The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-10-02


Do not set hens in the fall.
Good cows have their OF years.
Water the horse before feeding.
Alfalfa does not make as good silage
as corn.
Good fences have a great deal OF
trouble.
Keep your horses name and tail
well cleaned.
A COW that is underfed is never the
most profitable.
Cool the team by driving It slowly
the last mile or two.
The best time to save seed pota.
toes is as you dig them.
Skim milk, clover and shelled corn
form an ideal ration for pigs.
Why not take colt or a few of the
best calves to the county fair?
II you are working for lots OF NUT
ton, use a good, large, meaty ram
Every farmer should be horticultur-
list enough to furnish fruit for his fam
lily.
The requisites for a good black
berry are hardness and productive
ness.
If you want a sleek horse give him
some oil meal once in while in his
feed
ventilating the stables is one OF the
best ways of repelling unhealthy con-
ditions.
An inferior eve should never be
sold to an uniformed person as a
breeder
Some egg farmers candle all eggs
each day as they are received from
the nests.
Old raspberry canes should be cut
and destroyed as soon as the fruit has
been gathered.
Don't let the flowers go to seed.
The plants bloom better il the flowers
are cut each day.
No wide awake gardener can afford
to neglect the state fairs with their
displays Of vegetables.
Next to good hired man. one of
the handiest things to have about tie
place is a sack of cement
Overlooking of green cut bone Is
apt to cause leg troubles, diarrhoea,
bowel complaints and worms.
A hog may be considered half made
when past the weaving period with
out being stunted in its growth.
Look for vigor in the ram you pro-
pose to use. If he has not got it..
turn him off and get one that has.
1t Is usually mere guesswork to tell
the age of hen by her appearance
after she has passed the pullet stage
A hen over two years old is fit only
for the pot and to mother, chickens.
She is past her profitable laying
days.
Have your fowls so tame that you
can go among them without causing
fright. You will get better egg pro-
duction.
The pure-bred sire and dam OF
the same type OF as good blood as u
is possible to get will usually bring
desirable colt
II YOU live where stones are plenty
and they are found in most sections,
never wade through winter mud in
going between house and barn.
The very best horses will never
bring their worth on any market I'M
less in good flesh 1t Is ruinous
policy to send a thin horse to market.
Never depend on luck Know your
business. Keep strict account and
records and study them. Have appli-
cation, patience, perseverance and be
a hustler
Green bone is complete food. 1t
contains the nitrogen for the albu-
men, the phosphate for the bones Of
the chicks and carbonaceous matter
for the yolks.
Experiments have proved that hen
in good condition will eat. on an aver
age, three ounces of mash in the morn
ing, two ounces OF grain at noon, and
four ounces of grain at night.
The laying hen is not apt to become
overfat Nevertheless, it is mistake
to keep her or a diet Of corn expect
ing her to manufacture eggs from
that article. Corn is no egg food.
Pigs should never be led on the
ground in yard or pen where their
own exrenent abounds. Changing
from place to place in thu pasture