The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-04-03

Pure water is essential to pure but
ter and profitable beef
Duck raisers pack forty dressed
ducklings In a barrel for shipment.
Unfertilized eggs keep best, and salt
is the bast material to pack them in.
The man who goes into dairying for
year or two had better stay out
of it.
All the dead limbs from trees in the
orchard should go into the brush heap
or woodshed.
A breeding pen OF chickens is usu-
ally made up OF from six to fourteen
females and male.
A male bird less than year old
Is known al cockerel. When over
year old 1t Is cock.
When the hogs have free access to
salt there is little danger Of their eat
ing enough to injure themselves.
Cramming Ia a system Of forcing
feed into young fowls. either by hand
or machine. so as to put on extra
flesh.
Mustard planted between the cab.
bage plants attracts the harlequin
bugs and they can then be captured
and killed.
There are about a dozen different
breeds Of dairy cows. and the best is
the kind that should suit you the
best Of all.
A good way to salt the COW Ia to
keep a plentiful supply before her
and trust to her Judgment In using
what she needs.
Light framed birds that mature
quickly, such as Leghorns and Minor
cas-, should not be kept with those of
the heavier fowls.
A disinfectant should be used In the
barn from time to time Remember
that cleaning the stables means more
now than 1t used to.
A few gallons of paint would not
be expensive. but II 1t were rightly
applied 1t would add a great deal to
the value Of the place.
The first cutting of alfalfa is the
coarsest and contains. so far as data
indicates, less digestible nutrients than
any of the following cuttings.
Driving wedge with the back Of
the ak has spoiled many a good tool.
Take maui or beetle to do that work.
and save the ak for its own work.
The calves should be fed regularly
and they should have good clean pure
feed In clean pals and boxes. Ignor.
ing these points will account for much
calf mortality.
The male bird Is the most important
individual In a breeding pen through
which to raise the egg-laying qualities
Of the fowl. If the house is sitting,
1t needs more air.
lf the hogs are being fed heavily
on corn watch them closely for sjpns
OF surfeit. II the hair gets to stick.
ing up and loses that glossy look. try
"A tonic OF oil meal.
II IL estimated that laying Pekin
ducks require from two.thirds to
three.fourths of quart OF food per
day for each duck, or from o6 TO 75
quarts per 100 DUCKS.
Keep over few OF the best ewes
Of your own breeding each year. even
though they are not so good az YOU
might buy. 1t will make your flock
more uniform all the time.
To prevent rabbits from gnawlng
the bark and limbs from small apple
trees spray with soapsuds.
The mule from high strung dam
Is much more likely TO be a kicker
than one from a draft mare
II the incubator tank springs
small leak and It is impracticable TO
repair II properly before the end OF
the hatch. simply smear over the out.
side with common gloss starch
II you have COW to transport any
distance do not try to lead or drive
her The best plan Is to load her In
wagon and haul her. 1t Is quicker
for you and easier on the COW.
Millet seed is an excellent egg pro
ducing grain. Beans being highly nj.
trogenous are equally beneficial. Scr.
ghum and broomcorn seeds will do
to add variety to the bill OF fare. Bar.
ley ~ about OF the same merit. Pop.
corn contains more nitrogen and phos-
phate than does regular indian corn.
Buckwheat IL an egg producing food.
but must be fed sparingly, az II Ia
overwhelming