Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-05-14
Give the chickens grit
XIII out the peach borers.

Don't overfeed the little chickS.
Alfalfa makes an excellent rough
age.
The rent in the clothes will not pay
the rent On the farm.
The Babcock test r. just as accu-
rate as the man who uses it.
Don't keep eggs for Matching longeg
than ten days or two weeks at most.
Milk at 80 degrees is about the tenn
perature at which 1t separates best.
If rabbits have gnawed only the
outer bark, wrap the wound with
cloth.
Barley and oats, as well as wheat,
are usually improved in quality on
fax land.
Working the soil when 1t is wet
win make II coarse and lumpy the
whole season.
AS soon as your lettuce is large
enough, feed it to those chickens you
are fattening.
There is no better way by which
hA kho.
through the silo.
You can not make as good silage
from dry cornstalks as you can from
mature green corn.
Plant a row of the large. tame sun.
flowers along the fence for hen feed at
moulting time next fall.
The strawberry is one OF the small
fruits which apparently thrive better
in acid than in alkaline soils.
The fleece of the ram should he
dense, even in quality, and of a strong,
clear, white fiber throughout.
A pure-bred bull is often a poor
bred bull Pedigree and performance
are not interchangeable words.
1t il to the poultryman's interest to
keep his stock to the best type
healthy and vigorous all the time.
A bali days work in the orchard
with the manure spreader will show
mp when apples are ripe next sum
mer.
No profit in keeping old ewes that
have lost their teeth. Better fatten
them the best you can and get rid
of them quickly.
You should know the working quail
ties of your sows; watch them from
the time they farrow and see how they
treat the little fellows.
The average COW ought to have -four
to six weeks rest each year A good
time to dry them off is just as they be
gin to make an udder.
Coal oil will soften the old paint
brushes used last year. Place them
in a can of the oil and wash them
well in warm soapsuds.
Feather pulling may be checked by
dissolving powdered aloes in water
and washing the feathers of the birds
that have been plucked.
To keep up heavy milk flow COW
must have all the water she can drink
for every 100 pounds of her milk con
tains 81 pounds Of water
Every garden for the home should
have grapes and many market gar
dens could be made more profitable
by growing this splendid fruit.
Many people have the idea that
brown shelled eggs are the richer but
the difference between white and
brown eggs is only in the color.
The best milking pail is the one so
constructed that 1t will reduce to a
minimum the amount of dirt falling
into the milk during the process OF
milking
One of the most general methods
adopted for cooling milk is to place
the cans in a vat containing water
which reaches a point slightly above
surface of milk.
Cleanliness in handling, in straining
and in separating the milk is a thing
that cannot be too religiously adhered
to- for prevention is the key word TO
quality In all dairy work.
The cow is fertilizer factory, a /
butter factory and a skim milk fac.
tory; yet many farmers feed her as
little grain as they dare In the winter
and none at all in the summer
Plan to have good, big patch OF |
strawberries for home use, and Sc !
cure your plants early in the season. |
The big crop of berries is from vines
that have a long season OF cultivation |
and growth.
Horses with sore eyes can be great |
ly relieved by applying one part coal |
tar disinfectant and eight parts vase /