The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-08-28
Give the colt free range

Select the poultry for the fair.
Prepare winter wheat ground early
II is hard to fatten stuntet
chicken
Scald the milk pals out and Sc
them In the sun.
Good digestion of the food Will lea6
to the production of more eggs.
The cost OF COW is only the frs
item of expense TO be considered
Let the old hen and her brood have
a sheaf OF wheat and watch them KEEP
busy
When feed gets scarce in pastures
one cannot blame COWS for trying the
fences.
Try and raise some product on the
farm that will bring in money every
day in the year. IN
The heifcr bred too early always re-
mains stunted in growth and her milk
is shortened for all time.
The Ayrshire and Guernsey types
of dairy cattle are increasing in favor
in the middle western states.
Some tell the sex OF the guinea
fowl by its wattles. Those OF the male
are double the size of the female.
Two items are essential in drain
ing. Secure a good outlet and pro-
vide regular descent for the water.
Wool that comes from the back Of
cordlng to the manner in which 1t is
fed
Animals afflicted by parasites can
sA'N wv Nfi anu Nt'o' posts opi'h'
apidly and increase fast in warm
weather
In the long run It is always good
plan To give COW dose of some lax
alive at the first symptom of udder
trouble.
Experiments show that chickens
with strong vitality and plenty OF
characteristics make tho
largest gains,
The aphis can be controlled by
spraying with the tobacco or kero-
sene solutions.
Alfalfa yields from two to three
times as much as clover or timothy
and Is more valuable hay.
The successful poutryman is busy
the entire year and uses homegrown
products II cheaper than those pro.
cured elsewhere,
While alfalfa pasture has been
fornd to be very valuable for hogs.
the hay as part ration for winter is
less important
If the little ducks cannot get TO grass
some kind OF green food must be pro-
vded. Lettuce is the very best green
fooc that can be provided.
The gasoline engine comes in handy
on the stock pump when spell OF
three or four days dead CAIN comes
and the windmill takes a vacation.
A small fat sheep always brings
better prices than large poor one;
but il the larger sheep Is also made
fat it will command much better
price.
Dairying makes the farm attractive,
other things being equal the dairy
farm Is heater, more sanitary and
looks better to the passerby than the
other farm.
In making a house, economy OF floor
space, simplicity Of construction and
convenience in handling the fowls are
the main things to be arranged for in
the building of the house
Il has been estimated that il all or
nearly all, of our farmers could be In
duced to discard scrub fowls and use
only pure-bred poultry the increase
In value OF poultry would be 100 per
cent.
The older a hog gets the more II
costs to put pound OF meat on him.
Our experiment stations have estab-
lished this fact beyond all argument
Early to market liz the way to capi.
t,lize this information
calf that has onehalf OF it's moth.
er's milk Will put on a hundred pounds
OF weight a month and at three
months 1t is eating and can be wean.
ed. Such calves at six months will
weigh nearly az much AZ year old
calf that was taken away at once
from It's mother.
1t Ia remarkable how few home.
grown Strawberries are produced for
many OF our markets. Why not select
a plot OF good soil that Is now In pota
toes or corn and give II clean tile &C
TO destroy all weeds and the. plant
Strawberries next year! Wherever
there are good local markets and pick
ers are available this IL one OF the hes,
business propositions.