The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-03-07

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The fall-freshening cow is the profit
| producer
All soils deficient in lime become
more or less sour
Rams under one and half years
of age should not be used.
| Egg farming is the most profitable
branch of the poultry industry.
Milk selling at cents quart is one
Of the cheapest of human foods,
Get good cows ard feed them good
feed, and you will get good results.
Gull beans. when cooked and mixed
One good cow will frequently return
more net profit than three poor ones
In trimming the tree, do not leave
any branch more than eight inches
long.
Don't imagine that your soil needs
d rest. What it needs is a change OF
work
Don't forget the grit these days
when the hens are confined to the
house.
The best remedy for short pastures
is silo with or feet of good silage
left in it.
To prevent sun-scald it is necessary
only to protect the bark of the trunk
from the sun.
When the horse is in normal con-
dition he should have all of the water
he will drink.
Many farmers have drawn a great
measure of prosperity from the teats
of the dairy COW.
out slowly hence it's vitality Is often
injured by freezing.
The man who has the best in the
live stock line never has to hunt a
buyer. They hunt him
Bad weather will make bad milk, no
matter what the food may be. And
bad milk makes bad butter.
February Matched chicks are apt to
mott In the fall, and will not be worth
anything for egg production in winter.
A COW is largely influenced by train
ing and habit and any change in feed
ing or milking will affect the milk
flow.
Manure from grain and clover-fed
stock is worth fully $1.25 per two
horse CARLOAD In the farmers barn
yard.
Wheat straw is not a first-class dairy
feed. but it will serve to counteract
in a measure the laxative effect of the
silage.
Feed the ersilage so that the ami,
mails will eat it up clean. as it spoils
or freezes when exposed to the air for
several days.
Exercise for the sow is a very i'm
portant matter and must not be over
looked If healthy. vigorous litter Of
pigs is desired.
Cleanliness will do much to improve
the quality of butter. In fact first
quality depends upon cleanliness Of
the raw material.
II the cellar becomes damp at sud
den thaws, the fruit should be looked
specimens sorted out.
Take care that none of the soapy
water from the house gets into the
milk fed the hogs. Almost sure to
cause bowel troubles.
Forcing laying hens with stimulants
of any kind, except those nature sup
plies in good food, is dangerous and
costly process In the long run.
Organize a hunt and get those rab-
bits about the orchards. 1t will be
fun; they are good to eat, and many
Of the young trees will be saved.
Leaving the cows teats damp after
will not only cause decrease
in the flow of milk but Is sure to
cause chapped and cracked teats.
Do not be too sparing OF the feed
as the lambing season approaches |
An underfed eve will not be likely to |
produce a big nor vigorous lamb
II you cannot raise alfalfa or clover.
grow cowpeas. There is no section In |
he United States where one Of these |
hree great dairy feeds will not grow.
Ranking next in Importance 70 soil
ertil'ty the problem of pure-bred live
took, grain and poultry is one OF the
most serious that confronts the farm
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