The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-01-19
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Keep the eggs dry.

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Keep the eggs dry.
Gather and burn the rubbish.
Why don't farmers raise more
ducks?
A nervous COW Is not necessarily
an undesirable COW.
There is no better grain feed for
young calves than whole oats.
Keeping record Of the individual
cow Is the road that leads to success
The market poultryman was never
In such strong position as he is to-
day.
1t is said that the COW. OF all ami
food.
1t IS a mistake to let another win
ter begin without installing litter
carrier.
Severe drouth has thoroughly test
ed the proftableness of spraying po
tatoes
The most money is made upon the
farms where the best methods are
followed
A small box or jar Of lime should
be kept in the cellar to keep the all
pure and dry.
A balanced ration is good thing
but balanced judgment is needed
just as much.
One should so plan that all the hay
and straw will be used on the farm
and keep stock enough to consume
1t all.
Eggs may be preserved fairly vel
for few months by packing dry in
mixture Of equal parts salt and
sawdust.
Hog raising, like everything else
In the stock line, has its many little
details that must be met as they
come up.
All shrubs that have done blooming
should be pruned at once This In
next years crop.
Give the apple orchard plenty OF
fertilizer, particularly potash and
phosphorc acid A starved orchard is
not money maker.
Constipation in hogs, the forerun
ner of other troubles and diseases
is generally caused by too exces.
sive use of one kind of feed.
Anything that prevents the fat
globules from coming in contact
with each other delays the churn
ing and decreases the yield.
The honey bee annually produces a
crop Of honey valued at around 500
100000, and there are vast opportuni
ties for increasing this output.
Until ready to ripen, the fresh
cream from each Swimming should be
Immediately cooled down to so de.
grees or less, and held in cold stor.
age
If you expect to ship any cocks this
winter to poultry shows or to custo.
mers, take the precaution of applying
glycerine literally to the combs and
wattles.
Well dressed fowls are more at
tractive to the hungry than vel
dressed people. If you don't believe
1T leave it to the hired man or the
growing boy.
To overcome the habit of COWS
holding up their milk it is necessary
to refrain from exciting the natural
obstinancy Of the animal by any dis
Nut-bearing trees, owing to their
peculiar system Of roots, are much
more difficult 70 transplant than are
fruit-bearing trees, or even those
known as seed bearing.
The experienced cattle feeder will
say that there is no ironclad rule for
feeding. He watches his animals and
feeds them according to what they
seem to be able to stand.
Give the houses a good cleaning
and pillow or spade up the yards. Dirty
houses breed vermn, and polluted soil
are incubators for the cape worm.
In selecting breeders for a farm
flock buy pure-bred fowls but It is NOT
well to lose sight Of the fact that gen.
eral utility points should be the first
consideration. The returns as regards
meat and egg production will be most
satisfactory from breeding stock that
Is strong and vigorous. even though
they may not be as perfectly featb.
e.ed
Many diaries, aparies, and even
regular farms are owned by women
who are able to set an eyar,nla 4.