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


Get a pure-bred ram.
Store pumpkins in the field.
The average calf is neglected.
Silage Is essentially roughage feed
Good sheep are a good property at
any time.
The hooded pail is a long step tow
ard cleaner milk.
Fowls will eat nearly all Of the COM
mon vegetables.
Build the feed racks where the stock
can eat N the shelter.
Don't neglect storing green food for
winter for the chickens.
Be careful about the man who han
dies and cares for the colts
Match the team not only in size and
color. but In gait and disposition.
1t pays best to have horse well
broken when he is offered for sale.
Only pigs coming from prolific par
ents should be retained as breeders
If possible, plan for dry box stalls
with dirt floors in which to winter the
colts.
Cream containing 81 to IS per cent
fat will yield about pounds of butter
per gallon
Horses and colts may be fed si'ngt
in limited quantities, especially whel
not at work
Working a team when hungry O
thirsty is inexcusably throwing ava,
costly vitality.
The practice of watering horses a
public drinking trough sometimes
leads to lot OF trouble,
The wide-awake, watchfu
poultrvman is seldom troubled Will
sickness among his fowls.
At this season of the year. after
few sprinkles of rain, il should affor'
very good picking for them.
1t is nearly always best to save
some OF the old sows, especially e
farrow the early spring ltters
If the old corn has lasted unit
husking time there is some danger o
overlooking the hogs on new corn
The COWS may be fed silage an,
time after the silo Is filed No nee
to wait for 1t to wait for 1t to cure.
a blockish built mare with a arg
barrel on short legs is likely to Pre-
duce a better foal than the tail, legs,
kind.
Make sure that there are no draft
| in the hen house. Close up knot
holes and cracks before roup gives tn
signal,
Separate the young cockerels fror
have each lot as uniform in size a
| possible.
Butter soon loses its delicate fin
flavor. The sooner your customer
| get it after It is made the better the
will like It.
Poultry raising offers to women n
| excellent means Of making none
because the work Is not too taxing 70
their strength.
Spasmodic sailing is bad for any ar
imals and especially horses. 1t ma
cause collie. Keep salt before tn
horse at all times
The COW that is underfed and tn
COW that is overfed both work to di!
advantage and both fail in the hes
profit to their owner
The most humane method OF d,
horning a COW il to do the work wit
a little caustic potash when the horn
are just starting on the calf.
The farmer who has gasolin
engine and feed mill should exper
ment little with raising crops I
grind for feed for hogs and cattle.
Men who rushed their sheep to maj
ket last year are sorry, and men VIII
are rushing their best hogs to MAJ
ket this year will be sorry next yea
| Produce sold from the barns ~ gou
! forever. That which Is fed on tn
! farm leaves reslduum or good ms
| nure TO keep up the fertility of tn
! land
| New blood should be introduce
| nearly every year with chickens
| turkeys. ducks and guineas to kee
up the constitutions, health and vigo
| OF the flock.
One louise on a mans head will turI
| him into "A raving maniac. VIVA
must il be TO have seven million q