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

Keep the hen roosts low.
Be careful in selecting seed.
The pig and COW pasture should be
separate.
Don't let any butcher have your
best eve lambs.
Don't guess that there are no ticks
on the sheep-be sure.
Lambs are more susceptible to stom-
ach worms than other sheep.
If you fatten the hogs in summer,
keep on the lookout for cholera.
Sheep seem to require the attention
and companionship of man to thrive. .
Stock needs water as much as we
do. See that there is a good supply
at hand.
If heifer is used to being handled,
then 1t should be easy to break her
to be MIXED.
Bark beetles or shot-hole borers
cause more or less damage to fruit
trees every year.
The small farm we'll worked is often
worth more than the large farm that
is only half cared for.
The coop with uniform birds, pref
erably of one variety, will command
a good premium over market prices.
Cowpeas and soy beans make ex-
cellent ensilage. They are rich in
protein and protein is valuable ele-
ment.
At no time is good Judgment and
common sense needed on the farm
more than when the hay crop is being
secured
When laying freely, flock CT 30
hens will drink from four to eight
quarts of water daily, depending upon
the conditions.
Make your mulch three or four
inches deep; deep enough so a hard
or form 1Ind0r.
meath your mulch.
Although there may not be any Wis
ible lice or mites in your poultry
house, it is a good thing to whitewash
it two or three times a year.
If hog raising is profitable in spite
of the ravages of cholera, imagine
what a money-making industry il
would be with this dread disease abol
ished.
Where outside brood coops are used
in raising young chicks, the coops
should be moved every two or three
days to keep the ground under them
from getting foul.
Red raspberries sucker vigorously
during the summer. Some of these
new plants fill in vacant spaces, but
others come where the plants are al
ready thick, and should be treated as
weeds.
The cockerels not wanted for home
use can be disposed Of to good advan
tage along about Thanksgiving or
Christmas time The pullets will GO
into winter quarters in good shape
and repay you we'll with eggs when
the older hens are taking their sum
mer vacation.
Throughout the great agricultural
section indian corn, kaf1r and cane are
the best crops for ensilage because
these crops produce from two to eight
times as much feed to the acre as 9TH
er crops. Cane and kafir frequently
weld twice as much ensilage as In
dian corn. However, Indian corn has
around per cent more feeding value
than the former crops.
Corn is in best condition for silage
when the majority of the ears are we'll
denied, but a great variety Of circum-
stances frequently prevent the filling
at just the proper time. A rainy spell
may make the fields too soft to get
onto, frost may come before the corn
is ready. and a few breakdowns may
occur when filling, etc. In such case
individual judgment must guide.
Every tail left on a late lamb
meaAs big risk in taking 1t off
in heat and fly time, or discount of
so cents or more when shipped to
market. A few long tails may spoil
the sale of the bunch.
Scatter the food thrown to the flock.
If the food is thrown into piles there
will be a scramble for it. Some will
get more than their full share, others
less. If you question this. feel the
crops after the birds have gone to
roost. You will find some full crops,
others nearly empty.
The size and vigor of the filters far
rowed by the brood sows will depend
very largely upon how they have been
fed and handled during the time of
pregnancy. Unless a SOW is fed a
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