The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-01-11

hodgepodge.
1t is not always the largest hen
that is the best layer.
II not moldy sorghum is an excellent
root forage for all stock
grow them rapidly while young.
Poorly fed sheep will not produce
very good wool, nor good mutton.
Equal parts of corn and oats are
hard to excel as grain feed for
sheep.
During an extra cold spell OF wealth
err, add little corn to the sow's grain
ration
Do not attempt to winter more
sheep than can be done without
crowding.
BY the right kind of selection even
the commonest dairy herd can be
greatly improved.
Growing pigs should not be crowd
ed into close. filthy quarters. exposed
to vermin and disease.
The driver more than the horse is
always more to blame for the animals
being vicious-if he ever is.
Leave q horse united when hooked
to vehicle and he will be likely to
be gone when you return for him.
You will appreciate the difference
between low-headed and high-headed
trees when you are picking the crop.
Decaying vegetables in storage I'M
der the living rooms in the cellar are
apt to promote Ill health in the house
hold.
gentle bull just the same as If he
were ugly, or he may take you I'M
awares.
The best dairy cow is the one that
will convert the forage raised on the
farm into the greatest amount Of
butter fat.
A dairy thermometer comes into
good play any time of year, but is
especially valuable to have around for
winter churning.
The supply Of vegetable matter is
most easily maintained in the soil by
the growing of green crops and by the
application OF manure.
Change in the conditions of dairy
ing is driving many men out of the
work because they would rather quit
than improve their methods.
Horse breeding requires more cap
ital, is more profitable if successful,
and involves larger losses if not, than
any other kind of stock breeding
Moles in a garden prove an intoler.
able nuisance. While they may be
trapped, the only sure way is to in
ject bsulphate of carbon into their
runs.
Give the old sows, and those that
nave been pulled down by late filters.
extra care and feed. so they will 60
through the winter in profitable con-
dition
A half teaspoonfu of Paris green
added to heavily sweetened water or
molasses will kill the cut worms, but
care should be taken that the fowls
cannot get at It.
If you have any cows that believe in
short seasons, give them the grand
bounce, just the minute you can. Cows
that hold out are the ones that put
the money in your pockets.
An old horseman says that the
chief cause Of collie in horses, or the
cause of the largest per cent. Of these
cases, is brought through long absti.
nence from water
Alfalfa meal Is becoming popular
feed, but in Kansas, where they raise
lot of that kind OF hay, farmers
claim that the COW can do the grinding
cheaper than it can be done at the
mill.
While fodder when given out OF
doors should be fed In feed racks and
not on the ground, 1t is imperative
for the ground surrounding the racks
to slope away in all directions, and
often 1t would be better still II tile
drained
Many farmers are wedding out their
Inferior cows and getting rid of the
scrub bulls. This in a measure ac.
counts for the great demand TO, dairy
stock. The herds must be KEPT up
and many are In position where
they feel that they can affoyd to sell
the poor and buy the best.
The dairy barn should be kept
clean all through the winter. tbs re-
quires E'ore work than in the summer
but II Is absolutely necessary. At the
same time the calf pens must be
clean There is tendency IN the part
of rome to throw In little extra bed