The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-11-07

| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Stock like cowpeas.
Pack all fruit carefully.
Take good care of heifers.
Manure the garden in the fall.
Put the machinery under cover.
THE prop of the dairy"-a well
filed silo.
Give the weanling colts all the oats
they will eat.
The hen that fattens readily Is usu-
ally not a good layer
An ounce Of salt to a pound OF but
ter liz about the right average.
Gather your vegetables before heavy
frosts and store in suitable places
Cuts, decorations and bruises are
treated in the COW the same as III
man.
Sweet clover is one OF the most
valuable crops for improving run
down soils.
After the haying and harvesting are
completed change the sheep from the
regular pasture.
The eve flock should be run through
the mill and culled just as the wheat
is before sowing.
Uusiy feeding places are very In
furious. and lack OF sunshine for
early pigs is detrimental.
Somehow the poultry yard seems
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in stock breeding take place.
The ideal time for picking apples
Ia matter that must be settled 10 a
large degree by the individual.
A liberal banking OF sheds on the
north side will prove boon to the
cows when the cold weather comes
At this season of the year with the
coming Of the fall rains, dry shell
ter should be provided for the sheep.
The value of livestock on the farm
for turning low.priced products into
good money has never been thorough
ly understood.
Fall blowing usually produces bet
ter corn crop than spring blowing,
the ground being mellowed by the
frost and rain
II is said by observers that a hog
roots In the ground for alkali which
it finds in the soil and which aids
him in digestion.
Let the hogs husk their own corn.
Corn and soy beans. corn and rape, or
corn and pumpkins, will produce pork
for So per Cwt or less.
Fall Is "A better time to manure the
/ garden or potato patch than spring
/ The richness has time to soak into
| the soil during the winter
| Don't leave any rotten fruit lying
around In the orchard for the insect
pests to harbcr in this winter anc
batch their young out next spring
One lesson that short hay crops
have taught us is that u crop of hay
can be raised along the roadside
where weeds had their home before.
The dairyman who Is trying witt
dry feed, TO compete with the mar
with a silo might as we'll make III
his mind to get silo next summer.
Rub the cows udder with a damn
cloth before milking. We would dis
charge a mixer whom we caught wet
ting the teats with milk drawn int,
the hand
Fruit picking must be done care
fully. as all bruised fruit quickly dc
Gays. Do not leave any decaye
fruit on the trees or lying around o
the ground
Cattle uniformly OF the same colo
and general conformation make
much better appearance In the pa,
mre fields or in the farm yard tina
those OF great variety of colors an
general appearance
Have i finger nail torn out by III
roots and YOU will get some idea no
II hurts to dehorn "A COW. The bel
way, the only way TO that job RICH
is to take the little horns of by II
use OF little caustic potash
It is a great mistake for a city ma
who knows nothing OF orchard wo,
to expect to make living by grown
fruit even II he should buy an orcha,
in good bearing unless he has de,
| love for the work and an aptitude Il
learning the business.