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

Cover the rhubarb plants now with
plenty of coarse but rich stable ma
nure.
Oats. barley and peas form good
winter.
| Temperature has more to do with
your failure to get butter than any
one cause.
Grating Is one of the most inter.
esting things on the farm and 1t is alb
surdly simple.
Timothy growing means exhaustio
of land because it Is now grown rs a
commercial crop.
When the fowls pick themselves
frequently you may be sure that they
are infested with lice.
There is little danger of draft in
the poultry house if there 's only
one opening in the building.
Soil that is poorly drained suffers
more in both dry and wet seasons
than that which is well drained.
The orchardists should become more
familiar with the most approved
method of producing more and better
fruit.
Records of the performance OF
dairy cows form the only accurate
and safe basis for judging their
value.
There Is no line OF general agricul.
ture in which we'll directed effort will
pay so large a profit as in dairy
farming.
AS a matter af fact, barnyard ma
nure commences to ferment and I'M
dergo changes the moment it Is
dropped.
From twelve to twentyfour hours
before churning you should commence
to ripen the cream, according to the
time of the year.
Every owner of live stock should
be prepared to treat the more common
ills to which live stock Of different
kinds are subject.
Colds with poultry often lead to
roup and when once roup gets good
start we are likely to have quite a
task to get rid Of it.
The fertilizer problem is getting to
be big one, and could be greatly re-
duced by keeping more stock and sell
ing less hay and straw.
Many of the orchard tracts OF the
central as well as the extreme west
are owned and operated by women,
who are happy in their work.
Have some way Of marking every
turkey. They may get with neigh
boris turkeys and you will want some
way of proving your property.
The dairy barnyard should have
good slope, such as will insure good
surface drainage, and should have q
good top layer of gravel or cinders.
The purchaser of bull should Sc
lect an animal that is good individ'
ual and whose dam and granddam on
his sire's side have good butterfat rec
ords.
Single purpose animals carry their
functions with greater economy than
do so-called dual purpose animals.
These facts belong to the domain OF
breeding.
After the first week of sleeping and
resting the young calf should be al
lowed to exercise freely in the open
air. in order to develop muscles. lungs
and heart.
The Minnesota experiment station
has tOuDU DIdu W 10 al S">~ii'H ~
feed to combine with corn fodder and
timothy or wild hay. as ration for
the mich cow.
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 In amounts best suited
to its needs in life.
There is no longer certainty OF a
cron of fair fruit without spraying
with insecticides no matter how pro-
nitious the season otherwise or how
fertile the orchard soil
Proof piles up that there are scores
and hundreds OF dairy COWS that are
not paying their way while many 9th
ers are making a handsome profit for
the owner. Which kind do you keep!
Preceding animals that have weak
constitutions and organic weaknesses
will transmit these defects to their
progeny, and they will become easy
prey to about all the ailments that
the hog Is heir to.
Nearly every poultry raiser, wheth'