The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-09-24

CoWpeas are rich in protein.
There is always a demand for tur-
keys.
Look out for the cream. Don't let
it get too sour.
Be friendly with the bull but make
him keep his distance.
The best place for the pigs Is the
pasture; keep them there
Calves may be fed silage as soon as
they are old enough to eat it.
Turkeys will be in good demand this
fall. What have you to offer?
Feed corn to the setting hens. It
digests slowly and keeps up heat.
A flock of sheep run over the stub
bic turns weeds and waste into profits.
Eggs should be collected daily and
should be cooled as quickly as posi-
BILE.
When chickens are kept in the yard
throughout the year, green food is nee
essary.
There Is profit in raising mules. but
the right kind of mares must be Sc
lected for that.
Never forget that poultry requires
grit and lime for digesting food and
forming egg shells.
Practical poultry for practical poui-
trymen. A scrub poultryman will pin
his faith to scrub fowls.
The packing of peaches is one OF
the most important steps in the sue
cessful handling of the crop.
The very first symptoms of kicking
should lead us to dispose of the animal
that does it. Life Is precious.
1t is the poorest of management, be-
sides being cruel, to shut hens and
chicks away from ample green runs.
Once or twice a year wagon load
of small gravel should be hauled from
some stream for the fowls to work
over.
II is a waste Of time and money to
breed colts unless the inheritance on
both the sire's and the dams side
will blend.
The successful intensive poultry
farms started small, aimed well, and
that is why they can do big business
on small area
It pays to feed COWS on grain, an6j
age if you have it, when pastures
get short. even though it does seem,
to cost considerable.
When the wild mustard patch gets
ripe save the seeds to mix in the,
mash for the laying hens next winter;
it is a safe stimulant.
Give pigs a good run, and gradually
increase the amount of protein food,
as it Is bone and muscle that you are
building up in the youngsters.
Dispose of the ROSTERS as soon as
the eggs needed for Matching are OBJ
tanned The eggs keep better and the
hens will lay just as many Of them.
Before and after the SOW farrows,
she should be fed very light or the,
pigs will not be able to take all the
milk, or If they do, they will become
sick.
Keep all windfall apples and plums
off the ground They often have
dropped because they are diseased or
have insects in them Feed to the
pigs or burn.
The United States obtains practical
ly all it's potash salts from Germany;
its nitrate of soda, from Chile; its
bone dust, chiefly from Europe, Can
ada and India; and its miscellaneous
fertilizers, mostly from Canada, Ger
many, Belgium and the United King
DOM
Instead of wasting the straw stack
by running it into some spot where 1t
will be out of the way, or burning 1t,
stack it we'll for an emergency feed
in case you run short of roughage.
Then, it makes fine bedding, and thus
is put into proper condition for being
returned to the soil as a fertilizer Of
great value.
1t is necessary to apply special pre-
cautionary measures In dairy practice
to insure the production of clean and
sanitary milk during the hot summer
months. 1t is during this time that
the various damage producing bacteria
do their deadliest work and when the
milkman must be on his guard.
few simple rules Of sense and SANTA
ton carefully executed Will produce
excellent results.
The norma! temperature of a hen
| Is higher than that Of a human being