The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-01-25

WIN IhC oSttcI pOuiliy 10 Sohiho
better equipment
heated chicken house Is bad
thing for poultry.
The proper time to spray fruit trees
Is during the dormant season.
Well.bred, well-selected pigs. make
more profit on the food eaten.
horse In order to keep In good
condition should he we'll bedded every
night
A machine in the shed is worth just
about two machines left In the fence
corner.
The brood sows should have all the
bright clover or alfalfa hay that they
will eat.
The cleaner the feed and feeding
Places, the better the quality of the
pork in all
1t is conducive to health to feed
hogs when they can have the range
of the pasture field.
maple, which ripen in May or June
belong to the sooner" class.
Never work team of colts togeth.
er until they are thoroughly broken,
as they will worry each ether
Filling up the neglected holes about
the drinking tank Is now in order
Fill them up now and avoid trouble.
The man who calls improved stock
fancy stock" viii have an account to
settle with his Maker on the judgment
day
Carry your good care of the ewes
this fan as far as feeding plenty of
nice bright oats to keep them in con.
dition.
The old trorghs will soon have to
replace the fountain wateTers or there
may be burst fountain some cold
morning.
After the strawberry bed has been
set and cared for through the sum.
mer. it should be mulched through
the winter.
The milk should be strained through
one thickness of clean white flannel
and then should be quickly cooled
and well aired.
Wise turkey breeders will not
breed from the same tom more thsn
one year unless the same breeding
hens are retained
No matter how highly bred and care.
fully cultured colt may be II it is
not carefully trained and properly de-
veloped 1t loses its value.
For general or common use, caus-
tic or burnt lime or ground limestone
are employed almost exclusively for
the correction of soil abnormatities.
Wetting the hoofs with a sponge
and clean water every day, or simply
dipping each foot into a pail of wa.
ter, will keep the feet from becoming
dry.
II there are two Ehds Of roughness
ior the cows this winter it will be bet
ter to feed of both at the same time
rather than to feed out one then start
o. the other.
Look out for a collar that rubs a
lap Of flesh at every stride of the
horse. 1t Is liable to wear a gall on
his neck, and much sooner sometimes
than suspected.
The neck and shoulders of a horse
are points that must not be over
looked when buying A weak neck and
a narrow breast do not go with the
most desirable horse.
II is source of satisfaction to the
dairyman to be able to
sum up at the end of the year Just
exactly what every cow has done. The
milk record sheet is the key.
Anybody living near a good sized
own can do fine business in sweet
corn by delivering it fresh every
n orning to customers direct and get
'shrly twice the wholesale price.
Two or three shoyelfuls OF earth
about the trees will prevent water
rom settling about them. which may
cause bark bursting near the surface
md possible injury to thin roots.
The Massachusetts experiment sta
ion says that lime is an aid to good
but cannot take the place OF
ertilizers stable manure, thorough
and proper crop rotation
Farmers don't begrudge the food a
GOOD dairy COW consumes, and they
'hould not count the cost Of the chick
ms food so long as the chickens pay
or 1t and give them profit besides
DR.. f. s. Schoenleber. state veterln.
lrian at the Kansas Agricultural col
ege, is authority for the statement
hat there is danger In feeding imma.
ure forage crops which have been