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

The horse Is the only animal which
every farmer must have.
When you 60 into town, invest in a
good thermometer for the dairy.
Keep the ensilage covered. Frozen
ensilage is no advantage to stock.
A good horseman never trots 8
draft horse. even when he has no load.
Sometimes size in sheep is secured
at the expense OF activity and vitality.
It Is mistake to feed the pigs
sour milk when they are learning Z
| eat.
When at all indisposed. turkey
| should be separated from the rest Of
| the flock
A lamb that is large and strong will
stand weaving better, and also win
| ter better.
| Hogs are great lovers of warmth
and must have 1t for their most ESQ
nomical growth.
Size, vigor and activity of both
| cockerels and pullets are essential to
| good breeding of fowls.
| The most beautiful horse is not
worth much unless he has good,
sound limbs and feet
Sunshine is life to all animals and
all farm buildings should be SC
| planned as to afford it.
Wheat middlings can nearly always
| be used 10 advantage in connection
with corn in .attening hogs
Rubbing the inside of the churn
with dry salt after washing and wip'
| ing 1t helps in keeping it sweet.
When from any cause a horse Is YET
| stand idle in the stable his rations
should be cut down to onehalf.
We should let the heifers have what
mixed hay they will consume and
some Of the cornstalks to pick over.
The individuality of each horse
Chnn1d ha fnd hn
piled to meet individual requirements.
The churn should be thoroughly
scalded and cooled with clean, cold
water before the cream is put into
1t.
While growing colts should be al
lowed to run out as long as the wealth.
er will permit them to be exposed to
the storm.
Do not feed the cows corn mehl il
you are feeding corn silage for there
is as much corn in the silage as the
cows should have
BE sure there are no narrow doors
for the ewes to crowd through One
jam may cause the lose of a lamb,
or both eve and lamb.
If the mixer and COW are cowork.
ers in the milking business the mixer
will have a larger pail full of good
milk when he has finished.
An orchard that Is poorly planted
and carelessly managed the first year
is often an irregular, Improbable or.
chard for its entire existence.
The COW that has liberal appetite
and al the same time turns a large
share of her feed into dairy products
is the COW that brings the greatest
profit
Kindness Is one of the cheapest and
best ratiOns you can feed to your
stock. They relish it more than the
most succulent thing you can put be,
fore them.
The old saying that the eye of the
shepherd fattens the flock" is as true
now as ever. The good feeder loves
to watch the animals eat after they
get their feed
The soil that Is drained can be
worked earlier not only because the
farmer can get on the soil earlier.
but because 1t is warmer than that
which is soaked.
The eve and lamb should be kept
in small pen by themselves until
they both understand their relations
without friction to themselves or the
balance of the flock
A pure bred bull on the farm will
double the value Of the scrub or low
grade herd Of cattle in a very short
time 1t is the cheapest way we
know of to make money.
1t goes without saying that young
pigs ought to have reasonably warm
and dry sleeping quarters otherwise
the feed they consume throughout The
greater part of the winter will prac.
tcally be wasted
When the foal is first weaned. milk
a part OF the mares milk out twice
each day for about week 10 prevent
a fpvered condition of tha uddor