The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-08-24
In grading up the chickens cub ;
but the most vigorous.

In grading up the chickens cub :
but the most vigorous.
Mutton breed lambs should recei
grain AZ early as possible.
Women are better fitted by natu
than men for poultry keeping.
Not enough attention has been
en- to the character Of seed corn
The best fertilizer for asparag
is rotted manure from grain-ft
horses.
The farm is the ideal place I,
growing all kinds Of poultry far me;
and eggs.
Feed your fowls a sum cient amount
OF animal food. plenty Of vegetables
and bulky foods.
Young trees must be carefully cul
t!vated. kept clear OF weeds and tbs
soil loose and mellow.
To dispose of a crop at satisfactory
prices is often a more dificult prob
lem than to produce It
A horse that Is too straight In his
posture Jars himself and gets all the
conclusions Of the road.
The thermometer must be used as
regularly In the dairy during the sum
mer as during the winter.
It weakens the horses to keep them
shut up in close stable during the
hot nights. Turn them out.
II soil lacks water some form OF
fertilizers are a positive detriment II
they are present in abundance.
1t is common sense that mature
sow will produce larger and more
perfect pigs than a very young one
Butter made In a sanitary dairy is
always easier to keep than that
which is made under poor condi
lions.
Don't let the buck run with the
does when his breeding season is
over, but confine him in pen BY
himself.
Dairy-bred stock Is scarce, and II
will take many years to apply the
rapidly increasing demand for dairy
bred cattle.
Beans can be turned into cash the
quickest OF any farm crop, as 1t Is
possible to sell them In ninety days
from planting.
Hogs will not thrive on sour and de
composed food any more than mer
will. See that they get fresh. clear
water to drink.
Cabbage is one of the easiest vege
tables to start from seed and to trans
plant and to be made to grow in the
garden or field.
An incubator will not run itself any
more than an automobile will. A hu
man Drain must stand back OF the
best machine invented.
Women as a rule are more progress
i've and quicker to seize new idea
and put 1t into practice In the poultry
yard than the sterner sex.
Plenty of coal ashes where the owls
can roll and scratch in them will settle
the lice question. without the U,e Of
powder or liquid lice exterminaters.
The fall fresh cow is the preferable
cow and II you have not come to re
alize this, just try 1t this year and sec
If you will not be readily converted
Sunshine Is necessary in the milA
house in the winter time. but just
now all the shade that can be found
will be acceptable. Trees and vines
help.
The condition and the appearance
OF the creamery should be the very
best for this will have an influence
on getting favorable market for the
butter
Spring is the natural time for young
animals to be born and they do better
all other things being equal. when
they are ushered into this world at
that time OF year.
1t pays to supply the fowls, espe.
cially growing ones, with charcoal,
ground hone. either fresh or dry; oys.
ter and clam shells, and a continual
supply Of best grit.
good way to avoid the credit sys
tenn is to grow the living at home. II
is usually possible to grow the most
expensive, yet the most necessary. ar
ticles Of food on the farm.
At our present rate of deforestation
fuel and fencing materials will be
very scarce within few years Plant
waste lands In forest trees to supply
the timber required on the farm.
Arrange to save seed OF the best
varieties OF potatoes. pumpkins,