Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-07-17
Leghorns are natural foragerr.

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success.
! Exercise sweating In a horse indi-
Gates weakness.
The first essential in making good
butter is good cream
J camphorated oil is good for caked
udder or other inflammation.
Frequent stirring while cream Is
ripening will make better butter.
A hog can be starved to eat al
most anything, but It is poor economy.
Make very liberal estimates as to
the number Of chickens you are to
save.
This is the time to begin knocking
out another possible feed shortage next
! winter.
! For the young calf Just learning to
/ eet there is nothing better than
ground oats.
/ Milking with wet hands is one of
the most undesirable habits that a
man can form.
Turkeys often get puny and die
when several weeks old, from no 9th.
er cause than lice
| The longer calf is allowed to suck
the COW the harder II will be to make
it drink from bucket.
It never pays to keep more cattle
| than one can be sure to furnish with
ample feed the year round.
By using little patience cali can
| be taught to drink quickly by letting
: 1t suck the finger held in the milk.
There are many reliable breeders OF
! Hclstein cattle whose entire herds av-
erage 10000 pounds Of milk per year.
If { thin SOW has more pigs than
J she can suckle to advantage. take
part of them away and raise them on
bottle.
| Anybody can raise an ordinary horse
and sell it for an ordinary price. Il
, takes blood and feed and care to beat
the average
/ The main points to make sure about
! in buying a separator are durability,
clean skimming, easy washing, and
! easy running.
Almost any feed that is high in pro-
tein, such as milk or middlings, and
! the like. is good for sows, pigs and
growing hogs.
Don't let the young turks out until
dew is off the grass in the morning
If you want turkeys to sell next
4 Thanksgiving.
! Why not concrete vat in the milk
! house this spring? They are reason.
ably cheap, eternally durable, and
4 highly sanitary.
J Geese, after they get their feathers.
are rarely, II ever. attacked by IN
sects, but this will not hold good in
4, regard to goslings.
! Put bell on some of the cows IL
, they run in the woods or a brush
i pasture. II will save time and steps
in looking for them.
A heifer that has a long milking
period with her first calf is very apt
! TO establish the habit of long periods
/ If she is we'll handled.
See that the harness, and especially
/ the inside of the collars where they
come in contact with living flesh and
/ blood are smooth and clean.
| In the push OF farm work the truck
! patches should not be neglected, for
in these little things lie the farmers
! living and his success as farmer.
On every dairy farm there should be
two pasture fields. by feeding off first
one and then the other. the cows have
a succession Of rich tender grass and
clover.
Mix half bushel of dry ashes with
a pint of carbolic acid, a pint Of coal
oil. and pint of sulphur. Put some
In the nests and the hens will not be
bothered with lice.
Good quality OF wheat straw which
IL neither moldy nor dusty, will make
a fair roughage for horses, and when
fed In moderate amounts should not
prove injurious In any way.
Barb wire fences ara bad for horses,
but there should be barb wire strung
along the top of the wozen fence or
the horses will ride 1t down The barb
wire placed there will do no harm.
The secret of successful gardening
is high manuring and fertilizing. a
deep, finely prepared soil, thorough
and clean culture. choice vegetables
put up in attractive form and honest
measure.
II, within the last year or 80. you
have had a case of blackleg among
your cattle It will be good plan to
give the pastures thorough burning