The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-08-25
Fowls dislike a filthy house.

InucH Ol Del"eeu TWO VI III e iuCueS
Is necessary.
Underfseding and overlooking are
both wasteful as is also feeding one
article of diet.
A pig can be raised by the hand
method as easily as calf. if the same
pains are taken with it
Pounds Of meat or amount and quail
ity of other products that an animal
will provide are what count
II a SOW proves a good breeder, there
Is no reason why she should not be-
kept as long as she produces strong
pigs.
To the intelligent corn grower
weedy field spells a shiftless farmer
who Is fooling with his chances Of sue
cess.
Do not allow any fruit to ripen on
berry plants set this season. Prema-,
ture fruh bearing stunts the growth of
the plants.
The man who raises pigs ought toy
have field of peas into which they
can be turned just before the peas
become hard.
The richest color OF the cream Isl
when it first rises to the surface, and
if churned in that condition the butter
will be yellow.
You will have to spray with keroI
sene emulsion to reach the cabbagel
> lice. Be sure to get it on the under,
side of the leaves.
Corn has become a good crop.
whether hogs are high or low, but 1t Is
!, not a good plan to plant more corn
, than can be well tended.
Cocks should not be allowed to run
with the hens during moulting. so that
as the number of hens not moulting
decreases they should be confined with
the cocks.
Go over the pastures and NOW the
spots of grass the cattle have not
eaten. 1t will make good bedding and
insure a continuous growth through
out the season
The Minnesota station several years
ago found that on root-pruned corn
plats the average yield per acre was
three bushels of corn and 500 pounds
of fodder less than on the unpruned
plats.
During hot weather eggs should be
marketed two or three times week
and they should be taken from the
nest two or three times day. for eggs
under a setting hen soon begin to
spoil.
Anyone who will knowingly sell milk
from a diseased COW we'll deserves
the epithet of criminal, for his act is
nothing short of crime. To sell filthy
milk or butter is scarcely less repre-
hensible.
Corn silage is an excellent calf feed,
when fed in moderate amounts. Good
pasture Is an essential after four to
six months of age, and If the calf Is
turned out for only few hours each
day at first scours Will be avoided.
The trouble with a great many poul-
try keepers is that they think they
can fly before they are really able to-
walk. Take time to learn the bust
ness 3y and by the flying will come
easy enough.
There Is some difference in the cost
of corn whether 1t is "hogged down"
J by sheep and lambs in the field, or
high priced help husks it and hauls It
! to the station. and high priced
r-ilroads ship it to feeding yards.
The management of the calf during
the first year has much to do with its
later usefulness Plenty of water and
salt should be given in clean vessels.
Avoid sudden changes of diet and prac
tise regularity In feeding.
As soon as the cockerels get old
enough to pay attention to the pull.
lets they begin fighting and the
weaker birds are crowded out and
don't get their share of feed For
this reason the sexes should be sepa.
rated so as to allow fun ana rapid
development.
There Is no better way to warm
hen up In the morning than to scat
ter some warm wheat around in
good clean layer of straw and let them
work hard for 1t. They will get right
down to business as soon as 1t Is fair
ly light and stick to it till they have
earned their breakfast BY that time
they are as warm as a toast.
If you do not cultivate soon after .
rain has hardened the surface your
task will be ever so much more diff
cult The tendency OF hard baked
soil under cultivation Is to break UP
into clods, especially If 1t has not been
we'll worked previously This does not
produce the necessary mulch but rath-