The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-02-13

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Keep the sheep dry.
Keep the milk cans clean
Alfalfa Is business crop.
Soil for onions should Je sandy.
Eggs are a perishable food product
AS soil enricher, vetch ranks close
TO the top.
Give the poultry the care and at
tention they deserve.
Skim milk is one of the best supple
ments to corn now known.
Don't miss the chicken shows with.
in reach. They are educators.
Colored butter need not be labeled II
the coloring matter is not injurious.
Hens will not lay when permitted
to run about the farm in the wet and
cold
II the cream is still warm after sep.
arating, don't put the lid on the can
down tight.
Only in rare cases do cutworms
bother crops that are planted on fall
plowed land.
A well-established alfalfa field
should Craze from fifteen to twenty
pigs per acre.
and snow are soon chilled out of the
egglaying notion.
1t is quite common to sow buck
wheat, especially on poor land. as a
green manure crop.
Corn fodder that is dry and dusty
will be improved a little by sprin-
king In the managers.
Feeding chicks when too young and
too much at time are fruitful
sources of bowel trouble.
Pound for pound, vetch hay has al
most exactly the same feeding value
as cowpea hay and alfalfa.
Get catalogues Of the best nursery
and seed houses. Make careful selec-
tons for next years planting.
Sheep dogs IN England. Scotland
and France are the most serious of
animals, and are Woodworking.
Good fruit can be raised only with
care and attention given to spraying,
pruning and generally good care.
Sweet sorghums are more palatable
and therefore relished better by both
horses and cattle than corn slower.
The dairy farmer should know what
his milk costs him. This is Just as
important as knowing what 1t brings.
II sheep are In a good. thrifty condi-
tion at the start, two months Of good
feeding will properly fatten for mar
ket.
Sudden fright and excitement at
once tells on the egg crop. Never al
low strange dogs about where the
hens are.
There is hardly any question that
there Is as much in the care OF the
trees after planting as IN the selec-
ton before.
Feeding troughs raised above The
litter Of the floor should be used II
soft food is allowed to stand before
he chickens.
No other class of animal SO readily
ends itself to the demands of a rural
for supply OF fresh meat
Is young sheep.
Light framed birds that mature
quickly. such as Leghorns and Minor
,as, should not be kept with those of
he heavier fowls.
Keep in mind the perishabie nature
" the product and do not hold eggs on |
! rising market without proper facili-
les for storing them.
Draft horses In the corn belt fed |
argely on corn and timothy, or corn |
tower, lack bone development, as is
ound In imported horses.
once a week bran mash well
teamed and warm. with some fax
eed jelly and a pint of molasses will
rove an excellent tonic for horses.
There should be place for every
DOL on the farm and when they do
ot keep their places look for the
ause 1t may be just carelessness.
Quality IN meat is largely dependent
n the health and condition of the an
nails slaughtered. and yet the best
uality of meat is rarely, If ever. OBJ
aimed from poorly bred stock.