The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-02-12

Save all poultry feathers.
Be regular in feeding Feed for a
purpose
There Is e. dearth OF good aspara-
gus in every city market.
The man who has already used the
silo will tell you whether it pays or
not.
The most important factor in rapid
herd Improvement is sire Of high
dairy quality.
Improper ventilation makes more
hen houses cold and damp than rain
and zero weather
Why not mend the old harness this
winter, and spend the money making
the wife's work easier?
Why not settle on dairy farming as
business? Then breed. and feed,
and work for a better breed.
II colt has not style enough nat
urally to hold his head high, high
hangers will not make him do it,
Statistics show that the manure
from each pig is worth $l2 year You
see 1t will pay TO save this manure.
A great deal OF the sow's future use
fulness depends upon how she Is cared
for and fed until bred for her first
litter.
Let the sunshine and fresh air come
into the hen house through the win
dows instead OF through cracks in the
siding
A young, highly-bred, trotting-bred
mare has been working on farm for
two years with an aged horse of light.
err weight.
One thing no hog grower can afford
to do without is good feeding trough.
Big cracks sometimes take more than
the hogs do.
II may save time to hurry through
the milking, but It doesn't help the
milk flow. But the mixer should keep
steadily at his job.
The so pound hog is the proper prof
table weight. Get sires with heavy
bone, broad back. and deep body.
Take time in selection.
Bring your horse in cool and breath
Ing easily II he comes in hot he will
sweat in the stable. and the sudden
stoppage of hard work is bad FOR his
feet.
Pruning in the summer will have 9
tendency to promote fruitfulness In
the tree. although II may have exact.
" the opposite eject unless done AT
the right time.
II you win put storm windows over
the regular windows. be sure to pro.
vide openings in both for proper ven.
tDation II is a fearful thing to sleep
In an air tight room,
DO not let the colts run down in con.
dition on frost-titten grass. They may
fiji up, but the nourishmeut isn't there,
Loss in the condition OF growing
colt IL most serious one.
There are countless ways OF ma.
king money while the young orchard
is coming into bearing. and it is a
able.bodied man who has the hustle in
him.
The first spraying for the cooling
moth must be completed before the
calyx OF each blossom has closed. After
that time the thoroughness Of the ap
plicatlon IL made very much more dit
ficult.
Little leaks in farm work are what
need looking after, The big ones are
easier seen but the small ones are
often passed by. but do not forget
that many little leaks are the same as
large leak In the end.
There are cases in which medicines
may be advantugeously given or ap
piled to sick fowls but generally
speaking il Is better to kin all the
sick birds and thus avoid the spread
OF disease TO many other birds in the
nock
There will always be horses as long
as there are men, for from time i'm
memorial man and the horse have
I been inseparable companions and the
latter will never be supplahted in the
love ~ the former by any gasoline
contraptlon.
The sows that are to be kept FOL
breeders should be separated from ths
others and FED plenty VI flesh. muscle
and bone'forminc foods so that the,
may develop good. strong constitu
tons and not become overloaded with
an excess of fat.
Experience has shown that by cars
fully selecting aud raising the he'll
ers OF the best mixers and feeders
breeding carefully TO pure-bred sire
aud disposing Of all boarders, tht pre-
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