The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-07-30

Keep q watchful eye on the colt.
You cannot afford to neglect it.
A little oil meal fed twice week
with bran will prevent Indigestion in
| sheep.
A good way to feed shelled corn to
fattening pigs is to soak 1t in water in
the troughs.
Gull out the old and Improbable
ewes and begin to put them in mar
ketable condition.
Separate the cockerels from the pull
lets. and give the former some extra
feeding; they can stand it.
Plant sunflowers along the edges OF
the poultry yards for shade In summer
and feed in fall and winter.
Some tell the sex Of the guinea fowl
| by its wattles. Those OF the male are
, double the size OF the female.
Salt Is very essential with either
the grown sheep or lambs, and must
be kept before them constantly.
To keep the poultry house free from
lice is OF just as much Importance as
to breed chickens for eggs or broilers.
BY planting thr 20 paintings OF sweet
corn this month, ten days apart, plenty
OF corn will be provided for the table.
To make the pigs grow, skim-milk,
mill feed and clover or alfalfa pasture
are what Is needed Feed very little
corn.
The largest yields are produced
when rotted sod or animal manure are
used In connection with a good fer
tilizer.
After the asparagus season Is past
remove the weeds stir the soil and
give the bed coating OF well-rotted
manure.
A swift gait in walking is acquired
best by the team when 1t Is being
broken. Early habits become perma
nent inclinatons.
Watch for red rust in the blackberry
and the blackcap patch. Dig out and
burn infested plants at once, or the
disease will spread.
II Is good thing to give the hens
skm-milk to drink, when 1t can be
had. 1t acts as a substitute for meat,
and helps egg production.
Every breeder of hogs should REQ
ognize the large part which the drink.
ing water exercises in the spread OF
hog cholera and swine plague.
1t is a good plan to shake the tree
gently when you are packing the dirt
around the roots, II air spaces are
left the trees Will not do we'll
so long az there IS any pasturage
come homo every night satisfied and
happy. literally full to their beaks.
One OF the chief objects OF a cover
! crop In an orchard is to assist in con.
trolling the moisture content OF the
soil during late summer and early fall.
The agitation for laws protecting
sheep from dogs is getting broadly
scattered From coast to coast the
one drawback to sheep raising Is the
| dog.
Arsenate OF lead Is also death TO the
! beetles that injure asparagus and in
| fact may be used to advantage for
nearly all crawling things In the
garden.
A successful swine breeder needs To
! have a thorough knowledge OF the
value of sanitation, also an intimate
| knowledge OF all the requirements OF
his animals.
1t Is necessary to slash away nj
your trees every year. Prune lust
| enough to keep them In shape and
prevent useless sprouts from sapp!ng
| thn trpa'a atrpnpth
| If you are thinking Of trying alfalfa,
start with a small field, say two or
three acres II your experiment falls,
the loss will not be so great, but al
fafa will grow in almost any climate
II 1t is handled right
! OF course you viii spray your trees
at least once, and perhaps twice this
| spring. but how about your neighbor
! who sprays not at all? How can YOU
protect yourself against the pests that
are driven from his orchard into
| yours?
MIX which becomes stringy, Shiny
or ropy after standing a few hours,
il not due TO the cows condition. but
IL caused by a large number OF bacte
ria which develop In the milk and
change the milk sugar into n Shiny
or ropy mass.
Crops fed 10 stock on tho farm, pro
duce rich fertilizers, which, hauled