The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-05-18
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Timothy hay Is dangerous feed for
sheep
Beet molasses acts as tonic when
fed to stock
Weeds harbor injurious insects and
plant diseases.
In breeding time hogs take 112 days
before they farrow.
Timothy seed may be sown in the
spring II 1t Is sown early.
The main poultry building should
face the south or southeast.
The matter OF feeding the mare is
quite an important consideration
The bean straw makes a good feed
for sheep or cattle If properly handled.
The addition Of manure to clay
Ioil will make it lighter and warmer
The carrot, like most all root crops,
responds readily to frequent cultiva-
ton.
To grow cucumbers to perfection
plenty of heat, light and moisture are
required.
Carrots should be sown early al
Che crop, especially the late varieties,
require long season.
Do not expect success with house
plants unless you give them enough
room and enough sunlight.
Glover and orchard grass seed
should be sown on winter grain be-
fore the frost is out of the ground.
Pig losses are invariably fourd to
be much smaller where they are Kept
on pasture than under any other con-
ditions.
The most potent cause of hens eat
ing their eggs is a lack Of the mineral
elements in their system to make the
egg shell.
Barley is best suited for a cool ell
mate and a good soil, like limestone,
slate or req clay soil; sandy loan Is
too dry ana hot.
While sweet corn will grow on al
most all good farm land, yet it will
yield larger ears on deep, sandy or
river bottom loan.
A crop OF beans can be grown and
marketed cheaper than a crop of
corn and are much easier on the land,
being a nitrogen gatherer.
After long investigation, three
European scientists have decided that
trees, through their foliage, extract
free nitrogen from the atmosphere.
AS soon as pigs commence to eat
spread a little whole oats over the
floor after the slop is eaten. Keep
the troughs and feed yards clean and
dry.
between early May and late June. de-
pending upon what time the crop is
wanted for forage or pasture pur-
poses.
Plaster, when properly applied, Is
beneficial to all leguminous crops, es-
pecially red, white crimson and al
sike clovers; disc peas, beans and
potatoes.
The most economical, as well as the
best growing ration for weaned pigs
is equal parts of wheat middlings and
oat meal, and about one-fourth the
amount of fiaxseed meal
The Indian Runner ducklings are |
usually very active and hardy. and will |
quickly roam far and wide in search |
of insect life, which II plentiful will |
form large part of their food.
The average bean crop for the |
United States is about 16 bushels but |
individual growers are getting as high |
as 40 bushel per acre where conditions
are right and at no greater expense.
The egg-eating habit is very per-
nicious one and is usually contracted
by one of the flock at first partaking
of the contents OF the egg after it
has been accidentally broken, espe-
cially If the fowls have not been sup
piled with a sufficient proportion of
aibuminous food.
While certain breeds are more in
clined to yellow skin than others, the
fact remains that even naturally vel
low-skinned fowls can have the color
of flesh changed by feeding accord
ingly. Corn and cornmeal is the
proper food for producing yellow car
cases while fattening.
Skating hens in small and poorly
ventilated houses and in small Yards
always lowers vitality. which will be
shown in the chickens next year. The
hen that has wide range and secures
part Of her own food is a business
hen. She can stand the strain of Law.
ing an egg every day for a greater
part of the year and she can transmit
vigor to her chickens Our experi
apca In using c1oaod houeSao ond o..p |