The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-08-21

Salt the butter by weight, not by
guess.
Warm milk is best for the calf. NO
matter how old il Ia.
Never think Of milking a COW until
the udder has been brushed.
The merits OF the scratching shed
are shown during bad weather.
The careful poulterer avoids large
families and keeps his birds busy.
Deliver the cream to the creamery
or cream station early in the morn
ing,
It is the crowded, idle birds that
are ever ready to get into some mis-
chief,
It Is the practice in sections where
corn cannot be raised but alfalfa can,
to ensile alfalfa.
Silage made of corn and soy beans
is more digestible than that made
from corn alone.
Cleanliness in all its details is one
Of the important things to be borne In
mind by the dairyman.
The quality of the dam is as I'M
portant as that of the sire in the pro-
duction Of good horses.
Don't wean the pigs too early. Try
letting the SOW do that and there will
be no set back at that time.
II the milk sours before the cream
rises you will make a poor quality OF
butter besides losing much cream.
II you get tired hearing us talk
about silos, throw the paper In the
cob basket and go out and build one
Did you ever think that grabbing
sheep by the wool makes a sore place
on their bodies? 1t surely does; don't
do It.
Frequent stirring OF ripening cream
will make better favored butter. as
fl causes the cream TO ripen more
evenly.
There is very little profit in held
ing over N lot OF brakes and ducks
destined for market after they are
ready to go.
The farm that is equipped with a
small gasoline engine has the very
best elbow grease" necessary to turn
the grindsSone.
Keep salt where the COWS may al.
ways get to it. They will not con
sumo too much If allowed to use their
own Judgment"
II is not too early TO select future
dairy COWS from among this springs
hefer calves Good dairy stock show
their possibilities early
Train the tomatoes on trellis or
on a pole like Lima beans. This
treatment keeps the fruit off the
ground and brings it earlier.
Don't cut the asparagus after the
middle Of June. Give the beds a good
cultivating. and keep the weeds out
Of it for the rest of the season.
Golden self-blanching celery is espe-
cially desirable for planting late in the
season, because 1t requires much less
lime to mature than the green sorts.
II is cheaper to keep the herd up all
the time than to neglect it for awhile
and try later to bring II back to con
dition. The COW won't make up for
lost time
Many items on the farm, such as
cul.fruit, small potatoes, wastes from
the kitchen. and other things which
will not sell find a good market
through the hog
The ideal place for hogs in summer
IS in wood-lot through which passes
little brook In such a place hogs
will grow remarkably fast, even with
put large quantities Of grain.
Keep The cows az quiet as you can
ELL the time comes for turning them
out to pasture, They are not just
easy these warm days They are so
anxious to get bite of grass Bet
Ter TO keep the bars up few DAYS
longer, though
In the big cities many heartless con.
tractors work their teams all day and
! hire them out for the night work, Civ
| ing them only two or three hours rest
| In the twenty-four These are the
horses that are often sold TO farmers
~ bargains when they are worn out
| IL costs a certain amount to pro.
duce every animal and every pro-
duct raised on the farm. n it Is
sold for only the producing price
the sale Is very poor one. Every
dollar above that secured means
profit and the better the ga esman the
better the net profit from the farr.
When the farmer gets ready to pay
something extra for the exnanse nj