The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-09-01
NJ FARM
& Azzxss, TIT

In a fairly cool spot SOW some peas
| for September use.
| The only way to be sure of good
| dairy stock is to raise it.
The food of the duck is both vege-
| table and animal in nature.
A thrifty growth of the plants now
means better fruit next year.
Muttons sheep give the best returns
when fed for that purpose when
young
Extra feed increases growth, II of
a suitable kind, and makes larger ami
mails at maturity.
A hard collar is not as hard upon
the shoulders of horse as one that
is unevenly padded.
Never offer pound of poor butter
for sale. Better take it right out and
bury it in the back lot.
If your sheep get scab, better clean
them all out and begin over. 1t is the
best way to cure that disease.
Money makes the mare go, but you
have got to hustle around and get the
money, or the mare will stand still.
Glover bloat can usually be pre-
vented by keeping the cattle off the
clover when 1t is wet from dew or
rain.
In pruning do not forget that sum-
mer pruning induces fruit bearing.
and wood growth is promoted by win
ter pruning.
Too much onions, fish scrap and
stale meat often cause eggs to have
bad odor. 1t is unsafe to feed stale
food TO hens.
Half bushel picking baskets, each
provided with light iron hook, will
bruise the apples much less than when
picked into a bag.
When a COW once falls off in milk
production it Is more difficult to
bring her back to her full flow than
to so feed her as to keep her as near
her capacity as possible.
Butter making can be readily re-
duced to a system, and should be. 1t
is the slip-shod way that causes so
much poor butter to be sent to mar
ket.
Horses under five years Of age are
more likely to suffer from "sunstroke"
or overheating than are those which
are more mature and more seasoned
to work.
The care that trees receive during
the summer will help materially to
determine the number and vitality of
the fruit buds which will be formed
this season for next years crop.
Pigs should be sorted as to size and
each lot kept by itself. This is not
much trouble and will enable the lit
tie fellows to stand better show at
the feeding trough.
Keep the surface of the soil as loose
and fine as possible and the soil will
not lose moisture by evaporation A
good hoeing is often as beneficial as
good rain In dry weather.
The man who thinks it a woman's
work to keep a garden going was not
built on the right lines The garden
should be considered as important as
any other part of the farm and treat
ed accordingly.
To produce milk economically we
should use the roughage Of our farms
wherever it is possible, for by so do
ing we not only save the labor of haul
ing bulky material, but will also build
up the fertility of our land.
There appears to be some complaint
about getting the ewes with lamb
when they are allowed the run of a
clover pasture, and therefore many
think It best to cut and cure the
clover for the lambs and provide 9TH
er pasturage or soilng crops for the
breedi:-g ewes.
Winter radish seed are mixed with
the turnip at the time of sowing the
latter in the fall The radishes will
grow with the same treatment that Is
given the turnips. They are harvest
ed and stored together for winter
use. The radishes keep well and
ere excellent for use in winter.
For the first weeks Of a pigs life
the mothers milk is its drink as well
as food, and therefore IN caring for
sucking sows it should be the aim to
so feed them that milk Of only medi-
um richness will be furnished instead
OF limited supply Of that which is
extremely rich, the latter being less
healthful and more liable to cause
thumps, scours and unsatisfactory
growth
Sanitary care of the feeding boxes
for the show animals should be care
fully studied, for the neglect will oft.
en- cause fastidious appetite instead
OF healthy robust one, and many a