The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-07-24

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Low fruit trees are best.
Good horses are in demand
Keep eggs in cool. dry place.
Regular milking improves the COW
1t pays to have good stock water
all the year round.
One way to increase the profits Of
your farm is to build a silo.
Movable, separate nest boxes, With
wire bottoms. are easy to clean.
Never feed little chicks wet, sIup-
pS food. 1t is bad enough for mature
stock.
Pure food 1udiciously given IL the
only material the hardy, working hen
needs.
The currant bush Is great pro.
Queer and it seldom fails to yield a
good crop.
Split carrots. turnips. beets, ETC.. in
Two oll0w hn % l.lr
them at will.
The horse cannot rest while fight.
ing flies. Better shade or screen the
barn windows.
Whenever a farmer gets the auto
fever he at once becomes a good
road preacher.
The prime purpose of fruit trees in
their natural conditions is to- repro
duce their kind.
Alfalfa can be cut as soon as the
new growth is well started from the
CIuWH VI Tue plant.
Two or three times week rub a
kerosene rag over the horses legs to
kill the bot fly eggs.
Seeding alfalfa after early potatoes
has proved the most satisfactory meth.
cd at the Ohio station.
Cheese may be kept moist and free
from mold by wrapping in a cloth
moistened with vinegar.
The clover-seed crop depends very
largely upon the conditions of the
ground and the weather.
To kill Canadian thistle In a field
put the field in soms cultivated crop
and keep the weeds down.
In vineyards grape vines are plant
ed nine feet apart In the row with the
rows eight to ten feet apart.
The boy who can test milk is big.
ger hero than the hired man with an
endless string of dirty stories.
Hogs are mortgage lifters. but II al
lowed to root hog or die" the lifting
will not be in race with airships.
Study your birds closely and learn
their habits The better you know
them the better success you will have.
II from well-nourished dam and
a healthy strain OF animals the pigs
rarely need attention at narrowing
time.
There is no stock about the farm
that will not eat good silage. II care
is exercised working hcrses may be
fed on silage.
Sheep are such sensitive creatures
that little things In care and feed
make for success or failure, no mat.
ter what the breed.
When setting any of the bush
fruits the top should be pruned to
to the root pruning the
plant gets in transplanting.
The farmer often makes mistake
by trying to do too much. Till less
ground and cultivate 1t better and
there will be more profit in it.
AS a rule the heifers calving at about
two years old develops milk-giving ten.
denotes which grow with her growth
and strengthen with her strength.
Properly managed, the silo will in.
crease the amount OF milk that can be
produced upon the farm and will also
aid to cut down the cost OF production.
Sheep that get lazy and don't want
to go round are apt to be sick Make
them exercise. II only to go a half
mile to get drink. Better for them
every way.
1t is a good plan to have grazing
lot OF some green crop near the barn.
where the cows may pick at night. 1t
helps to keep up the milk flow during
the hot months.
While more good dairy cows will be
found among the dairy breeds than
anywhere else, the mere fact that a
COW belongs to dairy breed is not
proof positive that she Is good dairy