The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-03-21

Work stock will require more pro
tein than can be obtained from grain
and hay.
Sweet potatoes fed to poultry are
fattening. but give yellow tinge to
the flesh.
The importance of the hay crop has
never come to be fully appreciated in
this country.
Scientists say 1t takes at least four
pounds of feed to make one pound of
gain in fowls.
Keeping dairy on any farm should
mean that the fertility of that farm is
being increased.
Hay that is free from weeds is al
ways much more valuable than hay
that is weedy
Many breeders overlook the impor-
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for the brood SOW
A good horse is valuable animal
and deserves and should have the best
of care and good feed.
| Young calves are necessarily rath-
er filthy In their habits and never do
well In damp, dirty pens.
Incubators and breeders may be
used for Matching geese, although not
much employed for that purpose
Great care should be taken in Sc
lecting laying hens, since they exert
SO great an influence on the progeny.
Onion seed should be tested for
termination before being purchased
because it soon loses its vitality with
age.
A good way Of sowing some hardy
pasture grasses is to scatter the seed
on the snow just before 1t melts in
the spring.
The buyer discounts thin horse
more than his condition deserves, and
Just as often credits the fat horse
above his real deserts.
BY all means keep the eve lamb
fhn ON, = to-
sheep from them for ill-nourished
lambs are apt to result.
AS a general thing 1t is the best
plan to feed hay and other roughage
that may stir up dust after the milk
is taken out OF the barn.
Cold milk never separates as COM
pletely as warm milk. Thus it is good
economy to have the separator bowl
warm before the milk is put in.
Equal parts Of wheat chaff and fine
cut clover hay, mixed with wheat
bran and wheat millfeed, may be fed
to the horses in place OF corn and hay.
sheep should be avoided Change |
only one portion of the ration at
once and make that change gradu- |
ally.
1t is a mistaken idea to think that
Nvny fv,n I,x,n
the cows ration. The best way is to
make her eat all that she can eat
Turnips may flavor the eggs.
They are not as palatable as mangels:
N fact some birds will not eat them
1t all, but at the same time they have
considered food value.
Just after meaning. the calf should
not be fed more than ten pounds OF
milk per day, divided into three feed
Ings; this should be given at blood
about 100 degrees.
Rock phosphate, muriate of potash.
nitrate OF soda and other chemicals
nay be used successfully In the grow
ng of lettuce under grass, but they
must be employed with care and in.
diligence.
Unless you intend to raise poultry
or exhibition purposes, there Is no
iced Of buying fancy birds at high
PRICES to start or improve flock.
What is called utility stock is better
or practical purposes.
For some weeks before mating the
mare should be well fed and not over {
worked 1t is mistake to select I
Tres that carry so much flesh that
heir defects are covered up. II prop.
r care is exercised In the matter OF
mating the percentage of colts will be (
nuch larger and they will be OF much b
etter quality. 8
Watch the feet OF the sheep Toes I
row out long and cause trouble un-
ss trimmed. A lame sheep In win
n will NOPE about and lose flesh. A
,arp knife or a chisel and block are o
est for trimming the feet. Care B
iould be taken not to cut the toes too /,
ose as sore toes from cutting into [,
10 quick are very annoying. t,