The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-11-23

Guns to ''go light"
Early maturity is the keynote In
successful pig handling.
Persistency Is one Of the valuable
qualities Of good dairy cow.
Do not allow the pullets to roost in
the coops where they we're raised
The horse that slobbers when eat
Ing should have his teeth examined.
The experienced poultryman will
erS.
Onions. unlike potatoes and other
root crops. will not keep In a moist
cellar.
Tile drainage by making the soil
firm, enables earlier cultivation in the
spring.
Low ground drained can be cultivat.
ed earlier than high ground not
drained.
Prune the currants and gooseber-
ries as soon as the leaves fall. or
early next spring.
Hard work is not SO apt to injure a
horse as the failure to receive proper
attention afterwards.
At this season OF the year with the
coming of the fall rains. a dry shell
ter should be provided for the sheep
almost every wrong act OF the
horse Is caused by fear, excitement or
mismanagement," said great horse
man.
dairy barn provide plenty of windows
to admit direct sunlight during the
winter.
Begin systematic culling Of the
flock this month. and get rid Of all
unpromising birds before cold wealth.
er sets In.
A dairy barn can be kept practically
free from unpleasant odors, but we
never saw more than half a dozen
such barns.
Pigs on growing clover or alfalfa
with skim milk and shorts slop will
grow about as fast as 1t is possible for
pigs to grow.
1t Is just as important that every
horse should have his own collar all
the time as that a man should wear
his own shoes.
Save the small potatoes and imper-
feet heads of cabbage and other waste
vegetables. They will all be reiished
by the hens in the winter.
Work horses, that have been push
ed In the fields all summer should
now have the advantage of every hour
possible in the fall pastures.
Corn is a good grain diet for work
horses, but colts and young horses
should have feed containing more
protein and mineral matter.
Where a number OF horses are kept
in the same barn the sides of the stall
should be low enough to allow them
to see each other as all horses love
company.
Let the same person milk the same
cows every day when possible. be-
cause strange mixer always makes
the animal nervous and affects the
milk flow.
The first test to be given a new
workman on the farm Is to send him
out with team. II he handles them
kindly and skillfully he IS pretty sure
to be good all.round man.
II you find workman kicking or
beating a horse back him up into a
corner and give him sound lecture.
Then watch him carefully and II he
repeats the act send him adrift,
When a man sends his horse pell-
nell down hill with loose rein he
not only Jars the shoulders, springs
the knees. weesens the nerves. but
runs the risk of breaking his horsess
knees.
Put new sand on the floor OF the hen
house Immediately. otherwise It will
not dry out thoroughly before colo
weather comes but will remain damp
and make the house uncomfortable
throughout the winter.
There is no economy in feeding mus.
ty grain of any Kind to the chickens,
even If 1t can be had for a quarter of
the price OF good grain. The fowls
will eat 1t. II other food Is withheld.
but 1t IL not good for them.
In many Of the big sheep states the
farmers find 1t profitable to engage
the professional shearers with a ma
chine. They 60 about from farm to
farm shearing the flocks singly or
have several docks brought to CEN
tral point