The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-07-18

Bees require water.
Rotation improves the soil.
Rape Is excellent for swine.
Kafir is harder on land than corn.
Do not forget to provide shade for
the poultry.
The better the man, the better the
COW. Every time.
Cold water is practically useless for
removing bacteria.
Cover crops must be used to prevent
tho loss Of plant food.
You can't tell by the looks OF dairy
COW how honest she Is.
Harrow teeth are made TO be turn
ed. yet how many people do 1t?
An inch OF rainfall on an acre OF
land weighs more than 10 0tons.
A pasture arranged to include few
shade trees is % per cent, better.
n hens develop the feather-pulling
habit send them to market at once.
Corn and alfalfa make a combination
that cannot be equalled on the dairy
farm.
Liberal feeding OF the dairy calves
Is money put where 1t will draw big
interest
Don't forget the weeds that are get
ting ready to go to seed along the
roadside.
Every farmer should have a small
wheel seeder and a small wheel gar
den hose.
II is mistake to keep monde
script bull simply because he cost a
little money.
Sore shoulders are the result OF
Uniting collars, and not always
those Of this season.
Paper may be made to stick to
whitewashed walls by an application
OF vinegar to the walls.
Clabbered milk drained and left to
dry makes fine feed for young chicks.
Rub 1t fine before feeding
Second or third crop alfalfa. II
properly managed, furnishes very
satisfactory pasture for sheep.
All cows that are hearty eaters are
not profitable producers, but all profit.
able producers are hearty eaters.
Gentleness and patience are al.
ways important in the dairy barn, but
doubly 80 when handling the young
heller
Instead OF feeding wet mashes to
chicks try giving cracked grain in
small quantities in litter. It's good
health insurance.
Cultivation hastens the liberation
Of plant food by permitting air to per-
meate the soil and oxidize or burn out
the organic matter
Live stock husbandry will postpone
soil depletion for longer period OF
time than grain farming but it will
not prevent depletion
The eggs from maturod hens will
hatch better and produce stronger
chicks than the eggs of pullets, They
are usually larger, too
TO avoid sore mouth in pigs. the
little fellows should have their large
front teeth removed M soon after
they are farrowed AZ possible.
When the pillow horses are brought
In at noon the harness should be re-
moved and the shoulders washed and
rubbed dry while they are feeding
Cement floors are conceded by most
all dalrymen to DO the most sanitary.
and II the cows are properly bedded,
1t will give better satisfaction than
planks.
OIL meal Ia laxative, and helps TO
prevent the feyerish condition which
often appears at narrowing time and
which Is occasionally responsible for
pig eating
The results OF the tillage expert.
ments with disk and mold.board plows
indicate that for deep blowing the
disk is preferable to Vie mold
board plow.
The young SOW has got to make her
growth, while the old SOW has her
full growth, 30 that the young SOW
must be fed literally in order to de.
yelop properly.
Root crops will be- profitable for
both the dairy cows and the hogs
Some OF the best breeders who are
making Official records use roots in
addition 10 silage
ThoEe who argue against silos and
ensilage have seen the points knock.