The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-02-20
Handle eggs with care

Trees need much cultivation.
For milk production bran beats corn
neal.
Wild oats often transmit smut to
the oat fields.
Just now the silo IS certainly prov
ing itself a friend in need.
No other class of meat is so subject
to Improvement as mutton.
No animal on the farm should suffer
from hunger, thirst or cold.
The great objection to vetch hay is
the difficulty in curing 1t properly
First-class meat cannot be obtained
from animals that are poor in flesh.
The calf stall should be plentifully
supplied with good clean dry bedding
To successfully combat disease, It is
essential to know the sources Of infec'
ton.
The COW that is a persistent mixer
is the one that should be Kept in the
herd
a little cayenne pepper in the mash
win warm the hens UP and help cure
colds
Until the trees begin to shade the
ground ,hey should be cultivated fire.
quently
IF the asparagus patch was not GOV.
cred with manure in The fail, better
do it now.
With good care. good stock looks
better. does better. and pays better
than scrubs.
Scraps saved at bu'chorng time
make a fine esq stimu,a,iug feed in
cold weather
Lumber and straw propc"lv used
will furnish warmth cheaper than
high-prieed feeds,
Learn to distinguish between new
laid egg and stale egg; fresh egg
and a storage egg.
/ A large part of the feed for poultry
should be grain because they ara
natural grain eaters.
Rarbed wire fences are not worth
while if you cant keep them well
stretched and stapled.
/ IF you want to be really up TO date.
sweep down the ceiling of your sta.
! bles and whitewash them.
Soft coal or coal cinders are rel
ished by pigs and hogs because of the
mineral matter they contain.
The choice pure bred calf would be
a splendid and most appropriate gift
for either the boy or the girl.
Get the corn and Kaf1ir fodder fed
out soon. it is of greater feeding value
now than It will be next spring,
! A snug, clean, dry. well lighted poul.
! try house goes long way toward
making the flock pay dividends in win
/ ter.
Sorghum seeds ground have been
/ found to be worth about 10 per cent
less than corn for milk-making pur.
poses,
Good breeding and good feeding are
so closely related that they must &c
together. one is useless without the
other.
No plant or tree is fit for setting
out unless it has made normal
healthy growth, Neither extreme is
desirable.
For sets onion seed should be sown
In early spring. at about the time when
seed Is sown In the open field for tall
or dry onions.
Realize that fresh eggs at any sea
son of the year are much more valu
able to the nostrils, with an offensive
odor than stale eggs, when prices arc
higher.
There will be difference OF re
suits If the corn plants get all til,
plant food and moisture available OF
/ If they must share with a host o.
/ weeds.
The more neatly carcass Is dressed
! the better chance to sell 1t to a goo(
trade. Attractively dressed poultry
sells itself, while inferior stuff goes
begging.
Rabbits do no, gnaw young trees as
1 long as they can get something more
toothsome, but look out when there
Is snow on the ground. Corn stalks
and Irvine make good, cheap protec
ton.
Unless the garden is on high grount
Il will be time well spent TO put in &
few drainage bitches and 50 have ar
earlier garden.
II does not require any great abil
ity at figures to show that there is