Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-03-14
Capons are profitable.

Capons are profitable.
Keep all water troughs clean.
Keep something in the charcoal box
Charcoal should be freely used In
the poultry yard.
1t is not so much the breed as the
1t is claimed the Indian Runner
duck will lay nearly 200 eggs In
year.
The tool house has become one OF
the important adiuncts to the mod.
ern farm.
Sulphate of iron is preventive of
hog cholera and many other diseases
in live stock.
There were only SO COW testing as
sociations in the United States at the
close of 1910.
If you only have a few bushels of
corn to shell for the poultry. use the
zinc washboard.
Horses urged to the limit are apt to
be found littel past that point. 1t Is
the same with growing boys.
The heifer bred too early always re-
mains stunted III growth and her milk
flow is shortened for all time.
Every farm should have a family
orchard of at least a few apple. pear.
plum, peach and cherry trees.
The department of agriculture has
estimated that the countrys annual
loss by insect pests is $420. 100000.
If the poultry house is over-crowded
kill off some of the older birds. Keep
stocked up with young thrifty layers.
Rye makes fairly satisfactory sill
age when it is cut in one-quarter
inch lengths and well treaded in the
silo.
| A large orchard poorly planted and
| poorly tended will not produce as
| good results as fewer trees well Guilt
waited.
Good housing is one of the essen
tails for egg production and conse-
| quently should be given proper con-
| sideration.
| Cherries, unlike other small fruits.
cannot be counted on to give heavy
crops each year; consequently. the
price varies.
Hot sweaty horses should not be
driven into cold stream. 1t is al
most as bad for them as drinking
while heated
The origin of the Indian Runner
| duck Is unknown. 1t is claimed they
were introduced in England about
thirty years ago.
OF almost if not quite as much i'm
portance as their food is plenty of
exercise. Exercise and sunshine are
great sheep tonics.
! In the horse for active service the
breast should not be over medium
width and the forelegs should be rea-
sonably close together.
| The practical remedy for little pigs
that are liable to be troubled with
thumps is to provide them plenty of
exercise and large range.
| Just because man enters barn
where cows are kept, it is no sign
| for him to cut loose on his entire
repertory of cuss words.
At no season of the year should
water stand around the trees and
| vines. Their roots will not stand it,
There must be proper drainage.
When the pure-Dreu swine are kept
for breeding purposes they should be
given avery opportunity for bone and
muscle development rather than a de-
velopment of fat
Alsike clover Is a perennial and
| can be grown on ground that is too
low and moist for the medium red or
mammoth. but it is grown equally
we'll on high ground.
| Keep over a few of the best ewes
of your own breeding each year, even
though they are not so good as you
might buy 1t will make your flock
| more uniform all the time.
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 a certain amount of