The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-10-27

| ty, ram tnat looks ike sire, Win
strong head. well-sprung ribs, and
large heart girth, ram with strong
bone, two good ends and good.
straight back. The breeder must not
consider his pocketbook.
Potato growers who feed" their
potatoes we'll, and give them good
| care, and select the best potatoes for
planting do not need to change their
seed stock every few years in order
to maintain the Yield, because by sc
doing they maintain the yielding pow
er in the potatoes they already have
Every thinking farmer knows that
there are certain essentials that cam
not be neglected at any season OF the
| year if the cows are kept in condition
to give milk, and that If any or all
of these essentials are neglected there
is sure to be falling away in the
milk yield.
In making a kerosene emulsion"
Of any kind for the eradication OF
| lice, mites, flies, etc. great care must
be taken to see that the combination
| is surely emulsifed or serious re-
| suits may follow and more hide be
"eradicated" than anything else
Two things that deserve constant
| attention at this time are the bits
and the blankets. Never allow
| frosty bit to come In contact with the
horses mouth and never leave the
team without being well and COM
fortably blanketed.
For the average dairyman 1t ID
| cheaper to raise his own cows than
to buy them. Besides, II he has good
cows to begin with he can more wise
ly select the calves because of an init
mate knowledge of the work Of the
mothers.
The black rot of tomatoes Is a diff
| ficult disease to control. Applications
| Of Bordeaux Mixture, II begun when
the tomatoes are just forming and
continued until they are fairly well
grown. will prevent the disease.
| 1t has been predicted by an author
| ity that the time Is not far distant
when the small dairyman will not be
! able TO afford pasture. II this time
, should come. then indeed would the
| silo come into it's own.
While the value of the birds to the
| farmer, orchardist and planter has for
years been recognized. it Is believed
, by the authorities that their impor
| lance in preserving the forests Is not
| generally known.
| A hen should be fed some grain that
| she doesn't have to scratch for. AL
though exercise is necessary to keep
| her in good health, she needs time TO
rest and dust herself in the middle OF
| the day,
Some hens are born layers, others
acquire the laying habit. others get
credit for being good layers when
they are not. The trap nest picks
them out and leaves no guess work.
Do not run the risk of perpetuatina
weak characteristics In your nerd by
breeding animals that are uncertain.
The progeny is sure to inherit all the
fruits of the parents.
| AS a rule very little can be done
for dopy chickens. The cause of this
condition is usually constitutional
weakness; lice, or. error In feeding
and management.
Hill selection OF potatoes may some
times be beneficial for the purpose
of selecting the best strain where the
potatoes consist Il two or more
strains.
Selling the breeding stock because
feed Is dear Is just as sensible as
selling seed grain because you can get
a good price for 1t. Think this over
Is the binder properly stored away
for the winter. or will the first snow
storm still find 1t just where 1t was
left when drawn out Of the field?
During the hot months pansies will
not bloom much; try cutting the plant
back for fall Towering. Hot weather
blooming weakens the plant
One good COW Is superior to three
poor ones in the dairy; the differ
ence is the cost Of the feed and the
product Of the cows.
We would like to see more bee
keepers at the state fairs, and have
them put up display of bees and
honey.
Any good type Of colt win sell for
more per pound when three years
old than calf.
Better quarters for the poultry need
not mean more elaborate or more ex-
pensive houses
Hogging OF the corn is a cheap way
of corning of the hog
When once pure bred stock has a
place upon your farm you will wonder
| how Won got alOnx 40 MANY vaor.