Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1914-02-27

Are the rabbits and mice skinning
your young trees?
A good breed permits the farmer to
convert labor into profit.
Skim milk is one of the best supple
ments to corn now known.
Do not plant elm or other large
trees less than forty feet apart.
The oily nature of the old ducks
feathers prevents their getting lice.
Clean utensils have much to do with
the quality of the cream they contain.
The one best thing to start improve
ment in a dairy herd is pure-bred
bull
Variety of feed is one of the things
that will keep the chickens in good
condition
In poultry breeding utility should
be the first consideration; beauty
should follow.
Starved, stunted chickens are the
first ones to catch colds. Thus roup
often gets a foothold.
Take care of your poultry and eggs,
and the grocer will owe you more
often than you owe him.
The farmers institute in your local
ity is for your benefit. Don't miss it
even if you do know it all.
Dairy cows kept in comfortable
condition insures less feed, thrive
better and give more milk.
Ten pounds of hay and few quarts
of grain each day are much more eco
nomical than stuffing with hay.
Overlooking should be recognized as
very serious matter, since digestive
disturbance is fatal to quick growth.
We do not need manure or com
much as light cultivation and perfect
care.
Breeders should look for quality,
depth, length, width and form regard
less of whether the breed is black, red
or white.
Making every acre more profitable,
making every acre yield larger crop
is the solution Of increasing the size
of the farm.
Good horses and mules will always
be in demand, and it costs no more
to raise a good one than it does to
grow a scrub.
Squashes should be stored in a dry
place at a temperature of about so
degrees. Do not lay more than one
deep on shelves.
The poultry products of the United
States are worth half billion dollars
annually, and million dozen eggs
are imported every year.
About all the chamois skins on sale
nowadays are oil tanned sheep skins.
But they are just as good. The sheep
need not be ashamed Of it.
about so per cent. is water, 1919 per
cent albumen, one per cent mineral
matter and 215 per cent. sugar.
| Don't fail to keep the chicks and
layers active, clean and happy. Like
people they do their best work un.
der pleasant and healthful conditions,
A colt wants to be kept eating and
growing and exercising and anything
except fattening, as long as he has
a time assigned him by nature to
grow.
The successful swine breeder needs
to have a thorough knowledge of the
| value or SanlTatlOn, also an intimate
knowledge of all the requirements OF
his animals.
Keep the houses clean. Clean up
the droppings daily if possible. Clean
illness in winter will mean less YER
min in summer Disinfect the houses
at least once a month.
/
1t takes patience, grit and pluck to
succeed with poultry this kind of
weather. Failure Is generally negli-
gence, or judgment passed by some
one who does not know.
No cow should be classed as
dairy COW unless she gives milk in
profitable quantities. Sometimes the
COW, however, is not to blame be-
cause of lack of proper feed and
| care.
There is no other branch of farming
which if conducted with reasonable