The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-01-18


Cows like pumpkins.
Separate all indisposed turkeys.
Have a regular DAY for greasng the
wagon.
The COW is a vital part Of the dairy
machine.
The olive trees date back to very
early times.
Few horses can digest perfectly
clear timothy hay.
There is no animal more unprofit-
able than poor sheep.
Horses that have light hay diet
are seldom affected with heaves
II does not make very much if any,
difference when a COW is fed grain.
Good horse blankets are savers OF
valuable horse flesh and high-priced
iced.
You can hardly push pigs too fast,
providing you use the right kind of
food.
Dirty collars are probably as re-
sponsible for sore shoulders as i'll
Citing ones.
You cannot fatten a brood SOW and
fatten a hog alike and make the best
success of both.
From eight to ten hens to one tom
is good mating with turkeys. and
should produce $50 poults.
A good COW ought to produce on an
average 25 pounds Of four per cent.
milk daily for 800 days in the year,
Close housing and bad ventilation in
the COW stable are favorable condi-
tons for starting tuberculosis in a
herd,
Besides dry nesting quarters, the
pigs should have a good-sized lot In
which they may get plenty of exer-
else.
If dusty hay is fed, sprinkle with
water, and it will save the horse
much annoyance, but better not feed
1t at all.
AS long as the breeding Of sow
is profitable she should be bred. 1t
is not advisable to sell off a good
brood animal
Groom the horses well after hard
work. The skin is thus not only
cleaned. but safeguarded against para.
site diseases
Brush the mud off the cows udder
and flank, then wipe off with damp
cloth. You can't strain mud out of
milk. Keep it out.
The COW your neighbor does not
want to sell Is the one you want to
buy Get around this dilemma by
raising that kind yourself.
! IF pipp
and cultivation will bring an orchard
that you are ashamed of into condi-
ton that you will be proud of.
Scrape off loose, peelng bark from
the trunks of trees before spraying
them, because this serves as an excel
lent breeding place for insects.
To get the best eggs for hatching,
the rations should be OF good grains
balanced by milk or meat food and
must include green food in some
| form.
High prices should not tempt the
wise dairyman to part with his good
cows and heifers. Remember they
are just as valuable to you as to any
body else.
In yarding sheep, don't forget a
constant supply of good fresh water
and rock-salt are a necessity; also,
plenty of good fresh bedding, and al
ways dry lair.
After narrowing when the digestive
system of the SOW has reached nor
NAL condition her ration should be
gradually increased until she Is get.
ting all she can eat.
Ewes will suffer less and have fewer
spoiled udders II they are confined to
| emall lots or Enclosures, with dry feed
'or n few days after they have been
| ;obbed OF their lambs.
II Is considered better for a COW
and her calf TO give the COW a rest be.
tween her periods of lactation. From
| six to eight weeks Is considered about
| right for good dairy COW.
Before you begin to think about
| buying new variety OF small grain,
think about getting a tanning mill
The tanning mill used regularly is bet
ter than getting new variety every
year
Take time to get the cows from the
pasture at milking time. II worries