The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-06-12
Cows must have salt.

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Cows must have salt.
Don't keep Irritating dogs.
| Use care m the cows ration.
Sheep help rid farms of weeds.
Brooder lamps should be cleaned
every day.
Chicks should not be fed until they
are 80 hours old.
Every home should have an abund-
ance Of strawberries.
Powder the chicks occasionally dur
ing the first eight weeks.
Experience Is of more value than
capital in poultry raising.
The specialist succeeds in any line
of business. while others are falling
Flowing Is at best the hardest
worl; our farm horses have to per
form
An orchard. II you have one. is the
very best place in which you can raise
chicks.
Cornstalks are valuable as a fer
tillzer and should be left on the field
after cutting.
A field of corn after 1t Is few
feet high makes an ideal place to
raise chicks In.
A few strips of tile will often turn
mud hole into the most productive
spot on the farm.
An egg may be fertile and hatch
and still the chick will not live be-
cause of lack of vitality.
III COlu WehtueT place iiOih 'Ch w
thirteen eggs under the hen; In warm
weather from thirteen to fifteen.
The coop for hen and chicks should
be we'll ventilated, easy to clean, and
of sufficient proportions to insure com.
fort
Eggs from hens that have made
fair showing in laying this winter will
be more fertile than those that did
heavy laying.
1t may not pay to keep any very
great surplus Of corn in the cribs. yet
it is sometimes mighty comforting to
know that it is there.
Scarcity Of stock cattle Of all kinds
and high prices asked and offered Is
a common local condition reported
from the corn belt states.
When moss creeps into the mead
ows and pastures they need to be
broken up and the soil exposed to
the sun and air before reseeding.
Raspberries produce good crops in
the same soil for year, while straw
berries produce their best crops the
first year they come into full bearing.
BY raising standardized poultry
one will be able to sell stock and
eggs for breeding purposes. and get
much better prices than when selling
eggs and fowls for food only.
Busy hens are not only the best
egg producers, but their eggs show
the best fertility. In order to keep
them engaged at work strew the floor
of the pen with hay or straw and
scatter the grain In this.
Hens prefer the morning sun to the
afternoon sun when they cannot have
both. Therefore, arrange to open a
window In the east end of the hen
house when bad weather does not per
NIT OF the entire south side being
thrown open.
Conserve soil moisture after plow
ing by narrowing as soon as the
ground is dry enough The import
ance OF prompt narrowing can not be
overestimated especially when the
planting season is followed by pro-
tracted drought.
Both salt and linseed meal are val
liable adjuncts to the hens bill of
fare, but they must be used with dis
erection. Too much salt will cause
bowel trouble and loss of feathers.
and too much linseed meal will have
q similar effect.
AS a rule, the cause of flock being
Improbable lies largely with the
keeper and the care they receive
rather than a superiority of one breed
over another.
One OF the safe things to tie 20
on the farm is good brood SOW
pure'bred In few years she and
her offspring, II properly cared for,
VIII put many dollars into the peck
cts OF the farmers of the country.
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Profitable Recreation.
Inc sand bin, the slide, the giant
strioe' the horizontal bar, indoor
baseball diamonds (for boys and for