The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-10-31
Fly time has passeu.

In producing wool and mutton there
Is no waste.
foul dairy makes no producer OF
prize-winning butter.
! Livestock is the basis o. most farm
ers' success IN farming.
Sharpen and repair the garden
tools for next seasons use.
Feed is cheaper and more plentiful
than it has been for years.
A cork soaked in oil makes good
substitute for a glass stopper.
All fruit should be graded and craft
ed, especially for private marketing
So far as can be done select the
largest and best sows for breeders
| Corn will dry out better II TIE
shocks are kept down to a reasonable
size.
Deep blowing and the gas TRAITOR
are the Cold Dust Twins OF the new
| agriculture.
Wrap the young fruit trees early, to
prevent the rabbits from gnawinl and
killing them.
Many Of the troubles with both
young and old horses may be traced
! to bad teeth.
Hogs will be high next year and 1t
will pay to give those fall pigs good
| start towards winter.
The first cold rains are hard on the
cows and they should be kept in the
| barn in such weather.
A good pasture makes a bri,n'
ming milk pail: and silo maAes pos.
sibe good winter pasture.
A little clover or alfalfa mixed with
| the silage when filling the 3ilo viii
prove a profitable mixture.
Bran is worth more, POUND for
| pound, as a part Of ration for
work horse than alfalfa NEIL.
The man who makes a bu siness OF
COW keeping instead of clore is on
the right road to better profits.
! In the development OF horses, as
well as elsewhere, judgment must be
exercised as well as the muscles.
Just how long breeding sire
should be kept depends upon the ex
cellence Of the animal in question.
The way to increase the appetite
of horse, If such thing is neces-
sary, Is to change his diey frequently.
Twill soon be time to bind some
thing around those small fsIit trees,
to stop rabbits from feastins on the
| bark.
Baling corn fodder is a new idea
| but if it works out we'll it will save
/ a good deal OF hard and dissgreeable
work.
After all that may be said in favor
Of other pastures clover stands 1T
the head when it comes to right thing
for pigs
Muching isn't to keep this straw
berries from freezing. but TO keep
them from thawing after the ground
Is frozen.
Extremes and sudden changes in
feeding, watering and salticK will
cause acute indigestion in sheep that
is usually fatal.
Bear in mind that corn foGier, or
fodder corn. must not be cut early
|
its feeding value.
Keep all the rotten fruit we'll
cleaned up around the orchard, as
these constitute the winter quarters
of numerous orchard pests.
Look over the young stock carefully
before disposing Of it prize heifer
or an exceptional colt may slip away
and the credit and benefit go to some
other man.
In the rush and hurry to keep w
with the fall work we must not forget
to provide plenty OF bedding for all
stock and see that it is dry. Wet he'd
ding is a disease producer.
Every sheep that has lost one sin
gle tooth through old age is a candi
date for the meat market. Don't stanC
in the way OF her getting there: she
may not weather another winter,
| Inc nOSl suitdDlt lline 10 apply
time in rotation is when preparing
the land for wheat or nay followinj
potatoes and corn. or as a top dress
ing on young clover and grass
Use a low, wide-tired wagon in tn,
orchard and thus avoid cutting NJ
the sod and dragging the lower limbs
over the bed, peeling and breaking
, them
When ironing, place folded ruj
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