The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-09-12

Silage is the cheapest feed.
The incubator is always on the job
Thorough milking tends to develop
cows udder
The slo makes the best crib on
earth for soft corn.
Better get at that new silo right
away after harvest.
Water should be supplied In the
pasture these hot days.
Don't make the mistake OF pastur'
ing the clover meadow too close.
1t is a pretty safe rule to select
breeding pigs from the largest litters.
Where apple trees blight. remove
the affected limbs at once and burn
them.
The practice OF keeping the cows In
tia yard at night with no feed. Is most
wasteful.
The work horses appreciate an oc-
casional chance to roll and get a
bite of grass.
1t is best to make haste slowly
while blowing corn, especially the
first time through.
A wet soil causes corn roots to
grow nearer the surface, while dry
soil sends them deeper.
Siage must be put into the feeding
program of every beef producer who
wants to fit steers for market.
A nationwide movement for the pre-
vention Of waste would do more than
a nationwide revival OF industry.
When each cultivator shank col
lects a handful Of corn roots in once
across the field something Is wrong.
Giving cows a good dry feed before
turning them on a rank growing for.
age crop does away with danger Of
bloat
II your hogs have to get their drink
ing water out of muddy pond, don't
complain If they are wormy and un.
thrifty.
The uniform excellence OF a bunch
OF feeders from poor side address
much to the profit Of raising and
feeding pigs
During the first years of an orchard
proper pruning is one of the impor.
tant items that means much In the
years to follow
Cement floors slightly roughened are
the best for the COW stable, easy to
keep dry and clean if plenty of sun.
light is let in on them.
Oats and peas should be cut for
hay when the oats are in the milk
tage and the advance pea pods con.
tain reasonably good sized peas.
A shadeless pasture Is but little
better than a prison for the COWS
these hot, sultry days If there are
no shade trees, an open shed win dc
quite well
Holt Yes. But when we see how
the sunlight makes vegetable life
how it reyiyihes, purines and sustain'
life-we do not wonder that there
were sun worshippers,
Bran ia n very satisfactory foet
for the dairy COW. since II gives bull
TO n ration, Is slightly laxative ant
provides protein and phosphorus s,
necessary in milk production.
About this time Of the year the
farmer will do we'll to look up prom
slng candidate from his barnyard d
pasture. or from his grain field, t.
run for the FIRST prize at the count,
| and state fairs.
No more chicEens win be hatcho,
this year, why keep not needed roost
erB around another day? II you ear
I not eat or sell them. let some need
/ neighbor have them You VIII max
money by doing So
The dine TO stop churnInE haa muc
10 do with making good butter T
keep on until the huttcr Is in bi
Jumps makes Il waXy and greasy TIL
time TO stop Is when the grains mr.
about the size Of wheat kernels
IN market quotations the term al
paragus chickens" is often used an
no, understood It refers H. chicken
large enough to broi with early a,
paragus They are usually hatched /
late July and August, pushed alon
till November then killed, and put
cold storage for the winter. They ur
taken out and eaten in tho spring.
Gapes are caused by small worn
and It Is claimed by some the cart
worm is the medium Of contagloi
Chicks eat the worms from groun
that has been frequented by ehicl
with gapes, and in turn arc lnfeste
The disease is contagious The sic
chicks should be separated from Il
well and slaked lime sprlnkled abol