The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-09-04

MVerSlned FARMING is best.
There is good money in ducks.
The clean separator gets the cream.
Skimmilk will make quick growth
In chicks.
The dairyman can handle hogs to
splendid advantage.
The average COW does her best work
when from five to eight years old,
Any smell to your milk after you
take it into the house? Don't let 1t be
SO.
The house should be painted color
that will blend in with the surround
ings.
Put the salt for the sheep In a
trough. They do not like 10 eat it
from the ground.
That like produces like is seen in
the defects OF the SOW being trans
mitted to her pigs
The natural curve OF a horses neck
Is better than the. artificial positions
made by the check rein.
1t is not economical to deprive hens
OF foods rich in the essential elements
for the production of eggs.
The combined area of the corn fields
In the United States is nearly equal to
the area of France or Germany.
Almost anything In the poultry line
sells, but the choicest prices alone
are given for the fancy" goods.
Every 100 pounds Of milk contains
COW needs lot of pure. fresh water.
The better the COW is cared for and
the better the system OF feeding the
more profitable she will be in every
way.
The inquiry for dairy cows was new.
or so great. II 1t holds. II will pay
better to raise dairy calves than beef
steers.
Feed more oats and alfalfa and less
corn now. as corn lacks sufficient
muscle-making protein for the work
ing horse
There Is no surer fruit than the
grape; none that requires less labor
and expense. and none more healthy
and delicious.
For a dry mash nothing will beat
two parts each Of cornmeal. bran.
shorts and beef scraps, and one-half
part alfalfa meal
fall garden will prove profitable.
Such crops as beans, beets. carrots.
cabbage and mustard will make a
nice garden for this fall.
In stallion service fees a man gen
orally gets just about what he pays
for, Soundness should be the basis
in selecting draft stallion.
cough in hogs may be the result
OF sleeping in dusty quarters. in which
case the trouble should be removed by
giving bedding that is clean.
All the growth and thrift that can
be encouraged and maintained dur
In gthe first year OF the colts life in
sure stronger and better horse
II is good plan when getting ready
to milk and before putting the pail
into position to brush the cows udder
with dry hands or clean. dry cloth.
Young plants in the garden should
be protected from cucumber beetles
and squash bugs by light screens.
Bordeaux paris green is also good for
them
On an average, Il will require one
pound OF grain per week for ten
weeks to keep a chicken and II
should weigh about two pounds when
at that age.
The most common mistake that Ia
made in locating the farm poultry
house is that of placing It SO close to
the other farm buildings that the hens
overrun the latter
Other things being equal, It Is not
the largest hog that returns the most
p-oht, but rather the hog that makes
the best growth in the shortest time
and upon the smallest amount O,
food
The Maine Experiment station tonic
for fowls. Pulvcrized gentian, one
pound pulveri2ed ginger. one.auarter
pound pulyerized saltpeter, one-quar.
ter pound; iron suIphate, one.haIf
pound. Mix thoroughly. and use two
or three tablespoofuls in ten parts OF
dry mash
While there is time during the sum.
mer months, provide your chicken
house with ventilation sharts so that
they VIII be all ready when cold
weather comes. Such work is often
put of until the snow flies, and then
it is rather inconvenient TO do any.
thing tn the carpenter line outside of
the buildings. The result is that the