The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-07-20


overtime.
After cooling, milk should In all
cases be held at the lowest available
temperature
Good ventilation is absolutely es.
sentlal. but drafts must be prevented
In the lambing she'd
The best way to get rid of mos.
quitos like the balance OF our troubles,
is not to raise EN-.
The Guernsey when II comes to
butter fat, holds distinguished place
as record breaker.
The cost OF 100 pounds gain in
calves Is about $40 while 1t Is nearly
$500 for two-year-olds.
The cultivation of beans should be
along the same lines as of corn, and
II possible more intensive.
Spray the first time for the special
purpose Of filling every blossom on
the tree with the poison used.
breaking broody hens Is not a hard
task. little care In the feeding and
housing is all that Ia required.
The United States produces one.
fifth OF The wheat and three-fourths
OF all the corn grown IL the world.
Do not walt until the brooIy fever
hen becomes chronic, but discourage
Fer as soon as she shows signs of It
All animals produce stronger young
when both sire and dam have a rea-
sonable amount OF exercise each day.
Alfalfa Is one Of the best plants to
furnish green food for chickens, but
ordinarily 1t soon kills out II over pas.
tured.
Shorn sheep sell at a discount be-
cause the wool cannot be pulled until
1t has a growth Of threeQuarters OF
an inch.
Brush the udder and surrounding
parts Just before milking, and wipe
them with a clean damp cloth or
sponge.
Keep small turkey poults out OF the
long, wet grass In the morning and see
that they are under cover during
heavy showers.
Butter from fresh and properly
ripened cream not over one day old
keeps better than does butter made
from sweet cream.
An important feature in the sue
cessful management of the SOW and
litter is to get the little pigs to feed
as early as possible.
Milk that IS properly pasteurized
and then kept at low temperature
will keep much longer. as rule. than
that which is not treated.
II is found that success in dairying
depends as much on the kind of care
and management bestowed on the
herd, as upon the breed.
When you weed and thin out the
family garden don't forget the poul-
try; they will relish the garden waste
and put 1t to good use.
Plan to raise a fine flock Of general
purpose standardized birds this sea-
son. They will yield much more salts
faction and profit than a mixed flock
II a man has Jerseys, give them Isle
Of Jersey care and feed, for they can.
not succeed on scrub fare and fodder.
They were not intended for that pur-
pose,
Cows must be kept clean and
healthy, have pure air to breathe,
and then they will return a volume
OF rich, nutritious milk In paying guam
titles.
The COW that wanders over bare
ing crops she cannot reach. Is not
happy nor contented and will not pro-
duce well
BY two or thee paintings OF sweet
corn two weeks or 30 apart. one can
have tender juicy corn on the table
three times as long AZ one planting
can give them.
Cooked fish makes good summer AMI
NAL food Beef scraps are less liable
to cause indigestion and diarrhoea In
hot weather If well scalded and mixed
with ground grains.
The butter fat from very fresh cream
Is apparently In more stable condi-
ton than Is the fat In the sour cream
over one day old. and not so predis-
posed to decomposition.
II shod, the shoes should be re-
moved at frequent intervals. because
the hooi OF the horse keeps continu-
ally growing II the horse goes "a
shod trim the feet occasionally.
The eve with the heavy fleece is
better protected from the weather. re-
mains more healthy for that reason.