The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-08-01
The silo makes feed cheap.

A dibble is handy garden tool.
Sort eggs according to size ana
color.
Curry the filth from the cows coat
before milking.
Late cabbage is a good crop to fol-
low early potatoes.
Let nine miIkings pass before using
fresh cows milk.
Cabbage Is one of the very best
vegetables to feed to poultry.
High quality of cream can be pro-
duced from clean. pure milk.
Better use is made OF ground than
of whole grain by the dairy cows.
Do not allow the stall where the
| COW must stand or lie to get filthy.
Comfortable shelter GOES a long
way towards making dairying pay.
Never offer a poor pound OF butter
for sale; rather feed 1t to the pigs.
/ SIlage and alfalfa combined make
the foundation for the best dairy "a
| ton.
Woven wire fence is being bought
| by the mile instead Of by the rod
| now.
The coming OF the silo is developing
some new high records for high-priced
| beef
The secret of successful stack build
ing Is to keep the middle full and well
tramped.
The calf should have plenty OF wa
ter to drink and 1t should always be
clean and pure.
Manure is one OF the by-products
of the dairy farmer and it represents
a decided profit.
Many practical hog raisers are now
using artificial wallows. built of either
cement or lumber.
II winter dairying is to be the most
profitable it must be planned for def
initely in sdvance.
Any man who will strike horse
in the head should never be allowed
to touch one again.
Keep the laying hens working. To
do this feed them at daybreak and
just before shutdown.
Hogs follow the rows and tramp
down less of the rape II 1t is drilled
instead Of broadcasted.
II you want a lasting cement use
melted alum 1t hardens at once and
water does not affect It.
The poorer the cream the faster
should be the speed OF the churn
slower where cream is rich.
A man cannot work on boiled tur-
nlps alone neither can a horse work
on a diet of straw and fodder
Shelters separate from the ones pro
vIded for the old fowls should be con-
structed for the use Of the chicks.
Fine gravel is not the proper grit
for POULTRY. They want sharp ma
terial with which to grind their food.
The best location for the warm
weather chicks Is in the orchard.
and the trees also protect them from
storms.
Forage crops added to the grain ra-
to 80 per cent, says F, G. King, Pur-
due station,
On an average Great Britain yields
80 bushels OF wheat to the acre; New
South Wales, Is; the United States. 70.
and Russia, s.
Young fruit trees that were planted
| in the autumn of last year, or In the
| spring Of this year. should be ex.
amined carefully.
Cowpeas sown in corn and the en-
tire crop pastured down by hogs gives
one of the very best returns that can
be secured from farm land
A few trees In the poultry yard are
to be desired at this season, but II the
yard Is devoid of trees it Is easy to
arrange for artificial shade.
Breeding stock should never be
saved from a litter Of vicious old
brood SOW which is always restless
and chasing about tho pasture
Only about one grape Seeding in
100 Is worth furth er testing. A l to
100 shot offers enough chance to make
1t interesting to grape enthusiasts.
Do not allow the stall where the
COW has to stand or lie to get filthy
1t Is not only uncomfortable for the