The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-11-09

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Late in the fall is good time to
hatch spring chicks in some sections.
Shorts are more economical feed
for sow3 and growing pigs than corn.
The deepest mudhole and steepest
hill measure the real distance to mar
ket
Turkeys will soon become weak and
subject to disease where inbreeding is
practiced.
Drenching is a poor way to give
doses Of liquid medicine to any farm
animal.
Where there is plenty Of skinned
milk, beef scraps for hens need not
be bought.
When the hogs fail to gain At least
a pound a day 1t is time to say good
by to them.
Get your cows started right for the
coming cold weather and they will do
well all winter.
Build a warm, dry and otherwise
comfortable room for the calves for
the cold weather.
When selecting COW for the dairy
look and see if the eye of the ami
| NAL is large and full.
| This is the time of the year when
dairy cattle require better care and
| more liberal feeding.
| A mule is no more prone to kick
than horse unless he is taught to
do so by bad treatment
Always have great deal Of respect
for the bull. His past conduct is no
guarantee of future gentleness.
When fattening for the market. do
it quickly; push all the feed down
the hogs they will stand for.
To thoroughly clean milk utensils
they first should be rinsed with cold
water, to remove all particles OF
milk.
The successful feeding OF lambs de-
ponds largely on their being offered
| great variety Of food while In the
yards.
II is now we'll known fact that
the average pure-bred will produce
| more milk than the average grade
COW.
Peach trees can be planted any
time between last and first frost; the
earlier in the winter they are planted
| the better.
Keep all the rotten fruit well
cleaned up around the orchard, as
these constitute the winter quarters
of numerous orchard pests.
II all Of the garden space is to
grow profitable crops. no large trees
must stand closer than thirty to fifty
feet from the garden fence.
The calf that is expected to develop
into strong and profitable COW
| should be given all the chance posi-.
BILE during its early period of growth.
The best results are usually obtain.
ed from the work that ia systematized
and most carefully planned This is
not always the hardest work on the
| farm.
eating chickens is to put it on the
market as soon as possible, since It
will soon lead other hogs into the bad
habit.
The best milking pail is the one so
constructed that 1t will reduce to a
minimum the amount of dirt falling
into the milk during the process Of
milking.
An old horseman says that the chief
cause Of collie in horses, or the cause
OF the largest per cent. OF these cases.
Is brought through long abstinence
from water.
| Do not neglect to secure a good
supply Of fine duet for the fowls dur
ing the coming winter, while the
ground is yet dry and there is dust
In the road.
There is much difference in the In
dividuality Of cows and their powers
to produce milk as there is In men
and their powers to perform certain
kinds OF work.
The profit In a COW comes from the
extra amount OF milk she will yield
over what she ordinarily gives on
common pasture or the coarse feeds
usually given her.