The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-07-16

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Poisoned bran kills cutworms.
Calves are profit making assets.
Care for the newly-planted orchard
Straw and hay make good nesting
material.
Horses that cough should never have
dry. dusty feed.
Keep young turkeys warm and dry
the first few weeks,
Growing calves should have such
food as insures growth.
Muzzle the horses when cultivatng
the orchard-single.tree too.
Buying q poor bull because he is
cheap is near-sighted economy.
MIX is great stuff to help young
chickens in their business OF growing.
The man who has already used the
silo will tell you whether 1t pays OF
not.
Keep the old geese for breeding pur-
poses. Send the young ones to the
market
Hens should not be allowed to run
with male birds except during the
Matching season.
In the final summing up, the de-
mands Of the markets govern the type
OF hogs we must produce.
The important periods for the young
pig are 80 days before narrowing, GO
days after and at weaving time.
The manner in which the SOW Is
fed and cared for determines the size
OF the litter, In a measure at least.
The breeding mare can work In TO
advantage as the third work horse on
1he farm, doing the light short-hour
work.
Water the horses as often as pos
sible, but let the horse that comes In
hot drink a few swallows only, until
he Is cool.
Much Of the nervousness which we
see In the young COW can be done
away with II the calves are given
proper treatment
DO not overfeed the calves on skim
milk. II they show signs Of securing
when first put on sklm.milk decrease
the amount a trile.
The age OF show hogs IL counted
from the first Of March or from the
first Of September of the year the
animals were farrowed.
Fowls are fond OF freshly-turned
soil and II Is good for them. II the
yard is too small to pillow. 1t should
be spaded, or dug in some way.
In catering TO the trade where fruit
Is marketed try 10 put yourself In the
position OF the buyer and then furnish
the quality Of fruit tho trade wants
Where the pigs are allowed TO run
with the SOW and to wean themselves
It is almost impossible for the mature
female to produce more than one lit
ter n year.
Sheep should be changed from one
feed 70 another gradually. They are
delicate and cannot stand sudden
changes Of feed any more than sudden
changes Of weather
Ants may be destroyed by punching
holes in the hills with fork handle
and BaturatluE cotton batting with
carbon bisulphide. Put this In the hole
and cover II with earth
Every farm can use one more small
rlover lot for calyiuP cows: mares
with young colts; for calves or nun.
Der OF useful purposes, and It win do
10 wait for the rotting of those STUN s..
Give chick grit for first feed. II f.
advisable to feed commercial chick
food for the first two weeks. Where
commercial chick food IL not used feed
stale breadcrumbs, rolled oats or
graduated oatmeal
Keep bran, grit, shell. ground oats
green feed and fresh. clean water he.
fore your chicks at all times. Chicks
should have a supply Of animal food
or sHm-milk. Never allow milk to
remain IN vessels TN II gours.
A good "broody breaker" cal be
made by taking light COOP md a,tlpg
Il with wire or Stat bottom Place
the broody hen IN this coop ana hing
IT where there is plenty Of fresh cool
air The air passes through the fun
OF the hen and helps to cool the fever
which is IN her blood at this time.
With raspGerrieg pick on the tons
OF the vines when they are about two
feet tall This win produce a well.
shaped bush Instead of long, strag.
Cling vines on the ground As soon