The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-09-04

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The comb is the chickens health in,
dicator.
Keep the best eve lambs to in.
crease the focE.
Sifted ashes are good substitute
for dust for the hens bath.
Good butter can never be made
from cream that is not good.
Abuse will never encourage the COW
to make the greatest milk flow.
The safest preservatives for sweet
milk are cleanliness and prompt cool
ing,
Grit is the hens teeth and without
1t she cannot be expected to do her
best,
The nearer square you build poul
try-house, the less the cost o. con.
struction.
When cut In the milk and cured,
oat and pea hay is most paiatable and
nutritious.
If horse has anything rhulty II
will not grow less but will probably
grow worse.
Early and late milking seems to he
the only satisfactory way of solving
the fly problem.
WHY not have some colts, calves
and pigs growing into money for you
while you sleep?
Young sows that do well with their
first filters may usually be considered
good brood sows.
The more cows farmer keeps and
the better care he gives them, the big,
ger the bank account.
It is enoconomical to use anything
for the hens that can be purchased
and converted into profit
Gunny-sacking. cut into strips and
placed over the horses noses. prevents
bot flies from troubling them.
Some of the causes Of roup are sud
den and extreme changes In tempera.
ture. damp houses and drafts
1t is reported that great numbers OF
horses in Europe have been success
fully vaccinated against CHAMBERS. :
II the stable manure cannot all be
placed under cover to preserve it til
fall
Lose as little time as possible be.
tween milking and separating. for
the betterment OF both milk and
cream
Give colt range rather than con.
inement, TO make a good horse OF
him. as fresh air and exercise are his
necessities.
The sheep is close CLEANER with
faculty Of gaining his Subsistence
from grains and heritage that would
otherwise be lost.
Two parts middlings and one part
corn meal makes good ration for
chickens. but don't feed more than
they will eat up clean.
One of the greatest advantages OF
alfalfa as a hog pasture is the fact
that it affords a fresh growth through.
out the pasturing season.
The time to put your system OF farm
management into active operation Is
at hand DO not hesitate to work it
out through the entire season.
1t is well to work up from a few
good cows to many. When the day for
the many comes you will know how to
handle them-and how to get them
The time is upon us when wide
awake farmers will demand not only
pure seeds, hut seeds that are highly
improved in the quality OF production.
The Ontario experiment station
says that il costs pretty close to 81 10
raise p,1 20 Elk weeks OF age, count
ing cost OF sire and dam and feed
cost.
The pigs need constant attention
for worms. Some Of these never fail
ing preparations do fai. sometimes
and then We have 10 get after them
in earnest.
The horse population OF the world
is estimated as more than III 900, 900,
OF which about 100000 are IN Eu.
rope. 2S.000,O00 in North America
| II 900 900 In Asia
Did you change your stock this
spring and obtain some thoroughbred
stock or are you still trying TO raise
scrub poultry when the other Kind
pays so much better7
Sheep cannot eat siiage In rs great
proportionate quantity as do cattle
though no one seems to know why
However, they DO well on II. and II
saves great deal OF hay and other
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