The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-03-05

Make every acre more profitable.
Recklessness Is a short road to
failure.
No brooding pen should contain
over fifty chicks.
When you begin handling the colts.
keep it up every day.
Don't crowd your sheep too closely.
Trouble Is sure to follow.
Milk scales are quite as valuable to
keep track Of hired men as cows.
The best way to judge COW Is by
the net profit she makes her owner.
The feeding values Of white and
yellow corn are practically Identical
Keep everlastingly at it to do your
work better. 1t brings profit In the
end.
Did you ever think Of well-arrang'
ed barn as great labor-saving ma
chine?
Culling the sheep flock has much
to do with the improvement as care
and feeding.
Remember that 1t Is not the breed
but the feed and care that make the
winter eggs.
There can be a great saving OF hay
on many farms this coming winter by
not stuffing the horses,
Have a skilled veterinarian make
careful examination o. the teeth or
the old and young horses.
Cow testing points out definitely
which cows are the best producers,
both In milk and butter fat.
horses to be gentle and obedlent Will
often add dollars to their value,
When you have grain ground for
the live stock tell the miller that you
want it ground as fine as possible.
The difference In the leading breeds
of hogs is small and principally In de-
tails, rather than in form or market
type.
Pick out the hens that are intended
for the regular breeding pens and De
sure that the selection Is carefully
made.
Don't start In the chicken business
expecting to get rich in year or two.
Start small, build slow, and study as
you go.
Breeding and raising cattle is a
business proposition, and to succeed
In 1t one must use judgment and be
up and doing.
Never overcrowd sleeping quarters,
for by overcrowding you may find the
weaker and smaller ones smothered
under the heap.
A good fence is necessary In confin-
ing sheep. Breechy habits should new
err be started Fence crawling costs
the owner money
For good results in egg production
the hen house during the winter
should not be allowed to become cold
err than forty degrees.
Avoid too heavy shoes when shoe.
ing young horses. 1t tends to make
them awkward, and is an unnecessary
burden for them to bear.
The native wild highbush cranberry,
dogwood, Juneberry. black haw, and
wild grape all make good plants for
the home yard if properly set.
Don't expect to be able to continue
in the chicken business without sue
cessfully Matching and brooding your
chicks. Study these points first of
all.
Don't spend all your money for
chickens and have none left to buy
houses or feed And also don't spend
it all for houses and leave out the
chickens.
Never lift a pig by its tail for by
so doing you are liable to injure the
spine and strain the muscles OF the
back. The ears also were never In
tended for handles.
Save the good brood sows and thus
prepare for filters in the coming
spring. You cannot afford to sacrifice
desirable SOW because feed is high
OF even when pork Is high.
Study your poultry. There is lots
of individuality about them, and In
their feeding, selection of roosting
place. nest and other ways they show
preferences which It often pays to
humor.
The two most popular breeds OF tur-
keys are Bronze and White Hollands.
The Bronze are the largest and the
widest rangers The White Hollands