The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-06-05
Vehtilate all stables.
Gull all pure bred animals.
Keep the little pigs growing.
Provide the chicks with shade.

Keep the little pigs growing.
Provide the chicks with shade.
Pasteurization Is universal in Ger
man cities.
Wash the calves pals as well az
the milk pals.
Corn silage produces q very rapid
finish on the cattle.
Equal parts OF lard and kerosene Is
effective against lice
Have everything ready beforehand
and start your Matching operations.
Do not uncover roses or other plants
until their new growth makes it neces-
sary.
Put your thinking cap on and
don't let other work crowd out the
chicks
Don't allow broody hens to remain
on the same nests that are used by
the layers.
Farms that are lacking In natural
timber should be producing an arti-
fetal grove.
There never will be too many good
poultrymen, but we can strive to be
among the best.
SOW can be kept too long. and
often many of us keep some old thing
a year too long.
Do not give nitrate OF soda to
plants until we'll above soil. and then
apply very sparingly.
Grass seed is quite the opposite OF
clover, SO the mixtures are very apt
to contain more grass than clover.
Imagine what could be accomplished
in the way OF community breeding
with fifty herds In the same commu-
nifty.
II you have windows In the hen
house keep them clean, as the hens
need all the sunlight they can get
these days.
Lay your plans to grow the bulk OF
the feedstuffs on the farm this year.
Buying much high-priced feed cuts
into the profits.
" a hog misses feed watch him; II
he misses the second feed, remove him
from the herd and thoroughly disinfect
where he has been.
Better run a dairy without a dog
than have one that is irritable to the
COWS Many kicking cows are caused
by the dogs nipping at their heels,
In mating be sure and mate even
colored birds. For instance, not. a
dark male to a lighter hen. This
kind of mating produces notified
chickens.
It has been proved many times that
the large, plump, welcomed seed
will give the best and quickest crop
returns. Moral Plant only large. we'll
developed seeds.
The three-year rotation is probably
The best for average purposes. but the
dairymen may find the four-year rota-
ton more convenient, on account OF
the pasturage it provides.
Plants send their rootlets a surpris-
ing distance in search of food and wa
ter, and these rootlets show almost
human intelligence in travelling around
stones and other distractions to gain
their end.
The man who catches a sheep by
the wool wouldn't like to have his
hair pulled every time neighbor
meets him Hurts sheep Just AS
bad as 1t would man to be handled
that way, though.
Dehorn the calf as soon as you take
Il from the COW. The newborn calf
seems to be in a sort Of stupor and
does not feel the drug as keenly as
after It gets risky. or course. the COW
must not be allowed to lick the head
or you will detongue her.
The silo will help you meet the feed
ing problem, enable you to save about
40 per cent. OF the feeding value OF
the corn plant and make 1t possible
for the farm crop to maintain more
animals. The silo is a good invest.
ment.
1t takes from fifteen to twenty ears
Of corn to plant an acre. III one ear
fails TO grow, about 6 per cent. OF the
stand IL lost About fifteen minutes
OF time are required to test enough
corn, by the ear metho6, 10 plant an
acre.
Fresh bones contain small quantity
OF animal matter which Is useful for
food, They are Ia their best condition
when fresh and Hburned. Burning
or charring consumes the animal mat
ter and makes them .ast so much less
valuable.
) Where IT is difficult to obtain a
stand OF alfalfa, 1t Is quite possible