The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-01-08


Feed alfalfa to the hogs.
Keep the laying hens active.
Give the colt needed exercise.
1t does not pay to send habitat sheep
10 market,
Change % feed occasionally serves
as an appetizer.
Fowls In confinement, to do well
need variety Of food.
Concrete floors In the barn help a
great deal In saving manure.
Sweet food for hogs is better than
any that has fermented or soured.
Only sound fruit and vegetables
should be stored in the cellar for win.
ter use.
Red clover in bloom Is not 6ood for
hogs, but when young it makes fine
pasture.
An egg may be fertile and hatch and
still the chick will not live because
of lack of vitality.
Strong brine, thickened with soft
soap, makes good mixture to rid
cows and calves OF lice.
DO not haul waste products back to
same cans used for delivering milk.
A calf from a poor cow Is a doubt
full proposition. but calf from good
cow poorly raised is almost>a crime.
Animal feeding saves the cost OF
hauling farm products to market; it
creates demand for the crops on the
farm.
Don't hurry the cows from the stable
to the pasture or vice versa Dogs
have no place on dairy farm to help
In driving cows.
One advantage in keeping sheep on
the farm is that whenever they are
kept the farm presents a heater and
cleaner appearance.
Never grease the hen that is set.
ting, as grease getting on the shells OF
the eggs will close the pores and
smother the chickens.
Horse breeding requires more capt.
tai, is more profitable if successful and
involves larger losses If not, than any
other kind OF stock breeding
Coarse, notwithstanding puilets
never make the best layers. Select
those whose heads have distinctly
feminine appearance and expression.
Hearty eaters are most to be de-
sired for cows, and they may usually
be selected while they are calves.
You will find a dainty calf to be a
dainty COW.
The food properties OF wheat bran
and high grade alfalfa meal are
very much the same, though it is
best to use both when available for
varety's sake
Every farm ought to be equipped
with crowbar and a ten-foot iron.
tipped wooden spike for moving heavy
objects. They save time and take the
place Of muscle.
Build silOs, grow less acres OF corn,
but utilize the whole crop in its best
form. and grow alfalfa on the corn
acreage saved for cheap, palatable
homegrown balancer for corn.
Just because an ear OF corn is large
does not necessarily make IL the best
for seed. See that the rows are
straight from tip to butt. and that the
kernels are all well formed and
plump.
Let us not wait until spring to
make up our minds about what we are
going to do In the way OF poultry
raising But in our planning. let us
v,x,t tla pra rnrL In
poultry yard.
The perfect bird in any variety or
breed Is very hard to find Occasion
ally We find some very fine specimens,
but when We go over the birds from
head to toe We are sure 10 find that
something is not just as it should be-
or course you have saved your best
grain for seed. Next is to see that II
IL clean. Right hero is where the fan.
ming mill pays big dividends Ii In.
cresses the crop. prevents foul weeds
and best OF all makes better seed for
next year.
II is not best to keep the colts tied
up day after day, nor Is it best to
allow them to run with the mothers
while the latter are at work In the
fields, Keep them In a lot that has
good fences. where they can run and
play and yet be In the sunshine.
II you are through with the broodsr
now It would be lot the best to
clean II out thoroughly before putting
II away and then 1t will be ready for
next time Scrub IL out thorou yhly