The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-12-12

The very best of feed and care will
be at least partially wasted on scrub
COWS.
Other things being equal. the busy
hen may be depended on to lay the
most eggs.
A poor, hal:-fed eve cannot do her
work any more than can thin, ema-
ciated horse.
Barley is hard grain for chickens
to digest and 1t is best to feed it only
occasionally, if at all.
A little granulated charcoal mixed
with the soft food for the poultry is
excellent In cases of diarrhoea.
Onions from the garden, chopped
up and mixed with the feed. will help
keep the flock vigorous and healthy
He who wishes to ride safely should
make 1t habit to examine the har-
ness before getting into the carriage.
A good way and one that will appeal
to most f1ockmasters is TO save a piece
of the second growth hayland for their
use.
The silo means excellent feed
IN, Inc urh to
needed when the grass in the pasture
Is dry.
A chickens stomach is not made
of iron. and the same diet day after
day harms them as much as it does
human.
II the heifers kick some when you
begin to handle their little udders
never strike them. Speak quietly and
be patient,
Keep an egg record and do not fail
to make entries daily. The successful
poultryman must be business.like in
every respect.
The hen that lays so eggs a year
costs just as much for feed and care
as does the one that lays $50 eggs
Take your choice.
A cover for the separator when not
in use has its share in turning out a
oil la,, he, 4,
life of the machine.
The last milk drawn from the udder
contains 10 to IL per cent. of fat while
that MIXED out first has only about 2
per cent. Pays TO get it all
The best and most profitable cows
are the first to suffer from exposure
to cold. because they are the most
highly and sensitively organized.
Every careful dairy farmer should
have good stock but he shouldn't buy
such stock until he Is sure he can
give 1t the kind cf care it deserves.
The most fertile and productive
farm can easily be made poor or a
run down one be enriched accord.
ing to the management OF the owner
When the fall rush OF work comes
along, it is not always easy to do the
milking at regular hours. but this
should never be neglected. even for a
day.
Udders should be wiped with n
cloth, and all possible mems used 10
prevent dust from rising in the air
Of the stable and afterward settling
into the milk
Pick out sire with good dlgpo
sition. Never raise colt from ma,
urally vicious tempered mare. Pc
culiarfties Of disposition are almost
Invariably transmitted.
A cement trough for the hog LOT IL
about one OF the greatest little i'm
provements about the farm. II f.
easy TO make, easy TO clean, never
gets out of order and is readily disia.
fected
Clean the poultry drinking dishes
or fountains every day and disinfect
them with boiling water twice a week
to XIII the germs Of disease, which are
likely to accumulate there and infect
the whole flock
Hens that are kept for breefprs
should be ones that have never been
forced for heavy egg production. Be
cause OF the terrible strain on their
reproductive systems the larger per
cent. OF their eggs are infertiIe and
what chicks do hatch are weak.
There is a tendency among poultry.
men TO belittle the old,time advice TO
whitewash the interior OF the poultry
houses. Nevertheless. we keep On
whtewashing once or twice q year
and find that II prevents dampnesg.
purlfies the place, kills vermln and
makes the houses look neat and In.
viting