The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-05-04
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The new broods OF chicks should b.
housed carefully.
Try to detect any disease that the
young plant may have.
It is not safe to attempt to grow po-
tatoes without spraying.
The Indian runner ducks are the
! layers of the duck family.
A good plowman can drive three
horses as easily as he can two
Nothing sets a COW of more and
better than a finely shaped udder.
Young pigs must have an abundance
Of exercise. sunlight and fresh air.
All dairy utensils should be washed
as soon as possible after being used
Grit is to the fowl what teeth are
to the Illuminating animal, neces'
sity.
II you grow squashes and have new
er seen the squash bug you are for.
tunate.
Old geese lay greater number and
larger eggs and are more reliable than
young geese.
Grit can always be had from any
one who deals in poultry supplies and
Is inexpensive.
The mangel Is excellent for stock
feed, being greatly rellshed by milk
COWS in winter.
Keep the chicks free from lice.
They cannot grow we'll and fight lice
at the same time
Weeds crowd the cultivated plants,
depriving them of light and space in
DOtu SUI anu ar.
The poultry house should be divided
into apartments that provide room for
about 20 or % fowls.
Clover and grass seed will nearly
always do best when they can be
started to early growth.
Pruning may be done at any time OF
the year. The best time is just before
growth begins In the tree.
In starting a new asparagus bed II
IL better to buy twoyear-old roots
than to use seed, for this season.
Thrush is mostly due to dirty stables,
horses standing In fermenting manure
or walking In mud and snow water.
A part OF the veterinarians OF the |
country have gone tuberculin mad,
and they have some able outside SUI
port,
Young ducks, and the old ones also, |
must have shade, to protect them
mer sun.
Dairy bred stock is scarce and II |
will take many years 70 supply the |
a
bred cattle.
OF the insects attacking squashes,
melons, cucumbers, pumpkins, etc, the
common striped cucumber beetle is
the most injurious.
After the sows wean their pigs the
sows are bred to have pigs in the fall,
and that crop OF pigs makes the sum.
mer crop the next year
Fresh air and sunshine are the best
dlsinfectants that the poultry raiser
has at his disposal and ought to be
more often used in his work.
The wellhatched chicks in the care
fully cared,for brooder will amount
to little unless the food ia supplied in
proper amounts and at right intervals
There is no doubt that II the guinea
hen is properly cared for ut all times
that It will prove almost as profitable
as any of the ordinary breeds OF chick
ems
In milling and baking quality, the
durum wheats rank high, giving good
results in most respects. with the pos
sibe exception Of the color Of the
flour
No COW can do her best or even
keep up normal flow of milk wher
compelled to stand out in the hot
midday sun of July or August and
fight the flies.
The Indian Runner ducks are not
very good stters although they are
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are generally put into incubators or
under hens for Matching.
Now Is as good time rs you can
select to give the henhouse n thor.
ough cleaning and dislnfectlon. Spray
the cracks and walls with some good
insect killer and be ready when warm
weather comes with "A clean, healthy
chicken house.