The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-10-01


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Paint the farm buildings.
Dispose of kicking animals.
Keep the pigs out of the dust
Keep on friendly terms with the
swine.
Mules are hardy and almost immune
to disease.
The colt should be handled while
running with the dam.
Pigs in clover or alfalfa up to their
| backs make growth of pork.
Ewes should be bred in the autumn,
after they are one year old.
| The bird that is not fit for your
| table is not fit for the other fellows.
Filthy milk will usually induce the
bowel disease among the young chicks.
Cut all burdocks and feed to the
hogs. This weed has a good tonic eff
feet.
If everything else Is right and the
cream stands too long there will be
a loss.
comes rancid quickly and Is drug
| in the market.
When the fowls pick themselves fire.
quently, you may be sure that they are
infested with lice.
A hog weighing $50 pounds will eat
from 10 to Is pounds of beets per
! day, and thrive on them.
| Only we'll decayed stable manure
should be used for fertilizer, and then
as top-dressing in the fall.
Fencing, properly placed, increases
| the income value of the acres and
reduces the waste of the farm.
Corn silage should be cut to one
half inch lengths. 1t is sometimes cut
to inch lengths in order to save time.
When pruning do not make any I'M
necessary cuts. In other words have
a good reason for every bit of wood re
moved.
Good dairy practice demands that
the milk flow be maintained at high
level all the time from parturition to
drying off.
Cultivate as soon as the land is
in shape after each rain. This Will
prevent the formation Of the crust
on the surface.
The maintenance of productiveness
and vigor are the essentials in poultry
keeping, and when both can be real
lied the work will pay.
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High quotations make attractive
bait. Some irresponsible commission
sharks use it freely, and the way the
suckers bite is caution.
Do you keep a tab on the market or
do you ship haphazard? Remember
one market may be demoralized while
another'is just the reverse.
The chief objection to selffeeding
contrivances is that fowls in winter
not having to exercise by scratching
for their feed are likely to become
too fat.
Burdock is an annoying but not a
dangerous pest. 1t is very easily kept
in control by means of clean cultiva-
ton and seldom gives much bother on
meadow or small grain land.
When feeding rape to swine, good
plan is to provide hurdles and give
the hogs a small strip at time to
feed on. Less waste, and assists in
securing a second growth Of plants.
Yes, silage has been proved to be
a splendid sheep relish, but will some
times hurt sheep if too suddenly fed,
or fed in too large quantities. This
is true of almost any good feed or
grain with almost any animal. The
good feeder Of horses, as well as
sheep, makes gradual changes.
The farmer who has silage, roots,
alfalfa and dairy products can carry
through the winter herd of brood
sows and store shotes economically,
providing he has good, dry sleeping
quarters and plenty of fresh water.
One cannot succeed without pure wa
ter, exercise and a dry, comfortable
bed
Corn does first rate on acid soil; so
do oats, potatoes, millet, buckwheat,
rye and red-top. Strawberries, rasp-
berries and blackberries do better on
acid soil than on sweet soil. 1t is we'll
known that clover and alfalfa refuse
to grow well on acid soil, but there
are other legumes that get along nice
ly. Cowpeas, soy beans, hairy vetch
J and crimson clover make a nice
| -,co1ufh on oci0 soil