The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-11-14
Pick all fruit carefully.

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/ ing is like begets like"
Many imported horses arc sell
to whoever buys them.
Moderate frosts improve rather
than harm the cabbage.
Why not shed farm machinery, the
same as the field products?
Store some dust for the chickens
dust bath during midwinter.
1t is only recently that sweet clover
has been used for feeding livestock.
Silage and alfalfa combined make
the foundation of the best dairy "a
ton.
The scrub COW appears in every
herd, whether 1t be q pure bred or q
grade herd.
| See that the ladders are safe before
using them. Unsafe rounds may mean
broken legs.
The separator Is helpful factor In
establishing the uniformity Of the fin
ished product.
When a heller is first fresh 1t is es-
pecially important that all the milk
| be drawn from her.
| How much does 1t cost to have that
machinery standing out in the wealth
er? Shedding is cheap!
No stock grower can afford to have
his animals burn grain for fuel to
keep themselves warm.
Sweet potatoes should be dried and
then stored in boxes OF sand before
the frost touches them.
Development of flock and greatly
increased profits cannot be secured
without careful breeding.
Letting butter drain we'll before
sailing is one of the little things that
makes for better quality.
The use of the pure-bred sires has
brought about much better quality
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Keep the hogs quiet, clean and
comfortable II you expect the best
gain from the food supplied.
Selling butter or cream from the
farm robs the soil Of less fertility than
does any other farm product.
The cost OF feeding an animal in
creases with it's weight, but not in
direct proportion to its weight.
Hurry all cement work to finish
now. so 1t will have time to set we'll
before freezing cracks and damages
It.
The milk pail with flaring top
has been ruled out. Hooded pals
with small openings are much more
dirt proof.
Are you keeping lot of horses for
which you have no special need? Let
the other fellow have them at pres
ent prices.
See to 1t that the colt does not be-
come constipated. A small dose OF
castor oil is a good thing to got the
bowels started.
Too often the dairy, poultry and
hog work are side lines on the farm
Make them the main line and they
will lead you to profit.
Fill the producing cows up on clover
hay or alfalfa hay II you can get 1t
instead OF fodder or other coarse stun
containing low feed values.
Hogs do not waste corn in the field
except in muddy weather They gain
faster, more evenly and more econom-
cally In the corn field than in the dry
lot
Good bright corn fodder is worth
more for dairy cows than pure tim.
othy hay but both should be fed along
With clover or alfalfa to get the best
results.
At the Iowa station corn and soy
beans hogged down produced 1877
pounds OF pork per bushel OF corn
At Sh cents per pound that Is $123
per bushel for the corn.
When the pumpkins and squashes
are gathered, do not put them In the
cellar at once. They will keep much
| better 4 stored in some dark outbulld-
ing until real freezing weather comes.
As the colo weather approaches the
separator bowl should be filled with
hot water before the milk Is allowed
to run through H. When 1t Is thor
oughly warm Swimming will be more
| efficient.
Some sheep are inclined to grow
hairy wool The dealers don't like
that and are apt to dock you for t.
Docking Is not what is is cracked up
to be. Grow wool, not hair. on the