Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-10-24

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Mend the fences.
Poultry relish charcoal
Early plowed is profits made.
Make the poultry house rat proof.
Don't neglect the newly planted or
chard.
Corn must be the chief grain crop
ON stock farm.
Always put bran or u little grain
In manger at milking time.
A good spray pump is an effective
weapon in fighting lice and mites.
Good care Is as important as good
feed. especially in the fall and winter.
raising Is usually due to misman-
agement
Roasting poles that have smooth
surface with no rough places to har-
Dor lice are best.
On cold nights sash can be covered
with old carpet or heavy canvas In
stead of straw mats.
Those who have succeeded in get
ting a good stand of alfalfa are en-"
thusiastic over its salue.
There is no better way to stiffen
up a horse than to have him stand
On plank floor when not at work.
Skimmilk in place Of water will
make the fattening mash more palat-
able and the bird will do better on it.
Ground oats, middlings and corn
meal, mixed with skimmilk, make a
good fattening ration for young stock.
Filth and dirt in O poultry house
make good breeding places for lice,
and 1t always pays to keep the house
clean.
Intensive cultivation demands inter
cropping, and when this is done most
liberal manuring is necessary for the
highest returns.
IF cows are fed grain when the pas
lures are succulent and abundant, 1t
will increase the yield of milk and also
add flesh to the COWS.
A cow cannot give a full flow of
milk unless she is provided with feed
from which to make the milk. It is
wrong to expect something for moth
ing.
Apple trees will thrive and do we'll
on almost any soil which is we'll pre-
pared, but the different kinds of soil
may require different treatment and
after care
Hauling up a few loads of chaff
from around the straw stack is a sea-
sonable job now The chaff makes
good scratching litter and also con-
tains some grain.
Creameries are CT no benefit to
neigtborhood unless there are suf-
fcient number of cows to supply the
milk necessary to run them econo-
nnically and successfully.
Tar may be removed from the
hands By rubbing with the outside Of
fresh orange or lemon peel and dry
ing Immediately The volatile oils dis
solve the tar so that 1t can he rubbed
pff.
You can prolong your tomato sea-
son by taking up all plants and piling
them in a heap. The small green to-
matoes should be pulled for picking
and the large ones allowed to remain
for r1penlng.
Do more than look at the cattle
when You visit the fairs and exposi-
tons this fall. Watch the judge and
see If you cannot carry home a point
or two that will help you in picking
out a good individual.
The draft horse does the work on
the farm most satisfactorily and
with less expense and worry; sells
higher and more rapidly; costs less
to get him ready for market; and
Il costs less time and labor TO
train him and get him ready for
market.
Another thing that goes to make
vegetable growing success Is irri-
cation; have water at hand where you
can il-rigate when your garden de-
mands &c: there isn't anything that
makes vegetables tough and woody as
lack of water.
This Is the getting ready season for
the winters work. A leaky roof.
cracks in the we'll or floor. broken