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

Churn when the cream is fit; not
when other things are ready.
Every farmer should raise over
100 fowls for use on his own home
table
When skimmilk is to be had. use 1t
instead of water in the poultry fatten-
ing mash.
1t is best to build q round siio, be-
cause in the square silos the silage
spoils easier.
Manure is one of the by-products
OF the dairy farmer and it represents
a decided profit.
Build q warm, dry and otherwise
comfortable room for the calves for
the cold weather.
Keep the hogs quiet. clean and COM
from the food supplied
Much poultry is sold to the Chinese
and at good prices. 1t is estimated
that they consume quantities.
1t is best not to put sawdust in the
poultry house, as it gathers too much
moisture and causes dampness.
Unless the fattening steer has all
the pure water he can drink at all
times he will not lay on fat quickly.
Once a day is sufficient for chickens
to be fed a mash. The remainder of
The day dry grain is considered bet
ter.
The man who dries his seed corn on
the windmill tower ought not to COM
| plain when it terminates only so per
cent.
For the amount Of money invested
in the poultry business, it pays a
larger profit than any other farm
speciality.
For stations, brood mares. young
horses and horses at light work, good
quality clover or alfalfa hay cannot
be excelled.
Mules are ready for work younger
than horses. They are able to endure
as much at two years as a colt will
at three or four.
The coming Of woven wire fences
will help to keep down the weeds
along the roadsides in rather
roundabout way.
No one can do the best work
without good tools, and tools are
never good without they are in
first-class condition
Don't select heavy, lazy SOW for
breeder. She should be mild in dis
position. but possessed of sufficient
energy to take exercise.
Angora goats cannot thrive If they
are crowded into small space, hence
they should not be kept in large
f1ocks on the smaller farms.
For an occasional noon lunch for
the layers. try some finely chopped
alfalfa hay sca1ded and mixed in a
wet mash of bran and corn meal.
When seed corn is taken in, It
should not be piled up, but must be
laid on racks or boards away from
mice and so that the ears do not
touch.
Sorghum is an excellent succulent
feed for cows. horses, sheep and hogs.
When fed green 1t saves more ex-
pensive feeds and keeps stock in fair
flesh until other feeds can be gath
cred.
Show birds keep up well in the show
room if they are given bologna sau-
sage. bread and apples. Do not give
milk after washing it, it sticks the
feathers together and spoils the ap-
pearance of the bird.
Three carloads of cattle shipped
from a Kansas ranch, and which had
been fattened entirely on grass,
showed a gain of $40 pounds per head
In 165 days. The animals got no grain
whatever, but were in fine condition
when they reached the market.
In choosing birds f,E exhibition do
not make the final choice until they
have been seen in the exhibition coon.
A bird of good disposition viii make
a better appearance than a cross bird
of really better quality. Wash more
than will be needed. as the washing
also makes a difference in the birds
appearance. A bird with creamy plu-
mage often looks better before than
after washing.