Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-03-07
piant trees this spring.

Plant trees this spring.
A mule eats less than a horse
Give the chickens lime and grit.
Tree roosting in cold weather is not
conducive to laying.
Cultivation is one of the four great
essentials in orchard management.
Churning at too low temperature
Is too long piece of work for any
body.
Keep the poultry house clean and
free from drafts as well as damp
ness.
Agricultural experts tell us that
the potential fertility of the sol is I'M
limited.
A good live interest In exhibition
stock is commendable in the market
poultryman.
Apple trees may be planted either
in the spring or fall The main thing
is to plant them.
Peach trees make good stock for
plum grating, as they usually have
large vigorous roots.
Don't fail to supply green feed, like
cabbage, beets, celery tops. These
are relished by the birds
The 150-pound COW will nate to see
Willie go to the short course for GEAR
he will learn how to test her.
An orchard will live longer, bear
better and be more profitable by be-
ing well cultivated and enriched.
Those old hens may be valuable as
keep sakes, but the young and vigor-
GUS ones will produce the most eggs.
Well-managed poultry is preferable
to farm crops IN that poultry will
produce an income at all times of the
year.
With fruiting orchards, mineral
fertilizers are often great assistance.
but an excess of nitrogen should be
avoided.
Soil taken from a well-established
alfalfa field and spread on land to be
sown to alfalfa is a very good way to
inoculate it.
Spray your trees whether they have
a crop or not. Spraying in off years
is just as important as in years of
heavy crops.
Cowpeas that have a lot of crab
grass and fox tail mixed with them
make even better bale hay than the
straight vines.
The little chicks do best on corn
bread made of sour milk, soda and
cracked corn. They should be fed on
something clean.
Many farmers every year lose pOr-
ton of the value of their crops be-
sow them in season.
Do not feed a COW according to
her age or breed Feed her accord
ing to her individual capacity to put
feed to profitable use.
Why not play fair with your cows?
You have parcel post to help market
your butter, so let's give them some
more alfalfa to make it.
The poorest Gull trash that finds its
way to market comes from the farm
ers who should be producing the very
! best quality of prime mutton.
Cooked roots, mixed with wheat
bran or ground oats or barley occa-
sionally, will go long way in making
better and more thrifty colt. \
Root crops, such as parsnips, beets,
and carrots, may be prevented from
/ shriveling in the winter if they are
covered slightly with dry sand in the
bin or box.
Keep bucket of bran and corn
meal in the kitchen to use in prepar-
ing the mash. Many table scrap or
| part cup of milk will enrich the mash
if the bucket is handy.
Brood sows should have a quiet.
warm, dry place where their filters
may spend the first week of their
lives without being unnecessarily dis
| turbed by other animals or inquisitive
people.
IL you have several kinds of rough
| feed on hand it will be a good plan to
mix them up in feeding. Stock like a
| change of feed as well as you do, and
| If their breakfast can be of enc kind
and their supper of another. SO much
the better.
The safest bull the dairyman can