The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-10-19
Look out for roup.
Give the cows salt.
Mules are easily raised.

A small fat sheep will pay better
than q large poor one.
pound hay and one pound grain per
day per hundred weight.
Legumes should be included IN
every we'll planned rotation.
Sometimes the best live stock in
the bunch are none too good.
When two years old tho mule
should be used at light work.
Remember that a blow In the eye
is very liable to blind the horse.
Corn fodder, either shredded or
whole, is a splendid feed for horses.
The corn shredder Is quite as valu-
able as the corn binder for the stock
men.
Storing caulilowers Is not feasible,
for growers at least, except In cold
weather.
| Second-crop alfalfa is fine for the
pigs. but II pastured too closely 1t will
! soon run out
The time of watering celery. with
any kind of sprinkiing device. is I'm
| important matter.
New corn should be fed carefully,
es fed in large quantities, 1t is apt
| to scour the birds.
Government whitewash will pre-
| serve the wood OF old buildings more
cheaply than paint.
According to conservative reports
the Onion Set crop Is much shorter
this year than last year.
| The foal will soon learn to drink
from a pail. II allowed to suck the at
tendant's fingers at first.
II farm manure is used 1udiciously
it will effect a permanent improve
ment in the yield OF wheat.
Onions should be stored in a dry
cool. building where the air will cir
culate freely amongst them.
| II the foreign demand is as great
ter grades will bring as much.
Cutting corn at 80 much per shock
Is nearly a thing OF the past since
the advent OF the corn binder.
II horse has been accustomed to
drinking before eating, then 1t is well
to let the custom be continued.
The cost Of harvesting an acre Of
corn will vary with the locality and
amount Of help that must be hired.
The farmer who so manages that
he has something to sell the year
around Is never a complaining farmer
Watch the hired man a bit and see
that he Is not continually Jerking the
horses and making their mouths sore.
For making plum puddings, duck
eggs are more economical than those
of other fowls, being both larger and
richer.
Cleanliness should be the motto OF
every feeder Sheep. above all other
animals. detest filth and unsanitary
yards.
II there isn't good bull in your
neignborhood. why not unite with a
few good neighbors for the purchase
Of one?
Sheep quarters should be dry, clean
and we'll kept. Also supplied with
straw and litter and changed fire.
quently.
Do you know of anything on the
farm that will run into money faster
than hogs when around or Z cents
per pound?
Save the timothy fields for a seed
crop next year and increase them In
size and number while present prices
are maintained.
II your eve aborts, take her at
once from the Landing shed, burn lit.
ter. bedding. etc, and thoroughly dis
infect the premises.
It Is important that the ewes be
got in good thrifty condition before
| breeding time. for on this condition
| LARGELY depends the successful produc-
ton OF the coming crop OF lambs.
In order to Judge whether an AMI.
NAL is profitable or not, 1t is neces.
sary to know the amount OF milk she
gives and the percentage of fat II
contains.
The best stock Is the stock that IL
never permitted to stop growing.
Feed the calves so that their develop.
ment will be natural from birth to
maturity.