The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-10-03

IieHty OF goOd loose dirt snould De
allowed the Noting hens
The manners OF the horse usually
reveal the temper of his owner.
Turkeys need tide range They
do not do we'll confined to Yards,
Every day you keep the lambs after
they are big enough to go is n loss.
Water the horse before you give hin,
hay. Hay before grain, concentrates
last
Good feed will put life into a horse
a hundred times better than an S-foot
whip.
Pasture and exercise develops
strong frame in all kinds of young
stock.
Rye may be sown in the fall and
used as late fall and early spring
pasture.
Stubble that cannot be stirred this
fall should be disked to conserve the
moisture.
Don't be In any hurry about wean-
Ing the heifers you will add to the
dairy herd
1t Is well to remember that ducks
need plenty of cool shade during the
hot months.
Live stock furnishes manure and
converts forage crops into market.
able products.
The green straw pile Is not infre-
quently the sign OF a green hand man.
aging the separator.
Keep up the supply OF oyster shell
The lime in 1t Is an essential article
in the production of eggs.
II pays to grade melons, and 1t pays
to market them In the large baskets
now growing in popularity.
No land is so rich that its owner
can afford to waste the manure that
Is made by his farm stock.
In this hunt for the pront dollar.
keep an eye on the combination Of en-
slage and clover or alfalfa hay.
There Ia nothing about green fodder
that would have a depressing lnfu-
ence upon the milk flow OF the COW.
The foundation for q silo made OF
concrete and properly reinforced need
not be more than twelve inches thick.
A halfblood Holstein COW bred to
registered Holstein bull will pro-
duce three-quarters Holste.n ami
NAL
Sheep must play an important part
in the restoration OF fertility to the
WORKOUT grain-raising areas OF the
country.
Rotation o. crops is one OF the sim
p'e, practical methods OF Increasing
the productivity OF the farm ard dis.
| tributing labor.
Illinois milk producers found they
had to organize to get living prices
for their product, This Is needed In
all lines of farming.
The most profitable way OF market
| ing grain and fodder is through stock
They produce manure. which In very
necessary to the soil
As rule, sons OF great producing
cows are more liable to beget large
producing daughters than are great
producing cows themselves.
The COW that comes in fresh next
month Is just about the most profit.
able one OF the whole year and dairy
men are beginning to find 1t out
A common error OF the expert
enced feeder ia failure to provide
good shelter Lambs can not make
good gains with wet feet, or soggy
| fieeces.
Il IL advisable to place box OF grit
or coarse sand where the turkeys can
find II. as not all farms have sufficient
quantity for the purpose OF good d.
gestion.
BE sure that the roosting quarters
are well ventilated at this time OF the
year. Pure air Ia free and mex
pensive and will enter every nook
and corner OF the poultry house. II II
10 permitted. II Ia one OF the very
essential things. Close. stuffy quar-
ters are very injurious.
A good way to keep the pole beans
and stakec tomatoes growing for
large crops during long season IL
to mulch the soil heavily about the
, middle OF summer with old straw. ma.
nure or other similar litter. This
soil covering " Ill not only keep weeds
down, but 1t will keep the soil moist
through the dryest weather.
Dlsking grain fields after the grain
has been cut serves important pur-
poses. by so doing a dust mulch Is
provided instead Of baked surface
| The dust mulch will retain rain
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