The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-10-31
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Be careful in milking
| Sheep need care apd feed.
| Good fences are important.
Lime may be applied to the soil at
any time.
The best seed corn is that grown
on ones own farm.
Potatoes are as cheap this year as
they will ever be again.
The dairy COW should essentially be
large and rich mixer.
A coat of whitewash in the poultry
house adds both beauty and profit.
Hogs running in the corn field are
healthier than those shut in a pen.
To have horses OF endurance give
the colts a chance to develop their
muscles.
Don't waste your time cutting corn
for fodder after one good frost
strikes 1t.
Tho only way to make sheep pay is
TO keep the bsst sheep and give them
the best care.
Change of pasture makes fat cattle,
they say. Variety in feed also makes
COWS better mixers.
The value Ct a hog depends upon
his ability to make good pork. This
ig equally true of all breeds.
Are you keeping the boys and girls
properly supplied with good tools"
TO do their work in the schoolroom?
Your lambs ought to be big enough
now to bring good price. Let them
go and give the rest better GRANGE.
The bay stock With out a good top
is just about o. a rar with the corn
shock that has nearly twisted down.
Feeding the drop apples to the
stock will save much grain and act
as Il good appetizer for the animals.
Because a COW is hearty eater is
no sign that she is profitable but all
srge and profitable COWS are hearty
saters
Millet should be cut before the
! seeds are ripe, IA fact, after 1t is well
headed out it ~ candidate for the
mower.
Don't leave the sheep in dry,
short pasture. Give them a chance
IN n fresh pasture or give a good
grain ration.
Corn is ready to be cut for silaee
when the grain is in the dent ana
glazed but can still be broken with
the thumb nail.
II you produce your own seed grain
it is important to select il early out
Of the best part of the crop and take
good care of It.
The fatality among pigs during the
| abnormally heated spell was in many
cases increased, il not wholly caused
by putrid swill barrels.
Lung troubles In swine are fire.
| quently the result Of dust and filth
snuffed through the nostrils while
feeding on the ground
pigs that have been properly grown
| up to five moaths with big strong
frames, can be rounded up quickly for
market with ration consisting large.
! y OF corn.
II more sheep were kept by farmers
right along. instead of having them
when feed stuirs are high in price and
sheep vice versa, more money could
! be realized.
Keep your eye open for a better ram
than you have been using. No use
tramping the same ground over year
after year, Get "A little farther along
the road to better things.
There Is no better balancer for
stock wintered on corn fodder than
cowpeas. They furnish Just the Gle.
ments that are lacking in all feeds
like corn, cane or knAr fodder and
timothy hay
Churning troubles appear as soon as
cold weather sets in. But not all the
churning troubles are due to cold
weather; the COW that has been Civ
ing milk for a long time is apt &c
furnish cream that is slow to come.
Feed is plainly this fall and cheaper
than It has been for some time. This
does not mean that It will stay cheal
all winter for should II be hard win
ter the feed would lessen fast. Tn,
time to buy feed, If any Is needed. /,
In the fall.
Just as soon as wire fencing begin
TO rust, II begins to dcteriorate il
value and this deterioration can b.
easily and quickly checked by apply
. ing coat Of cheap paint wheneye
the galyani2ing starts to pcoling OF