Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-11-17

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Corn is the most relished by poultry
OF all grains.
To make money is the chief object
OF breeding pedigree hogs.
Systematic work is required to rid
a poultry house of mites or lice.
The feed and feeding is the first i'm
portant noint In successful dairying.
One of the most successful pigeon
Eaisers feeds his birds nothing but
whole corn.
Never feed soured or tainted food Of
any kind to the chicks, or to the old
fowls, either
1t takes a good manager to make
q profit of So per head each year from
a single pair Of breeders.
The sheep industry cannot reach
perfection until every mongrel dog in
the land Is exterminated.
There is one rule always to be re-
membered: Never mate birds that
are Matched In the same nest.
It is best not to put sawdust in the
poultry house, as 1t gathers too much
moisture and causes dampness.
nc is a fact that the dogs destroy
mere sheep in some certain states
than all the diseases combined.
Keep sows and pigs away from fat
fening hogs, and give them feeds that
produce flesh and bone rather than
tat
Thoroughly clean and whitewash
the inside of the hen house and it will
be lighter and cleaner during the en-
tire winter.
Cabbage Is one of the very best
vegetables to feed to poultry, as it
keeps green long time and the chick
ems enjoy picking at 1t.
An egg. to belong to the strictly
fresh egg class. should not be over
three days old in summer weather,
and a week old during winter.
III q man allows his chickens to roam
amid the mud and slush Of the yards
In the fall, he is preparing the way
for some sick fowls this winter.
He who makes a success In the
chicken business from the start will
be the man who does things, not he
who waits for a favorable opportunity.
Get rid of the cockerels as rapidly
as they get large enough and thus cut
or the feed bill and protect the others
of the flock from these scrappy young
sters.
II good, clean, sound grain in abun-
dance. and variety, with pure water,
grit oyster shell and meat in some
form. will not produce eggs. nothing
else will.
Only an expert is able to tell by
the smell just when the cream Is right
for churning. 1t then has a clean,
sour taste and smells like nuts fresh
from the woods.
Impure air, as we'll as dampness,
are a danger to any flock. Separate
rNe docks In punches of Is or so and
feed them separately and they will
make much better gains.
Always make the nest boxes easily
removable so that they may be fire.
quentIy taken out of the house and
cleaned, disinfected and treated for
the destruction of vermir.
The dairy farmer who does not build
O. silo usually has some reason which
longer use the excuse that silage has
a detrimental effect on milk quality.
Tt is a mistake to discard a breed
on the supposition that it is not
hardy one Hardness can be instilled
gn any breed by proper housing, prop
-sr food, proper attention. and syste-
srsatfc breeding.
The time of milk giving is largely
influenced by the period of CESSATION.
ss usually the cows will be ready to
dry up from six to four weeks before
,salving, no matter how long she has
been giving milk
The scales and Babcock tester
when rightly used, will accurately de-
termine whether any OF your cows
are @grafters" just as surely as pair
at farm scales will show the exact
yield Of corn.
The old hen, the carelessly inbred
ben. the mongrel without well-bred
xucestry, keep the reproduction Of