The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-10-20

requires muscle and good Judgment
good horse fork, there should De
good moving machine, rake, tedder,
wagons and hand forks and where
there Is large haying there should
be- seli-oader
Ordinary farming, as formerly ana
even now generally carried on. and
scientific market gardening are so I'M
like that experience In the former
would help but a little In a general
way, but would by no means mt one
for a successful market gardener with
out a long special training in that spe-
cific kind OF farming.
When horses neck or back be.
comes sore, do not be content with
rubbing on a salye, but look for the
cause of the trouble in a wrongly ad-
justed harness. Remove the cause
and this will help greatly to prevent
the result.
Alfalfa is making good In the east,
and farmers are realizing that 1t Is
comparatively easy to get stand, by
the use OF lime and plenty Of stable
manure This is ideal pasture for
swine and no harm will be done the
crop If pastured lightly
hn, : ha GOT ~ FOULS in
detail makes it seem quite lot OF
work, but when once you get started
and give your poultry the same care
you do other stock there is nothing
on the fam that will pay as well for
the money invested
Ducks are nervous creatures and
will often loose much flesh on account
Of their nervousness at night. II one
becomes frightened he soon starts the
entire pen into a stampede. Avoid
this by keeping lantern burning a,
night
If you have running water in the
house, and the garden is near, in
droughty seasons you can save your
self much Juggling of water by simply
connecting a few lead pipes In the
garden with the house main.
4 soW's condition should not be fat
like that of hog fed for the butchers
market when she IS due to farrow.
h,,t OH Ii no ciaaE ufa11
rounded out and in a condition OF per,
feet thrift and health.
or the various she'll making mate.
rails which those who live inland can
easily procure one of the best Is old
things should not. on any account, be
mixed with the food
One Of the most difficult and trying
problems which the poultry keeper
has to meet Is that OF keeping his
poultry houses and stock reasonably
free from lice, mites, and other exter-
nal parasites.
It is a significant fact that the finest
hogs brought to the stock yards are
consigned by the dalrymen This
means something when hogs are
worth over eight dollar per hundred,
weight
There il q general unanlmity OF
,N.,npinnn1l ,,n11tcV-
men that poultry do best upon some
form Of green or succulent food dur.
ing the winter months.
In keeping a poultry plant free from
lice there are two points OF attack
One. the birds themselves; the other,
the houses, nest boxes, roostlng
boards, etc.
Brood sows will nose through three
inches Of snow to get the green bite,
and will range about on their feet for
hours, which is In fact the main OBJ
Iect.
The drop apple from an average or.
chard will maintain quite bunch OF
shoats, and win put them In market
at n minimum expense II the
orchard Is sown with rape
In preserving eggs In water glass or
any other favorite method remember
that every egg so used must be strict
~ fresh. One spoiled egg Will con
taminate whole batch.
The introduction of strange birds
into flock often serves 10 bring fresh
starts of all kinds Of vermin to per-
fectly clean flock
The pigs soon learn to find trough
and viii be found waiting there Tor
their feeds when feeding time comes
around.
Frequent change to fresh pasture Is
one Of the best ways to stimulate
the growth Of both the grass and the
pigs.
Turkeys will do very well without
ony other feed than that which they
pick NJ ON the range. but they VIII
do better Is regularly fed,
The feeding of young ducks has
been reduced TO science by those
engaged extensively in the business,
Wheat screenings. having more pro-
te,n. are superior to the plump grain
for laying hens. and when they are