The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-01-30

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Get Babcock tester.
Chaff makes good litter.
Make the garden soil fine.
There is always a premium on
choice products.
Hens are helping to lift good many
mortgages nowadays.
When grains are high silage makes
a still more profitable feed.
ChafY piles from around the straw
stack make good scratching litter.
Unfertilized eggs keep best. and
salt is the best material to pack them
in.
To have horses of endurance give
the colts a chance to develop their
muscles.
Too often when stock is fed for a
certain market 1t Is sold at disad-
vantage.
With good care. good stock looks
better. does better. and pays better
than scrubs.
One of the most important things IL
to teach the colt to walk fast from
the very start.
All colts should be handled with the
bitting-rig before attempting to har'
ness or drive them.
Use the dish|water for fertfhZine
purposes. and give the pigs pure
clean water to drink.
Keep the hogs quiet, clean and com
Portable II you expect the best gain
from the food supplied.
No stock grower can afford to have
his animals burn grain for fuel to
keep themselves warm.
The cost OF feeding an animal IN
creases with it's weight. but not in 'di-
rect proportion to It's weight.
Young chicks seemingly never TIC
SO well AZ when they have free range
of the grass and are fed a variety 'of
food.
Few crops respond more promptly
to thorough preparation or the 'sof
than winter grain. and especially
wheat.
Speed combined with grace. ease
and endurance are the principal
qualities sought In the action OF THE
roadster
In the home dairy there must be a
sufficient number Of COWS to guaran
tee a certain amount of butter the
year around.
An account should be kept with
every COW. The way to determine
her value is by using the scales and
the Babcock test
WEAVING the colts too soon IL
worse chan any after treatment they
may get. Let them run with the mare
as long as they can.
The afbumen IN milk goes soward
making eggs. That is why the 4ayers
crave milk and It is well to Yet them
have an the surplus.
One of the implements that sbonad
have constant use On the farm fs the
lead pencil The majority OF men 10
far too little figuring
In the properly equipped home dairy
the amount and the quality Of batter
from a given amount of milk are far
ahead Of the creamery made article.
A good many sudden deaths amOa z
older fowls may be laid to apoplexy,
caused by too much over stimulating
and fattening food like corn and
Kafir.
Economy on the dairy farm is Of
great importance but It isn't economy
to handle the cows In any manner
that will fail to get their full yield
OF butter-fat-
Have a light poultry house. admit
ting plenty Of fresh air without pro-
ducing direct drafts of air. The
germs of most diseases cannot live in
fresh air or very strong light.
Cows that have habit of chewing
old bones, wood or manure have
craving for mineral matter that NAV
sometimes be satisfied by putting a
handful Of fine wood ashes in the feed
twice week
Never breed young and immature
stock. rs both size and form will be
injured. as in most cases the sucking
Qualities of the mothers are not fully
developed and without a good flow
of milk good growth cannot be ef-
fected.
Eggs are quite as likely to absorb
odors from the things the hen eats
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