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

Beware of frauds in buying trees
and bushes.
Half way business doesn't pay in
breeding work.
No animal suffers so much nom
neglect as the sheep.
There should be a good scratching
post in every pig pen.
Eternal vigilance Is the price OF
everything good in the stock line.
See to 1t that the work horse is well
curried during the heavy spring work
Comparatively few people realize
the Importance of drinking water for
hogs
Clean the calf pen often and bed 1t
with liberal supply Of dry straw
oftener.
The sllo seems to be edging mighty
near the cornerstone of successful
dairying
If you can't afford to buy good
bull get one with your neighbor, each
paying half
Fresh pasture Is so relaxing that
care must be taken that the cows do
not lose flesh.
Many farmer has drawn the
greatest measure of prosperity from
the dairy COW.
When spraying. II showers come
and wash off the poison. spray those
trees a second time.
Careful selection Of the stallion Is
essential to the production OF uni
form harvest OF colts.
A fumigaton with burning sulphur
will get rid Of both vermin and disease
germs in the poultry house.
The chickens like rape little
patch of it near the barnyard will
keep them busy and contented.
Chickens will not die Of gapes II
| they are fed proper food and plenty
OF 1t, and are kept free from lice.
Not only the flavor, but the keepin.
quality of butter Is injured by keep
ing the cream until it gets very sour
Usually, a careful dressing Of mar
ket fowls will draw a little premium
from the buyers. 1t pays in the long
run.
The quality of the egg can readily
| be established by ration that will
add sweetness and good flavor to the
contents.
TIE SOW should I've In moderate
flesh when bred. but when safely in
pig she should have strong ration
to build her up.
Do not expect satisfaction from
bordeaux mixture that has stood for
as much . twenty-four hours. 1t
deteriorates quickly.
20 hat
will make the horses look sleek and
comfortable is elbow grease and
curry comb and brush.
Some people think that the dry COW
needs no care, but those that make the
best records have the best care dur
ing their period of rest.
See that the half-grown chicks have
plenty of exercise, especially at feath-
ering time. II you are trying to push
them forward by heavy feeding.
Never speak harshly to cow nor
strike her She is of highly strung
disposition and will easily become un-
manageable through rough handling.
| To feed too much soft food Is I'M
natural. This Is particularly true and
harmful II overfed so such food lies
around to sour and become unwhole-
some.
Feed the small chickens often, and
II wet and cold, and the old hen is
overly active, better confine her for a
short time each morning or all or a
rainy day
The farmer who can tell Just what
It costs to produce and market q
crop is not so very common but when
you do find such man you find one
who Ia success.
Cottonseed meal should not be fed
too literally, as 1t then acts rather
disastrously on the reproductive or
gans. 1t Is really not advisable to
add 1t to the bill OF fare for laying
hens.
Many farmers are making the mis-
, take OF pasturing their meadows this
i spring, and when hay time comes
, these same fellows will be grumbling
J about their short hay crop. 1t Is
) only reasonable to think that, II
J stock make living grazing on the
: meadow, that meadow cannot possibly
/, yield as 1t would II 1t had not been
pastured.