The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-09-25
Sheep must have shelter.
Poor cows are never cheap.
Make capons Of the cockerels.
Keep only the money-making hens.
Ground bone can be fed alone or In
soft food.

Exposure to hat suns will quickly
stale fresh eggs.
Have some way of telling the oldes
eggs and keep them sold.
1t Is a good rule to scald out tn,
drinking vessels once q week.
It takes grit and pluck to be 9
poultryman this kind of weather.
Too much corn in the feed in warn
weather makes the hens fat and lazy
Plan to have at all times a blanke
of loose earth on the surface OF thu
fields.
The lazy, sleepy looking sow, tina
fats easy is not the one to pick for ,
breeder.
Overhead racks are bad for thu
horses eyes and make the horse in
hale dust.
Handling butter beyond what Il
strictly necessary does more harm
than good.
The cows face will indicate hel
condition as surely as the face of s
human being.
Brood mares when nursing thei
colts should be given foods for th'
production of milk
Men may give good advice, but yot
must make good use OF your owl
sense in following 1t.
Never lightly roll off the responsi
bility of home life upon the shoulders
of the school teacher
But 1t is a mistake to rely solely OF
broilers 1t is better to have a broil
er and egg combination
One good thing about the garden l:
that the things we get from 1t do no
taste so much of money.
See that every egg you sell Is strict
ly fresh. A few bad eggs will give a
bad name to the whole lot
The destruction of the weeds ant
the saving of moisture will more
than repay Tor the extra labor.
If your flock is properly managed
and cared for there will be little OF
no use for medicine and tonics.
Separator milk, If fed while 1t re
tains it's natural warmth has feed
ing value of four cents gallon.
For early spring mating use one
drake to five or six ducks. Later the
number of ducks can be nearly dou
bled.
Watch the man who uses a Babcoch
tester on his COWS the first time. Ter
to there will be change in his hero
soon after.
Dairy farming may well include the
raising of dairy stock. hogs and
chickens. in connection with the mar
keting of butter fat.
Nearly every one can Keep hens
but can every man make the hens
keep him? Hens do not pay unless
they are given suitable care.
A food may be so Ia cking in palata
bility that a COW will only consume
sufficient amount to sustain herself
and of course returns no profit.
Land is not a mine from which you
can take ore in the shape of soil fer
tility year after year without appar
ent diminution of its earning power.
Unless soft food is being given
troughs should never be used FOL
feeding Scatter grain among litter
and let the fowls scratch and hunt
for It.
Prune out old canes Of raspberries
and blackberries, and burn them
Thin the hills to three or four shoots
Cultivate and add some manure tc
the soil
If we secure the greatest returns
from hog pastures and forage crops
the grain foods, which serve as a
supplement, should be fed in limited
quantities.
The stable manure has been put OIL
the garden or truck patch, the corr
or wheat field but rarely Is 1t thought
necessary to apply plant iood of any
kind to the orchard.
Beef cattle may De raised on many
farms and there are good reasons fol
raising them. Not the least OF these
is that they provide a means o.
building up the farm in fertility.
There Is no better germ slayer thar
an ounce of carbollc acid added to 6
mil of whiteWash Give the walls ant
ceiling OF the hen house good coat
ing working 1t in rather thick In al
cracks and crevlces.
Medium sized, but plump turkeys
are marketable all the year round, &C
that at any time when there Is a sur
plus they may be sold at fair prices
but to secure the best prices they
must be young. and In good market