Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-03-31
AGRICULTURAL COLUMN.
Crandon, Wis, Mar. Is.

| Dear Friend:
I take this means OF out
/ lining some of the things we should CO.
operate with.
Are you testing your farm seeds or
are you going to throw In bushel or
so for luck We loose an average OF
25 per cent at least by using poor seed.
Send me a sample of your oats,
wheat, clover or other seed. L will
test it and see if bad weeds are pre-
sent or if it will grow. Don't risk.
Poor seed counts more than taxes.
Are you planning on treating your
oats for smut? Just put the oats IN
| laver on the floor or other clean place
and sprinkle with a mixture of pound
fornlaldehyde and 35 gallons water.
Shovel over the oats till every kernel
is moistened Let dry until the grain
will run. This will not take long.
Then sow enough more to make up
for theswelling. 1t costs about cents
per acre to treat.
Have you an orchard? Plan one
now. Order a few trees and get start
ed Try an East slope of land if you
can. For varieties try a couple of
Duchess and Okabena trees, several
trees of Wealthy. few Longfields and
| Hibernals, also try Whitney No, 20 and
a Hyslop or Martha crab These are
all tried varieties. Order from re-
liable nursery, specify good trees with
i've or six we'll distributed branches
and typical of variety and free from
blenish. Don't accept poor stock when
IL comes If you have an orchard
don't forget to prune before buds
start. Heel in or bury the roots of
new stock if it comes before planting
time.
Watch out for the peddler of seeds
and other stuff. Don't sign contracts
unless you are sure about the other
fellow. Last year we signed contracts
which were frauds Don't take sub
stitute varieties Put this in order and
keep a copy of order Don't buy
cheapest Cheap seed and trees are
usually most expensive
Treat your seed potatoes for scab
and black scurf. 1t pays. Get staI ted
with pure seed Don't plant mixture.
Buy certified seed if you buy. Rurals
have purple sprouts.
Are you building barn? L have
plans of all kinds. How about shat
silo? Have you five or more COWS? BE
sure to plant some roots for COW feed
particularly If you do not have a silo.
We have just collected reports show
ing that on 40 farms in this county
the average hen laid Is eggs pel
month during January and February
MANY farmers fed 20 to 40 hens ano
cot no eggs. This is very poor. Some
of these fellows think they can not
learu about farming too. lknow some
of them Are you feeding some roots
cabbage or even clover hay soaked IN
hot water for few minutes is good
Give them plenty of ashes, freeh an
and some meat food. Cut up any
waste bones or meat. Our poultry car
be made to pay well
How abort the pigs? Get started i
YOU have not already. Watch out FOL
Cholera. Let me hear about the frs
signs. can save you money.
Let's think of this farming bushes:
little. We do not any of us know i
all. We can work together for better
yields and the better prices There
are lots of farm problems on which
can help.
Yours for better farming,
JOHN SWENEHART,
Agt. u s. Dept. of Agriculture
fyou have seed or stock for sale lis
i il below and send to me and will hell
you make the exchange.
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