The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-01-16

Haifbred COWS give half-palls Of
milk.
A draft horse should have a large
chest and square shoulders.
Keep the stable clean and well ven
tilated. and free from draught.
Put not your faith In the gentle
bull more than In the vicious one.
Wash your hands with clean water
before commencing to milk each COW.
The most important factor In soil
Improvement is growing ieguminous
crops.
The easiest way to eradicate weeds
on the farm is to prevent their going
to seed
A shed of crotches and poles. Gov
cred with straw, is cheap, warm and
businesslike
| DOH Ieeu Tie UTOOO SOW Hcdfy ~
tons OF corn when within a month
of narrowing.
Keep dust and stuff out OF your
milk, You cant strain it out. Re
member that.
The ability to produce profit is
all Gov
must be measured.
Silage made of corn and soy beans
is more digestibe than that made
from corn silage alone.
You can weaken the constitution OF
your horse by making them carry
burden of useless flesh.
Whole oats placed on dry, raised
platform are a most profitable feeds
for young and growing pigs.
Dat straw is a pretty good substl'
tute and makes very good roughage
when fed with plenty of grain.
The AYRSHIRE and Guernsey type
of dairy cattle are increasing in Ia
vor in the middle western states.
Individual excellence IL the only
safe guide to be depended upon In
selecting COWS to build up sooe
herd.
Some day we are going to find that
as good a way as any to use the sur
plus sour milk is to give 1t to the
hens.
One good dairy COW Of the right con-
formation Is more OF an ad)unct
than several beefy animals with poor
udders.
Has the kitchen garden a raspberry
patch? They are hardy, excellent
bearers, and certainly one Of the most
delicious fruits
The COW that comes fresh IN the
fall Is really fresh twice during the
year, the second time when grass
comes in spring.
II corn Is to be the main grain ra'
ton for the cows, some bran or alfalfs
hay will balance 1t nicely. But 1t Is
not necessary to feed both.
The mangel grows well, both north
and south, and on good soil will pay
as we'll as any other feeding crop in
its proper place In the ration.
The wise dairy farmer has provided
himself with bunch OF shoats and
will make 9 or 10 cent pork out OF
cheap skim milk this winter.
At all times keep plenty OF oyster
shells, coarse gravel, fresh water. and
milk before the chickens. In cold
weather give them warm water and
milk.
1t is wrong to expect the COW to
yield large profit simply because
she Is we'll bred She must have feed
and care or the breeding will amount
to nothing.
Snap beans lima beans and navy
beans are tap-rooted plants and re-
quire deep, mellow soil. Break the
soil deeply and pulverize it well be-
fore you plant beans.
Experimenters say 1t takes about
ten bushels of corn to make loo
pounds of pork, but when the corn is
fed with skimmilk, seven bushels will
make the same weight.
The successful dairy farmer must
provide winter feed of a succulent ma
ture The silo is the best answer and
next to this is roots. These are be
coming more popular every year.
Don't imagine that the profits of the
dairy business depend entirely upon
the creamery. and not upon the farm
or farmer The dairy must be right
before the creamery can bring the
money.
A sow with mean, cross disposition
Is always hard to deal with and is not
always the best breeder or mother
This Is something that should be
borne in mind when selecting brood