The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-06-06

"The early bird" easily keeps down
he weeds.
Great Britain's wheat fields cover
100000 acres,
Too much sun for young chicks Is
as bad as too little.
The manager must supply the brains
for the COW machine.
Don't wait for the weeds to appear
before you begin cultivating.
Have everything neat and sweet
about your milk and butter business.
The owner of the small farm flock
is the man most likely to neglect dip
ping.
! An alert carriage and a bright eye
are necessary In a perfect carriage or
saddle horse.
To teach chicks to drink sprinkle a
few grains of feed OH the water for
them to pick at.
The great majority of farmers do
not know the value of the harrow. or
If they do they do not use It.
Teach the lambs as early as los
| sible to eat grain in lamb creep to
fit them for the early market.
If horse sweats easily, take partic-
ular pains not to let him stand ont
in draft. or drink too heartily.
! II Is expensive economy to do with
| out a separator where cream Is sold or
/ butter made from five or more COWS.
The best way to get rid OF tubercu-
/ losis I'm dairy cattle is to follow the
old precept about an ounce OF proven
ton.
The little pigs seem to be wonder
fully keen In detecting the small holes
escape.
Success I'm the dairy seems to be
most all 81; separator, silo. scales
then the following letter, It." test, is
close second.
Have all cattle that come into the
/ herd tuberculin tested and then have
well ventilated barn that is kept
scrupulously clean
II a SOW that has lost the use OF her
legs Is in good flesh, it would be best
to slaughter her for meat, as chances
of recovery are poor.
The poultry business requires study
and constant attention, the same as
any other business. First efforts are
rarely ever successful.
One Of the siIo arguments that ap-
peals to every stock owner is that
there is no such thing as cornstalk dis
ease to worry the sllage feeder.
The stomach OF the little calf is
very sensitive and easily ruined Moth
Ing will do 1t quicker than keeping the
animal confined In a wet. dirty pen
One OF our readers recommends
cream of tartar for chlckenpox: one
tablespoonful In soft feed for each
twelve fowls, two or three times a
week.
In growing a heller for the dairy,
muscular vitality is wanted rather
than fat. and this is obtained very
largely from the skim milk portion OF
It's diet.
Filth on eggs under the sitting hen
should be washed Off as soon as
noticed This Is one Of the little
things that helps toward getting q
good hatch
This is the time OF year when corr
should be fed sparingly to keep hens
laying and to ward off diseases &c
which the overfat bird is susceptible
In warm weather.
One would hardly believe how |
improves The roads to take a spad,
along when going to town and toss
few spadesfui OF dirt into the Low
places at the approaches to bridge
and filing IN the sharp ruts. Thi
Boon levels up the track. renderin
travel much more rapid and enjoy
able and less damaging to the horses
vehicles and harness.
b BE patient and gentle with tn
heller when she comes in. II she
OF your own raising and you have a
ways treated her kindly she will nc
be afraid of you. And when you 81
down with the calf by you and tn
heifer's nose in her feed ycu ougt
TO have no trouble In milking. Ha'
Ing the calf near the first few day
and talking to the younS COW II
creases her confidence
u M-mrord. dean of the MI
souri, College OF Agriculture, says tn
silo win add from 40 to 25 per cen
> 10 the profits OF the corn crop. Som
give even higher estimates. In 1st