The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-08-29


Gapes can be cured.
Clean out the sheep fold.
Market the useless ROSTERS.
Plant some trees in the pasture.
Try keeping a few sheep on the
farm.
Sit on the milk stool-dont pound
the COW with 1t.
Hot, close weather brings lots OF
lice to the dirty pen.
Improved breeds Of hogs are i'm
proving the hogs profit.
Are there any dead heads In your
dairy? If SO weed them out.
First-class fruit will command a
frst-class trade at flrst-class prices.
Shorts are a more economical feeo
for sows and growing pigs than for
cows.
A boy and dog make poor combi-
nation to bring the COWS home from
pasture.
IN spraying. drenching is not de
sired; stop spraying just before drip
ping begins.
He who attends to the repair OF ma
chinery before using 1t saves both
time and money.
When a dairyman learns to use the
Babcock test he Is started on the way
to his economic salvation.
Frequent cultivation the remainder
of the summer will fit the strawberry
bad for rs Lext years work
The best dairyman is clean, not
because he has to be, but because 1t
It second nature for him to be.
When the calf gets old enough tc
turn out to grass be sure and continue
feeding a ration of grain or milk.
AS the marketing season advances
the patrons OF cooperative elevator
companies congratulate themselves.
The dairy COW has capacity fol
q great amount Of feed and unless this
feed Is provided she cannot do her
best
Milk may be tested for butterfat al
different temperatures. 1t is well tc
have It between GO and 80 degrees
Fahrenheit.
IT is hard to see where those pigs
that are growing up In a dry pen are
going to make very much profit fol
their owner.
Never use crates or boxes more
than once. Neat, clean boxes sci
first even though the fruit may no
be up to the standard in every way.
II you are careless or neglected. o
spraying and get poo- results this sea
son don't say that spraying doesn'
pay 1t does pay-and pays big inter
est
It is always safest TO take n
chances with bull, no matter hoy
good his reputation beforehand. 1t /
80 often tho gentle" animals tina
cause accidents.
There are two crops which canno
as rule be grown in the same pal
fish, sheep and dogs. Sheep are mos
profitable but dogs are the favorit
with too many farmers.
A great many farmers do not rea
ize that grass supplies feed entirel
different from corn and that 1t Is
bad practice to change entirely an
suddenly from one to the other.
| Never introduce new bird into Tn
regular yard until it has been dull
| quaran.iued Keep 1t alone for a wee
and note It's condition. appetite. et
/ Disease Is often introduced into
flock by carelessness In this matte
Too many forget to speak kindly
their horse, hence never have kin
horse Get the affection OF yol
horse. and you have taken mo
important step toward getting his be
services
The grower who will sort his aIpl,
into two or more grades, packed we
will get more money for his fruit this
the one who throws all kinds togeth,
In barrel and places a layer of Il
best ones on top.
The best time to kill weeds of a,
kind is when they are small. New
let weeds go to seed. Stop the fou
tain Of the trouble by planting on
clean seed. A good tanning mill W
sclve the problem Of clean seed.
1t IL better TO keep dirt out OF d
milk pail in the first place than
, have to strain II out after milkir
; Much dirt dlssolves quickly In war
=, milk. This contamination causes b,
terra to develop and bad milk Al
9 cream often result.