The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-07-06
Keep the land busy.
Examine the ewes udder.

Mules are especially annoying and
frequently kill young colts,
Alfalfa cannot stand pasturing the
first season, and never closely.
A dairy COW should be allowed &c
rest from six to eight weeks before
reshening
Where dalrying Is not practiced the
cali will have also to pay for keeping
the COW year.
Twenty tons of stable manure on a
half acre is about the right proportion
for the garden.
The best broom corn Is grown In
Illinois and Indiana. 1t requires
deep. rich mellow soil
The way to get a good milk flow and
hold It through the year Is to give
good cows good care.
1t Is estimated that more than mil.
lion fruit trees will be set out In Mon.
tana the present season.
American farmers buy more than
one hundred million dollars worth o!
farm machinery every year.
The way he carries his head and
tail more than anything else con.
tributes to style In the horse.
A capon will sell on the market for
about double the price per pound that
Is paid for uncaponized cockerels
Examine the ewes udder and teats
| carefully; see that both teats are
open or you may get caked udder
full-bred. there must be individual
merit as well as bite blooded ancestry.
Where small runs are used, scrape
and sweep them before heavy rains
Then turn the ground over and sow
oats.
Keep a lookout for colds; II means
roup. If you let 1t run. Use little
| kerosene and vaselne and check the
cold.
or course. the hu!t must have more
or less shade, but nature will take care
OF that after Intelligent pruning has
been done.
The mixer should be clean in all
respects. He should not use tobacco;
he should wash and dry his hands Just
before milking
The shropshire sheep have been
placed rank cne. the Hampshire rank
two. the Southdown three. The Dor.
set ranks fourth
Location and demand govern to q
large extent the particular phase OF
dairyng practiced in the various
sections Of the country.
Every orchardist must use his own
judgment as to how his spraying op-
eratlons for the control OF the codling
moth shall be carried on.
Where cows are kept In the stalls
much Of the time. 1t Is not unreason-
able to say that the barn should be
light enough for one to read In
Don't neglect to grease the
wagons that do the regular work
about the farm. Hard oil Is cheaper
than horse1esh and a lot more hu.
name
near squash, pumpkin or cucumber
vines. az the pollen will mix. giving
the cantaloupes flavor OF the squash
or cucumber
Feed that is left In the manager over
night after being mussed over becomes
sour and should be removed and the
manger thoroughly cleaned before put.
ting In fresh fsed.
Let the newborn calf stay in the
stall or pasture with its mother for
several days. and she will let 1t feed
at times and I'm amounts best suited to
its needs in life.
During the hot, dry summer, and in
fly time. It Is desirable to make dairy
cows more comfortable than can be
done while they are running about and
gathering their own food
spring crops should be cultivated and
lust how long tho cultivation should be
continued Is matter upon which
farmers differ widely In opinion.
A good mower oil is made by mix.
ing, mt about 1870 degrees tho ordi-
nary thin oil and the heavy dark GRADE,
II this does not run freely file on n
half-inch OF the snout OF the oil can.
The average COW weighs not far
from 1000 pounds; such COW pro.
ducing rs Of butter far per day Will
get along very Wei on 30 pounds corn
sllage. eight pounds clover hay two
pounds corn meal, B wheat bran and
ID dtstillers' grains Such feeding will