The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-02-12

BE regular with the milking
Get out the blankets and use them
The draft horse is always in de-
mand.
A well-fed. well-nourished eve win
shear heavy fleece.
Grade cows with good production
records are nothing to be ashamed Of
Hogs often have sore throat. Quinsy.
etc. from exposure to drafts and cold.
II your pigs squeal they are either
cold. hungry or uncomfortable in some
way.
Isn't the first month of the year
cows?
Feed the heifers so they will KEEP
| on milking and form the habit OF per
sistency.
Dish water and hotel Stops are about
equal to south wind and sea water as
swine feed
A cow lying on bare floor cannot
be expected TO make much OF a show
in the dairy
Every man who handles horses
should have the fundamental gift OF
| common sense
Keep your separator and milk house
clean. WHAT is worth doing at all, /!
worth doing we'll
DO not let the flock rush through
| narrow doors. You may lose both eve
and lamb In that way.
II you have horse which the wom
en- and children can drive safely,
think twice before You sell it.
Clean up the yard and farmstead
generally. Plan to set out few
more ornamental trees and plants.
Land which receives the same
treatment year after year rapidly de
preciates in its crep-produclrg power
This winter will again find tbs
cream can the meal ticket on many a
western far,n--that and the egg has
ket.
Sudden fright and excitement Al
once tells on the egg crop. Never al
low strange dogs about where the
hens are.
DO not forget to salt the horse oucs
u week; or. better still. keep salt nj
ways before him. He knows best how
much he needs.
The dairy farmer who has a good
bunch of hogs to eat up his by-prod
ucts on the farm is sure to make
money in the deal.
In hot weather or In drawing heavy
loads, watch your horses breathing
II he breathes hard or short and
quick. 1t Is time to stop.
The implement dealers best friend
is the farmer who houses his farm
machines at the side OF barb wire
fence or under the shade OF leanless
tree.
Butter or cream may be hauled tc
market at less expense than any 9th,
er farm crop. And you are selling
less fertility on the, farm than with
any other crop.
Remember that vigor and good di
gestion are more necessary to egg pro
| duction than the exact color OF the
feathers. though Il is possible to have
both in the same bird.
Because of the fact that the weathe,
is cold. do not neglect giving the hens
| all the fresh water they can drink, i
should be slightly warmed to keep f
from freezing up at once.
Forcing COW for a short perioC
| cannot always be accepted as the lie,
Ultimate measure OF her capacity o;
| any breed. no matter how well authen
ticated any great performance may be
The most profitable method o.
starting tomato plants is to SOW the
seeds In dirt bands IN the haibed ant
shift the plants to the field at settinf
! time with the dirt band and soil in
| tact.
| 1t takes about the same amount OF
| dry matter TO make pound of butter
as pound OF heef. Beef may sell
for $3.50 per hundred and butter for
$50. The latter leaves more fertility
on the farm.
Some OF the most interesting parts
OF the papers that are published now
adays are the advertisements. There
IL no reason why person should skip
these: in tact. some writer's say that
they judge magazine by the adver.
Using II carries
| If you have a heifer making udder
and one OF her quarters Is not filling
| n,f nrnnorlv ruh that uuartar daily