Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-10-18

Cattle should have access to water
at all times when prairie pasture is
getting dry.
TOO little phosphorus" is the
cause of many of the low yields on
corn belt SOILS
Have the ropes and straps good
and stout when you begin to halter
break the colt.
There seems to be a good deal OF
prejudice against millet because 1t
exhausts the soil
Skimp your sheep on good pasture
and they will skimp you on mutton.
Works both ways.
The value of corn silage to the beef
producer is not limited to it's use In
winter feeding alone
Keep the laying hens working. To
do this feed them at daybreak and
just before shutdown
Wait until cool weather has abso-
lutely put the last fly out of business
before dehorning the cattle.
Instead of using an old wooden
watering tank make one of cement
that will never decay or leak.
The longer the calf is allowed to
suck the COW the harder it will be to
make it drink from a bucket.
After a days work clean the work
horses thoroughly, wash their legs
from the knees down and rub dry.
Raise horses for big money, cattle
for sure money and hogs for quick
money, is an old saying, and good
one.
A year ago there was more stock
than there was feed. Now there is
feed for more stock than can be
found
In building a wire fence for hogs
put one barbed wire at the bottom,
and the worst rooter in the pasture
won't root out
Don't be afraid to apply air-slaked
lime to the cabbages with blow gun.
1t will destroy the worms on the head
of the cabbage.
Young fruit trees that were planted
in the autumn Of last year or in the
spring of this year, should be ex-
amined carefully.
The garden acre should be the best
on the farm. Best prepared, best fer
tilted and best cared for. Then IT
will give the best returns
bearing try vegetable growing as a
side line. This makes one of the sur
est and best sources of income.
Chopped roots, fed along with the
grain, will make a valuable addition
to the ration, especially If winter
grazing or silage is not at hand
Keeping any machine well oiled
and in proper repair not only in
creases efficiency, but decreases the
amount of power required to run the
machine.
Do not allow the COWS to dry up
during the latter part of the summer,
as this necessitates keeping them
through the winter, giving a smaller
flow of milk than they should.
Land plaster has very small per-
centage of lime; lump lime has the
largest percentage, and hydrated lime
next Mari is usually a little richer
In lime than ground lime stone.
For the last six months the hog
feeder has but little more than brok.
en- even. If we are to judge the fu-
ture by the past thcre is a time COM
ing soon when the hog feeder will
make good money
The peanut is becoming more i'm
portant as feed for stock, especial
ly in the southern states. The vines
with the nuts attached are often
cured, and they make a palatable
hay for all kinds of farm stock.
The fruit farmer can always find |
something to do, either in the orchard |
or around the buildings. This bust
ness, like any other, is ruined by too |
much loafng. Keep the loose ends |
we'll in hand fGr the best results.
The great bulk of the oat crop of |
the world is produced within the |
north temperate zone including the |
countries of Russia. Germany, Norway |
and Sweden, Canada. and the north. |
ern part OF the United States. Russia |
produces more oats than any Other !
country.