The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-01-09

ihSiS 10 no pclttI place W III Coit
for market than on the farm
Leaves mixed with straw make an
excellent cover for strawberries
Promptly gather up and burn all
brush and rubbish in the orchard
The coming of the silo is developing
some new high records for highpriced
beef.
Increase the COW feed little morn
ing and night as the weather grows
colder.
1t is as an egg producer that the In
dian Runner duck has gained the
most fame.
Poultry balance their own rations il
they are given a wide variety Of feeds
to select from
Eggs that cost % cents per dozen
Will bring 81 to SIS when Matched and
sold as broilers.
All young stock on hand now that
you do not intend to keep through the
coming winter should be marketed.
Bran Is a very good feed for COWS
It is light, palatable and rich In min
eral matter. especially phosphorus.
A set OF scales will guess a good
deal better than you can as to the
weight of the milk each COW gives.
1t is usually mere guesswork to tel
the age of hen by her appearance
after she has passed the pullet stage
A hen over two years old is III
only for the pot and to mother chick
ems. She is past her profitable laying
days
1t is we'll to remember that there
are ten buyers for horses worth 5000
and upwards to one that is worth 500
or less.
Goose eggs require from twenty
eight to thirty-one days TO hatch, ac
cording to variety and method ,oi
Matching.
1t Is a we'll known fact tina. the
COW that makes the largest profit is
given the best care and most comfort
able shelter.
When the farmer makes a selling
of his crops with as much a business
Gs does the buyer he will find farm
ing profitable.
or almost, If not quite, Rs much I'M
portance as their food is plenty CT
exercise. Exercise and sunshine are
great sheep tonics.
If you live where stones are plenty
land they are found in most sections)
never wade through winter mud in
going between house and balm.
It pleases the COW to be MIXED
quickly, and gets her in the habit OF
giving down promptly. 1t Ia often the
slow mixers that make the strippers
If you plan to take the horns of
your cows, better do It early In the
spring. 1t is trying ordeal at
best. Be as humane about it as you
can.
Vitality is very important char.
acteristic in the dairy cows OF any
other farm animal II weak along
this line the best returns cannot be
expected
Next to using Babcock machine a
pretty good test of milk may be made
by putting samples in tumblers and
noting the thickness of the cream sew
eral hours later.
Sugar beet growing means more
than the mere profits from growing
the beets. 1t induces higher type of
agriculture and the crops raised In
rotation are better.
Half the trouble we have In the
busy season is due to the way we
take our work Too hot fire makes
the kettle boil over and wastes the
dinner. It is the man who works
to his strength that lives
the longest.
Whatever ration one may be able
10 provide for the flock of hens one
condition should be kept in mind
they should be compelled to
scratch for most of the grain they
receive. This means exercise and ex-
ercise means heal h.
Some farmers brug In the morning
that they will make the hired man
hunt his hole before night" They
push him 10 the limit. in the endeavor
to get all the work possible out Of
lim Men who do that never win out
Hired men are human. and no man
ever made anything by being inhuman
with his help.
Few OF us realize how important
,ees are to our farm, garden and or
,hard crops II the bees were termi-
rated this year there would be fail
Ire OF the clover seed crop: the same
would be true OF many vegetables and
ruits. Many flowers must be cross
'ertilized, and 1t often requires some
insect 20 DO this. The apiary NAV