The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-08-13

be thoroughly cooled before packing
Ducks should not be allowed water
to swim In until they are feathered
out.
About the worst garden pest Is
the English sparrow, aided by the
robin
| Baby beeves are cattle finished for
market at the age of ten to sixteen
months.
The sheep is a valuable asset In the
utilization Of the roughage grown on
the farm.
Fill the pigs stomach while he Is
young and he will fill your purse when
he is grown.
One advantage In keeping poultry Is
that they eat much that would other
wise be wasted
A large amount OF buttermilk IN the
fowls feed is said to stimulate the
production OF feathers.
The most beautiful COW may give
the poorest milk. The Babcock test
is the criterion to go by.
1t Is a good plan to keep bran be-
fore the chicks all the time after they
are week or ten days old.
A perfect fleece is a certificate Of
perfect health in the sheep and Of
good management OF the flock.
Pasture Is one Of the cheapest foods
for young pigs, beginning with rye and
finishing with clover and alfalfa.
Carried on in a businesslike man.
ner, poultry would prove most
profitable enterprise to the farmer.
Hot or fiat water does not fill chick
ems with enthusiasm to lay eggs. Fill
the fountains two or three times a
day.
The quality of milk produced by an
individual COW generally remains quite
uniform and is influenced little IL any
by feed.
Draw the line on the COW that
makes you board her for her COM
pany. Put good one In her place
right off.
Do not forget to salt the horse once
week; or, better yet, keep salt al
ways before him. He knows best how
much he needs.
The dairy cow must have ration
from which she can produce milk IL
you expect her to make profitable
return for the feed.
A variety OF food is necessary for
the best results In feeding poultry, and
1t is also cheapest because 1t produces
more prOntaDle results.
A swill pail left in the room with
sweet milk will do more to spoil a
whole mess of butter than you can
undo in any possible way.
Well-hred calves that have had an
abundance Of milk, and liberal rations
of grain before and after weaving, can
be made into prime baby beef at ten
months.
The man who has never handled
sheep should start on small scale.
The size of the flock can easily be In
creased when the owner learns how
to care for it.
The ability Of a COW to produce
certain grade Of milk Is one Of her In
herent characteristics and Is 80 well
established as to be incapable OF ma
terial change,
One OF the greatest leaks on the
farm Is the waste OF apples that are
not gathered after they have fallen
from trees These can be used In va
rlous ways 70 a profit.
As soon as the old canes Of black
berries and raspberries are through
fruiting, cut them out and burn them.
thus destroying many insects and fun
gous pests. The young canes need the
room.
What the farmers OF this country
need more than anything else Is con-
structiye farming. Too much OF the
work that has been conducted in the
past has been destructive Dairy farm
ing Is prominently constructive II
well managed
II the tortured, helpless COW swats
| you In the face with her tail while
! fighting the blood sucking files, don't
\ rise up in your might and whack her
over the back with the milk stool, but
act more sensibly by spraying the poor
animal with reliable fly-repellent.
Corn breeding as 1t confronts the
breeder and the farmer of the present
day does not consist of making new
varieties lthere are already too many
variety names), but OF perfecting the
kinds we already have, to meet the
Immediate requirements of a locality