The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-09-18

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| Observation-Disclosures
Feed your soil
Always use pure-bred ram.
Sheep are beneficial to the land.
Never allow the milk to sour in the
swill barrel.
Give the colts attention 1t will
not 10 to neglect them.
For the fence-nying habit, trim one
| wing. 1t is painless cure.
Churning should be done on time
| lsetter put off something else,
II you want to keep eggs for any
| length of time turn them over every
day.
First grow bone and muscle, then
| put the fat on. Corn is splendid for
| fattening.
A feed OF something while milking
will often make stubborn COW let
| down her milk.
The working hours or the poultry
man extend from early till late; there
are no holidays.
The Dabcock test for . cows pro-
duction is often an aciG test OF her
owners gumptiop.
| Try raising the farm horses in
stead Of buying them. II is The safe
and profitable way.
Don't expect every chick Matched
from those high-priced eggs YOU bought
| to be prize-winners.
The chilled or wet chick gets a set
back from which it win not soon re
With pastures burned up the man
with silage left over from last winter
is now finding good rse for it,
| Even in rush time it pays to take
half day off every week to keep the
machinery in good working order.
| Chicks that have been drowned In
water tanks that someone forgot TO
empty would make goodsized fock
| Old pastures are sure 10 have inter
nal parasites end this is one reason
why frequent changes should be
made.
The sooner the calf can be grown
| up to COW or steer size the more
profit there is in the business OF rails
ing cattle.
| The better way to raise chicks is to
| keep them in yard enclosed with
| poultry netting until they are well
feathered out.
Save the soil moisture by working
| early in the spring and keep this idea
OF saving the moisture clearly before
| you all the time.
The feed for maintenance may be-
the same for cow that returns 500
pounds of butter fat per year as for
one that returns 100 pounds.
coal cinders. and they are very good
for them. Try putting load in the
! chicken yard and watch the result.
Throw the milk strainer IN the
| scrap heap. The cloth strainer over
the pail is the only thing. Dirt kept
out will not have 10 be strained out
| Where the COWS run in rough brush
and pasture there will be cuts and
scratches on udder and teats. Keep a
| bottle of vaseline handy at milking
time.
Keep close watch Of the potatoes.
DO not allow the bugs to get settled
In their destructive work but prevent
1t by spraying in season or other
methods.
The breed isn't all and the feed
isn't all. eB sure you are on the
right track with both and there will
be no disappointment in the dairy
business for you.
The planting OF a few shrubs as
spirea. lilac, mock orange. highbush
or cranberry about the edges OF the
lawn or in groups. often adds to the
value OF the homestead
Health is natural and disease un
natural. In the fight between the
two nature will usually come out vic
torious II We give her little en-
enlargement In the way OF humane
treatment and sanitary surroundings
The American Pigeon Keeper says:
Though we have handled hundreds
OF birds we find Il impossible to DIS
tinguish the sexes except when about
three weeks old. then the female is