The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-07-27

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Named your farm yet?
Salt the steers in the pasture.
Cats are . source of grave danger
to chicks.
Bee-keepinS Is a profitable adjunct
to poultry raising.
Fight the weeds OF all kinds and
keep bad ones from going to seed.
II you want to kill weeds, cultivate
or hoe them when the sun shines hot
In producing milk you get no profits
| Until the cost of the feed Is covered
some consideration as well as the
SOW.
An electric power Is the most con.
venient power for operating a power
churn.
DOmestication plays a very promi.
nent part upon the prolifcacy Of
animals.
Have regular hours for doing the
milking and milk the cows in the
same order.
The market garden furnishes a
large amount OF waste products which
may be utilized for poultry food.
II you buy a homer that has large
warts on its beak you may be sure
that 1t Is more than two years old.
More live stock Is an economy in
the production of the worlds food
supply rapidly being forced upon us.
Cream should be kept at uniform
temperature and that should be as low
as possible as long as 1t stays on the
farm.
Any person who can secure seed OF
black or honey locust can readily
grow his own trees of these two
species.
DO not let the little colt follow the
dam while she ia at work. II the dam
becomes heated the milk is injurious
TO the colt.
Remember that rape may be sown
any time In July. 1t grows very fast
II moisture Is valuable and soon
makes feed.
Much depends upon the selection of
the dairy COW. Do not expect the beef
type Of animal to I'LL the requirements
OF the dairy.
doing the ordinary farm work derive
much benefit and comfort, II given
pasture lot at night.
The time Is here when thought must
be given to the comfort Of the COWS
II their owners expect to sleep with no
twinge Of conscience.
DO not change the work horse from
grain to grass too suddenly. In fact,
horses on heavy work every day
should have very little grass.
MIX with clean. dry hands, never al.
lowing the hands to come in contact
with the milk. Do not allow dogs and
cats to be around at milking time.
An authority says that potatoes
should not be planted in hills. 1t is
much better to plant them in deep
burrows and keep the ground level.
The eggs laid by the pullet in the
first vigor OF her life and the eggs
laid after rest OF the hen are the
eggs that produce the strongest chick.
ems.
Keep the turkey hens with their
broods away from the old turkeys of
the flock as the latter are sometimes
spiteful to the young and may inJure
them.
FROM early spring until August
| SOW few rows of summer lettuce
every TWO weeks or so, and thus try
to provide continuous supply of good
! heads.
The cost OF a concrete floor can
often be saved In the amount of fer.
tilizer that is kept from going TO
waste. II also makes a more SAM.
tary stable.
Steers led on clover hay will not
only commune moro Ioughage. but also
more grain than those fed on timothy
hay II grain and rouHhage are fed &C.
cording to appetite.
There should be placed in every pig
yard and pasture box with salt
charcoal, air-slaked lime, bone meal
and hardwood ashes, so the pigs can
help themselves at will.
II has ben found that the seeds Of
many weeds will retain their vitality
for fifteen to twenty-five years, posi-
bly, Longer, and not all OF the glysr
years seed grows In any one year.