The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-04-20
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Concrete is an excellent material Tor
silo building.
Examine the eggs with the egg test
/ er before setting them.
Whatever breed is chosen, pure
bred ram should be used.
In raising onions for commercial
purposes a large bulb Is desirable
In caring for pigeons one should go
about quietly and never frighten
them.
One OF the easiest ways of making
money on the farm Is by rearing
sheep.
In planting young orchard see
that the trees are properly pruned
before set.
Hot mashes on cold days are on the
feeding program of many successful
poultry raisers.
This IS a good time to figure up &C,
counts for the year and see what the
chicken business has done for US.
Sheep farming is a profitable branch
10 follow where land can be had for
- 60 Htrn lnllurg
acre.
DO not dispose of too many early
pullets for fattening purposes-they
are your principal assets for another
season.
A hen Is a good thing, but too much
of good thing Is a bad thing. Two
hundred hens are enough for the
average farm,
The SOW should be given warm
millfeed slop. made fresh for each
meal, whole oats and little sound
corn twice day.
Cows approaching calving should be
placed In roomy box stalls. given a
good dry bed Of leaves or straw and
not interfered with.
II the breeders are In poor condl-
ton you will get many eggs that do
not hatch we'll or that produce puny
or weakling chicks.
The right time to castrate pigs Is
week or so before they are weaned. II
healthy; If delicate. wait week or so
until they are stronger.
Raw potatoes are greatly relished
by chicks and may be fed freely. Cut
them in good sized chunks and let the
chicks have them to pick at.
II is very we'll to SOW a piece Of rye
early In the fall for the ewes that
have lambs to pasture off In the
spring before grass is ready for them
The squad OF the best breed is
ready for market when about four
weeks old At this age It Is In prime
condition 1t does not gain much
afteTward.
Forage or salad crops for poultry
green's should preferably be grown
with stable manure This applies to
OF golol tnrning
mangels, etc.
Infertlle eggs from the incubators
tested out on the NTH to seventh days
can often be sold to bakers II sold for
Iust what they are. They are good
for cooking purposes.
This is the time to give the boy n
few acres TO farm with team, and
seeds. and see what he viii make OF
IT, II will make him feel Ike man
and bind him to the farm
II will not be long now till the first
having. Get all Of the haying ma
chinery and tools ready for the work,
go that there will be no delay when
the hay is ready TO harvest.
Many farmers say there il no money
in raising ducks and geese, but r. s.
Iacoby. assistant In poultry husband
~ AT the Kansas state Agricultural
College, says this IS Il mistake.
MIR O. Garrett Of Iowa. says
"Ilmes sulphur Is the best stock dip
I have ever used II Ia very much
SUPERIOR 10 many dips now on the
market, being more effective and
more durable. and It is absolutely not
Injurious"
breeding birds which begin the
work OF egg production near the time
the eggs are required for incubation
will ordinarily give stronger germs
and better chicks than can be oh
4 tanned from hens which have been
laying for months
ound it rather palatable The por
puisc. being a mammal, has nrm, red
flesh. and there IS only a faint suERes
ton Of hshy taste Porpoises an,
caught in nets Of the North Caroline
coast, and are then slaughtered lIkc
other animals
There is very good reason why
dairymcn cndeayor 20 mix their owl