The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-08-06

Hens relish skim-milk
Keep the tools In a shed.
Keep small flock of sheep.
Only level floors for separators.
A good farmer is good flghter-of
The weeds.
Cow-peas are also fine supplement
!ary pasture for pigs.
Don't forget shade and cool, clean
water during warm days.
During the first two days of
chicks life it should rest and be kept
warm.
Grade and pack your product SO that
Tou can afford to put some kind of
guarantee on it.
1t pays in hard cash to keep the
sows healthy and hearty, both before
Ind after narrowing.
Arsenate of lead is replacing paris
green in spraying potatoes because It
adheres to the foliage better.
The early Matched pullet is the one
that begins to lay early in the fall
when eggs are high in price.
Fresh, clean, cool water for hens
and chicks and all other kinds Of 'poul-
Try is very essential in hot weather.
Never put horse up dirty or mud
iy for the night. At least brush his
legs and belly, and straighten his hair
1t is important to have lettuce, spin
ach, peas, snap beans and the like
reach the market in clean, fresh con-
iition.
Good sheep require more care to
maintain their excellence. Poor sheep
are always burden upon the rest Of
the flock.
Give the hogs salt and ashes, espe-
cially hard coal ashes, and an occa-
sional dose of copperas and sulphur
In the slop.
Sun-scald is death TO trees. Valu-
able young trees can be protected by
q cylinder of heavy paper; not much
trouble and 1t pays.
Anybody living near q good-sized
town can do fine business In sweet
corn by delivering 1t fresh every
morning to customers direct.
A small sewing outfit to place in the
travelling bag when going visiting will
be a great comfort and convenience.
1t can be made of linen or silk.
In all soils the gases and acids pro-
duced by the decay OF vegetable mat
ter are the chief agents in setting free
the plantfood locked up in the soil.
Spraying vegetables should be COM
menced the very moment the insects
are seen. Every day thereafter makes
the work Of observing them more DIFF
fcult.
Above all things. don't change the
collars Of the horses from one animal
to another. How would you like to
wear some. one else's shoes IL they
did not fit?
In hot weather. and in all weathers
II the horse is hot, sponge his eyes,
nose, dock, the harness marks, and
the inside Of his headquarters when
he first comes In.
When pasturing rape employ hur-
dies, giving hogs small strip at a
time to feed on. This plan means less
waste and aids in obtaining second
BAONtA Va SAV QA0ACS.
Keep the tools sharp. Don't let
your team work with any machine that
needs sharpening. Dull tools dull the
work, and II anything will make a
slave Of a man 1t is working with dull
tools.
Do not forget that In the compost
ton Of egg there is great proper
ton OF water, and the laying hen
cannot produce eggs unless she has
all the water she wants, and at the
time she wants it.
Raise your own teams and one &C.
casionally for your neighbor. So long
as men use improved implements they
will continue to use good teams. And
the best way to have an efficient team
on your own farm La to raise colts for
this purpose.
Where there is no danger from
skunks or foxes or other animals dig
ging under, coops without floors are
healthful and are cleaned by simply
moving them to fresh location every
day. It is necessary, of course, to
keep them on dry ground.
Good time now to cut that patch of
brush in the pastures. Cut close to
the ground. pile the brush neatly and
leave them until thew ara fhnronnhIxr