The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-10-26
Look out for draushts.


culls on the farm.
Sheep more than any other stock
relish a change OF pasture.
There is no danger of the produc.
ton OF hogs being overdone,
As the sheep bites close, they will
eat down weeds to the roots.
In order to have good sized sheep
grow them rapidly while young.
Clover or alfalfa seem to contain
Just what the dainty cow needs.
The total value of farm property IN
the United States is $4,000. 100000.
Corn contains sc per cent fat and
heat elements, hence Is no egg food
Ducks do not continue as profitable
breeders much beyond the fourth year.
Alsike clover seed cannot be sepa
rated from umothy because of its
size.
Cool the new cream to the same
temperature as the old cream before
Always II possible remove the SOW
from the pigs and not the pigs from
the sow.
For draft work the mule Is valued
higher than the average horse in
nearly every instance.
Farmers who are going to feed live
stock through the winter should try
to have the best possible.
Rutabagas are very satisfactory
root crop for winter, yielding as high
as Is tons to the acre at times
II necessary to assist the eve in
delivering. use vaseline on your hands
before commencing the operation.
Woven wire Is used a great deal for
reinforcing concrete and in some
cases old barbed wire Is also used.
Watch out for ticks on the ewes. II
does Eot pay to raise them and you
better watch out for them. 1t pays
Farmers will soon be feeding new
hay and new grain. Change from the
old to the new should be made grad.
ually.
Many farmers make a practice OF
turning lambs into the corn field IN
the early fall to gather up all the
weeds.
The proper treatmt mt of barb wire
cuts on horses will mean fewer blem.
ishes and less serious consequences
generally.
In feeding fattened stock and dairy
COWS. gain and profit come in proper
ton to the amount of food the animals
put to use.
A small quantity of linseed meal fed
In the milk will balance up the ra.
ton and make ii practically as good
as the whole milk.
Sheep-farming has been practiced
since the earliest times, and is one OF
the most profitable branches of the
live stock industry.
1t is doubtful If any other one factor
contributes more to the aggregate
number of bad eggs on the farm than
the lack OF a sufficient number OF
located, clean nests.
II big bunch of young pigs is al.
lowed to sleep together in cramped
quarters, in cold weather. they will
pile up. and the under pigs will SUI.
fer Easy to separate them into lots
Of eight or ten each.
tuberculosis In live stock liz the
same thing as consumption In human
beings. There are many ways of
spreading 1t. but the easiest way and
the most common is through the drop
pings of diseased animals.
A SOW pig. narrowing at one year
old. will. II she and her offspring pro-
iuce the average number of animals,
round up herd OF 500 at the end of
the fourth year-provided there are
no slips, no death. no runts.
During the year 1909 there were L..
$4,000 more hogs killed in this coun-
.ry for food purposes than all other
animals combined, including beeves,
calves, sheep and lambs, goats. kids,
etc
The good gardener will be as care.
'ul to keep weeds from going to seed
n the garden from now on, as he was
o keep them from growing earlier In
he season. This means clean gar.
len next year.
Alfalfa is a very good feed for
lorses provided it Is fed properly, al.
hough it is not considered as valuable
or road horses as for working
lorses.
Corn may be the cheapest ration, so
ar as dollars and cnnta are cnncernad