The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-07-25

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Keep live stock of some kind.
Humus In the soil Is necessary.
Guinea fowls are always in de
mand.
Market your product to suit your
market
Flavor in butter is more important
than color.
Keep a sharp lookout for the cab
bage worm.
Coal and charcoal are great aids tc
digestion in pigs.
Badly kept poultry quarters are usu
ally the cause Of lice.
The farm dog should not be allowed
to run the dairy COW.
BUNDLE foot Is said to be nothing
less than stone bruise.
A treeless home Is q lonesome look
ing place 10 one who Is a lover oil
trees.
The two row cultivator helps the
farmer to keep well ahead OF the
weeds.
A home repair outfit will save you
many dollars before 1t outlives Its use.
fulness.
Trouble with weeds has caused
more alfalfa failures than any other
one thing.
Best poultry tonic on earth Ia
Gods tonic-the common dandelion
fed freely.
Rainfall saved by timely cultivation
is worth a whole deluge OF water a
| week 100 iate
The quality OF next years aspara-
gus will depend upon the growth
made this year.
The use of celery Is obviously on
the increase, but the demand is for a
| first-class article.
Corn silage is valuable and efficient
for carrying beef breeding stock
through the winter.
You must watch gosllngs that are
Matched with hens, as lice weaken
and kill them easily.
II the fetlocks are clipped and the
horses legs are kept clean, scratch
ing will never bother.
Half bran hold cornmeal mixed
with skim milk, makes a good ra-
ton for young goslings,
A dirty floor Is not desirable In a
milking stable, but it is preferable to
a filthy, dusty atmosphere.
When the pea crop is over, clear
away the vines and plant potatoes,
cabbage, sweet corn, beets, etc.
Late truck crops are grown chiefly
upon lard from which hay has been
mown or following Strawberries.
DO not pay out your good money for
a mass Of mixed feeds made out OF
materials you know nothing about.
When you have carefully selected
the sows select sire OF the same
breed from a good reputable breeders
herd.
A cloth will do a better Job Of
straining milk than any wire strainer.
Boil the cloth frequently to keep Il
sanitary.
Lime is a splendid dlsinfectant and
can be used to advantage in the sta
bles. hog houses and poultry houses
or upon the farm.
Ducks in the garden will devour
many bugs, slugs and worms and can
not scratch. Guinea hens also are
useful in the garden.
Cucumbers and cantalrupes will not
cross, as they are two different spe-
cies. No danger OF mixing il they are
planted alongside each other.
The chief crops which are grown for
late market are cabbage, celery, Gu
cumbers for pickles, sweet corn, toma-
toes, squash and rutabaga turnips.
Alfalfa Is practically as good when
| fed to horses as when fed to mich
cows or to growing stock, but In this
case we must be careful to balance"
| the ration.
When meat is given to chickens II
is good plan to mince very fine and
mix with meal, otherwise the chicks
dislike other food for several hours
afterwards.
When hens fly and caclSle and you
can not see anything to disturb
them set trap in some protected
corner and you will be likely to
catch rat.
1t IL bad practice to allow horses