The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-02-27

Study the soils carefully.
Chickens like oats in winter
Keep a record of your cows.
Time to dust Off the incubator.
now.
Prune in winter for wood and in
June for fruit.
Encourage the farmer to keep bet
ter poultry and more of it.
On cold evenings the hens must be
sent to roost with full crops.
Winter comfort in the COW stable
does not imply an air tight room.
Pollen is a most essential factor in
the production Of all fruits and grains.
Many poor and Improbable dairy
herd can be traced to a nondescript
sire.
The good dairy cow will pay more
for farm crops than any market in this
country.
Eol loo friit n
ually controlled with little difficulty
by spraying.
Keeping two cows to do the work Of
one constitutes the biggest leak in the
dairy business.
Whatever your scheme Of ventila.
ton in the poultry house, let no drafts
reach the roosts.
All laying and growing chickens
must have some kind of meat food in
order to do their best.
The dairyman who does not keep an
individual record Of his cows is not
an upto-date dairyman.
The young trees should be banked
from settling about them.
Eggs ought to weigh pound and a
half to the dozen or forty-fve pounds
net to the thirty dozen eggs.
good plan is to make the hog lots
long and narrow, and SOW them to
pasture, blowing up alternately.
For washing a separator nothing
beats a brush and scalding water con.
tanning some washing powder
1t is important that sheep intended
for slaughter should be kept off feed
from twenty-four to thirty-six hours.
While considerable is known about
the value and use Of alfalfa for graz
ing, much remains to be determined.
An income Of 500 per COW per year
Is no longer an unusua, occurrence
but what other farm animal can equal
It"
Regular. careful. quiet milking will
permanently improve an animal as a
milk producer and will increase her
flow.
Young trees heeled In over winter
should be in location where water
cannot collect and stand about the
roots.
Experiments have proven the aver.
age milk COW requires about an ounce
of salt per day. Heavy mixers should
have more.
Silage is very nearly as cheap as
pasture and In composition Is prac-
tically the same, pound for pound. as
timothy pasture.
Turkeys for the market should not
be deprived II food for longer per.
iod than twelve hours. They are
killed by bleeding in the mouth and
neck.
A good pig is one of the most ap-
preciative animals that is raised on
American farms. Treat him right
and feed him right and he will stuff
dollars in your pockets.
Keep over a few Of the best ewes
of your own breeding each year, even
though they are not so good as you
might buy. II will make your flock
more uniform all the time.
Wrapping young trees with corn.
stalks, building paper. ETC.. as pro-
lection against RABBITS is better than
to apply wash.
OF almost, II not quite. as much i'm
portance as their food is plenty Of ex-
ercise, Exercise and sunshine are
great sheep tonics.
Do not think because a sheep has
a heavy coat OF wool he will be able
to endure cold rains and sleep with
out warm shelter.
Quiet. gentle handling of the ewes
during the winter makes II much
easier work to care for the flock dur
ing the Landing period.
Collect the eggs regularly at least |
once, better twice, a day in moderate |