The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-12-14

Cold milk will not separate as COM
| pletely as warm milk.
A suffering, frozen hog or pig cannot
be making profitable growth.
Fall is the best season for planting
| all deciduous trees and bushes.
Fer best results separate the milk
as soon after milking az possible.
Locate the separator on a solid
foundation in place free from dust.
| The soy bean has been grown very
| little north of the latitude of southern
Iowa.
| Having secured tester and learned
how to use it, weigh the milk and
test it.
Cows afflicted with the disease of
abortion convey this disease to their
offspring.
The mare with the fall colt should
be kept most of the time in roomy,
warm box stall.
Concrete watts liz the milk houses are
reasonably cheap, eternally durable
and highly sanitary.
Early autumn is very trying time
on the ewes on the account of the
shortage OF pasture.
If the farm as a whole doesn't pay
make some part Of it garden spot
for gardens always pay.
| Never breed a nervous, high-strung
SOW that is always ready to jump and
lun at the drop Of the hat
Besides the white grub there are
several other pests which trouble the
roots of strawberry plants.
All breeds Of hogs look good when
taken care Of. all of them will yield
good money If rightly handled
Owing to the scarcity of hay and the
high price of all kinds of grain, farm.
ers having plenty of straw are fortu,
nate.
Drafts under the floors should be
prevented by placing boards over the
openings and then banking with straw
or chaff.
The terminating power Of the mid
die kernels Of an ear of corn IS much
stronger than that of the tip and
butt kernels.
No matter whether the corn Is
bought of saved from your own farm
| it should be stored in a dry, we'll
ventilated place.
A good ration for rams during the
breeding season is oats, bran and lin
seed-meal. with such folders as rape
the vetches and alfalfa.
plants which are to be planted next
| spring. You cannot take too much
pains in preparing the soil.
Sheep that are well kept and fed dur
| ing the fall season so that they enter
the winter quarters in thrifty and Wig
orous condition will keep easily over
winter
If you are a beginner with sheep go
slow until you have mastered the In
dustry. AS in poultrying or any other
| like business, experience is the safe.
sure teacher.
Some farmers cut off the tails of
their pigs because they claim 1t takes
| ten ears of corn to raise one tail.
therefore they amputate in the inter
est of economy.
A concrete floor Is the only kind
that will insure Perfect drainage for
the cheese-making room 1t will also
help to keep the curing room cool in
hot weather and warm in cold wealth
err.
One of the most general methods
adopted for cooling milk Is to place
the cans In vat containing water
which reaches a point slightly above
surface Of milk
II Is essential in raising beef to
know the characteristics of prime
beast, for in order to command the
top price the animal must be In the
pink Of condition.
This years sprouts may be pulled
from the peach trees with the hands
II 1t is done this fail. when it should
be, which will save considerable
work next spring
Wood ashes mixed with salt should
be kept in the hog lot all the year
around. The greater the amount OF
charcoal in the ashes the better. Coal
ashes should not be given, as they are
constlpating.
Much of the cry back to the farm.
comes from a class of writer's who
work in skyscrapers. live in flats and
who would not exchange these hide.
Gus tortures OF modern civilization
Or the hest farm In the Land