The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-12-28

During the winter months sheep
should be well protected from storms
of all nature.
Roup can usually be traced to damp
quarters, drafts in the poultry house
and overcrowding.
Rabbits, mice and other things go
to make the rearing of an orchard
unpleasant for it's owner.
Giant watermelons grow in Diar-
bekir, Asatic Turkey. Some of them
are as large as a -four barrel.
The majority of mistakes are made
in the poultry business in the over
| loking of details in management.
| Cold rains are much harder on cows
| than dry cold. Damp cold penetrates
to the bones. Provide dry shelter.
Dairy products are now bringing UNI
usually high prices, being above the
values usually seen at this time of tho
year.
| A colt that is well summered and
grain fed before being weaned in the
fall suffers little setback when it is
weaned.
| Sheep year old or more commonly
| gain faster on corn when they have
only dry roughage, especially clover
or alfalfa
Better copy the farmer who pro-
duces his yields at the lowest cost
than the man who produces the larg-
est yields.
AS soon as the leaves fall and few
! sharp freezes ripen the new wood, we
may commence to prune fruit and
shade trees.
Pumpkins have been in use for feed
ing cattle and hogs for many years
and are valued very highly in some
communities.
The Introduction of cooperative
testing associations would be source
of education and stimulus to all dairy
men and farmers.
The calf is the COW in the making
Feed with that thought in mind Gen
|
milkings by-and-by
Variety is Of great importance in
feeding all live stock for whatever
purpose, except it may be the last
stages of fattening hogs
Dairymen realize, perhaps far bet
ter than they have ever done before,
the value of summer silage in tiding
the animals over slim pastures.
All houses and nests should be
clean. The eggs should be kept in
cool, clean. dry places, and placed
there Immediately after gathering.
| Crushed oyster shells in enormous
quantities are imported by Germany
from England every year They are
used by the Germans in feeding poul-
| try.
Every eve in the flock ought to be
the producer of close, uniform,
clean coat of wool just as she should
be the producer of lusty, growthy
lamb.
A ration for a dairy COW should full.
fill the following requirements: 1t
should be balanced, palatable, home
| grown as near as possible, and finally
It should be economical
A Missouri fruit farmer, whose or.
| chard of ECO acres contained about
| 10000 apple trees, sold his crop this
season for 100000 A storage COM
pany bought the fruit on the trees
When one rides through dairy Sec
| tion il does not take very much imagi-
| nation to decide whether the farmers
| are making money or not The ap-
pearance of their places Is sufficient
evidence.
The best pig to keep Is that which
obtains the best sale In the locality.
and there is no doubt that the best
breed for any individual depends
mainly on circumstances, and espe
cially on local tastes.
A close, poorly ventilated stable is
one of the most potent agents in the
spread of tuberculosis II our cattle
could be kept out in the open every
day in the year. we would have very
little tuberculosis in our herds,
Intelligent care and Kindness, com.
bined with liberal feeding, are the
best possible assurance against failla
ure in producing the choice animals of
every variety. An intelligent breeder
and herdsman can make anything Of
bis animals he desires IN the form
OF quality, conformation. constitution
and disposition.
Horses seldom suffer from decayed
teeth, but because Of the upper teeth
closing on the lower ones n little on
the outside points are sometimes
found which lacerate The cheek or
penptrate the gums crpatinp n ton