Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-03-03
Poultry prefer light houses.

the chicks are relished by them.
Butter fat seems to absorb NOR.
moisture when comparatively warm
Many growers think there is more
money in raspberries than strawber
ries.
Sunshine Is a great purifier; allow
1t free access in the barn whenever
possible.
MIX is very susceptible to filth and
disease, and care must be exercised
In handling it.
The COW that does not yield a profit
at the pail eats just about as much as
the cow that does.
Don't plant any flowers in straight
rows except hollyhocks or sunfiowers,
or plants for borders.
The one cry against the general
practice of dairy farming Is that Il
requires too much labor
The well ventilated barn will be
more comfortable on the coolest day
than one poorly ventilated.
Twenty acres of corn put into the
silo is worth more in feeding dairy
herd than 80 acres in the crib.
Don't forget about the lice these
days, when the hens are shut up
good part of the day and night.
There is a best temperature for each
individual lot of cream, but this can
be determined only by experiences.
If the man who has no silo wouiS
watch his neighbor feed and watch
the results he would soon have one.
Do not neglect to use these days
when the ground is frozen hard to
dress the land literally with manure.
A hill of potc+oes stripped by bugs,
or on which the leaves are injured by
blight, cannot give a satisfactory
yield.
Whitewashing or painting the in
terror of the COW stable is advisable
and does not bring a burden upon the
dairyman.
Place no reliance in the theory that
breeds Contaminate by simply seeing
different variety on the other side OF
the fence.
Unless the dairy farmer really
knows a good dairy COW when he sees
one, he should not attempt to build
up dairy herd.
There is a tradition that cows will
do better in warm weather than in
cold weather, but experience has dis
proved this fact.
The best way to feed straw tc
horses and mules at work is to re
duce it to chaff and mix it with mid
dlings and corn chop.
No animal suffers more readily from
intense cold in the winter or more
severely from intense heat in the
summer than the hog
Get ahead of the season in all gar
den work. By and by the rush of
other things will come and part of
this work may be neglected.
Plant strawberries as soon as the
season will allow. Next years crop
depends upon the start made this sea
son, so strawberry growers say.
To seed down vegetable garden
after the earth has been worked,
fined and raked thoroughly, the first
needful thing is to level the ground.
The time will soon be here when we
shall need seed corn for planting. II
IS always we'll to make a selection
and have all things ready before plant.
ing time.
The COW freshening in the spring
will produce a maximum flow of milk
during the first couple of spring
months because of the ideal condi
lions of the pastures.
II perches, houses and coops are
thoroughly treated now with a good
mite destroyer there will be no dan,
ger of their making any further trou'
HE until next summer.
Stables should be cleaned carefully
daily. and disinfected thoroughly at
least twice during the winter season.
and always after a case of disease
among the animals in the stable.
Don't forget the machinery. the tools
and implements that may need little
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