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


In selecting a location for a poul-
try yard. choose light. sandy soil.
The falling over of the ROSTERS
comb shows him to be in bad health.
There are few crops raised on the
farm that vary as little in price as
wool.
Meal should be mixed dry and
crumbly, since it causes illness when
fed wet.
Fill the pigs stomach while he is
young, and he will fill your purse when
he is grown.
Do not attempt to churn poor or
thin cream at low temperature. or
there will be trouble
Don't burn the straw. Use il for
bedding for the stock, and return it
to soil to renew fertility.
Young chickens need animal food,
but they will not thrive well il given
too large rations Of rich food.
Above the food of production that
goes to milk, a COW demands food Of
support in proportion to her size.
Keep an eye on the seed corn and
see that plenty OF ventilation is at
forded the room in which it is stored.
Keep the windows of the hen house
clean so that the inside of the house
sible.
Eggs from hens that have made a
fair showing in laying this winter will
be more fertile than those that did
heavy laying.
Save every ounce of grain and every
pound of fodder this fall. What you
don't need can be sold for good prices
before spring.
Do not forget to salt the horse once
ways before him. He knows best how
much he needs
Too many farmers have not learned
that it is all wrong to feed sow on
feed that produces heat instead OF
bone and muscle.
Young birds are good breeders only
when they are practically full grown
and well matured. Immature birds
should never be used
Never feed more than hogs will eat
up freely. Many farmers do not prac-
tice this, but keep a quantity of nm
eaten food lying about the lot at all
times.
Peanuts make a splendid feed for
both hogs and cows and whenever
they can be grown they should be
used, for they furnish nourishment
and variety.
Build the line fence strong enough
to keep your own and your neighbors'
stock on the right side, but do not
have it so high that it will prevent
you from being neighborly.
Laying hens must have bread or
milk; eggs cannot be produced with
out heterogeneous material in some
shape Keep supply of bone meal
or oyster shell convenient
Remember that fowls that look
alike" will attract better attention and
sell better than the hit-and-miss kind.
Furthermore, the pure-bred stock viii
average about the same in size bird
for bird.
Tankage is a. highly profitable win
ter food for fall pigs. Use one gallon
for each so pigs. fec in the slop. You
will get your money back, with com.
pound interest, and get more for your
homegrown feed.
When you use trough in grinding
in cold weather, let the water out
after you are done. To let the lower
part of the stone stay liz water, freez-
ing and thawing, is a pretty sure way
TO ruin the place which touches the
water.
Poultry products may replace the
meat shortage. They may help FL
the gap. for poultry can he raised
anywhere ir the United States. The
population is increasing while the sup.
ply OF meat-prpGucirg animals show
practically 70 increase.
Now there is greater incentive for
the utmost painstakfng with our noul.
try as the price Of eggs is constantly
increasing. OF course feed is higher
than we could wish, but the poultry
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