The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-03-06
Spray the trees.

Spray the trees
Scald out the feed troughs,
| Feed COW according to her capa-
city.
Butchering scraps cut up and fed
raw make a good egg food.
Every chicken raiser is laying for
the hen that will lay for him.
There is considerable demand in
the large cities for live ducks,
1t is well to keep grit and lime
within reach OF the chickens all the
time.
There is less in the kind of sep
arator you use than in the way you
use 1t.
One great advantage Ia the poultry
business is the quick returns on the
investment.
Water the calf often He will not
De so liable to gorge himself with
milk If you do.
Pear blight can be eradicated IL
you are thorough. careful and
prompt in your work.
The lime In wood ashes cts the
nitrogen free when ashes come in
contact with manure.
Time and care spent In the orchard
Is almost sure to pay for itself and a
good rate of interest besides.
Silage, In light Quantities, is often
beneficial to brood mare, as it adds
bit Of succulence to the ration.
One Of the great drawbacks on
many farms is the small size and ir-
regular shape of the cultivated fields.
The chick that has been stunted
will never become a show bird and
seldom develop into profitable
fowl
Do give the later summer Matched
chicks a chance to eat their meals
without being run over by the older
birds.
For the geese a low shed open to
the south Is about all that is needed.
as geese seem imperyious to cold
weather.
Parched corn Is a good food every
day or so, and warm water is appre-
ciated by the fowls during the freez.
Ing weather.
Hundreds of trees set every year
die because of the neglect of the
owners. 1t is not always the fault of
the nurserymen.
Dr. L. o. Howard declared recently
that an annual loss of 1857 200, COO is
caused by disease transmitted by
mosquitoes and flies.
Sheep that are being conditioned
must have some form of green or sue
culent. food, and for this purpose root
crops are unexcelled.
You may think you know a good
deal about how to raise poultry, but
the deeper you go into IL the more
surprises You will find.
Since dairymen have begun to keen
account with each animal of their
herds many interesting performances
are being brought to light.
Meat or animal meal is important
during the winter months, or when the
BIRDS are kept In confinement Ground
green bone Is also coed.
fIhe pig that is fed corn alone from
the time that it is weaned until It is
marketed, at seven or eight months
OF age. rarely is profitable producer.
4 flock of sheep will waste more
than hay enough to pay for the lum-
Der TO build good rack In single
winter. II you feed them out on the
ground
The poultryman who provides warm
quarters for his birds and feeds them
well will get eggs the winter through.
NOT 30 many eggs as In summer, but
more than enough to pay for their
keep.
Empty the poultry drinking vessels
every night II water freezes In the
pans, turn them over and pour boiling
water over the sides and bottom in
stead of bringing the pan into the
kitchen TO thaw out.
cement floor in a poultry house
has the advantage of being easily
cleaned is rat proof and does not har.
Dor vermin of any kind. but it is very
cold. For the comfort of the fowls it
should be covered with three or four
inches of clean dry dirt.
An oycrfat fowl is almost as objec.
uonabie as lean one. To fatten
chickens properly they should be 80
led as to have just enough fat to
make them feshy and to cook well.
The fat should be well intermixed
with lean