Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-09-26


Build yourself a silo.
The breed of COW isn't all.
A poultryman works all the time.
Shade is necessary in the hog lot
of course
Disease waits at the doors of damp
poultry houses.
No one should expect to get sound
colts from unsound sires.
If butter is oversalted or over
worked it's delicate flavor is ruined.
II you keep sheep on the same pas
ture year after year trouble is sure to
follow.
When soft shelled eggs are very
numerous there Is something lacking
in the ration.
When in full bloom is the best
time to pillow under weeds in order to
destroy them.
Plenty of bedding in good season
will often help materially IN saving
litter of pigs.
AS a rule hens that lay steadily
during cold weather are Indifferent
hot-weather layers.
Hardness does not go by color of
plumage. Hardness depends upon the
care given to fowls.
Dairy farming is more carefully
studied today than ever before and
1t pays well for this.
The good COWS in the dairy are the
ones that make the profit. The loss
Is with the poor mixers.
When bean vines are wet, let 'em
alone. Cultivate or hoe them only
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A mare may be safely worked up to
within week of foaling provided she
Is never subject to heavy strains.
Cut away all dead branches as soon
as discovered and cover the wound
with paint to prevent further decay.
Glover has the ability to obtain
nitrogen from the atmosphere and
incorporate it in it's roots. stem and
leaves
Treat the hired man as a human
being and furnish him with cottage
home, not a shack stuck behind your
big red barn.
The acid of cream unduly sour de-
stroys more or less Of the butter fat
and If kept too long a bitter con-
dition is set up.
The real test of value in horse
Is strength, lively action and en-
durance and combined in the light
est weight possible.
The amount Of limestone to use per
acre varies. When soil is acid it re-
quires from one to three tons per
acre to correct the acidity.
There is not enough temper in the
whole township to conquer balky
horse: so there is no use for you to
match what you'd get against one.
Mixed rations are more economical
than the feeding of any particular
article of food exclusively as some
foods assist in the digestion Of others.
It is just as necessary to keep the
sheep supplied with green crops aft
err the meadows give out as ii is to
keep the stock going in the same
way.
Charcoal and grit should be kept
where the fowls can have access to
them at all times. They are a pre-
tentative as well as cure for indi-
gestion.
Look out FOR the cattle flies when
they make their appearance, and by
the application Of some preventive
help to keep them free from these
troublesome pests.
The critical period in the young tur-
key is generally at an end when six
weeks of age fnbreeding lice, damp
ness and improper food are the main
causes for great mortality.
Scrub poultry may serve good pur-
pose In the pot, but they should not
be permitted TO propagate their kind
Scrub hens should be mated TO pure
breed males so that the breeding has
an upward rather than a downward
tendency.
If your poultry yards are bare they |
no doubt get hard and baked these |
hot DAYS Shade M a part of them