The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-08-27

Sheep devour much roughage.
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Weak chicks should be segregated
Plant plum tree in the chicken
yard.
Winter pruning increases the vigoI
of the plant.
1t doesn't pay to keep the cows In
the barnyard all night.
Plan to give the chickens a shady
place during the hot days.
If the horse does not eat well, or
| slobbers. examine his teeth.
Fowls that are to be shipped should
be thoroughly cooled before packing.
| Ducks should not be allowed water
to swim in until they are feathered
out
About the worst garden pest is
the English sparrow. aided by the
robin.
Baby beeves are cattle finished for
market at the age of ten to sixteen
months. 1889
The sheep is a valuable asset in the
| utilization OF the roughage grown on
the farm.
Fill the pigs stomach while he. Is
young and he will fill your purse when
he Is grown.
One advantage in keeping poultry Ia
that they eat much that would other
wise be wasted.
A large amount Of buttermiIk In the
fowls feed is said to stimulate the
production of feathers.
The most beautiful COW may give
the poorest milk. The Babcock test
is the criterion to go by.
1t is good plan to keep bran be-
fore the chicks all the time after they
are week or ten days old.
A perfect fleece is a certificate OF
perfect health in the sheep and Of
good management of the flock.
Pasture is one of the cheapest foods
for young pigs, beginning with rye and
finishing with clover and alfalfa.
Carried on in a businesslike man
ner, poultry would prove a most
profitable enterprise to the farmer.
Hot or fiat water does not fiji chick
ems with enthusiasm to lay eggs. Fill
the fountains two or three times a
day.
The quality of milk produced by an
individual COW generally remains quite
uniform and is Influenced little II any
by feed.
Draw the line on the COW that
makes you board her for her COM
pany. Put a good one in her place
right off.
Do not forget to salt the horse once
a week; or, better yet, keep salt al
ways before him. He knows best how
much he needs.
The dairy cow must have a ration
from which she can produce milk II
you expect her to make profitable
return for the feed.
A variety of food is necessary for
the best results In feeding poultry, and
it is also cheapest because 1t produces
more profitable results.
A swill pail left In the room with
sweet milk will do more to spoil a
whole mess Of butter than you can
undo in any possible way.
Well-bred calves that have had an
abundance of milk, and liberal rations
Of grain before and after weaving, can
be made into prime baby beef at ten
months.
The man who has never handled
sheep should start on small scale.
The size of the flock can easily be In
creased when the owner learns how
to care for it.
The ability of a cow to produce q
certain grade of milk is one Of her in
herent characteristics and is SO well
established as to be incapable of ma
terial change.
One OF the greatest leaks on the
farm Is the waste of apples that are
not gathered after they have fallen
from trees. These can be used In va
rious ways to profit.
AS soon as the old canes of black
berries and raspberries are through
fruiting, cut them out and burn them.
thus destroying many insects and fun
gous pests. The young canes need the
room.
What the farmers of this country
need more than anything else is con-