The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-09-21


in favor.
The A-shaped pig pen is too hot for
summer.
Many weeds interfere with the rota.
ton of crops.
Silage may be cut in almost any
size desired.
Watch the swill barrel. Keep It
sweet and clean.
Hogs thrive much better on 4 "a
ton rich in nitrogen.
There are few who save some OF
their own seed from the garden.
Hogs enjoy tank of clean water
to battle in during the hot days.
Never allow roses to remain on the
bush until the petals begin to fall.
The common and cut-leaf elders
have proved good lawn plants this
year.
One of the best foods for growing
chickens is the curd from SKINNED
milk.
A ,afo of aroft
horses have shoulders which are too
steep.
Get a good variety Of Lima and
bush beans and save the first to
ripen.
Too many farmers have failed to ap-
preciate the possibilities of rye as hog
pasture
Second crop alfalfa is fine for the
pig. but il pastured very closely it will
soon run out.
A straw-colored open shed for the
stock is much needed thing on the
treeless. farm.
Rotted manure should be spread on
the plowed ground ard well worked in
with the harrow.
Even If we can not get fancy prices
for our horses, there are good profits
in growing colts.
A good sized horse has wider field
of usefulness than small one. and Is
worth more accordingly.
Uniformity in the size Of bunch
Of hogs has great deal to do with
the price they will bring.
II fou have your hogs on sour milk,
keep them there To change to sweet
may upset their digestion.
The large farm is more profitable
than the small farm II managers OF
the proper ability can be had.
There is TO feed better for young
pigs and calves than sweet skim
milk right from the separator.
II poultryman or farmer does
not take an interest in poultry. he
had better not keep any at all
Keep the sweet peas picked 1t is
better for the plants and the house
can be made more attractive by their
use.
Save seeds Of trees and shrubs. as
they ripen, and plant them. This Is
one way to multiply your ornamental
plants.
Many people recognize the value OF
a pure bred sire but comparatively
few stop to think just how valuable
he Is.
The SOW should be given a warm
mill-feed slop, made fresh for each
meal, whole oats and a little sound
corn twice day.
Weed out me inferior birds. whether
as to size, form or quality, at the
earliest possible moment, feeding the
two lots separately.
A large per cent. OF poultry, espe-
cially young chicks, die through drink.
ing from puddles and dirty water in
their drinking troughs.
The phosphates, when used in con.
nection with the ancient manures and
rotted sod, which Is the same as hu.
mus, will pay handsomely.
The pig can eat more than he can
digest; and digest moro than he can
use. So it is not TACT that a pig
can take care Of ali he can eat.
Every Enclosure for the hogs should
be perfectly tight, and with excellent
wire fences that are now manufactur
ed this is an easy matter
1t makes some horses ugly to work
them with horses that do not travel
up with them. Match them as to gait
as well as to other things.
Supply clear water 1t is essential
to health and to the hen for the pro-
duction of the egg, the contents OF
which are nearly three parts water