The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-06-13
Fresh eggs hatch best.

Sow for a succession In crops.
Little chicks enjoy green feed
Kindness Is we'll repaid In the
dairy.
Go slow with co-n to the brood sows
and young pigs.
Do not sell pig until 1t Is 10 best
condition, or you will lose.
Sows that are to produce fall filters
should be bred In May. IL possible
The wise sheep owner will never
allow setback in the growth OF the
lambs.
Collar boils need the attention a
veterinarian who can easily remove
the cause.
To attain the greatest success IN
dairying, 1t Is necessary to have dairy
bred cows.
Cows are not always to blame for
being Improbable. Often the fault
Is nearer home.
Hens that have been crowded for
winter eggs should have no place
with the breeders.
The hens find considerable animal
food in the bugs and worms that are
beginning to appear.
Be careful how you breed your colts
and don't be guilty of flooding the
market with misfits.
notional, have to be humored to get
them to do their bes..
Some cows are so persistent in
their milking habits that it IL danger
Gus to force them dry.
The successful dairyman endeavors
to raise as much of the feed needed
as possible on his own farm.
The smoother the perches the more
easily they can be kept free from ver-
min. And have them movable.
Grasshoppers sometimes inflict In.
Jury on the young trees BY eating
he tender bark on the small limbs.
AS soon as securing begins. give
the calf teaspoonful OF ground
cloves. One dose Is usually sufficient
The sooner hen can be turned
loose with her small chicks the better
after they are able to run and pick a
little.
Spray your trees whether they have
l crop or not Spraying In of years
g just as important as In years of
heavy crops
Calves at the age OF three or four
months will consume some silage II
care Is taken to pick out the leafy por-
ions for them.
Many small chicks are counted
among those lost because they are
allowed to follow the mother through
he dew-covered grass.
Make sure OF one thlng-if vigor IL
lot in the stock that produced the
eggs, the chicks will not live and
thrive as they should.
Whether eggs are In incubators or
under hens it will be well to wet them !
with water that feels warm to the |
land. on the nineteenth day.
AS a rule late seeding should be |
leep, In order to strike moisture, and |
hus start the plant ant once on It's |
raw ubdiHol tuC oClbOu.
The careful farmer who gives his |
PERSONAL attention to the making and |
eeding OF siage and Is not satisfied |
With the result Is yet to be heard from.
The neglect to keep brooders clean |
and to provide clean litter for chicks
10 scratch In, Is responsible for con-
siderable mortality among baby
chicks.
A sack of cement and three or four
times as much sand will make an
everlasting base for the separator,
and 1t iengthens the life OF the ma
chine too.
In certain states dairy farming is
easy but the surprising fact In this
connection Is that where the disad.
vantages are least the people show
the least interest.
Market the butter often. The fresh.
err 1t Ia the more 1t will appeal to your
customers and the surer you are of
getting from 40 to so cents a pound for
all that you make
Plan and breed now for early calves
next spring. They're the ones that
bring in the money, while their dams
are producers OF dairy products at a
season when they reach the top In
quality and price.
once the hog cholera enters a herd
the germs usually pentrate to all por
lions of the swine lots and quarters.
so that subsequent disinfection should