Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-09-10
COWS WILL NOT FREEZE
Pigs and Chickens the Real Need
On the Small Farm.


Jack Frost has just given us q real
farming lesson which we should all
take home with us. Too large depen-
dence on any one crop has ruined ev-
cry country where it has been practic-
ed. We must not lean too heavily on
the potato crop. The West has found
that wheat does not pay in the long
run. Down south the cotton and the
cane are not as profitable as they once
were. Many farms are now even aban-
doned as result of the growing of
one crop exclusively. We, of course.
are not in the same class as they, but
we must think in time and prevent
our system from leaning that way. We
have been over-enthusiastic about po-
tatoes and many farms have more of
this crop than the livestock on the
place will warrant. Let us get this
balanced up some. With stock there
is steady and sure income the year
around, and at the same time we are
building up and not tearing down our
soil. If our farming is well done our
land should produce more each sue
oeeding year than before. Also if our
farm is well managed no one crop
failure will have any appreciable eff
feet ON the income.
Many farms in the County have
feed going to waste and yet there are
no cows, or at the most two or three
which is not enough to keep the farm
er home and as result the COWS do
not get the proper care. / know this
condition exists in many places, These
places do not even have heifers grow
ing into cows at small expense.
The same way with hogs. The first
expense with this animal is small, but
the gain 10 nothing short of marvetous.
Reasonable care will do wonders with
the pig crop and wages do not affect
this crop either. There is little chance
of an overproduction. Many places
raise fine pork where corn is not a sure
crop. Barley which grows here very
we'll will fatten hogs cheaply.
Another thing we often miss on the
average farm and that is poultry.
There is no one animal that returns
as large a profit for the money in
vested as the so-called American Hen
The cost of starting the poultry plant
for the small farm is very small. Bar
lev, wheat and other grains can be
sown and harvested in the bundle and
fed without threshing. This is not
anything new and is giving fine re-
suits right now.
Let us get into the livestock game
Just as long as we remain tied to the
wood and lumber game our farms and
ourselves will suffer. There as no ex-
cuse for the man who gets his forty
and takes wood of and works out by
the day and does not clear up his
small patch and raise feed for few
pigs. some chickens and at least get
some heifsrs that will grow into COWS.
Many OF the fellows who are seen
sitting around now out of work are
going to partly wake up few years
hence and wonder why land is worth
$50 per acre and yet they had the
chance to buy for third or half that.
The excuse for all this is, 81 haven't
the money to buy" Now the man who
raises livestock can get credit which
will not be given to single crop man.
We can get money to buy stock ii we
can show reasonable ability to care
for it. Business men and farmers are
getting together to bring more stock
into the community. The business
men back the farmer who desires stock
and he pays off the note for the stuff
out of the cream check. This plan is
being worked in many places where
the farmer and the business man in
town will cooperate. Are you ready
to do your share? If you are interest
ed call on the Agricultural Represen-
tative.
JOHN SwENEHART,
Forest County Agricultural Representative.