The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-10-19
Sheep are scavengers.
Don't crowd your chickens.

Don't crowd your chickenA
Wheat responds readily to good cui.
tre.
Do not be in too much OF a hurry to
wean the pigs.
The separator should be thoroughly
washed after 1t Is used.
Sheep require less pasture than any
other animal on the farm.
More horses are spoiled by poor
drivers than any other way.
The cream should be delivered not
less than three times a week.
It Is quite customary to feed horse
doing reasonably hard work, one
You should have a cooker in order
to get the best results with fall pigs.
Give the dairy cows plenty Of salt
and let them consume all the water
they need.
The hen Is admitted TO be one OF
the greatest financial factors In the
country today.
Stock carrots are valuable root
crop and will yield ten to fifteen tons
on rich, loamy soil.
Changes in the richness Of milk can
not alter the proportion of skim milk
to cream delivered.
The worlds herd Of swine numbers
100. 100000, two-fifths OF which belong
to the United States.
Bran Is good ration for the horse
but must not be fed too frequently. OF
1t will cause indigestion.
The check-rein is 4 check. not so
much on the head Of the horse. as
upon its general efficiency.
Where skimming Is done by means
Of centrifugal separator the richness
Of the cream may also vary.
Corn may be fed to advantage in
the bundle when spread on a clean
dry feeding yard or in racks.
A fertile. clean and fine surface soil
and the strawberry make strong
combination as a mortgage litter.
Pigs and sheep in the orchard will.
by eating up fallen fruit. reduce the
spread Of insect and fungus diseases.
Corn should be grown In rotation
with other crops to control insect
pests and soil diseases peculiar to the
crop.
The greatest handicap to the egg
trade Is the general store, with Its
custom OF bartering merchandise fol-
eggs.
After the grain is cut and stacked,
sheep are turned on the stubble to eat
the weeds which otherwise would 60
to seed.
The length Of time required to
blanch celery sufficiently for market
Ing will depend largely upon the va
riety being grown.
The dairy farmer must bring his
product above suspicion and any other
course has in It neither profit. dignity
nor good citizenship.
Do not attempt to pull onions from
the soil with an iron tooth rake which
will so injure the bulbs that they will
become soft and decay.
One Of the greatest needs in improv
ing the condition Of eggs on the farm
Is to provide not only sufficient mum.
Der OF nests, but clean ones as we'll.
The sugar cane and the allied plants
exclusively in any stage Of develop.
ment are not desirable food for horses
nor for any Of the domestic animals.
Many farmers are giving their cows
good grain ration, but few min.
utes' brushing every day would be
better than the last two pounds of
grain that is fed.
The bane Of most poultry yards to.
day, and this applies not only to those
on the farms but also to many ex-
elusive poultry plants. Is makeshift
equipment.
The colt In the pasture should have
it's feet cared for as closely as the
matured animal in order that he may
grow to maturity with feet In q
healthy condition.
The best breeding calls for ami.
mails capable Of reproducing all OF
those qualities Of an ever improving
nature which 60 to make perfect in
the type We are aiming at.
Small pigs take to green feed about
- early In life as to any feed and