Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-08-30

Try keeping a few sheep on the
farm.
Sit on the milk stool-dor'i pound
the cow with It.
Hot, close weather brings lots Of
Hoo to the dirty pen.
Improved breeds Of hogs are i'm
proving tho hogs proft.
Are there any dead heads In your
dairy7 II, 30 weed them out.
Ffrst-class fruit will command .
lfrst-class trade at first-class prices.
Shorts are q more economical feed
for sows and growing pigs than for
COWS.
A boy and dog make . poor combi-
nation to bring the COWS home from
pasture.
In spraying, drenching Is not de-
sired; stop spraying just before drip
ping begins.
He who attends to the repair of ma
chinery before using it saves both
time and money.
When a dairyman learns to use the
Babcock test he Is started on the way
to his economic salvation.
Frequent cultivation the remainder
Of the summer will fit the strawberry
bed for its rext years work.
The best dairyman is clean, not
because he has to be, but because 1t
1t second nature for him to be.
turn out to grass be sure and continue
feeding ration of grain or milk.
AS the marketing season advances
the patrons Of cooperative elevator
companies congratulate themselves.
The dairy cow has capacity for
a great amount Of feed and unless this
feed Is provided she cannot do her
best.
Milk may be tested for butterfat at
different temperatures. 1t Is we'll to
have it between 60 and 80 degrees
Fahrenheit.
It is hard to see where those pigs
that are growing up in dry pen are
going to make very much profit for
their owner.
II hog dies on the farm, no matter
from what cause, take no chances, but
remove the body a long distance from
the feeding lots and burn it.
Never use crates or boxes more
than once. Neat, clean boxes sell
first even though the fruit may not
be up to the standard in every way.
If you are careless or neglectful of
spraying and get poor results this sea-
son don't say that spraying doesn't
pay. It does pay-and pays big inter
est
It Is always safest to take no
chances with a bull, no matter how
good his reputation beforehand. 1t is
so often the gentle" animals that
cause accidents.
A great many farmers do not real
lie that grass supplies feed entirely
different from corn and that 1t is
bad practice to change entirely and
suddenly from one to the other.
Too many forget to speak kindly to
their horse, hence never have kind
horse. Get the affection OF your
horse, and you have taken a most
important step toward getting his best
services.
The grower who will sort his apples
into two or more grades, packed well.
will get more money for his fruit than
the one who throws all kinds together
in a barrel and places layer Of the
best ones on top.
The best time to kill weeds of any
kind Is when they are small. Never
let weeds go to seed. Stop the foun-
tain of the trouble by planting only
clean seed. A good tanning mill will
solve the problem of clean seed.
Tomatoes should be canned in their
,wn juices. The U. 8. department Of
agriculture considers that the addition
Of water or Of extra juices Is an adul-
teration. and II 1t makes commercial
,anneries observe this rule how much
more ought 1t be observed In private
canning where one wants the best for
family use.