Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-07-10

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Don't plant corn In weedy ground.
1t never pays to hurry a colt at first
Never feed horse when 1t is very
warm.
Move the brood coops as often as
possible.
You cannot begin to feed and train
colt too early.
Lice will find a sitting hen IL moth
ing is done to prevent it.
The aim should be to make each
heifer better than her dam.
A thermometer for churning time
earns its way summer and winter.
Don't wait for the beetle to appear
on the early potatoes before you spray.
Scours are brought on by feeding
cold milk and In keeping In dirty, wet
pens.
1t takes pretty good grit TO let some
old hens go. and yet 1t is a wise thing
to do.
The Silver Campine is not a new
breed. but one not generally known in
this country.
The eve has been found as econom-
zeal as the COW in turning hay and
grain into milk.
Work done for your cows, sheep and
hogs now will show itself next fall in
the returns you get.
The sow that is so clumsy or nerv-
GUS that she always kills hale her
pigs had better go to market.
A large udder is not always a sure
sign of good mixer, but more often
than not it is a good indication.
If you take the young colt with the
mother when at work, put a halter
on it and hitch it to the side of the
mare.
When the lambs are ten days old
there is no danger in docking them
after that dock them just as soon as
possible.
The printer and butter spade
should be soaked first in hot water
and then In cold water for some time
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The horses stomach is in no condi-
ton to receive food Immediately after
severe labor. hence the necessity OF
short period Of rest first.
4.
The calf should be taken from the
COW very soon after birth. 1t learns
to drink much more easily than II
left several days with the COW.
Unless 1t runs Smoothly and does
not vibrate. a separator will not do
its best work. A solid foundation
means long life for the machine.
Dairy farmers wonder how they
ever got along without cream separa-
tors. Five years from now they will
wonder how they ever got along with
out silos.
Stations and mares having small
heart girths.or light TANKS are objec-
tionable from the breeders standpoint
A horse needs lots of room for heart
and lungs.
Rape is a cool weather plant and
does best In northern latitudes. Drill
in ~ to 2 pounds to the acre as
early in the spring as the danger from
hard freezing is past.
The value of silage to sheep has
been well enough established for US
to know that In the future it is going
to play an important part In the pro-
duction of mutton and wool.
II the hogs are lousy get some crude
oil and Just as soon as warm weather
comes pour gallon or so of the oil
on the holes where tlsy wallow.
Grease of any kind is death to lice.
Tar paint no. any other app ication
of that kind VII kill the peach tree
borers already Ia the tree. the sharp
wire is the only remedy then and the
closest inspection is necessary to find
his lair.
Save polling" beans whenever pos
sible by planting along the garden
fence or in corn. Sunfowers, too,
make good supports for beans, but &c
is preferable that the rows be planted
north and south, so that the beans
may get plenty Of sun.
The value OF stable manure or 9TH
er fertilizer in the orchard depends
upon the conditions Of soil and cli-
mate. Some soils grow excellent fruit
without any fertilizer while others
must be fed. Simply a case Of sci
ence and good Judgment