The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-09-26


hens this winter.
Every farmer should make deter
mined war on weeds.
Get the binder in good shape before
you start harvesting.
You can't be too particular In pick.
ing sires for your herds.
Wellbred, well-selected pigs, make
more profit on the food eaten.
More lime and more tile to nall
alfalfa to a rough, hard soil.
A hen always likes a nice new nest
in some dark, secluded corner.
A scar from barbed wire cut re-
duces the value Of young horse I'M
nensely
The close, sultry nights demand
proper ventilation of all the coops and
buildings.
Corn silage has been shown to be
cheaper than hay or corn slower for
fattening steers,
Fruit for local market should get
about all its growth and its best color
before 1t is picked.
Flies breed In manure and other
filth. So keep It cleaned up and
spread on the fields.
Among fruits the apple, pear, peach,
plum and cherry usually do best
where lime Is abundant.
Milk souring before the cream rises
will mean a poor quality Of butter.
and considerable cream lost.
As single ration. alfalfa comes
nearest to filling all the requirements
Of hog that Is trying to get fat.
The medium sized pig is the most
profitable to raise, because he can be
both thrifty and possess good quail
ity.
Give the COWS a cool place screened
from the flies, where they can chew
their cuds and get ready for milking
time.
A good cow never dies In debt to
her owner, but without the Babcock
tester she may never get credit for her
performance.
With reasonably good seed and
fairly well prepared seed bed about
twenty pounds of alfalfa seed are re-
CURED per acre.
A recommended cure for found.
cred COW is to let her have all the
water she wants, but feed lightly un-
I'll she RECEIVERS.
II cream is hung close to the water
in a well that produces real cold
drink 1t will In most cases be In Just
the right shape for churning
Consider the clovers. 1t often means
the difference between failure and
SUCCESS. The clovers are almost in.
dispensable in the farm scheme.
Darkened stables or milking late
seem to be the only ways of getting
around the fly problem. If you know
of any other good way, what Is It?
For several years we have bought
farm butter from the same farmer at
2 cents above retail market price ev.
cry month in the year and glad to
get 1t.
Milk fever is often caused by milk.
ing out the COW clean too soon after
calving. An authority recommends
letting tho calf do the milking for
the first "a or SO hours.
One valuable lesson the manure
spreader has taught IL the use of
small quantities applied frequently. 1t
makes possible what can be, but Is sell
dom done-light application.
Gull the eve flock and get them
up to a high standard, and Just as
much can be accomplished on the
flock as in the selection Of the ram
except that the eve has but one OF
two lambs a year and the ram q
great number.
When the hog seems to be losinl
the use OF it's limbs, feed less corr
and more bran and oats chop. If the
trouble is very bad, give eight or ter
drops Of nux vomica in the feed
twice day. An abundance Of greer
feed should also be given.
All hAtui'Si Hu'h 40 IoOslb, drop
ping boards, and nests, should b,
movable, SO that they can b. taker
out when the house is white-washet
or sprayed A stop.louse roost fasten
err prevents mites travelling from tn,
walls Of the house to the roosts.
Lice and mites are two OF the wo,s
foes OF poultry, and as the latter liv,
In the house. attacking the fowl
when on the roost or IN the nest. ey
cry precaution should be taken Ii
building the house to provide as few
! hiding places for them as possible.