The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-03-20

Use the manure spreader daily.
Maintain the fertility of the soil
Road dust makes good material
for the hens dust bath.
The bull should be kept In roomy
box stall adjoining the COW stable.
II meat scraps are fed to the pour
try better see that they ara not too
old.
Better keep one good hen than
three that you have your doubts
about.
In nearly all cases. selling to pri-
vate customers will bring in the most
money.
Keep the orchard land In good filth,
The trees can be set as soon as the
leaves fall
No dairyman should forget that his
barn Is place where human food
is produced
Split carrots, turnips, beets. ETC.. In
two and allow the hens to pick at
them at will.
Almost always the COW that gives
the most butter-fat does 1t the most
economically.
II you have a poor seeding pear or
apple tree 1t may be entirely made
over by top grating.
Have you ever stopped to consider
that 1t costs more time and labor to
make poor butter than good?
Oats and Canada field peas make an
excellent combination. and are often
grown for hay for dairy cows.
The best way of disposing Of sur
plus late patched cockerels (too late
to be sold as broilers) is as capons.
1t is claimed that early-sown fall
wheat Is benefited when pastured with
sheep to keep down the rank growth.
Well managed poultry is preferable
to farm crops in that poultry will pro-
duce an income at all times of the |
year.
In every variety of farming, plan.
ming ahead of time Is necessary. and
perhaps most Sc in poultry hus-
bandry.
Ten drops Of carbolic acid to a gal
Ion of drinking water makes a good
disease preventive when cholera
threatens
A good time now to haul and
spread manure on the vegetable
garden so that the spring rains can
do their part
Colts often suffer when teething
At such times steamed, crushed oats
and bran mashes are most sensible
and beneficial.
Do not let your young birds roost
With ttc old hens. as they are liable
to catch diseases which old hens are
more subject to.
The average value of all property
per farm in the United States in 1910
was $6,444. an increase of sos per cent.
over that of 1900
The expense of caring for mule is
less than for a horse. He eats less.
requires no blanketing, no stall and Is
more easily kept clean.
IL one is obliged to feed timothy
hay good ration OF bran and oats
will help to maintain the ewes in good
condition In the winter.
Quiet, gentle handling Of the ewes
during the winter makes 1t much
easier work to care for the flock
during the Landing period.
All the growth and thrift that can
be encouraged and maintained during
the first year Of colts life insure a
stronger and a better horse.
The manure spreader is useful
article of equipment that should be
extensively used. It saves time and
labor and distributes the manure
evenly.
The stable manure has been put on
the garden 0, truck patch, the corn or
" neat field. but rarely is 1t thought
necessary to apply plant food OF any
kind to this orchard.
If you doubt the advisability OF
keeping dairy cows comfortable and
contented visit the man who makes
The best records with his cattle and
see how he cares for them.
To be a successful feeder a man
must study the habits and character
Istics OF his animals. the conditions
that surround them and the quantity
and quality of the foods that are avail
able. and then vary the food accord
Ing to the animals powers OF assim.
Ilation.
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