The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-06-25

There is profit in broom corn.
For moles in the garden use traps
AS soil builder clover has very few
Equals.
Shelters should be supplied in every
pig pasture
A few staples prevents many
breachy heifer.
In warm or hot weather provide
shade FOR the chicks
We must either put our idle land to
work, sell 1t or lose it,
No place is too small TO afford some
garden or plant growth.
The safety of horse depends large
iy upon his early education,
Putting colts in damp, dark stables
Is likely to produce rheumatism.
Plenty Of salt is vitality essential 10
The thriftiness OF the young stock
Get the chicks out on the fresh
ground and fresh air as soon as pos
sible
Mix all the cream to be churned In
one vat or can at least eighteen hours
before churnng.
Small white onion sets are the best.
II they cannot be obtained, yellow
sets should be used.
A stunted calf will never make as
valuable a COW as its inheritance
would certainly warrant.
The grass and the cattle are both
better If the owner is not In too much
of a hurry to use the pasture.
The up-to.date farm equipment in
cludes machinery for the housewife
as well as for the men outside.
Corn Is naturally hungry plant. II
you want it to grow feed 1t Literally
with fertilizer, water and sunshine.
80, .ftor For thir, q
purely imaginary In the mind Of the
driver, and It Is too cruel for words
Wash the butter once with pure
water at the churnlng temperature,
agitating three or four times, and
drain.
Cream that contains from 30 to 40
per cent butter fat churns better than
that having only half so high a fat
content.
The temperature Of churning should
be such as TO make the butter come
in from 80 to 40 minutes, usually SIS to
60 degrees +.
Eggs absorb odors, not so readily as
milk. but readily enough that one can
not afford to store onions beside q
basket OF eggs.
Always offer the horses water be
fore going to bed at night. Never
leave the horse thirsty all night after
he has eaten his hay.
Keep the harrow coming along SCOT
after blowing. This Is the beginning
OF that good surface cultivation that
we hear SO much about.
Be gentle and quiet I'm handling the
SOW and she will never cause any
trouble, unless she Is a particularly
vicious or ill-mannered female.
Crows viii catch young chickens
and carry them off and II they get
started they sometimes steal dozens
of chicks, unless stopped with n gun.
Hogs roaming at large always sup
ply themselves with pure food anc
water, and do not suffer from disease
as do those which are confined ant
heavily fed.
Probably IN no country are CONNER
cial fertilizers used 10 a greater ex
tent than IN Germany, and there tn,
yields Of crops are upon the ayerag,
about twice the average yield IN tn,
United States.
When the beginner once realizes
that the more care used in the sclec
ton Of the feeds that start the youn,
chickens on their way to maturity
there viii be less loss, and bette
growth. 1t pays to OBTAIN good chicl
grit
Potato Feelings, cabbage roots
celery tops and such things are rel
ished by hens and keep the focl
healthy In summer he hens pick u
quantities OF insects and worms. En-
this form OF food must be supplied 4
winter by scraps OF meat or cut bone.
It's pretty safe to follow the oil
hens method OF feeding chicks. Sh
feeds them often and In small bit!
She gets them plants and tender greer
ness She keeps them on the move
She gives them animal food In tn