The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-06-19
chicks relish alfalfa.


Honey is not only healthful but a
tasty" food
A good garden is the first essential
to cheap living
The farm is often Judged by the
cows 1t supports.
Bees are good for clover and clover
is good for bees.
What is more fascinating pursuit
than Bookkeeping?
The warmer the weather the less
corn should be fed.
A COW is by nature quiet and ought
to be handled quietly
It Is best to have a hot knife to cut
cold, thick honeycomb.
| MONdDlS, SepdTdte nest DUAcs, VITA
wire bottoms are easy to clean.
! Beef cattle has decreased in number
greatly during the last ten years
| Change the feed Of horses sufficient
ly enough TO make them relish it.
| Ducks will not do we'll when con
fined. Turn 'em loose II possible
A cross bred male cannot be relied
upon for producing uniform offspring.
For profit. breed does not count
| for so much as individual production.
Though busy in the field. do not for
get that the faithful COW needs care.
The large tame Sunt1ower seeds
make a good feed for hens at melting
time,
Perches perfectly smooth and nova
BILE are the kind to have during the
lice season
A bull calf seven months old should
have a ring put in his nose and taught
to lead with It,
Iowa last year produced 1852 900
pounds of butter more than that OF
previous years.
Cheap land is the home of beef. but
only dairyycows will make the highest
priced land pay.
The pig looks straight down his
nose when you ask him what the
world was made for.
The, chick that once gets thoroughly
chilled will have hard time catch
ing up with the rest.
Infertile eggs keep longer than the
fertile; here is hint how to stop the
losses due to bad eggs.
Powdered charcoal In the chicks
feed aids digestion and lessons the
chances of bowel trouble.
Alfalfa yields from two to three
times as much as clover or timothy,
. and is more valuable hay.
Whole kafir is perhaps the best Of
all grains to make weight after chicks
are a week or ten days old.
For several weeks before calving
time cows should have an abundance
of cooling and loosening foods.
The good bug is lady bug. And
just to show how little family counts.
its first cousin is the potato bug
Sometimes economy consists In US
ing less OF what we have to buy and
also less of what we have to sell
For disease preventive nothing is
better than a little copperas in the
drinking water about once a week.
The SOW and litter will fare bet
ter if they are kept separated from
the herd until the pigs are at least
a month old.
Ducks are practically immune from
cholera. roup and gapes. Their fav-
| orite diseases are spinal meningitis
| and paralysis
The farmer who does not feed ev-
cry pint of waste milk on the farm.
sweet or sour. is not working for the
! greatest profit.
! A Holstein COW has recently COM
| pleted an official record OF 43.34
pounds of butter In seven days and
! 10 pounds in 80 days.
Take an idle hour or two one Of
these days and dig the borers out OF
the young orchard trees. They soon
cut the life out OF them.
n the sheep are quartered In build
ings that are not amply ventilated.
YOU will find that the confined heat
will cause their wool to slip.
! Keen the bull growing. II is not
right to let him slack back just be-