The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-09-05
A farm shop Is handy

WOe, hiihy PCh.
Try to have the water tanks under
some sort of shade.
In milking 1t is the last few pulls
that produce the profits.
A dog that worries stock has no
business on the dairy farm.
A good shade goes a long way
toward thrift In the hog pens.
To get the best results the COW
must be kept quiet and treated kindly.
Good oil is cheaper than thin cheap
stuff.
A screen fly trap setting near the
back kitchen door rids the house OF
many flies
There is going to be a lot Of alfalfa
sown this fall. How much of it will be
on your farm?
1t pays to get out and do as much
work as possible In the early part
OF these hot days.
One thing that keeps the hired man
on the farm is neat. well-kept, and
well arranged farm.
A disk from an old pulverizer
makes a good anchor for holding the
end post OF a wire fence.
Milking the cows clean and care
fully has a tendency to develop per-
sistent habit OF yielding milk
II doesn't cost any more to be clean
ly than otherwise. And there's more
profit and satisfaction in 1t too.
cattle and sheep, and is fed with
profit to these classes of animals.
Our advertising columns are inter-
esting this month. Look them over
carefully May find something you
want,
Three tablespoonfuls OF formalin to
a pint OF half water and half milk Is
an efficient poison to set where flies
The silo should be placed where 1t
will not interfere with the sunlight en-
tering the barn, or interfere with the
entrance or exits.
Supplement the short pastures with
those green crops you planted last
spring. Didn't do it? Too bad Re
member next time.
A little gunny sacking over that
poor cows or Calls back, when 1t is
pcketed near swarms OF flies, will
help out the feed surprisingly.
Flies can't hatch without a manure
or dump pile to incubate In. Keep
everything clean and there will be a
few million less of these flies.
Sheep and poultry go we'll to geth-
or, and when once the buildings and
fields are ready for them, how little
work, compared with other stock, it
takes to care for them.
Many dairymen are giving their
cows simply maintenance ration,
and then complain because there Is
no profit In dairying. Such dairying
don't deserve to succeed
Don't neglect to cultivate the grape
vineyard up to fruiting time. The
surface OF the soil in the vineyard
must be kept mellow throughout the
hot July and August days.
Skim the milk clean. The milk
containing quite a little butter fat
may be most excellent for the pigs.
but butter fat at 90 to % cents a
pound is expensive pig feed.
We saved Up some OF our profits
from farming and invested in some
farm land a few years ago. The re-
suit may surprise you, but we made
80 per cent on our investment.
The coal ash mulch is certainly
good for gooseb8rries and also for to-
matoes Tomatoes mulched with
sifted coal ashes will resist blight
and keep green and fourishing longer
than without It,
Linseed meal is made by grinding
naxseed from which the oil has been
more or less completely extracted.
"Old process" contains more fat and
somewhat less protein than New pro-
cess" liuseed meal
As a matter OF fact the farmer owes
1t to himself. personally, TO be close
student of advanced agriculture and
Of public questions. This Is the way
to keep the mind alert and active and
to keep mentally young.
The cows and the pigs, etc, are the
farmers customers, They take his
feed and roughage The farmer