The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-08-07


Overlooking chickens is harmful
Any disk tool is great pllverizer.
Steer clear of dry cows aud indif.
ferent producers
Good, pure food gives eggs all the
flavor they ought to have.
Dust the hens and little chicks fire.
quently and save a great lass.
If the chicken flock is not culled
every year it will deteriorate rap
idly.
Don't let your supply of insect pow
der run short, Use it regularly and
literally.
Teach the colts to walk we'll and
you will lay the foundation for all the
faster gaits.
II cows are pastured there should
be shade trees for them during the
hot weather
Ducklings are better off for not hav-
ing water to swim in until they get
their feathers.
The exercise of good Judgment is
most necessary in handling the dairy
herd profitably.
Early morning Is the best time to
have good luck" in churning. if the
weather is hot.
In its last analysis silage is moth
ing but canned corn fodder. and is the
very best of feed.
II the little colts are slow to shed
their coats. feed a little oil meal or
use the horse clippers
Allow chickens of all sizes a good
dust bath. They enjoy it, from the
smallest to the largest.
AS soon as the early chicks reach
weight of a pound and a half, get the
broilers started for market
1t is well to plant peas where the
garden is little moist. A spell OF
dry weather tests them severely,
Regular, careful quiet milking will
permanently improve an animal as a
milk producer and will increase her
flow
A good poultryman is industrious,
not easily discouraged, filled with
pluck and grit, and full of ambi-
ton
Instead of rushing things on churn-
ing day. take it steady and give
the cream chance 10 chug as it re.
wolves
Soft-shelled eggs are often caused
by fowls being confined, becoming
overfat. and from lack OF mineral
matter.
Ii is safe to say that once calf
gets the scours, no matter from what
cause. it viii never do as we'll as it
should
Beware of the agent who sells a
preparation which he claims, will pre-
vent milk from souring when used to
rinse cans.
1t is fine thing for a girl on the
farm to know how TO milk COW
these days when men folks are busy
and work presses.
AS soon as the cockerels reach the
Growing stage they should be put III
separate run and fed all they will
eagerly eat up clean.
If the COWS are carefully fed and
make a net profit of $50 per COW per
year above cost of feed.
Land plaster and acid phosphate are
excellent absorbents to use in the gut
tiers and their use increases the value
of the manure to a large extent
Mutton can be raised cheaper than
any other meat. because the wool can
be made to almost, If not altogether.
pay the expense of it's production.
The dirt and hair should be re
moved from the horse collar pads each
night This Will help cure sore.
swollen shoulders on your work ami.
mails
The successful farmer has two
things to keep in mind-the amount
and the quantity of his products. that
they may realize him the most cash
In market
If any cows that are large mixers
are about to calve. keep them in from
the pasture and feed hay for a time.
so that the udders will not become too
much distended
The finer ensilage is cut the better,
for it packs more firmly, and is more
easily chewed by the animals than If
cut coarse. Maize chaffed into one
half inch lengths will not injure an
animals mouth
Oh no GOLD hAt CHI n d.