The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-11-09
Winter il coming. batten the cracks

warmth.
What water is to person dust
bath Is to a hen.
See that your fowls are absolutely
free from vermin.
II the feathers are to be sold. ducks
must be dry picked.
There is profit in breeding turkeys
up to the fifth year.
The value of butter increases as
the quality improves.
A good horseman never trots a
draft horse. even when he has no
load.
Laying hens need from Is to 25
per cent meat scraps added daily to
their mash.
Don't feed hay or other forage,
which will raise a dust, before or dur
ing milking.
Tainted. musty or mouldy feeds
should never be served in the dairy
herd rations.
II We have not access to road dust.
We may take some field earth, fine
and free from Jumps.
Tho best market for skim milk on
the farm is afforded by good dairy
calves and quick growing pigs.
II the cream in the churn foams up
and runs over, the churn is too full
OF the cream is improperly ripened.
Simply because a calf is given her
ration of milk each day, 1t does not
signify that she does not need water
also.
Cholera and other diseases of swine
attack herds which are in poor condi-
ton and consequently most suscep-
tibe.
II your horse is troubled with in
digestion have the animal clipped
and its teeth attended to by q veterin.
arian.
Until recent years the poultry bust.
ness, especially on the farms. was Of
so little importance that not much at
tention was paid to 1t.
The egg production of the United
States is given as $400,0O0,000 for the
past year. The entire poultry pro-
duction is put at $600,000,000.
Prune out ole canes OF raspberries
and blackberries and burn them. Thin
the hills to three or four shoots. Gull
tivate. and add some manure to the
| soil.
The red mites or lice do not stay on
hide in cracks during the day. sally
ing forth after dark to seek their
prey.
dynamite should be sure to get all
possible information from the manu-
facturers Of the explosive before at
tempting to use 1t.
II celery is to be brought into the
cellar for winter storage cut the top
root, lift it from the ground and then
with strong knife cut off the branch
ing roots and most of the earth.
Lousy fowls are necessarily weaker
than fowls that are free from lice. and
strength and vitality are quite i'm
portant factors while the fowls are
producing their new suit OF clothes.
II your fowls have the range OF the
fields and orchards and can pick up
number of insects and worms daily.
you will not need to bother much
about the meat supply In the ration.
Although flying about and appar-
emily of mature age, birds may be dis
tinguished as squads by the squeal-
ing noise they make. which is always
the call Of the SQUAD.
The raising of poultry on the farm
or in conjunction with fruit growing.
can be made very profitable with the
same kind of management that is de-
voted to raising good stock or good
grain.
Everything should be kept as clean
on the little chicks feeding floors as
II it is on the floor of the kitchen.
II this is done the little birds will
never have gapes or many Of the
chicken diseases.
II you are feeding clover remem-
Der to cut down the bulk. This Is a
hearty food and you can't use as much
Of It as you can of timothy without
doing your horse harm.
In filling a silo attention must be
given to the outer edges, for when
the si'age begins to settle there Is al
ways draw away from the wall,
lon wing an air sDace that makes thu