The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-07-06

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Ducks eat many bugs
Goslings must have free range.
The quickest returns are from baby
beef
Exercise is essential to the best
growth OF the foal
You have some things to learn after
you get an incubator
The best time to cut the lambs tail
and castrate is at one week old.
Calves make more gain with given
amount of food ,han does older stock.
Too much emphasis cannot be laid
upon the use of cover crops in our
orchards
Giving water at irregular times Is
Injurious not only to chicks, but to
old fowls.
1t Is seldom that the very early
varieties OF potatoes yield so well as
those q little later
Mans object in fruit growing Is the
production and Improvement of the
edible portion Of the fruit.
Good ventilation is essential; but Il
should be so arranged that the cows
shall not be exposed to a draught.
Everybody knows that In July
weather cows give larger amount OF
milk than In cold and wintry weather
Build a good shed to shelter the
tools; II IL doubtful II you can make
SO l-3 per cent. profit In any other
way.
There Is best temperature for
each individual lot OF cream, but this
can be determined only by expert
ence.
Are there any OH apple trees In
your orchard bearing undesirable
fruit? Easy to graft good varieties
upon them.
Keep on good terms with the ewes
so that you can catch and handle
them without causing undue disturb
ance in the pens.
There is no phase OF the dairy bust.
ness that needs more study or more
careful management than does the
breeding OF the COW
As the time draws near for calving,
the COW should be put into a comfort
able box stall. having plenty OF bed.
ding to keep her dry.
The open swill barrel standing by
the kitchen door Is a direct invita-.
ton to typhoid. diphtheria and like
diseases to enter the home.
When live stock prices drop It is al
ways the man who knows how TO
make meat at the least cost per pound
who realizes the largest profit
When the fruit buds come very
thick most people take Il as a sign
Of big yield. but when fruit grows
too thickly II must necessarily be very
small.
II the udder becomes hard or shows
a tendency to garget. apply unsalted
lard and give II vigorous rubbing.
after which give the eve a good dose
OF salts.
Skim milk. which is whole milk,
minus part Of Its fat. and which costs
only half az much az whole milk. fur
nishes protein about four times AZ
cheaply az beef.
When the COW is comfortable and
contented, she responds with a flow OF
milk far In excess Of that which she
gives when she has been uncomfort.
able and irritated.
Cherry rot or brown rot affects all
stone fruits. including peach, apricots,
etc. II Is by far the most serious and
bathing OF cherry diseases to the com.
mercial cherry grower.
Barley meal. low grade hour and
white middlings added to the mash are
useful in preventing summer diar.
rhoeas Keep graduated charcoal be-
fore tho birds for the Same purpose
Never feed hay. or sweep or in any
way stir up dust just previous to milk.
ing time, for this will contribute TO tina
Introduction OK bacteria, which ron.
teammates and Injuries the quality OF
the milk
Culi your hocks often and market mr.
eat such birds as 1t Will not nav IN
heep. BY penning or Grating the culls
they can be fSttened nicely I'm three
weeks time. Il well fed. Feed three
times day eli they will clean up of
cracked corn and mash OF two thirds