The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-08-10
Handle cows carefully in summer

Handle cows carefully In summer
Cows are annoyed by unnecessary
delay and noise.
Labor saving equipment on the
farm earns more than 1t costs.
With the silo, an acre of roughage
Will iced a greater number OF animals.
1t is we'll to keep grit and lime
within reach of the chickens ell the
time.
II Is well to remember that chick
ems cannot thrive II infested with
vermin.
Don't leave your valuable farm
machinery standing unprotected In
the field.
Peat soil which produces poor corn
generally does so on account OF lack
OF potassium.
Il is false economy to shut your
poultry up to keep them from damag-
ing your gardens.
Watch most carefully during the
heated term that the chicks have well
ventilated brood coops.
Plant early and late so that the
supply OF crisp vegetables can be
/ maintained for months.
The bedding OF SOW at narrowing
time should be sufficient only for
cleanliness and dryness.
| The work Is evenly distributed
throughout the entire year on the
best organized dairy farms.
Almost any one can succeed with
| sheep in winter time, or in early
| spring or in the fall months.
ii Is mucn better 10 use meOium
season, heavy straw variety Of oats
| when they are grown with peas.
II the man who has no silo would
watch his neighbor feed and watch
| the results he would soon have one.
Never allow the cows to be excited
by abuse, hard driving or by dogs, and
do not expose them to codl or storms.
Success does not depend so much
upon the number OF cows a man keeps
as upon the number of good cows he
keeps.
Strawberries should be cultivated.
the weeds eradicated and the most
ture conserved for late summer
drought.
The egg is manufactured by the
hen from the food that Is consumed.
hence her feeding should be carefully
considered.
Painting an old buggy or wagon or
farm implement is not very difficult
task, but 1t adds a great deal to the
appearance.
It Is a mistake to pasture young
clover for the cattle are apt to Kill
the plants as much by tramping on
them as by feeding.
Keep up the warfare on weeds IN
the cornfelds these hot days, when
soil moisture needs to be conserved
to its utmost limit.
Pigs at birth have two sharp point
ed teeth, one each side Of their jaws.
II not removed they are apt to make
the teats of the mother sore.
Plow and harrow the ground before
sowing fall turnips. Turn under the
weeds and make the seed bed as fine,
clean and smooth as possible.
AS the new corn gets dry and hard
1t is safe to feed more than when 1t
was soft and green. 1t is more easily
digested and gives better results.
The cows should have some protec-
ton from severe storms; that Ia, there
should be some place where they can
go IL they want to during cold rain.
The best way to obtain good cows
is to raise the heifer calves from your
best dairy COWS, thus In short time
you are the possessor of good young
cows.
Lettuce may be had for table use
till late in winter by starting the
plants now and protecting them with
cold frame when cold weather
comes.
Hay troughs should be so fixed that
particles will not fall through and be
come entangled in the fleece. Foreign
matter of any sort In the fleece re-
duces its value.
Pie plant is a good commercial vege.
table. The demand for it on the city
markets is good. 1t Is little trouble
and can be shipped well, standing al
most any distance.