The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-10-17

Keep the pigs growing.
sheep deserve good care.
Asparagus is hardy plap;.
Onions stand considerable cold.
A kerosene bath for roosts is urged,
Keep the pigs In pen by them
selves.
Onions should be topped and kept in
a cool. dry place.
The most experienced shepherd has
ct much to learn.
Sheep like a variety Of pasture as
well as other stock.
1t is poor economy to let the brood
COW get thin In flesh,
The dairy COW should essentially be
large and rich mixer.
There is more or loss risk in feeding
ordinary silage to lambs or sheep.
1t Is a weIl-known fact that alfalfa
does not do well upon an impervious
subsoil.
In feeding dairy cows give them all
they will clean up at each feed but
no more.
Range bred lambs are far superior
to native.bred lambs for breeding
purposes.
Goslings must be kept out OF damp
ness and fed only grass. water and
coarse sand
Don't fail to divide the buttermilk
between biddy and the pigs. She rel
ishes 1t as much as they.
The grape root worm has commit
ted extensive depredations among the
vineyards of Pennsylvania.
A toothbrush and little naphtha
viii clean your velvet coat collars and
make them look new again.
Select one dairy breed and stick to
It, Don't mix up the breeds or you
vii spoil the sale OF your stock.
All fowls. chicks, ducks aad duck.
lings that are kept In yards should
have plenty OF green feed every day.
II the frost kills the vines OF the
sweet potatoes cut them off as soon as
possible or the potatoes may turn
black.
The spring colt should be pretty
well broken by this time. If not. this
is good month 10 get acquainted
with him.
Nitub Tue MUM tdnh, anu he'p IL
free from moss. Then fill It with
fresh cool water The stock will ap.
preciate 1t.
must supply the brain. The success
OF the undertaking will depend large
ly upon him.
Early Six Weeks is a good potato
for short time, but It soon loses
quality few rows in the garden
come in handy.
Let the cows sleep ont In the
pastures until the very chilly nights
come on Better for them than to
lie In a stufty barn.
II pastures are failing feed a little
fodder each day to the stock II
makes them more contented and less
inclined to try the fences.
Farmers and feeders VIII this year
welcome full corn cribs, It Is risky
business at best making meat on rs.
cent corn and we will all welcome
cheaper grain.
Farm orchards seem smaller and
worse neglected than they were ten
years ago. Perhaps the reason lies
in the fact that small lots Of fruit
hardly ever sell probably.
The number OF silos In Kansas has
nearly II not quite doubled In the last
year II they were not profitable do
YOU think they would be built? We
are not working for the fun of it any
longer.
II the sheep are compelled to dig in
| short pastures for their living they
will eat the roots OF the grass. Bet.
| ter divide the pasture and feed one
part while the other is catching up.
After the pigs have been put into
the fattening pen In the fall they
should be fed all that they will cal
with relish. for. az rule, the
shorter the fattening period the
larger the profits.
A duckling does not know how tt
get out OF danger. Instead Il will
become panic stricken and remain
easy prey for the enemy, On tn,
contrary a chicken II always on tn,
alert. scamper1ng off to some hidin,
place the moment II hears som,
strange noise.
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