Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-08-29

Prepare winter wheat ground early
1t is hard to fatten a stunted
chicken
Scald the milk pals out and set
them in the sun.
Good digestion of the food will lead
to the production of more eggs
The cost of COW is only the first
Item of expense to be considered
Let the old hen and her brood have
sheaf of wheat and watch them keep
busy
When feed gets scarce in pastures
one cannot blame cows for trying the
fences.
Try and raise some product on the
farm that will bring in money every
day In the year.
The heifer bred too early always re-
mains stunted in growth and her milk
is shortened for all time.
The Ayrshire and Guernsey types
Of dairy cattle are increasing in favor
In the middle western states.
Some tell the sex of the guinea
fowl by its wattles. Those Of the male
are double the size of the female
Two items are essential in drain
Ing. Secure good outlet and pro-
vide a regular descent for the water.
Wool that comes from the back of
a sheep is good, bad or Indifferent, ac-
cording to the MANNER in which 1t is
fed
Animals afflicted by parasites can
not do well and these pests spread
rapidly and increase fast in warm
weather
In the long run it is always a good
plan 20 give a COW dose OF some lax
alive at the first symptom of udder
trouble
Experiments show that chickens
with strong vitality and plenty of
masculine characteristics make the
largest gains.
The aphis can be controlled by
spraying with the tobacco or kero-
sene solutions.
Alfalfa yields from two to three
times as much as clover or timothy,
and is more valuable hay
The successful poultryman Is busy
the entire year and uses homegrown
products il cheaper than those pro-
cured elsewhere.
While alfalfa pasture has been
found to be very valuable for hogs.
the hay as a part ration for winter Is
scarcely less important.
II the little ducks cannot get to grass
some kind of green food must be pro-
vided. Lettuce is the very best green
food that can be provided.
The gasoline engine comes in handy
on the stock pump when spell or
three or four days dead calm comes
and the windmill takes a. vacation.
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better prices than a large poor one;
but IL the larger sheep is also made
fat ii will command a much better
price.
Dairying makes the farm attractive,
other things being equal the DAIRY
farm is neater, more sanitary and
looks better to the passer-by than the
other farm.
In making a house. economy of floor
space. simplicity of construction ana
convenience in handing the fowls are
the main things to be arranged for IN
the building of the house.
II has been estimated that IL all, or
nearly all. of our farmers could De III
duced 20 discard scrub fowls and use
only pure-bred poultry the increase
in salue OF poultry would be 100 per
cent.
The older hog gets the more it
costs to put a pound of meat on nm.
Our experiment stations have estao-
l,shad this fact beyond all argument
Early to market is the way TO capi
talize this information.
4 calf that has onehalf OF It's moth-
.er's rlilS will put on hundred pounds
of weight month and at three
months it is eating and can De "ean,
ed. Such calves at six months WIN
weigh nearly as much as yeef ola
calf that was taken away at ones
fom its mother