The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-03-28

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accuracy from any flock of hens.
Food plays an important part in the
growth and development Of the colt
Many young boars are ruined by be
sows
If you intend sowing clover or alfal
ia this spring get your seed right
away
Clover is the greatest pasture for
hogs-provided it is not allowed to
| mature.
The successful feeding O. poultry
is among the most difficult of feeding
problems.
Most farmers have learned before
this that 1t is expensive to haul green
corn fodder
| Rape seed is cheap it terminates
strongly and furnishes plenty of pala.
table forage.
If hog seems to be ailing, separate
it from the herd at once and give
watchful care
One advantage in feeding steers or
the farm is the maintenance of tn.
soil fertility.
| Deal gently with the COW of nervous
| temperament She usually Is one of
the best in your herd
If you get an incubator, assign the
running OF it to one person, and let
him have sole charge
chill brought on by the udder
| coming in contact with frosty ground
! is apt to ruin your best COW.
Clean, dry bedding spread about
thickly will make cold. hard floors
more endurable these cold nights.
Sunf1owers are just the thing to
| raise next season for the fowls but
don't grow them for the spaTows.
The good dairy COW usually is wide
| In the forehead the face dished he
tween the eyes with strong under
| Jaw.
Never salt tie horses feed in ,he
box. Place big lump where he can
reach it. and he will take it whe- he
| needs It,
The three essentials for suc~sSs-
full dairy COW are vigor capacity Tor
food and well-developed organs tos
milk production.
Goslings will thrive if fed on grass
alone, but will not make such rapid
growth, CT course, as when they are
given little grain.
The cow must have good breath
ing apparatus, indicated by a large
nostril. wide breast and good width
across the floor Of the chest.
Never jump from the wagon when
the horse is running away. More
lives and limbs are lost in that way
than by remaining in the wagon
Until We raise all the hay we need
for our stock and have all the stock
and all the manure we need. it will
pay us to save the whole OF the corn
crop.
Feeding cattle gives not only
profit on the feed produced on the
farm, but it supplies the farm with
manure which is greatly desired in
progressive farming,
Calves should not be turned out TO
pasture unless they have haG a little
green feed before, as 1t is Fable to
cause scours. Give all the fresh, clean
water the calf will drink.
daily record should be kept OF
each COW II the stable. In a years
time dairyman viii know by prac.
teal demonstration what cows are
paying him and those that are not
A COW, to produce large flow, must
consume a lot Of water and she is not
likely to drink as much as she needs
when she has to take it ice colo on o
cold day.
A few sweet apples or lum.ls of su.
gar is likely to prove much ,,ore eff.
fective than whip in occurring
obedience from an intelligent, ppirited,
highly bred colt. or even mazprh ami.
NAL of the horse kind.
Three weeks ahead Of irN1cning
time 1t Is well to begin feed ~ the
COW 2 pounds Of bran per day, i,creas.
ing this up to pounds per day ~ the
time the calf is due. This WA put
the COW in proper condition fu, cal
wing.
At very low cost the farma! can
build cement walks around his build
fngs that will last practically totever,
and save his wife lot of worri and
hard work caused by mud nning
tracked into the house from dirt
walks.
How about seeds Have you p.cnty
OF seed potatoes. wheat. oats and bar.