Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-06-13
Test all Matching eggs.

Keep the calves pals clean.
Some sows are kept too long.
Inattention produces bad results.
Use insect powder freely to extermt
nate lice.
Green bone is very rich in phos
plate of lime.
Not enough care is given to teach
ing colts to work.
A well-ventilated cellar is the best
place to operate the incubator.
The modern farm buildings should
be so arranged that they will be rat
proof
Boost the acre yield, cut down on
the acres, and so solve the hired help
question.
Well-drained yards and pens will
help to keep the hogs more thrifty and
| profitable.
The peach tree responds more
| quickly to good treatment than any
| other fruit tree
Shallow cultivation following deep
blowing precedes clean fields and
profitable crops.
Norway spruce trees make a good
| windbreak, and right now is 8 good
| time to plant them.
Whole corn is a good feed for sit
ting hens. Water, grit. and dust baths
should also be provided.
Beans are very susceptible to frost
and should never be planted until all
danger from that source is past.
New planting of blackberries. rasp-
berries, currants or gooseberries may
now be made. Cut back the plants.
In Europe COWS serve a triple pur-
| pose. They are used for the rroduc-
ton Of milk and meat and for draft
purposes
Trees and small fruits generally like
BY fertilizing literally good crops may
be assured
Pure breds should be culled as we'll
as the grades. Many poor producers
result from the idea that pure-bred
Is without flaws.
Be careful OF the ration OF dry
COW. Every pound lost in flesh before
calving time will be taken out OF the
next milking period.
The early bird catches the worm.
and the first hen out for feed and
last on the roost with full crop liz
| the one to depend on for eggs.
Lice will not and cannot prosper
without filth. From any angle you
look at it, Notwithstanding in
every department of the farm-pays
The sooner manure is spread in
the fields the smaller the loss OF fer
tility incurred and the smaller the
amount of labor required to handle It,
ku 40 Oh
to increase the efficiency Of the men
on the farm and will at the same time
increase the productive capacity of
the land
For average yields It has been esti-
mated that it takes 400 tons of water
to grow q clover crop; for corn 1t
takes $50 tons; oats. 375 tons, and po-
tatoes. $50 tons.
There is little doubt that the incu-
bator has not always been given the
credit it deserves for having brought
the poultry industry up to its present
enviable position.
Wnore alIaiId nay Is Ieu as inc |
roughage part of a ration for farm
horses at hard work, less grain is
necessary to prevent them from losing |
weight than where timothy hay Is fed. |
Many gardens need lime occasion |
ally: for it sweetens the soil and helps |
to make plant food available. Unex- !
pected results are often obtained from |
FIVE bushels for a garden 50x10O feet. |
In the case where cowpea hay and |
silage are fed together. there is no |
question but that better results would |
ensue were alfalfa hay used instead |
of the cowpea roughage for this pur-
pose.
The cows that gives fifteen quarts |
every milking. and kicks over the |
pail as she is being stripped. is like |
a good many people whose good in |
tentions and virtues are spoiled by one |
mean trait