The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-09-07

Don't give the pigs setback by
day or two of carelessness.
The comfortable COW is usually one
that produces the best profits.
Change pastures often to give the
grass a chance to start up fresh.
Corn silage is an excellent calf feed
when fed in moderate amounts.
Allow no weeds to go to seed. This
will make cultivation easier next
year.
Spring pigs can get along very we'll
without shelter except from rain I'M
I'll fall
Tainted, musty or mouldy feeds
should never be served in the dairy
herd rations.
A silo should not be less than 30
feet deep or more than IL or IA feet
III diameter.
There is always much difficulty in
keeping cans clean and sweet in very
warm weather.
The hog on pasture requires 20 per
cent. less grain to make a gain of 100
pounds in weight.
The most profitable pork is pro-
iuced by using as largely as possible
other feeds than corn.
Rape will stand vast amount Of
stable manure and give surprising
growth Of green feed.
The only hog pasture crop that
may be sown now to furnish fall feed
Is cowpeas or sorghum.
When grapes are bagged at an early
stage there is hardly any work in the
fruit line that pays better.
Cut out sprouts about shade trees,
plums and apples. They only take
strength from the main plant.
II the pig Is stinted in its food at
any stage Of it's life. it car never be-
come perfect pork producer.
Gather pumpkins and squash before
hard frost and store away in a dry
place (not in a damp CELLAR.
The best corn-cutting outfit for the
with silage cutter and blower attach
ment
Hogs will not thrive on sour and
decomposed food any more than men
will. See that they get fresh, clean
water to drink.
A shed that is warm and poorly
ventilated will often cause the sleeps
wool to loosen. besides injuring the
animals vitality.
Quality in form, disposition and gen
eral conformation must be coupled
with the size and style to get the best
in each class of horses.
Cabbage will sometimes cure slob-
Der in horses caused by eating white
clover, but 1t Is better to keep the
clover away from the horses.
Be sure that you furnish proper
quarters for the narrowing sow. You
cant afford to lose a single one of the
little "squealers" this season.
and pay well to round up the young
pigs every ten days or two weeks and
give them a thorough wetting.
The farmers whose corn fields are
most likely to suffer this season are
those who quit blowing just because
there were no more weeds to kill.
Milk should never be exposed to
foul air in the COW stable or in dirty
tanks before 1t is delivered to the
creamery.
Those who get best results In the
garden must practice seed selection to
some extent by saving the most per-
feet specimens.
The primary principle in the max.
ing of silage Is the exclusion of air in
order to prevent decay; therefore, u OF
only the walls, but the doors, must be
perfectly alright.
Every farmer knows the value of
corn as a supplement to pasture
crop late In summer, for which pur-
pose 1t may be used for cattle as
soon as it Is tasseled out and for
hogs as soon as the ears have reached
the roasting stage.
1t does not cost much to get pure
bred sire when the benefits TO be de
rived from his use are considered. and
the ownership of a good animal has
an educational value which is practic.
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