The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-06-27
Good roads spell prosperity.

NllHd tH9 corn you Ieeu the Olu
sheep. Their teeth may be poor.
Pasture for pigs should be short. as
fresh grass Is more easily digested.
Turn the sows and pigs out In the
pasture when the grass affords good
bite
Almost 10 quarts of per cent milk
is required to make one pound Of
butter.
To make the most profit out OF
chickens. stuff your birds from hatch
t. Ratchet.
Hogs can be fed on good pasture at
20 per cent more profit than in a dry
lot on mill feed.
There is no feed that can quite COM
pare with skim milk to keep the young
pigs growing.
on perches as soon as they are
weaned from the hen.
Rose buds and bugs arrive about
the same time. The latter cause
trouble among the grapes, too.
The COW must have pasture or Its
equivalent in order to do her best
That's why silage is so valuable.
The heifer bred too early always
stunted in. growth and her
milk flow is shortened for all time.
The full feed to the idle horse has
cost the life of many good one. Ad-
just the feed to the work the horse
does.
Rape, sown now. on good rich soil,
will make hog pasture by the last of
May. Use pounds per acre if sown
broadcast
The harder and faster the work a
horse has to do the more nutritious,
the stronger and more liberal must
be his food.
The cheapest culture for all fruit
trees except pears is to pillow deep in
the spring and SOW five pecks Of cow
peas to the acre.
Properly handled and cared for the
farm mare can do nearly as much |
work while raising the colt as she
would otherwise.
The first two weeks of a chicks
life there Is danger 1t will overeat,
but after that it is safe to let them
help themselves.
A strawberry bed that has borne
for two seasons has passed its great |
est usefulness, as far as high quality
berries is concerned.
1t is best to hatch turkeys away |
from the hen house, and other places |
frequented by chickens, to keep them |
from getting lousy.
Castrate the lambs when about ten
days old The operation is easily per-
formed at this age, and the lambs are
not so likely to bleed to death.
In the case of young sows it Is
whether either rye or rape
will furnish sufficient feed for main
tenance and proper development.
Try replacing the windows in the
calf and COW barn with muslin and
see what an improvement there Will
be in the air, and still keep the flies
out.
When pigs keep up terrific root
ing of the ground, charcoal, sulphur,
cinders, lime or bone meal will prob
ably be very much appreciated in
their ration.
The commercial fruit grower can az
ford his own spraying outfit, but the
farmer must largely depend upon the
sprayer to save his or
chard for him.
If you can grow alfalfa you may
rest assured that grain will be yours,
not only from the greater feeding
value but also from the greater pro-
ductiveness of the farm.
During late years the clovers have
come into great prominence, and the
farme. In any part of the country
who does not provide a certain
amount of alfalfa, common red clover
or alsike for his live stock is thought
to be behind the times.
The prime factors in breeding dis
ease are unsanitary surroundings,
dampness, crowding, impure water,
improper food, neglect and want of
exercise. Under such conditions even
the strong. sound constitution will
break down, and with 1t vanishes i'm