The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-02-13
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lawn are attractive now.
The ram should be in perfect condi
ton. but not fat. at mating.
For feed to push the young calf
try ground oats and alfalfa hay.
Use corn stalks to protect fruit
! trees from the ravages OF rabbits.
Skimmilk, sweet or sour, can be
made good use of by the chickens.
Good feeding is an integral parg OF
success in breeding pure-bred swine.
Poor quality in dairy products can
never be cured. 1t must be prevent.
| ed.
Bare ground makes cold bed for
sows these nights. Straw is plenti-
full.
Animals grown largely or exclusive
ly on corn are likely to have weak
bones
Watch your machinery for loose
bolts and nuts. and don't forget the
OH can.
Dairying isn't always easy work. but
iC nth IN
pays well.
No man can make success OF
dairying who does not take good care
of his calves.
Sheep. If given half a chance, and
if of good healthy stock. are sure to
pay their way.
Alfalfa under congenial surround
ings or conditions is business crop
and no loafer.
A dozen eggs will buy almost a
bushel of oats. And oats make good
winter fed for eggs.
Provide roomy nests and plenty OF
clean nesting material, preferably dry
shavings or cut hay
Do not attempt to raise more hogs
than you can handle. else they will
eat up all the profit
Castrate every male lamb that will
be an eyesore to yourself or do mis-.
chief to any purchaser.
One Of the most essential things for
good seed corn is not only to pick II
early but to dry it thoroughly.
The cost of feeding an animal in
creases with its weight, but not in d.
rect proportion to its weight.
What the dairy industry needs most
is an improved breed OF dairymen In
stead of new breed OF cows.
A brush or old whisk broom is
handy to brush off loose hair and dirt
from the udder before milking.
Plant diseases of an infectious char
acter are caused by microscopic or
ganisms, either fungous or bacterial.
Vetch stands out as one of the very
best green manuring crops TO seed in
the fall and pillow under in the spring.
and you can make the soil mellow
before planting time by blowing now
The better your sire, the better
your lambs, and 30 the more money
you will get from your flock next
year.
Occasionally winter vetch is seed.
ed in the spring but under such con-
dtions 1t does not seem to do SO very
well.
While mutton ia one Of the most
healthful of meat foods produced upon
the farm 1t is not as popular as beef
or pork.
Many OF the details in butter maxi
Ing can be learned by doing the work.
No one can begin where the other fell
low left off.
Salt, hardwood ashes and charcoal
are ideal to keep in hog pasture. and
II there is any other one thing needed
t is pure water.
The day OF the country butter mer-
chant who was In the habit Of trad
ng calico and nails for dairy butter fs
rapidly passing.
People who say that chicken keep
ing on the farm doesn't pay are usu-
ally those who do not pay attention
10 the chickens.
The male bird Is the most impor- |
ant individual in a breeding pen
through which to raise the egg laying
qualities OF young fowls.
Give the poultry.house thorough
cleaning every spring and keep II
lean; spray often. and wI'tewash
walls. roosts, etc, regularly.
The barn is splendid place for the
but they should not be al
owed to appropriate 1t exclusively.
They soon become nuisance under
UGH circumstances.