Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-12-06
Plow the garden In the fan.

grow them rapidly while young.
1t costs less to deliver butter fat
than any other crop on the farm.
Sheep are not found on enough
farms, and 1t is the wonder why they
are not
The one great secret in producing
milk that is pure is to keep it clean
and cold
It requires quite as much care in
packing butter for storage as in can
ming fruit
All dead limbs from trees in the
orchard should go into the brush heap
or woodshed.
Eleven dozen of eggs per year Is a
fair average for hens and pullets kept
in large flocks.
AS the potatoes are dug, sort out
the small ones and keep them for the
hens this winter
Hogs fed in the field gained nearly
one-third more rapidly than those
fed in the yards.
Rotten fruit which has fallen to
the ground should be picked up and
consigned to the fire.
Pork was produced with less gain
by hogging off corn than by feeding
ears or snapped corn in the yard.
Trees that are badly infested with
the San Jose scale appear as If they
had been busted over witt ashes.
Hens afflicted with scaly leg cannot
possibly give the best service in egg
production, and rough shanks look
bad
Decay soon spreads in fruit or vege-
tables in the cellar. To be on the safe
side they should be culled over fire.
quently.
If you had good luck with pumpkins
some seed for next year from the best
specimens.
Don't neglect the seed corn which
so many lost last fall and winter be-
cause it was not thoroughly cured and
dry when zero appeared.
A good quality in the Dorsets Is
their pugnacious disposition which
makes them able to use their big
horns in defense against dogs.
1t is well to change the sheep occa-
sionally into the different pastures.
Don't mate them too early, and, II
possible have thoroughbred buck.
The demand for good draft horses
in nearly every state is better than
ever before and sound, well-formed
animals bring from $500 to $500 each.
A thorough preparation of the soil
before planting, If possible, is always
best in the garden. The seeded that
Is poorly prepared is always harder
to cultivate.
The doors to the narrowing house
should be placed in the center with a
wing at the edge in order to prevent
the wind from blowing in on the SOW
and young pigs.
Alsike clover Is a perennial and
can be grown on ground that Is too
low and moist for the medium red or
mammoth, but it Is grown equally
we'll on high ground.
In buying ram for mutton lambs
his size alone is not the only thing to
be considered He must have all the
other good qualities and even If he is
a little under size 1t will do no harm.
Breed horses to some definite pur-
pose. That is, go In for drafters,
coachers or saddlers. A finished anil
NAL of either of these breeds will al
WAYS bring more than mixture OF
all.
Let the colts have all the grain and
bright hay they will eat up clean
Keep them going during the first win
ter as that Is the time when the foun-
dation for future strength and growth
is laid.
If your teams are to be used much
in handling heavy loads where back.
ing is necessary, use harness with
very wide and heavy breeching. II
will add to the horses confidence and
his backing power.
It is reported that investigators OF
the California experiment station at
Berkeley, have discovered that cotton
growing in he Imperial valley Is a
success. The plant is said to yield
more than it does In its native home
in the south.