The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-23

FERTILIZER is an Important pTopiem.
Never let the colt nurse If the mare
is heated.
Don't shut the bull up in dark,
lonesome place.
Oats are made more palatable for
poultry by sprouting.
Thin out the hills Of corn. Three
good stalks are enough.
Only quiet, kind, fast mixers should
be allowed in the dairy barn.
All the clovers are very hard to cure.
as the stems hold so much sap.
Don't fool with garget. Begin treat
ment as soon as it is discovered.
Uniformity of type may be gotten IN
a herd by using bulls of a uniform
type
With poultry as with other products,
1t is a good rule to market as soon as
ready.
The first requirements of the young
chick are grit to aid in digestion and
pure water.
A cows pedigree is all right to tie to
just so long as It tailies with profits
in the milk pail.
A number Of dairymen in the New
England states use hay caps for the
curing of clover and timothy.
1t would be impossible to foretell
definitely at Just what date alfalfa
should be broken in any given locality.
It is better to thin the fruit than to
prop the trees. 1t means better quail
ity of fruit and is not so hard on the
trees.
A bit of wheat bran or ground oats
will put the fat on lambs fast, but give
it every day Haphazard Is no way to
do anything.
Many a valuable horse has been
''hipped' starting in at the barn door
that was simply thrown back and not
propped open.
The hog has been called the mort
gage LITTER" but 1t is the hen that
keeps the family in groceries while
the hog is growing.
Never grease the hen that Is set
ting, as grease getting on the shells OF
the eggs win close the pores and
smother the chickens.
The closer you keep up in market
ing your eggs the less loss there will
be. It doesn't take long for eggs to
spoil when the mercury Is hot
Now and then we run across farm
er who plants his corn before the
ground is rightly prepared. It never
pays to get in a hurry and hog it In. -
It is little less than cruelty to ami
mails to put a sore-fcoted horse on the
road. Keep him on the farm If you
will, but never try to make road
ster of him.
The swine industry is profitable and
affords a market for waste products
and materials Of little or no value in
themselves. Swine fit perfectly into a
diversified farm plan.
To start an alfalfa field where
the soil is deficient in lime and plant
food Is sometimes quite a task. but
when once established 1t Is like a
bank account for years.
Take good care Of the work ami
mails, for much will depend upon their
efficiency during the busy season
when crops must be cultivated fire.
quently and perhaps hurrledly.
Hog sheds need not be expensive,
but they should be dry, tight enough
to exclude rains and SHOWS, and also
capable of being well ventilated in
summer when the weather is hot and
shade is needed
Barnyard manure Is a very variable
substance. The more important con-
ditions which determine its compost.
ton and value are age and kind of
animal, quantity and quality of food,
proportion Of litter, and method of
management and age.
The difference between hen-cost-
which is more than mere feed-and
the product Of the average hen is not
enough to warrant one in keeping un-
productive birds, SO it is wisdom to
give thorough personal examination
when birds come to maturity.
A simple ration for chicks a week
or more old may be made Of two parts
by weight of finely cracked corn, one
part Of broken wheat, one part oat-
meal and one part of meat scraps.
Whole wheat can be substituted when
the chicks arrive at six weeks of age.
Grit should be supplied at all times
as well as green food.