The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-07-10


Hogs are susceptible to rheumatism
IL allowed to sleep in wet or damp
beds
Underfeeding is responsible fol
more small milk yields than is pool
COW.
The home garden needs rotation
Just as much az any other part OF the
farm.
The health Of every animal should
be carefully watched and every symp
tom treated.
Keep the mud cleaned of The
horses legs and they will not have
cracked heels.
One Of the big arguments In favor o.
the incubator Is that the chicks are
not born lousy.
A little more elbow grease. used In
keeping the premises clean will otter
prevent disease.
Sweet corn Ia a very profitable crop
One reason for this IL because it is
so easily handled.
Keeping two cows to do the work o
one constitutes the biggest leak II
the dairy business.
handle the young boar carefully
Teach him to obey the word. and to
walk ahead OF you.
Handle the brood sows so that the
young pigs will begin TO grow from
the time Of their birth.
A half pint of carbolic acid in tive
gallons OF water makes a good disin
fectant for any purpose.
Fine rotted manure from the sta
bles may be applied with great bene
fit 10 grass II spread early
Try few moth balls in the nestiut
material of setting hens and the
virmin will be less troublesome.
Can you get ten pounds Of pork Out
Of bushel of corn? That is wha
the big men tell us We ought to do.
Butter for market containing color
ing matter must be so labeled where
the coloring matter is injurious as :
food.
The amount OF milk IN the pail Is
about the only mark OF d good milk
COW that may always be depended
upon.
A dipper OF very warm water turned
over cabbage heads several times dur
ing the season, will destroy cabbage
worms.
Many growers say that weeds are
as valuable as fertilizers as clover
and cowpeas II they are turned uu
der every year.
Keep on the constant lookout to de-
stroy insect eggs and cocoons fire.
quently seen near rubbish heaps and
on the bark of trees.
To rid the hen house OF mites get q
25-cent spray pump and spray every
crack and crevice with coal oil. Re
peat this every two weeks
Some fruit growers say that ii is
not a good plan to pillow an orchard
when the trees are In blossom-bet
ter do it before or after.
Good digestion is the result OF feed
ing enough to sustain the animal, but
not enough to keep the stomach in al
overloaded condition all the time,
it is better TO give the crop thor.
ouyh soaking once week, than to
sprinkle lightly over it, Light sprink.
ling tends to keep the roots near the
surface.
The summer silo is a grand thing
for the dairy farmer, but it takes n
tremendous amount OF pounding to
of that fact.
II is a mistake to think that hogs or
any other animals can shift for them
selves while they are young. and then
expect that you can make up FOR such
neglect in the end
Warts on cattle or horses can he
killed by applying castor oil we'll
rubbed in twice day for a week or
two. Eating warts out with acids does
not give satisfaction, but castor oil
seems to destroy them root and
branch.
Indigestion In older calves Ia usu.
ally due to unclean milk or feed, un.
clean vessels, close confinement In
dark, insanitary stalls and irregular
or excessive feeding. In some cases
IL appears to be due mainly to sheer
weakness and inability to digest.
Gull the eve flock and get them up
TO high standard and just as much
can be accomplished on the flock as in
the selection OF the ram, except that
the eve has but one or two lambs n
wears and the ram A great nuInbpr