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

Sweet clover is very drouth-resist-
ing.
Plan for an orchard this year. If you
haven't got one.
The cow is the final Judge as to
the real worth of silage.
Rye straw is of very little use on
the farm except for bedding.
COW should be dried off for few
weeks before the calving period.
Keeping records of the cows is oft
entimes the first step toward success.
During the summer months poultry
consume large amount of green for
age.
Chickens are always considered
more or less of side line on the
farm.
Plenty of outdoor exercise and
fresh air will insure a crop of vigor-
Gus lambs.
Regularity in milking helps the flow
during the present and all subsequent
lactation periods.
Good drainage to COW stable is alb
solutely necessary, and cement floor
serves this end to good advantage.
Keep your chicks on dry ground,
where they can get no red worms,
and they are not likely to have gapes.
Except when pigs are small, two
feelings of warm, sloppy feed per
day, morning and evening, is suf1-
cient.
The trap nest picks out the layers,
the best brooders, the drones and the
improbable hens as we'll as the egg
eaters.
The season has arrived when farm
seeds to determine their power of ger
mination.
There will be no danger of white
snecks. or black specks either, In the
butter if the cream is strained into
the churn.
The sooner anyone gets rid of Gull
stock the better, and when favorable
opportunity comes it is well TO take
advantage of 1t.
COW that is run down or hide
hound. the result of faulty digestion
and assimilation, needs tonic 10
build up her blood.
MANY of the troubles experienced at
,ombing time are are result of rough
handling and treatment during the
period of pregnancy
The farmers family is fortunate in
having an abundance OF good FOOD at
all seasons of the year, but this is
especially true in the winter.
Every farmer can have plenty of
eoos and chickens for himself and for
market if he will only turn little of
his energy toward the hen house.
Are there not some places about the
farm where evergreens ought to be
r1ontedo They make a splendid wind
break about the barns and yards.
In hauling manure, ice, wood or 9th
or slow work about the farm where
team stands a good share of the time
the use OF blankets is to be recon-
mended.
you must keep track of your hens
and know what they are doing II you
GRO going 10 keep them at all, ana
then YOU can have as large mock as
YOU can manage.
Tbare is no danger of cattle chok-
,rs IN shredded fodder. They chew
q the same as hay before they at
temnt to swallow it and 1t goes DOWN
their throats as easily
Soma one who has not been asleep
oil the time during recent years mas
said. Cement and alfalfa are going
20 make western farmers the most
independent people on earth"
BEFORE the appearance of blossoms
and foliage, spray for soft scale ana
lilo insects with the lime-sulphur
,-.,sb or kerosene emulsion. No fruit
.,rrnU,ar can expect to have Clean
healthy trees unless he uses sprays
and washes.
Given plenty of good roughage and
light grain ration OF wholesome
Sarm feed supplemented with a little
OH and some root crops or corn en-
U,ioga for succulence the ewes should
then he in ideal flesh condition at
lamhing time.