The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-03-21

clean up the poultry buildings.
Onions require q fine and firm see
bed.
Take good care OF the brood SOW
from now on.
Most men have their favorite va
rieties OF stock.
The brood sows should have som
roots, II possible.
The boars should be isolated from
the rest OF the herd.
Chickens need decent housing
proper feed, and some care.
The feed for young guineas may b.
the same as for young turkeys.
Cold weather has prepared the sol
for a bounteous crop next summer.
Oats without hulls is ore Of thu
most valuable of all grains for poul
try.
Kaffir meal Is the best grain tc
offset the laxative effects of skim
milk.
If farmer desires to improve his
flock, let him begin with pure bred
males
In feeding q milk COW a corn IA.
ton reduce the ration at first indica,
ton of fattening.
Standard utility fowls must be Sc
lected for the greatest egg production
and quick maturity
Don't forget that your cattle, hogs,
horses, and sheep all need salt; not
spasinodically but regularly.
aNo 'oi hoVOud 10 COllpiClc WlluOut
a generous space devoted to a garden
for small fruits ind vegetables.
During the winter the dairy farmer
has more time to figure out his plans
FOR improving his system of farming.
The breeding Of high-class hackney
stations to high-class trotting mares
has passed beyond the experimental
stage.
You may feed all the food your
lans can possibly use, but II you are
hort on grit the result will not be
The Embden, perhaps, makes a lit
lie better market bird than the Tou.
ouse, but the latter lays more eggs.
'ften forty in a season.
Don't burn up any kind of coarse
liter that accumulates around the
eed yards, but save it to mulch diff
erent plants in the garden.
In shoeing. the foot should only
AVE SO much hoof removed from it
It each shoeing as is necessary for
he proper fitting of the shoe.
Turkeys more than any other poul-
~ seem to require fresh air. They
vii roost In trees during a SNOW
torn and not seem to mind It q bit.
A mixture of barley, cornmeal,
'heat bran and roots will put flesh
n horses fast. With this. of course,
small quantity Of hay should be
iven
One hears a great deal about the
,st of feed this winter, but this cost
not so important as Is the size of
'ofits realized in feeding this high
iced feed.
No branch of husbandry now pur-
led offers better opportunities for
rofits for the amount of money in
ested and the time expended than
le production of hogs.
Good quality wheat straw, which is
either moldy nor dusty, will make a
ir roughage for horses, and when
d in moderate amounts should not
'ove injurious in any way.
The men who suffer least during
e dry season are the dairy farmers.
hey always have an income. for
ere is always some crop that can
} fed profitably to the cows.
Soil must be fed II 1t is expected to
eld a profitable crop. 1t would be
st as reasonable to expect a COW
make milk out of ration of straw
to ask the soil to yield a harvest
tho,it restoring its fertility.
In maturing market nogS II Is or
urse proper to eliminate the exer-
'e, but in maintaining a useful herd
breeding hogs 1t is necessary to
'ego heavy feeding and to compel
undant exercise.
Give the sows careful attention at
rowing time during the cold months
d supply them with heterogeneous
Ids and, II possible, little sue
lent seed, such as cabbage or beets.
Success or failure in the dairy bust
IS does not depend upon the size OF
, farm or the number of cows a
N keeps, or the rushing he does. 2
| upon the character of the man. \
intelligent thought he gives his 4