The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-09-11
Sell only fresh eggs.

Sell only fresh eggs.
Time to select seed potatoes.
Lime il beneficial to clay soils.
Good feeders prepare in advance for
.heir stock.
The fowl does not perspire As do
most animals.
The fast walker Is the profitable
horse on the farm.
System IN the dairy should surpass
all other matters on the farm.
The quantity OF milk in the pail is
the most dependable sign nj a good
mixer.
BY keeping stock always in a good
condition the cost of maintainance Is
lessened.
Laying hens should have their heav-
lest feed Ut the day not long before
roosting time
The energies of the dairy COWS are
convertible into a profit almost every
day of her life.
The only time to develop stock Is
when you see the animal is young
and growing fast.
Farming on bushes basis eiimi-
mates small mules just as 1t dis
places small horses.
The duck comes nearer perpetual
motion than anything on the farm
not exec pting the boys
Pasture or other feed will go farther
when there is plenty Of water, shade.
and protection from flies
When a COW is foundered. plenty Of
water to drink and very light iced,
will often correct the trouble
II you want to raise good COW
you must first raise good calf from
the start all the way up to the COW.
Milk utensils should have sun
bath every day. but they should be
protected from dust at the same time.
II tissue paper is squeezed hard and
stuffed into mousehole 1t will form
a barrier through which nice will NOT
nibble.
While there is but little sale in
market for guineas. they are the near
est approach to the wild fowls Of any
meat known.
Dairying and poultry raising go to-
gether. the waste of the dairy being
more ,Jroiitabiy fed to poultry than
anything else.
Where calves are kept III the barn,
furnish plenty of bedding, and when
out of doors have a suitable place for
a shelter and shade.
Poultrymen who have tried 1t,
claim that teaspoonfu! of Venetian
red in gallon of drinking water Is
a good bowel trouble preventive.
Mice and rats have little show
around Nuiid'ngs ar homes where or
der prevails and general farm santa
ton IL looked after as 1t should be.
Give the pigs a fair start in life by
feeding the SOW upon milk producing
ration8. There is nothing much bet
ter than skim milk mixed with shorts.
In the market stock yards the
bunch Of hogs that is even in weight,
conformation and color will bring
more thar the lot made up OF all
sorts
Keep the apple trees we'll sprayed
to free them from the destructive
work OF insects. worms and scab. II
a satisfactory crop OF fruit is to be
expected.
Feeding in sheep husbandry is like
any other problem In live stock man
aFsment. However good the breed
without good care and feeding they
will degenerate.
The truth is the farmers OF the
middle west are raising better NUT
ton than ever before, and people are
learning that It Is about the best and
cheapest meat they can buy.
II IL a mistake to discard n breed
on the supposition that It is not a
hardy one. Hardness can be instill.
ed In any breed by proper housing
proper food proper attention. and sys-
tematic breeding
A poultry breeder is greatly pleased
with the success of his diet OF steel.
cut oats and new milk for young
chicks, Ha alternates his feeds. Civ
Ing the oats and milk one meal. and
a mixture OF cracked grains in litter
for the next Wheat boiled in milk
is also good
One hundred Pekin ducks would
Keep the incubators busy during the
season. Two hundred and fifty pairs
OF Homer pigeons, mated. would pro-
duce all the squabs that the farm