The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-07-21


Poisoned bran kills cutworms
Calves are profit making assets.
Care for the newly-planted orchard.
Straw and hay make good nesting
material.
Horses that cough should never have
dry, dusty feed.
Keep young turkeys warm and dry
the first few weeks.
Growing calves should have such
food as insures growth.
Muzzle the horses when cultivating
the orchard-single-tree, too.
Buying poor bull because he is
cheap Is near-sighted economy.
Milk is great stuff to help young
chickens In their business of growing.
The man who has already used the
silo will tell you whether 1t pays or
not.
Keep the old geese for breeding pur-
poses. Send the young ones to the
market
Hens should not be allowed to run
with male birds except during the
Matching season.
In the final summing up, the de-
mands of the markets govern the type
of hogs we must produce.
The important periods for the young
pig are 30 days before narrowing. so
days after and at weaving time.
The manner in which the SOW Is
fed and cared for determines the size
of the litter In a measure at least.
The breeding mare can work in to
advantage as the third work horse on
the farm, doing the light. short-hour
work
Water the horses as often as pos
sible, but let the horse that comes in
hot drink few swallows only, until
ne is cool.
Much of the nervousness which we
see In the young cow can be done
away with IL the calves are given
proper treatment.
Do not overteed the calves on skim
milk. If they show signs of securing
when first put on skim-milk decrease
the amount a trifie.
The age of show hogs is counted
from the first of March or from the
first Of September of the year the
animals were farrowed
Fowls are fond OF freshly-turned
soil and it is good for them. If the
yard is too small to pillow, 1t should
be spaded, or dug in some way.
In catering to the trade where fruit
is marketed try to put yourself in the
position of the buyer and then furnish
the quality of fruit the trade wants.
Where the pigs are allowed to run
with the SOW and to wean themselves
1t is almost impossible for the mature
female to produce more than one lit
ter year.
Sheep should be changed from one
feed to another gradually. They are
delicate and cannot stand sudden
changes of feed any more than sudden
changes of weather
Ants may be destroyed by punching
holes in the hills with fork handle
and saturating cotton batting with
carbon bisulphide. Put this in the hole
and cover it with earth
Every farm can use one more small
rlover lot for calving COWS; mares
with young colts; for calves or num-
Der of useful purposes. and it will do
to wait for the rotting of those STUN !.
Give chick grit for first feed It is
advisable to feed commercial chick
food for the first two weeks Where
commercial chick food Is not used feed
stale breadcrumbs, rolled oats OF
granulated oatmeal
Keep bran, grit, shell, ground oats
green feed and fresh, clean water be.
fore your chicks at all times. Chicks
should have supply of animal food
or skim-milk. Never allow milk to
remain IN vessels till it sours.
A good "broody breaker" can he
made by taking alight coop and fitting
1t with wire or slat bottom. Place
the broody hen in this coop and hang
it where there is plenty of fresh cool
air. The air passes through the fluf,
OF the hen and helps to cool the fever
which is in her blood at this time.
With raspberries pick off the tops
of the vines when they are about two
feet tall. This will produce a we'll
shaped bush instead of long. strag.
Cling vines on the ground. As soon
as fruiting IS over, cut out old canes