The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-08-11
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MI FARM
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A brood SOW must be fed properly.
Kill Canadian thistles and quick
grass.
Wheat bran and oats make strong
bones in the colt.
The usual time required for churn-
ng Is about 20 minutes.
improvements furnish a few com.
'orts and all something to admire.
Rub off the water sprouts between
he thumb and finger as soon as they
appear.
A lazy man should never breed
colts, for he must be alert and on the
lob If he wishes to succeed.
Man initiates nature. BY grating
schemes he improves on nature.
After that nature initiates man.
An attendant should be on hand at
he time of birth, for a little timely
help has saved many valuable colt.
Clean water. pure air and sunshine
are all free: and they are necessary
in the production of pure, wholesome
milk.
Pigs and in fact all hogs, should
have ready access at all times to salt
and ashes. Charred corn cobs are also
excellent
Filth and dampness are great hind
second brings most dangerous all
ments to fowls.
Some people claim that a hog is a
thrives better on clean feed and de
cent surroundings.
Watch for cabbage bugs and cab
bage worms These insects usually
cause trouble when the weather gets
dry and food is scarce.
The dominant secret Of successful
swine raising is to keep the pigs thai
come in given season of the year as
uniform in size as possible.
All of the corn ground should be
MANFRED or otherwise well fortified
for large yield, and no farmer SHOULD
be content with a small yield.
Eternal vigilance is the price OF
having the best; so one must watch
for insect pests and be ready with in
secticides and fungicides to destroy
them.
Many farmers for the past few yeart
are disking their corn ground before
blowing, claiming that it not onl!
benefits the soil, but makes plowini
easier.
Soy beans are apt to be low il
termination unless the seed is fresl
and has been properly stored. 1t l.
well to terminate all seei befor,
planting.
A ration Of corn, oats and timoth,
is not satisfactory for producing fin
ished horses for market, but may b,
materially improved by the addition
Of oil meal.
The cows appetite is important, bu
It should not be abused. AS mucl
harm comes from allowing her to ca
too much as comes from not allowing
her to eat enough.
It is a good plan to keep all vegeta
ton down around the hives, so tina
it will not interfere with the fligh
of the working bees, their hive aht
the leeulHB SIOuHu.
The best dairymen now practise in
tensive methods with their cows, ma
king them yield the greatest amour
of milk possible by liberal feeding ant
the best of shelter and other care.
Geese may be picked every 81
weeks in warm weather, but they mus
be well fed When they are pickle
often they do not lay, as the growt
of new feathers weakens and debll
tates them.
Few sheep have as good care as the
ought to have Too many farmer
leave them to shift for themselves
They cant do their best that way
Make much Of your sheep. They ar
one of the best kind of property on III
farm.
The texture of butter depends part
~ on the animal, partly on feed, an
partly upon the temperature OF tn
cream when churned. Cows that CIV
the richest milk make the most soil
butter. In summer the feeding OF
small quantity of cotton seed meal wi
help to make the butter firm.
Bisulphde OF carbon or piece {
burlap or oakum. thrown quickly dow
pocket gophers burrow, preferabl
when the soil is moist, Professo
Washburn, Minnesota entomologis
SAYS has killed many pocket gopher
in his experiment work. He uses ha
pint OF bisulphide at burrow.