The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-03-02

Plan for an orchard this year, If you
haven't got one.
The COW is the final Judge as to
the real worth of silage.
Rye straw is of very little use on
the farm except for bedding.
A cow should be dried off for few
weeks before the calving period.
Keeping records Of the COWS is oft
entimes the first step toward success.
During the summer months poultry
consume large amount Of green for
age.
Chickens are always considered
more or less Of side line on the
farm.
Plenty of outdoor exercise and
fresh air will insure a crop Of vigor-
GUS lambs.
Regularity in milking helps the flow
during the present and all subsequent
lactation periods.
Good drainage to COW stable is alb
soiutely necessary, and a cement floor
serves this end to good advantage.
Keep your chicks on dry ground,
where they can get no red worms,
and they are not likely to have gapes.
Except when pigs are small, two
day, morning and evening, is sutii-
Client.
The trap nest picks out the layers
the best brooders, the drones and the
Improbable hens as we'll as the egg
eaters.
The season has arrived when farm
ers and gardeners should begin testing
Beeds to determine their power OF ger
mination.
There will be no danger of white
specks, or black specks either, in the
butter If the cream Is strained into
the churn.
The sooner anyone gets rid of Gull
stock the better, and when favorable
opportunity comes It Is well to take
advantage Of It.
A COW that is run down or hide
bound, the result OF faulty digestion
and assimilation, needs tonic to
build up her blood.
Many of the troubles experienced at
tambing time are are result of rough
handling and treatment during the
period of pregnancy.
The farmers family is fortunate in
having an abundance Of good food at
all seasons of the year. but this is
especially true in the winter.
Every farmer can have plenty OF
eggs and chickens for himself and for
market If he will only turn little of
his energy toward the hen house
Are there not some places about the
farm where evergreens ought to be
planted? They make splendid wind
break about the barns and yards.
in hauling manure, Ice, wood or 9th
or slow work about the farm where a
team stands a good share of the time
the use of blankets Ia to be recon-
mended.
You must keep track of your hens
and know what they are doing If you
are going to keep them at all and
then you can have as large a flock as
you can manage.
There is no danger OF cattle chok-
Ing on shredded fodder. They chew
1t the same as hay before they at
tempt to swallow 1t and IL goes down
their throats as easily.
Some one who has not been asleep
all the time during recent years has
said: Cement and alfalfa are going
to make western farmers the most
Independent people on earth"
For lice on hogs sprinkle them with
a trustworthy dip, which can be done
most readily with sprinkling can. or
by pouring slowly into can which
has been filled with holes In the bot
tom.
Sweet corn is one OF the best sum.
mer table vegetables. Grow plenty OF
It this year and have a succession
coming on for late summer and fall
use. A good way to get an early
start OF sweet corn Is to plant seeds
In pieces OF sod In the house or hot.
bed and plant the young corn in the
garden as soon as the weather out.
side will permit
The value OF manure varies with
the water content. Manure from cat
tie contains large amount Of water
Manure from horses and sheep has
much less, because, on account OF the
shape OF the bowel, 1t comes in pei
lets or balls, and hence has a chance
TO dry out. Therefore It has much
more nitrogen, phosphorus and potas
ctufp nor tom thop