Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1914-01-02

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Get the grain seed early.
Winter spraying is valuable
Sunlight is a good disinfectant.
The hen may be relied upon, but her
son never sets.
Remove manure as far from the cow,
stable as possible.
Successful lamb rearing is the key
to success with sheep.
When horses are not thrifty it may
be due to sameness of diet.
Fowls having free range viii find
their own feather-making food.
Know the soil and the crops to fit
the soil. Low yields soon bring ruin.
A bunch of good shoats will make
the best market for skim milk this
winter.
Much of the disease among live
stock may be attributed to injudicious
feeding.
Do not condemn breed simply be-
cause a few fowls do not come up to
your expectations.
Feeding a little linseed meal occa-
sionaIly to stock is beneficial, keeping
the system regulated.
After the dairy utensils have been
cleaned, invert them in the pure air
and where the sun will strike them.
Churning at too high a temperature
or churning too long will produce a
greasy butter in which the grain is in
jured.
So far as possible each animal
should have just the kind of food
which is suited to its condition and
appetite.
Do not allow the milk cans to re-
main in stables while they are being
filled, and avoid contamination of the
milk bacteria.
Those spongy places in the road
may be successfully drained with tile.
Drainage is the first essential in the
improvement of road.
On the majority of farms the
money invested in good breeding ami
mails will earn much better interest
than if deposited in the bank.
When purchasing a cow be sure to
know whether she is free from ,tuber-
culosis. Have her tested. This last
rule applies to cattle of all breeds
Hens are better than pullets for
breeders. Hens lay larger eggs than
pullets and / have noticed that the
chicks Matched are stronger and more
vigorous.
The male that is always alert. ready
to defend himself and his mates, and
apparently full of life, is the one that
should be kept to head the breeding
pen next spring.
Separate the cream while the milk
Is still warm and in cold weather first
run hot water through the separator
to warm it. Strain the milk into the
separator through wire gauze.
Buying cows and selling them as
fast as they stop milking never built
up a high class dairy business. The
city milk producer is not true dairy
man; he is more q Spectator in feeds
and cows.
The strawy stalky manure makes an
ideal mulching fertilizer for both young
and old apple trees. A great many are
literally dying from starvation. This
coarse manure will conserve moisture
and fertility.
The usefulness and value OF horse
depend upon his early training. He
slaould be handled and taught when
colt This will develop his intelligence
from the start and very much increase
his subsequent usefulness.
Now that the blowing is all done,
wipe off all dirt from wood and iron
work. Give a good coating of oil to
the metal parts next spring. so there
will be no delay in getting the plows
to scoar.
When cows are salted only once
week they eat TOO much at time and
lit cause lcoseness of the bowels.
They will eat Little salt nearly every
day If it is Kept where they can get
at 1t. especially when the grass IL
fresh and abundant
The manure spreader Is almost IN
dispensable on the farm. By taking
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