The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-12-29

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blood or offal, and should not back
or hold back heavy loads Her stall
should not have much incline Nour-
fishing food. pure water and fresh air
are essentials. II one suspect ergot
or smut in hay or feed it should be
| discarded
1t Is estimated that barn-yard ma
nures have a value Of about twO-thirds
| that Of commercial fertilizers, there
| fore the careful saving Of farm ma
nures and their judicial application to
| the soil are vital factors in farming
| operations, and as essential to con
tinued success as blowing the land or
planting the crop.
The price Of dairy products In the
winter is so much higher than in sum-
mer that only a small extra effort as
| to care and judicious feeding may re-
suit in considerable increase in the
profits from the entire herd at this
season.
The intelligent fock-masters are
fast coming to recognize the fact that
the man who makes the most of his
opportunities in handling a farm flock
.lust become breeder and feeder Of
hlgh-class mutton, more especially
sheep.
The farmer who is breeding a flock
of improved mutton sheep and feeding
them in an intelligent and painstaking
manner, may plan his feeding opera
tons so that he may have a good near
by city market every week in the year.
Farm-yard manures benefit the soil
by acting as mulch and make hui
mus, but their benefit to the growing
crops depends entirely upon the
amount of nitrogen, phosphoric acid
and potash they contain.
1t is true that the generality of
farm mares are low in quality, but
that is no valid excuse for farmers to
persist in breeding horses that no.
body wants, not even themselves.
Sheep raising numbers among its
requirements quietness and content
ment in a degree perhaps not so es-
sential to success in the handling Of
other breeds of live stock.
In the production Of strawberries
the best specimens are obtained only
by careful culture. he plants should
variety of the best flavor.
Begin to take the chill off the water
you give the horses when the weather
gets cold. You can heat it cheaper
on the stove than you can in the
stomach of the horse.
A thick coat of paint daubed over
the severed limbs when pruning in the
orchard or wood lot prevents cracking
of the wood and gives the trees a bet,
ter appearance.
The ordinary diversified farm with
its abundant use of horsepower fur
nishes ideal conditions for growing,
developing and training draft horses.
1t will pay anyone that keeps from
20 to 100 hens to build shed close
to the henhouse in which to deposit
the droppings during the winter.
1t is best to separate pullets from
the rest of the flock, let them have
free range and feed largely Of whole
or cracked corn, wheat or oats
It is impossible to create capacity.
You may breed for it but you can't
create it and it's a very important
function in the dairy COW.
There is the most money in the
long run in dairyng by selling the
cream or butter only and keeping the
other products on the farm.
The Duroc Jersey sows are very
docile; they are easily handled during
the breeding and narrowing season and
are very prolific breeders.
Under no circumstances should any
thing be added to milk to prevent it's
souring. Such doings violate the law
of both Cod and man
The problem Of keeping the boys
and girls on the farmstead is solving
itself, for farm life is becoming more
and more attractive.
While it is some trouble to strain
the cream before churning, but when
that is done there will be no white
specks in butter.
The feeder is the only man that can
tell how much food the colts require
for their best growth and develop
ment.
Fresh air Is all right for the hens,
but not when it Is sifted through knot
holes and cracks between the boards.
Ram lambs are drug on the mar
ket, yet thousands of farmers con-
tinue to food the markets with them.
Sheep that are kept as scavengers
soon assume the appearance that
their purpose would signify.