The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-08-28

Good development before beginning
to lay. is best for the pullet
The old-fas hioned tin strainer has
been relegated to the scrap heap.
A dark comb is an indication that
something Is the matter With the bird.
Cultivate vegetables and flowers
when the weather Is hot and the soil
dry.
For fattenine wet mash is good
but at other times let the mash be
dry.
| The old hens. especially those older
than two years, should be fattened and
sold.
| Just little buttermilk in the butter
soon makes it turn rancid in sum,
mer.
II has been we'll said that a farm
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can never rise above the level OF Its
| owner.
Shade must be provided for the
fowls and the little chicks during hot
weather.
Breeding for size will be of little
advantage unless you feed for size at
the same time.
A heavy draft horse should never be
driven faster than a walk with or
without load
Bad ventilation and damp quarters
cause more disease among fowls than
any one other cause.
Sickly thrift is induced by lack
of care. A careless shepherd invaria-
bly, makes poor sheep.
It's either a darkened stable or milk
ing early and late these days. Flies
give the cows no peace.
When buying stallion know
whether or not he is a sure foa get
ter, otherwise leave him alone.
Saving the heifer calves from the
best cows is the right method of keep.
ing up the efficiency of the herd.
Frequent changes OF drinking water
is one of the best safeguards for the
health of the flock during hot weather
The pedigree sire that has been the
power In building up size and draft
form in our American stock OF
horses.
Frequent stirring OF ripening cream
will make better favored butter, as
II causes the cream to ripen. more
evenly.
II Is almost waste of time on your
part as well as that OF hen to set
her In nest and In a house infested
with vermin.
In the early stages the balky horse
Is made by the balky driver. A high
strung nervous horse is easily ruined
by bad driving.
Breeding and feeding is not all
watch the market and plan to finish
the hogs at a time when you will not
find gutted market
Do not set strawberries too deep
The roots should be well spread out
and the plants set no deeper than II
originally grew In the field.
Sheep that are being fattened ought
to have a ration of oil meal every
other day. 1t prevents indigestion and
is beneficial in other ways
A good many s!rm folks look upon
dairying az drudgery but where this
Is the case 1t Is SO because people
have made it so. not because of ne.
cessity.
The hens should be laying or car
ing for broods, except when molting
and 1t is only by feeding the most
suitable materials that true economy
can be practiced.
In formulating n ration 1ue re.
gard should be had to its palatability
COW will give better returns II
she relishes her food. 1t stimulates the
appetite and aids digestion.
All garden makers should now plant
at least some beets for winter use.
The soil should be fine and well pre-
pared and handled In such way as
ID have sufl' cient moisture for the ger
mination Of the seeds.
Excessive fat In young pig In
vites decentralization of Its physical
condition, destroys the natural ten.
dency toward constitutional vigor.
checks growth and induces condition
that no after treatment can correct.
A disregard of the details which as.
sist In furnishing pure, clean, milk
every night and morning affects the
quality of the entire milking from a
herd of cOWs and IL the milk Is sun.