Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-05-30

Gull all pure bred animals.
Keep the little pigs growing.
Provide the chicks with shade.
Pasteurization is universal in Ger
man cities.
Wash the calves pals as we'll as
the milk pals.
Corn silage produces very rapid
finish on the cattle.
Equal parts of lard and kerosene Is
effective against lice.
Have everything ready beforehand
and start your Matching operations,
Do not uncover roses or other plants
until their new growth makes 1t neces-
| sary.
| Put your thinking cap on and
don't let other work crowd out the
chicks.
Don't allow broody hens to remain
on the same nests that are used by
the layers.
Farms that are lacking in natural
| timber should be producing an arti-
| fetal grove.
There never will be too many good
poultrymen, but we can strive to be
! among the best.
| A sow can be kept too long, and
often many of us keep some old thing
| year too long.
Do not give nitrate Of soda to
plants until we'll above soil, and then
| apply very sparingly.
| Grass seed is quite the opposite Of
| clover, so the mixtures are very apt
| to contain more grass than clover.
Imagine what could be accomplished
| in the way Of community breeding
with fifty herds in the same commu-
nifty.
| If you have windows In the hen
house keep them clean, as the hens
need all the sunlight they can get
these days.
| Lay your plans to grow the bulk of
| the feedstuffs on the farm this year.
Buying much high-priced feed cuts
| into the profits.
| If hog misses feed watch him; II
he misses the second feed, remove him
from the herd and thoroughly disinfect
| where he has been.
Better run a dairy without dog
| than have one that Is irritable to the
COWS. Many kicking cows are caused
by the dogs nipping at their heels.
If YOU have a real love for the poul-
try tribe, and do your best by them Ia
any and all ways, you are certain TO
come out the winner in the long, run.
In mating be sure and mate even
colored birds. For instance, not a
| dark male to a lighter hen. This
kind of mating produces mottled
| chickens.
| It has been proved many times that
! the large, plump, well-formed seed
will give the best and quickest crop
returns. Moral: Plant only large, well
developed seeds.
| The three-year rotation is probably
| the best for average purposes, but the
dairymen may find the four-year rota-
| ton more convenient, on account or
| the pasturage it provides.
The man who catches a sheep by
| the wool wouldn't like to have his
| hair pulled every time a neighbor
meets him. Hurts a sheep just rs
| bad as 1t would a man TO be handled
| that way, though.
II takes from fifteen to twenty ears
| of corn to plant an acre. II one ear
| fails to grow. about 8 per cent. of the
| stand is lost About fifteen minutes
of time are required TO test enough
corn, by the ear method. 10 plant an
acre.
Where Ii is difficult TO obtain a
stand OF alfalfa, it is quite possible
| that sowing sweet clover a year OF
two before seeding TO alfalfa would
prove advantageous. Sweet clover will
inoculate the soil and put 1t in good
! condition for seeding alfalfa
| IL thoroughly rotten manure is avail
/ able at least a part OF II may be used
to advantage as q top-dressiEg after
blowing and before narrowing. This
| plan is preferable to the use OF all
! the manure before blowing and this
Is especially true when shallow-rooted
crops are To be grown, such as onions