The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-04-10
Busy hens produce eggs.

nome grounds.
Oats and peas, sown early. make
good hog pasture.
Use horse manure for the hctbed:
rotted manure for the soil.
Plenty OF pure water is necessary to
the profits end of stock raising.
About 60 per cent. OF the feed given
a COW goes to maintain her body.
Unless wisely fed and cared for
herd OF fine hogs will degenerate rap
idly.
Keep the orchard clear OF all dried
brush. it being the harbor for injuri.
Gus insects.
The day is not far distant when the
scrub hog will be only . memory.
Hasten its coming.
The hens will be laying for you II
you give them plenty Of vegetable.
bone meal and grain.
II the cows or calves Get lousy, try
an application of strong brine thick.
ened with strong soap.
The longer the calf IL allowed to
suck the COW the harder 1t will be to
make 1t drink from the bucket.
some Of the old sows, especially to
farrow the early spring litters.
More alfalfa means more home
grown feed and smaller feed bills. II
naturally leads to better profits.
Farm crops sold to COWS and shoats
bring top prices and the fertility of
the soil is kept on the place, too.
The man with Ave cows and a sepa.
rator Is better of than his neighbor
with eight cows and no machine.
No matter how we'll bred a COW
may be she cannot produce milk at
profit when given only q maintenance
ration.
Study your breed. You can't make
success by giving White Leghorns
and Plymouth Rocks the same kind OF
treatment.
Test the seed,-not the corn alone.
but samples Of all the kinds Of grain
you intend to SOW. The results may
surprise you.
The high cost OF living on the farm
may be reduced in a measure at least
By producing more Of the necessities
of life at home.
It's an exceptional COW that can get
enough inspiration from straw pile
and a tank OF ice water to give a de-
cent mess OF milk.
What are you going to do with
your idle hours this winter? says one
paper The man whose farm work is
systematized has none.
White of the egg Is recommended
in cases of fracture in chickens, for
soaking the bandages. thus binding
them together and stiffening.
Industrious fowls are the kind to
keep. 1t matters not what the breed
is, the lazy hen ia Improbable. 1t is
the Industrious hen that produces
eggs.
In figuring up the value OF the dairy
COW. do not neglect t. take the calf
into consideration. This Ia one rea-
son why registered cattle are 30 de-
sirable.
The best heifer calves may be made
into fine veal In seven or eight weeks
by feeding them skim milk and Oil
meal. but better far it is to raise them
on the same foods.
In feeding the dairy COW 1t Is
recognized fact that certain amount
of nourishment mus. be used TO keep
I'D her body. What Is given above
this. II it is the right kind, goes to
produce milk.
Too much stress cannot be put Oh
line breeding. and 1t is just as essen
tial that we keep strict account of the
breeding OF every chick Then we
know the exact value OF our breeding
stock from the perfect knowledge OF
their progeny. Many fanciers owe
their success In the show room to the
fact that they keep accurately the
breeding of chicks and know what
parents to discard from pens the fol-
lowing season and just what ones
were invaluable to them as breeders.
While we are about 1t, we can just
as we'll have pure bred fowls on the
place. They don't eat any more. they
are more dependable for laying. as a
rule. and they certainly make better
anpearance than the mixed flock.