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

| nure spreader as he is manure
maker.
Hens suffer from a damp hen house,
so it is we'll to keep the floor covered
| with litter.
Grow your peach trees so that q
six-foot ladder will be long enough
| for harvesting.
II applying nitrate of soda sprinkle
| around the plant and then stir OF
rake into the soil.
II you intend to use hens for hatch
ing set them in dry place where the
ventilation is good.
II you do not intend to use hens for
Matching break them up at once and
get them to laying again.
Remember all kinds of stimulating
fertilizers should by no means be al
! lowed to touch the leaves of plant.
| Red raspberry rows should be about
six feet apart, plants spaced two feet
apart in the row $3.50 to the acre..
| Start the brooder day OF two be-
! fore putting in the chicks to see that
| the heating apparatus is working prop
| erly.
| Heroic pruning measures are need
| ed to bring many old trees into bear
/ ing: but 1t need not all be done the
first year.
| In cool weather 10 to 10 chicks are
| sufficient for one hen, while in warm
er weather 15 to 20 can be cared for
successfully.
A pound of clover seed to the bushel
of small grain helps to give ones land
| the clover habit, and prepares the way
| for good stand.
| A 2O0-bushel yield Of potatoes per
acre removes from the soil As pounds
of nitrogen, 81 pounds of phosphorlc
acid and IA pounds of potash.
| An apple tree that has been prop
erly pruned from the time it is set
needs comparatively little attention
when it reaches bearing age.
| The scratching hen will have bet
ter vitality, and a. better laying rec
ord than the lazy hen that waits by
the gate for the next feed to be doled
| out.
| There is this to say for incubator
Matching: Mites and other pests are
not waiting outside the shell ready TO
| pounce on the helpless chick as soon
as it energies.
High fertility is exceedingly impor-
tant for cabbage. This crop must
have an abundance of quickly avail
able plant food. Application of nj
trate of soda usually pays.
| A pig must not be allowed to stop
| growing II it does, the loss is not
confined only to the days Of unthrift.
but all the food consumed afterward
Is likely to give less profit.
| For straight hog fence it has been
found that twenty-six inches is not
high enough. If there are to be no
barb wires on top of the hog fence
should not be less than thirty inches
| high.
Plants send their rootlets surpris-
| ing distance in search of food and wa
ter. and these rootlets show almost
human intelligence in travelling around
| stones and other distractions to gain
their end
When blowing the land for parsnips
and other deep-growing root plants.
plow deep and keep the manure down
deep; otherwise you will have lot Of
surface roots instead of the long
| straight roots desired
The silo will help you meet the feed
| ing problem, enable you to save about
| 40 per cent. of the feeding value of
| the corn plant and make it possible
for the farm crop TO maintain more
animals. The silo is a good invest
ment.
| Fall blowing Is TO be preferred to
| spring blowing. This applies also TO
land for corn that Is to be MANFRED
| during the winter and spring. A rea-
sonable dressing of coarse manure
may be disked in without difficulty,
and is in better position to aid the
| crop than when plowed under.
| To hold a sack open for filling It
with potatoes, beets, turnips, or any
| thing TO be sacked. use 50-pound
lard can with the bottom removed.
Place the can In the sack and let the
sack come up to the top OF the can
Fill the can. raise it and the sack; ist
the can remain and fill again nc:;i
1 tho sack is full