The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-07-17

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. .I!.! NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
The fly is a nuisance.
Work for a reputation.
Look out for the curcullo
Gather eggs at least once daily.
The Keiffer pear is the standby of
the masses.
The farmer Is known by the amount
OF clover seed he sows
a bran mash and a day in the pas
ture-for the horse off his feed.
Outdoor subjects animals to sun.
shine and compels them to exercise.
Be sure the mares and colts In
pasture have shelter from the hot
sun.
Charred corn fed to the fowls occa-
sionally will prove an aid to diges-
ton.
Egg growing rests not solely with
the hen, much depends on the man
in charge.
We cannot grow pigs profltably
without feed enough to keep them
gaining steadily.
After the crop expert has prescribed
for your sick soil. introduce him to
the boarder COWS.
In setting out strawberries, pinch
viii take hold better,
Cornmeal and skim milk make the
best Of feed to hurry chicks along to
the fry and broiler stage.
The calf should be cleaned immedt
ately after birth by carefully rubbing
Il with a dry cloth or straw.
Give the hens a chopped onion oc-
casionally in the mash, 1t is excel
lent as a disease preventative.
Red cedar, Colorado blue spruce
and Black Hill spruce are excellent
overgreens for the yard or windbreak
Since the first reaper was invented
and put on the market the silo is the
greatest boon that has come TO the
farmer.
II your asparagus turns yellow IL is
Il sign of rust. Every affected plant
should be at once cut out and burned
or well sprayed.
When setting any of the bush fruits
The top should be pruned tc CORE
spond to the root pruning the plant
gets in transplanting.
A good many farm gardens are too
large a small patch well cared for
viii prove more satisfactory ill
around than a field of weeds
After the third day a mixture Of
broken grains Is good for the chicks.
Before that they are better OF for hav.
ing nothing but grit and water.
There Is no danger Of having an
oversupply OF good country butter. In
the metropolitan centers 1t has be-
come almost an unknown quantity.
A wide range in summer feeding
may be used at the start of the feed
ing period with profit. but 1t must get
narrow as the feeding period ad-
vances
II everybody would begin feeding
new oats carefully, horses would not
have 80 much trouble with collie. Be
gin very light, gradually increasing
the amount.
Bee-keepers who do not keep queens
for more than two years clip the right
wing Of queen in even years and the
left in the odd years. The age Of
queen can thus be told.
DO not use poison on any OF the
trees or plants while in bloom, as do
ing 80 may result In the death OF
many trees. which are OF great neces.
sity in the garden and the orchard
Hens forced for egg production by
| high feeding and Btimulants may give
| the desired number OF eggs, but the
! future generations will show the eff
feet In weak constitutions
Forcing II COW for short period
cannot always be accepted as the legi
timate measure Of the capacity of an,
breed, no matter how well authenti
Gated any great performance may be
When pigs are once afflicted will
"bullnose" there is no cure. The dis
ease may be arrested by smoking will
camphor gum. This is done by con
nnng the animals in tightly covered
box and placing little camphor gun
on red hot stove lid They viii in
hale the fumes. The trouble Is n,
doubt infectious.
Those who scoff at the value o