The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-11-30


the price Of good fruit.
After pruning clean up and have
some bonfires right away.
1t has never seemed advisable to
SOW alfalfa in the fall with rye.
Provide the tomatoes with sup.
port of some kind-trellis or stakes.
A little pig loves sunshine and
needs 1t almost as much as he needs
food.
Better sires, better cows, better care
and more prosperity is the inevitable
result.
The gospel OF clean milk is not a
strainer gospel. but gospel of pre-
vention.
Sows are always in better condi-
ton to raise fall pigs than they are
IN the spring.
Wash all parts OF separator at end
OF separation and scald, leaving In the
open air to dry.
In keeping cows never be without
clover. 1t Is one of the foods essen.
tial to good dairying.
In preparing either walnuts or but
ternuts for planting. the shucks should
be left on over winter.
The late hatched chickens should
have . grass run to themselves and
be given extra feed and care.
A chill brought on BY the udder
coming In contact with the frosty
ground may ruin your best COW.
The individuality Of each horse
should be studied. and the feeds sup
piled to meet individual requirements
Don't let the buck run with the
does when the breeding season is
over, but conflne him in pen by him.
self.
Are there any old apple trees in
your orchard. bearing desirable fruit ?
Easy to graft good varieties upon
them.
With good fence wire as cheap as
1t Is today 1t Is an easy matter to d.
vide up the hog pasture into conven-
lent lots.
All eve lambs that are not desir.
able to raise as breeders should be
given extra feed and sent back to the
block early.
Systematic training ia Of value IN
handling young colts: teach them one
thing at time. have them learn that
one thing thoroughly.
Cold. exposed sleeping Quarters that
compel the sows to pile up In order TO
keep warm are usually responsible for
the dead pigs at this time.
Fruit trees should be planted IN
regular rows in the orchard, or fruit
garden. so thorough culture can be
given both ways of the orchard.
Give the ewes the best possible
chance to get them in high condition
before breeding time. It means more
and stronger and thriftier lambs.
Maple and ash posts will last about
three or four years; excepting the
very best quality of yellow ash. and II
Is too dear to be used as fence
posts.
Mighty easy to feed new corn to the
hogs. stalks and all. but you will find
that II the corn Is first run through
the shredder the animals will eat II
up clean.
Shocked corn accustoms cattle TO
the taste Of ear corn, but compeIs
them to eat so much roughage In con.
nection that there is very little danger
Of over-eating.
When farmer thinks OF buying
dairy bull to improve his herd. he
should look TO the individuality of the
bull. also the backing. not the "cheap.
ness of the price"
Pumpkins will freeze II you don't
watch out. and frozen pumpkins are
Of no good to anything Good, ripe.
sound pumpkins are enjoyed by the
cows. and help the milk flow very
much.
Farmers have the idea that corn
will make eggs and for proof point to
the fact. that their hens get nothing
else, but they forget to note that thei,
stock are allowed perfect freedom
that they gather much In their forag.
Ing trips. Worms. bugs. grass. wheat,
oats. and what not are found on the
.aily trips Of the feathered tribe So
u 10 not the corn. but the variety OF
other food the hens collect that makes
ggs and the farmer gets the credit