Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-11-22

Spread the farm manure In winter.
Tall weeds should be moved and
burned.
Selling the fertility of the soil ID
q poor way to get rich.
1t Is important that some grain be
led pigs intended for the market.
Storm windows should take the
pace OF wire screens on the house.
After your crop is made the prob-
lem Is how to sell 1t to the best adyan-
tage
the department of agriculture says
That rats do an annual damage of
s1Oo,0OO,0O0.
Feeding chicks when too young and
TOO much at a time are fruitful sources
OF bowel trouble.
Whlle you are at It, why not get
on the track of some better stock
than you have ever kept?
The young trees should be banked
with earth, which will keep water
from settling about them.
Gardens should be cleared from
all remains of the seasons crops and
prepared for the next year.
The heifer bred too early always
remains stunted in growth and her
milk flow Is shortened for all time.
if you'll save a little seed corn
earlier In the season, you'll save a
little money later in the season
The leaves of trees that can be
gathered in any quantity during win
ter and spring are very valuable.
The best compost heap is the ma
nure of horses, cattle, sheep, hogs,
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The cow-testing movement, being
an organized effort for Improvement,
is conducive to better community
spirit.
For the amount of money invested
In the poultry business, it pays a
larger profit than any other farm
specially.
Silage Is very nearly as cheap as
pasture and in composition is prac-
tically the same, pound for pound, as
timothy pasture.
Plow the garden this fall and see
how 1t goes to be able to work the
soil which, in the early spring, had
this fal. blowing.
Do not think because a sheep has
heavy coat of wool he will be able
to endure cold rains and sleep with
out a warm shelter.
The yards and sleeping quarters
must be kept dry and clean, as i'm
pure air and dampness are two things
that sheep cannot endure.
A profitable crop cannot be grown
on land deficient in humus, which is
the same thing as rotted sod or rot
ted manure, with fertilizer alone
A part of the poultry on the farm is
that covey of quail you have observed
in the back fields somewhere, and
little attention to those small fowls is
worth while.
1t is not bad practice to treat the
wheat seed to a liquid spraying of
one pound of formaldehyde In forty
gallons of water 1t will prevent the
smut damage.
The most important business Of the
dairyman is to increase the amount
of manurial substances and apply
them where they are most needful by
the growing crops.
There is one big advantage in SOW
ing the winter wheat late and that Is
you stand a good chance to escape
the Hessian fly, which does so much
damage to the wheat fields.
In feeding the cows do not give
them more than they can use readily.
Any feed that is left in the managers
after the COWS are through will nat
urally represent certain amount Of
waste.
Brood sows should have a quiet,
warm, dry place where their filters
may spend the first weeks Of their
lives without being unnecessarily dis
turbed by other animals or inquisitive
people.
Unleached wood ashes contain from
FIVE to seven per cent. Of potash and
are an excellent fertilizer. As is
we'll known, the ashes from hard
wood are much richer in potash than
those from soft wood