The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-03-07
Prune correctly.
Give the hens sunshine.
Turkeys require fresh air.

Feed your clover hay and most Of
your corn.
When sod land is plowed for corn.
1t should be lined
The ground for soiling crops should
be located near the stables.
That fresh cow is the most profit.
able animal on the farm Just now
There is more danger in letting the
incubator get too hot than too cold
Horses are most economically fat.
tened If they are not exercised at all.
In spite of the dry season the coun-
try seems to have plenty OF rough
feed.
Cut the ice for use next summer be-
fore it gets too thick-16 inches Is
enough.
Where Is that surplus Of dairy pro-
this year?
II the fruit is stored in the cellar,
1t must be well ventilated and per.
fectly dry.
| a thar q II or will hpor
watching. She IL pretty sure to be a
small producer.
The ration should be balanced to
meet the needs of the cow at all
stages of lactation.
Pruning done correctly will increase
the size and improve the quality of
most common fruits.
One thing that can be given the
fowls, and which they lack very often,
is pure drinking water.
You can tell laying hen as far as
you can see her Her comb is always
bright and healthy looking
Cooking will improve turnips for
fattening hogs because 1t takes out
considerable of the water.
The coolest weather does not kill
the insects. Therefore spraying is the
safest method of killing them.
| For seed production cowpeas should
be planted in rows so that an oppor-
tunity is given for cultivation.
| Sell wheat, cloverseed and timothy.
| but feed all the rough forage and use
your straw for feed and bedding.
Contrary to popular belief more
chickens die from June until Septem.
| Der than in all the rest of the year.
The man who can raise good live
| stock and does not do it is piling up
lot of proftless work for himself.
| Just the right time to clean IN
around the lots. 1t is surprising how
much litter can accumulate during the
year.
Excellence is always relative Its
relative degrees can only be gagged
with accuracy when accurate records
are kept.
Both oil meal ana cottonseed meal
may be used in the fattening horse
ration in amounts as high as three
pounds daily
If we allow buyers to come into our
herds and pick out the best cows
how can we ever expect to build up a
profitable dairy?
Two pounds OF mixed shorts and
bran per COW per day is not sufficient
for COWS that are expected to give lib.
eral flows of milk.
Milk utensils should be made of
metal and have all joints perfectly
and smoothly soldered, is rule laid
down in dairy test.
The best place for the incubator is
the one where the temperature is most
nearly uniform from day to day. un.
der natural conditions.
Unlike other poultry the turkey has
never been thoroughly domesticated. |
but has remained practically a wild
bird in its requirements.
A record should be kept when sows
are bred and they should be separ-
ated from the other hogs week or
two before due to farrow.
Swamp land, when drained and
lined and worked I'm corn for year
or two, should be seeded to grass and
kept in permanent meadow.
In locations where testing associa.
tons have been formed, the average
production per COW has been more
than doubled in many instances.
After the chrysanthemums nave
quit blooming, set the pots in the eel
lar. so the plants will stand dormant
and be ready to set out next spring.
Ground oats, wheat bran and a III.
tie oil-meal, together with some al
falfa or clover hay, will keep the