laying early IN the
Fall ond keep at it all winter
a,,ore are several reasons why the
a.iry COW should appeal to the larn'
but among the chief is that sue
ba,ns the soil and brings in regular
rs<r p Her product is sure crop
While potatoes can be successfully
80 two or more years on the
same same soil, and while good crop
' S' be expected the second nd. year year
naw land. it is not wise practise
OF on begin hes the cultivation of new land
in this way.
The blowing under of green green. crops ops
like peas. oats. clover Alfalfa ,,nal'., a and
.. barnyard manure. the most ap,
Q. %. 90 method of renewing depleted
soi, and of maintaining the ferahey
of nawer land.