The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-11-16

Corn is the most relished by poultry
OF all grains
To make money is the chief object
Of breeding pedigree hogs.
Systematic work Is required to rid
poultry house of mites or lice.
See that the colts do not lose flesh
on short or frost-bitten pastures.
| The feed and feeding is the first I'm
portant point in successful dairying.
One OF the most successful pigeon
raisers feeds his birds nothing but
whole corn.
| Never feed soured or tainted food OF
any kind to the chicks. or to the old
fowls. either.
The wise dairyman and stockman
will hold back and grow to maturity
all heifer calves.
1t takes a good manager to make
profit Of 81 per head each year from
single pair of breeders.
Geese feather more rapidly when
| they have an abundance of fresh wa
ter and good pasturage.
There is no best breed of chickens.
They are good. bad or Indifferent, &C.
cording to circumstances.
The sheep industry cannot reach
perfection until every mongrel dog In
the land Is externinated.
There Is one rule always to be re-
membered: Never mate birds that
are Matched In the same nest.
1t is best not to put sawdust in the
poultry house, as 1t gathers too much
moisture and causes dampness.
Colts require plenty OF exercise in
order to develop their limbs when
their bodies are growing rapidly.
1t Is a fact that the dogs destroy
more sheep In some certain states
than all the diseases combined.
Keep sows and pigs away from fat
tening hogs, and give them feeds that
produce flesh and bone rather than
fat.
Thoroughly clean and whitewash
the inside of the hen house and 1t will
be lighter and cleaner during the en-
tire winter.
For the winter feeding of sheep,
clover, alfalfa, hay, oats. wheat bran,
linseed meal and roots will insure
success.
Cabbage is one of the very best
vegetables to feed to poultry. as 1t
keeps green long time and the chick
ems enjoy picking at 1t.
The dairy herd is good place 10
invest surplus earnings. If rightly
handled they can be made to pay
handsome dividend every year.
No matter how good a horse Is in
its early life, it's usefulness Is cut
short If It is not properly cared for.
This is serious loss.
Poorly dressed poultry goes beg
ging In the market, while the supply
OF choice (fancy) stock Is not suffi-
cient TO meet the demand.
An egg, TO belong to the strictly
fresh egg class, should not be over
three days old in summer weather.
and week old during winter.
II a man allows his chickens to roam
amid the mud and slush of the yards
in the fall, he Is preparing the way
for some sick fowls this winter.
He who makes success in the
chicken business from the start will
be the man who does things. not no
who waits for favorable opportunity.
Get rid OF the cockerels as rapidly
as they get large enough and thus cut
Off the feed bill and protect the Others
OF the flock from these scrappy young.
sters.
II good, clean, sound grain In abun.
dance, and n variety. with pure water,
grit oyster shell and meat In some
form, viii not produce eggs, nothing
else will.
Only an expert !s able to tell by
the smell Just when the cream Ia right
for churning. 1t then has clean.
sour taste and smells like nuts fresh
from the woods.
Impure air. az well as dampness.
are danger to any flock. Separate
the nocks in punches of Is or so and
feed them separately and they will
make much better gains.
Always make the nest boxes easily
removable 30 that they may be fire.
quently taken out of the house and
cleaned, dlsinfected and treated for
the destruction OF vermln
The dairy farmer who does not build
a siio usually has some reason which
e oatigfpetorv IN him but he oouau.