The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-08-22

The hog is a debt payer.
Every farm should have silo
A silo built of concrete will pre-.
serve silage well.
Milk and corn meal makes a fine
forcing feed for friers
A good time to Gull out inferior
birds is when the market is up.
The finer the soil, the better the
vegetables, both in quantity and quail
ity.
Feed the soil If you would have the
soil feed you, applies forcibly to worn
out lands.
Grape vines require frequent shall
low cultivation throughout the en-
tire season.
In setting an orchard stick to the
proven varieties Let some one else
do the experimenting.
The thermometer must be used as
regularly in the dairy during the
summer as during the winter
At this time Of the year care should
be exercised in housing the pullets
that are to be the winter layers.
In breaking a colt, remember that
1t is an easy matter to overload and
ruin him by causing him to balk.
Bran is a very good feed for cows.
1t Is light, palatabe and rich in min
eral matter, especially phosphorus.
With fruiting orchards, mineral fer
filters are often great assistance, but
ar excess Of nitrogen should be avoid
ed.
Annual flowers can be hurried along
by watering them with tablespoon
full Of nitrate Of soda to a pailful Of
water
Heroic pruning measures are needed
ed to bring many old trees into bear
ing; but 1t need not all be done the
first year.
The theory that one can overfeed
the growing pullets has been exploded
and many flock has been retarded BY,
under feeding.
The earlier in the season after this
June crop that thinning can be done,
the better 1t will be for the tree and
remaining apples
The most humane method of de-
horning cow is to do the work with
a little caustic potash when the horns
are just starting on the calf.
When the strawberries are off the
vines remove the mulch and cultivate
thoroughly to kill off the weeds and
put the soil in fine condition.
Some folks have their houses SO
that they can open them up all around
the foundation walls when il is hot,
and let the air circulate everywhere.
From early spring until August sow
a few rows OF summer lettuce every
two weeks or so, and thus try to pro-
vide continuous supply OF good
heads.
Throw open the windows every
night, but tack some wide-meshed
cloth Of some kind over them to keep
out things that have no business in
the house.
Alsike clover Is a perennial and can
be grown on ground that Is too low
and moist for the medium red or
mammoth but it is grown equally
well on high ground
falfa growing should have forced on
their attention the important lesson
that II pays well to put a little labor
on the surface after removing each
crop.
Lambs should be docked when they
are from eight to ten days old, accord.
Ing 10 the advice OF the Minnesota ev.
pertinent station, At that time the
young animal receives practically no
setback
Never milk the COW with wet hands.
No more filthy habit ia INDUCED in
than that OF milking on the hand Ia
order to strip the teat MIlkin.
should always be done with full
dry hand
Meat in some form should be sup
piled the fowls. They need protein
and in beef scraps this Is found in
good quantities Good beef SCRAPS
contain from so to so per cent. II
should be well aired and clean.
In selecting eggs for Matching much
care should be used Select only nice
brown, well-formed and good sized
eggs from healthy stock. Keep them
just cool and incubate them as SCOT
as possible.
Strength endurance and speed in &
horse are not developed by violen,
usage. but rather by judiciou,
amount OF exercise given 80 as to de
velop, but not strain. When the train
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