The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-02-29


man.
Remove all ailing fowls from the
flock.
Kafir corn is splendid feed for
horses.
A heifer twin with bull seldom, II
ever, breeds.
Keep little gas tar on hand and
apply 1t for scaly legs.
The good dairy COW is lady and
ought to be treated as such.
Alfalfa leaves contain most of the
feeding value of the alfalfa plant
Orchard grass makes better mix
ture with clover than timothy does.
Cream for churning should be al
lowed to sour at about 65 degrees F.
Calves should have daily outdoor
exercise when the weather will per-
nit
The value OF skim milk makes the
separator necessary on every dairy
farm
If you are going to plant new
orchard next spring, make your selec-
tons now
Any dairy farmer can have plenty
of cream for sale when the cows are
on pasture.
Hens won't lay in such severe cold
weather unless extra good care is TAX
en- of them.
fat win raise better and stronger pigs
than young one.
Nothing ever came 20 near turning
December into June for dairy cattle
and sheep as the silo.
Probably the best results como from
pruning the orchard rather vigorously
every two or three years.
There Ia great tendency on the
part of many to neglect the colts on
the farm during the winter
When spraying do not work with
bare hands. They'll be sore if you
do. Put ON a pair of rubber gloves.
Scrubs do not produce the best
market animals, and this Is the final
test for all meat producing animals.
Field roots are an excellent feed
for ali sheep during the winter
months and especially for the eve in
lamb
The COW barn should and can be
kept so clean that milking will not
prove Objectionable to any of the
farm women.
When a fowl Is found to be suffering
from cold it is best to put 1t in a
warm, well lighted coop by itself and
treat 1t there.
Corn is the best crop to plant ON
new land, as the constant working
will put the ground in good order for
seeding in the fall,
Cows permitted to continue their
natural lactation periods, nine to ten
months, will usually cease milking
with very little trouble.
If you want to make frst-class cows
from your young heifers, feed well
while they are carrying their first calf
and don't forget to handle them.
Remember that an egg contains 80
per cent of water and that no matter
ow much you feed the hens, unless
you give them water there can be no
eggs.
= The dairy COW brings to impov-
erished, half-farmed lands methods
that give larger profits and greater
Improvement than come from other
types Of farming.
In buying sheep in the big markets
be careful that you do not get a lot
with some disease hitched on them
Natives are more apt TO be diseased
than range sheep.
There is every appearance that pas
ture rent is going to be higher than
ever the coming season. Owing to the
drouth last summer many pastures
have been badly injured.
In order to get the greatest value
from the manure, 1t should be applied
to the land as soon after 1t is made as
possible. scattering out from the wag-
on or with the spreader
Always slop the hogs or give them
drink before feeding II they eat their
grain when thirsty they will drink too
heartily after and some of the grain
will be washed out Of their stomachs
Soak stale bread In sweet skim milk,
press out the milk as completely as
possible. and feed the chicks. Also
keep coarse sand before them: with.