The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-05-07

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Keep the old hen and her brood
away from all other fowls
Tho value Of good feed is wonder,
fully increased by good care.
The hen that lays lots of eggs needs
lots OF grit and oyster shell.
Generally it's mice and not moles
that get the seed corn at planting
time.
Five times a day Is not too often to
feed chicks during the first week OF
their lives.
Converting the corn crop into silage
clears the land and leaves it ready for
another crop.
A great many farmers that are rails
ing poultry pay little attention to the
question of rations.
Feeding moldy and musty grain to
chickens often means losing both the
grain and the chickens.
The wise poultryman will not put a
hen and chicks into coop this spring
without first disinfecting it.
Most eggs Of plant lice and other
insects hatch about the time the
buds are opening in the spring.
In mailing apple boxes or barrels,
what are known as cement coated
nails hold much better than the ordin-
airy kind.
Water the horses as often as pos
sible; but let the horse that comes in
hot drink few swallows only, until
he is cool.
With the spring pigs. especially OF
the seven to nine months required
to send to market. five can be spent
in the pasture fields.
The gasoline engine Is the ideal
power to run the separator because 1t
can be depended upon to maintain
uniform rate Of speed.
In buying seeds for spring planting
It is we'll to remember that poor seeds
are always dear seeds, and that the
best are by far the cheapest.
Very early Matched chicks or those
that have no grass range should have
sprouted oats, vegetable to peck at
or even some alfalfa or clover hay.
Put horses of equal strength in the
same team, and if this cannot be
done, even up by giving the weaker
one the advantage in the long end of
the double tree.
Good blood is essential to the pro-
ducing of good horses, but not any
more so than the material that forms
the food for feeding the animal when
once started in life.
Plan to make the farm produce all
that 1t is capable of producing and
then do not attempt to keep more
stock than can readily be kept In a
good, thrifty condition.
It Is not we'll to try to mate over
two geese with one gander He will
usually mate with two, but If more are
placed with him he is likely to select
one and pass the others by.
Some OF the fall-bearing strawber-
ries are becoming Of value. A few va
rieties bear well in autumn, especially
II the flowers are kept picked in the
spring, forcing them to fruit in au
tumn.
II stock Is kept for profit and tC
make the greatest possible amount Of
money out of it, then 1t is absolutely
necessary that a regular system Of
feeding be adopted and adhered tt
closely.
Take pains not to have any traps
about the hog yards where the hogs
may get caught and hurt In any way
They are worth too much money, and
we ought to be too good farmers tc
permit any such thing.
As general rule the finer The
manure and the more evenly dis
tr,buted the more accessible 1t Is t.
the crops grown. 1t Is an item ther
to get distributed as evenly as pos
sible, and the manure spreader VII
do the work much better than Is pos
sible by hand.
To secure the best returns from
sheen raising II is not necessary t
reep them exclusive of all other liv'
atock rut a small flock. just what cal
couyenNatly be accommodated alonl
with othev farm animals and given tn
best OF care.
n any OF the fowls have rough
mealy scales on their shanks, wasl
tho shanks with kerosene, then appi
vaseline. and apply the vaseline cor
tlnuously every other day until tn
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