The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-05-22

BE sure of the seed corn
Don't fuss with the chickens.
Farm horses should be clipped.
The silo agent is abroad in the lard
Cowpeas are sown broadcast or In
drills.
Oats and peas make a very salts
factory hay.
Irregularity will work disaster in
even the best dairy.
The profitable dairy COW is the one
that Is the oest mother.
In preparing a seed bed for sweet
clover do a thorough job.
Draining butter we'll before sailing
will help its keeping qualities.
Every animal carrying meat At to
eat is selling at a good price.
A pail Of scalded bran is a good
feed for the COW right after calving.
Intelligence Is of the utmost I'M
portance In handling cows probably.
1t is the wisest policy to feed we'll
even when the cattle are on rich pas
ture.
Corn, wheat, clover. Meadow
soil-enriching and money making rota-
ton.
Stormy days are seldom idle days
on the farm that has well equipped
shop.
For sore, cracked or chapped teats
try a few applications OF carbolized
vaseline.
The garden will furnish pleasant
reacreation as well as profitable en-
ployment.
BY setting out beets and turnips
from the cellar now. you can raise
your own seed.
Manure intended for tomatoes
should be thoroughly decomposed be-
fore application.
Horses should always be watered q
short time before being fed and never
after.
The cows coat Is pretty good In.
dex of her condition, especially at this
season of the year.
Summer or winter good dairy
thermometer pays its way wherever
dairy cows are kept.
vetch is a very good feed. IL -
richer in protein and total diges dble
nutrients tnan aIIalIa.
One Of the big leaks in the dairy
business is the keeping of two cows
to do the work of one.
The calf's digestive organs are
very easily impaired. Keep them In
good working condition.
When you pray for potatoes be Ger.
tain to hoe them when they need 1t
and keep the bugs of Of them.
j feed of something while milking
will often make a COW let down her
milk when slow about it otherwise.
II chickens range over the straw
berry patch they are very apt to in
jure the plants by picking the crowns.
A poorly prepared, lumpy or shall
low seeded Is poor place In which
to expect to produce profitable crops.
The dairy COW offered for sale cheap
these days is an unsafe Investment
Some of the high priced ones are I'M
SAFE too.
The dairy COW Is sensitive to bad
weather, and must not be exposed to
cold and storm. but must be properly
housed and nrotected
Scrape off the loose bark from the
trunks and larger limbs OF the apple
trees, under which many worms hiber-
nate and pass the winter.
The dairyman will be successful
with COWS to the extent that he Is
able and willing to maintain summer
conditions throughout the year.
That gilt-edge butter can be made
on the farm is being proved every
day, but not where strict attention Is
not paid to cleanliness and detail.
The difference between the income
from dairying and the cost will be
modified by the amount of feed that
Is produced on the farm this season.
Manufacturers of the United States
use annually twice as much wool as Is
produced In the country, and yet there
are many folks who can see nothing
in sheep.
Set out bedding plants II you must
have them. But think twice Don't