The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-05-08

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| cession.
Grass will soon show in the color OF
the butter.
Concrete makes a good foundation
and barn wall.
Initiate the butter-fat test and recall
the boarder COW.
Many an animal with a pedigree
is not a profit producer.
Farming problems demand good
judgment. and keen thinking
The silo has come to stay as per
manent form of farm equipment.
Barns and silos save feed enough In
a short time to pay for themselves.
The dairy farm that is carefully
managed improves from year to year.
A brush to wash dairy utensils is
more sanitary than the time-honored
rag.
A solid concrete base for the sepa-
rator will lengthen the life Of the ma
chine.
Slage Is the cheapest dairy feed
there is and in many respects 1t is
the best.
The man who breeds the best stock
is almost invariably the leader in his
community.
The mating of ewes and rams takes
place from the last of March to the
middle Of June.
For bloat in sheep give one dram
hyposulphite Of soda and three drains
Of spirits of ammonia,
Chicks must be we'll fed to grow:
the feeding pen saves the feed and
protects the little chicks.
When vegetables are grown to sell.
the eye must be consulted as we'll as
the palate The looks of things"
count
It's fun to watch the thrifty early
spring pigs tumbling over one another
trying to see which will get to the
trough first
To rid the premises OF rats, fill the
holes with tin scraps from the timers
or with broken glass and plaster
over with cement.
There is nothing that adds the ap-
pearance Of prosperity to the farm
stead more readily than good paint
on buildings and fences.
There is nothing like spring sun
shine for the cows. Their quarters
may be ever so comfortable but the
sunshine does them good.
Did you forget to trim the trees?
Say, go out in the orchard and do
little trimming some day and give The
team a little extra rest at noon.
A few hours of work grounding"
the wires of the fence about the pas
ture may save the best cows in the
| herd from destruction by lightning
! 1t Is Just as necessary to pillow or
otherwise cultivate the peach orchard.
when it bears not a peach, as It is
when the trees are to be loaded with
! fruit,
/ A Colorado fruit grower has pat
ented electric massage for fruit trees
| The object Is to enable fruit trees
to resist frost when they are budding
and blossoming.
| A mixture of salt, ashes and salt
| peter raked into the soil when pre-
pairing the onion bed. stimulates the
growth Of the onions and tends to
Danish the onion maggot.
Work a little Stacked lime into the
soil where your cabbages are to be
grown to prevent ciub-root A garden
well fortified better resists the at
lacks of pests than one meagerly fed.
Raspberries, when grown without
support the canes should be pruned
back IN summer so as to make them
stocky and selfsupporting; when
fastened to supports they may be
left longer
In starting new hedge begin It as
soon az the ground is workable from
receding frost. 1t pays to dig out the
soil and enrich II as for making n
garden bed or border. The digging
should be to the depth OF two feet.
with the open range now supplying
the poultry more and more bugB
worms. etc, those poultry keepers
who have been feeding beef or meat
scraps should carefully cut down the
supply considerably in this ration. as
Il is very easy to overdo such feeding
at this season, and an oversupply of 1t
IS check on the egg yield, at the
same time being liable to cause seri'
Gus diseases among the fiocks.