The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-03-27

reader recommends powdered
charcoal given in the milk as a rem.
edy for scours.
Alfalfa hay and corn balance each
other. In addition they are the best
of any feeds.
Sometimes a weeks chill rains or
cold weather will set the pigs back a
month in their growth
Indigestion and liver trouble in
fowls are paraded under the name of
cholera very frequently.
The cooperative creamery that is
we'll patronized and we'll supported is
a blessing TO any community.
1t does not pay to hold old hogs in
order to get great weight Il you have
ones to eat the corn.
Don't let the pigs get lousy. Spray
them with kerosene emulsion. while
eating, once every two weeks.
When spraying do not work with
bare hands. They'll be sore if you do
Put on pair Of rubber. gloves.
Are the horses coming up In flesh.
and are they getting little harness
work to condition their shoulders?
A feed OF chopped onions occasion.
ally will be greatly relished by the
fowls as well as conduce to their
health.
Hogs that are fat should not be
held. but sent to market when fit
There is no profit in killing hog I'M
til it is At
For the man who still has not a silo:
Build one. and If you can't Hi it until
next fall, feed soiling crops this com.
ing summer.
II you have never tried rape. raise
a small field next spring. 1t is very
popular with hogs, and does them
a world of good.
Better not get reckless with the feed
vet. 1t is easily possible that there
still are eight to ten weeks CT bad
weather on the way.
One fatal mistake made at the end
of the hatch is to keep the door OF
the incubator open too hong after the
eggs have begun to pip.
The critical period OF the turkey
is the first eight weeks Of its life,
About orty-eight eggs is the aver
age yearly record of the hen
One acre of corn well grown and
put in the silo will furnish. more feed
for the cows than can be obtained
by any other manner of handling the
soil
The farmer who has never used a
tanning mill should get one as soor
as possible so as to get well acquaint
ed with it before the busy season
comes.
Turkey culture is a success only
where the stock can have a good
rapoo ,rbara ia ton much wild pafu re
in turkeys for them to thrive in con
fined quarters.
A good pig is one Of the most ap
preciative animals that is raised OF
American farms. Treat him RICH
and feed him right and he will stuff
dollars in your pockets.
IL you are planning to buy hog fence
this spring remember that 26-incl
fence is not high enough to turn &
hog. Either use barb wire above It OF
better yet, get fence 80 inches high.
Leg weakness in chicks is often du,
to the food being Of fattening ma
ture. and the bodies In consequence,
become too heavy for the muscula
strength of the chicks legs. Their,
should be bran in the soft food tina
is fed, it being one OF the best bon
and muscle foods that could be given
Are the young pigs to be allowed t
shiver and freeze in the cold, dam
winds @; early spring? And die at tn
rate of one to FIVE out OF every ten?
If you will figure what poor road
cost YOU every year you will soon RI
alize the necessity for improvement
| and you will be surprised TO see ho'
easily the improvements can be mad
! The fruit tree agent Is not all bat
/ Bni for him good many orchard
/ would not now be growing and dom
well. But 1t is w.ll to know tn
standing of his company before o.
dering.
The ideal COW! Everybody's loo
ing for her, but few find her. thous
she Ia the most valuable asset on II
farm. How many possible ideal COW
are done into veal in this country Q
cry year nobody knows.
Most OF thoss who run the dairy |
loss never read literature on the su
Iect The losses are largely due
this fault. for II is certain that thei
is no longer any use OF maintainin
any farm animal 1T y loss.