The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-09-18

Butter must be kept cool.
Mulchng potatoes is excellent
Change the sheep pasture often.
A dog which worries stock is dear
as gift
Powdered charcoal mixed with soft
feed aids digeetiOn.
Be sure the salt box in the sheep
quarters il kept flied.
The foorless coop on drained ground
is the only kind for this season.
Courage based upon knowledge Is
the farmers most valuable asset.
Confidence and contentment are two
important factors In poultry culture
The first calf should be dropped
when the heifer is about two years
old
Generally the more condensed and
finished the products the more the
profit.
| II vermin bother the setting hen,
| try few moth balls in the nesting
| material.
! An even and proper temperature OF
| the cream gives texture and solidity
| to the butter.
! Poultry likes fresh straw pow and
| then just as well as the COW likes TO
be well hedded..
! Dairying does not bring its oest re.
turns until il is made a business in.
| stead OF chore.
/ An abundance Of sunlight il a great
help in keeping poultry houses clean
and fowls healthy.
The ambition 10 become rich and
own vast acres has kept many men
poor all their lives.
! A good way to tell ripe melons is by
the fragrant cdor. They also part
easily from the stem.
Taking care OF the tools and imple'
] -. &c hr nf
! economizing on the farm.
/ Success lies not in the number OF
! cows a man keeps. but rather in the
! kind of COW that he keeps.
Money and position without happi-
ness are like table loaded with good
/ things and no appetite to eat.
Keep a good amornt Of absorbents
! in the yards vherr pigs are kept and
have dry, clean place to feed in.
Furnish salt regularly for all Of the
! animals and see there is always plen-
ty OF clean, good water for them.
Drop everything to help horse or
COW that is In trouble, no matter
whether it is your own or your neigh
boris.
Guinea fowls are the most persis-
/ tent bug eaters OF all the poultry tribe
| And they are good eating too the
! guineas.
Many times. steel or other metal
/ covers get small leak holes. which
might be repaired and the roof last
several years yet
! The horse that has long stride
| with more ease and rapidity than the
one with high knee.
Some one man in the neighborhood
could make a business Of spraying
and secure enough work to keep him
! busy a large part ri the year.
| When milk sours before all the
! cream has had chance to rise not
/ only will the butter be poor in quality
| but some OF the cream will he lost
J The woman who sorts eggs and
! grades and packs them carefully for
/ market is always well paid for her
work in the increased price they
/ bring.
| The small farm pays better in pro-
portion to its size than the large farm.
because OF Its compactness, less ienc.
! ing and drainage and more economy
OF labor.
Among the cows IA elsewhere. IL
is large production that pays profit
and it is mistake to make good
production pay the cost OF Keeping
bad one.
The foundation OF all poultry farms
is egg productions. There is too
much risk in buying eggs from hatch
juB UiOiitIS' CuCii oiuii'Ts dS IL THit
are all sorts and sizes.
Some farmers are so busy listening
for a horse trading opportunity to
knock at their front gate that they
can not hear the rooster crow about
bigger one in the back yard
The milk producing function is 10 a
large extent under the control OF tho
nervous system. Any influence that