The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-05-30


Know your brood sows.
Clean the poultry houses.
Chickens like sunflower seeds.
Kerosene emulsion is easily made
A horse that is trained without
binds is usually the safer horse.
Young pigs are peculiarly subjected
to various kinds Of intestinal worms
1t is better to give the orchard clean
cultivation than to try to raise crops
In it.
1t is better to have a dirty floor than
a dirty, dusty atmosphere during milk
ing time.
The bull which is closely housed is
apt to become ugly. Give him plenty
of exercise.
Leave a horse united when hooked
to a vehicle and he will be likely to
be gone when you return for him.
Fine gravel is not the proper grit
for poultry. They want sharp ma
terial with which to grind their food
Expert orchardists recommend seed
ing the orchard to crimson clover-or
rye to be plowed down the following
spring
In localities where aster, goldenrod
and other fall blooms abound 1t Is
we'll to look for surplus even in Sep
TENDER.
An hours work with sharp wire
at the foot Of your peach trees killing
borers may mean an extra bushel OF
fine peaches.
A tree can be bridge grated in less
than half an hour, and 1t is better to
take this time to do it than to let a
valuable tree die
Go over the young apple trees and
cut off every water sprout with a
sharp knife close to the trunk. DO IT
early, and they will heal this season.
To do we'll the cows should be turn
ed dry something like six weeks be-
fore freshening. This is good for the
calf. rests the COW, and develops the
udder.
When 1t comes 10 growing pigs,
calves, poultry or cream, any farmer
with few acres of alfalfa on his farm
has a great advantage over his neigh
Dor without it.
The first milk of the COW Is Of Pc
culiar haracter-called colostrum--
acting as a purgative, and this puts
the bowels of the young calf in per
feet working condition.
II you did not have enough good
seed for the farm crops, lose no time
In getting enough to plant your
crops. Get the best that can be had,
regardless of the price.
fiji the following requirements: 1t
should be balanced, palatable, home
grown as near as possible, and finally
II should be economical.
During the winter the dairy farm
er has more time to figure out his
plans for improving his system OF
farming. The great question should
be to get a better and more profitable
lot Of cows.
Sixty per cent. of all horses that &c
unsound, go wrong IN the hook joints
according to the notes taken by one
breeder. Too much attention cannot
be given the hooks in choosing stall
lions to which the mares are to be
mated.
Call veterinarian If mare f. hav
Inc trouble In dropping a colt and YOU
are in doubt of being able to assis
her properly, fee of SIS or $40 t
the veterinarian may save a $500 mar,
and bring colt into the world tina
will develop into a horse worth al
much more.
a little knowledge of the proper
type OF animal to select Is worth a 10
Of money to the buyer sometimes AT
tend the short course schools when
ever you get a chance and study tn
types and breeds as Well as the mar
kets There is a surprising dIfferenc
In animals when you know what L
look for-as much as there Is in pee
Pile,
II is a good plan to put the SOW 1
the narrowing pen week or ten day
before the pigs are expected TO arriv
so that she will become accustomed I
! the place and pack the nest. A Ill
eral amount OF straw may be put 1
the nest Mt first, but the coarser DO
tons should be removed just befor
farrowing time, leaving the fin,
short straw that will pack down clos,
~ The little pigs often get tangle
IN the long straw, and laid on II II
'eft in the nest.