The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-05-28

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Lime is an essential feature In most
schemes of rebuilding the soil.
Only such eggs as are we'll formed
should be used for Matching
Concrete floors In the barn help
great deal in saving manure.
Warm soii, next to seed, is the great
essential of a profitable corn crop.
It's better to order the silo now
than two weeks before filing time.
The size Of the incubator should de,
pend largely on the size of ones flock.
The good, square walk as a gait for
farm horse is the most valuable OF
any.
Eggs from sick or diseased fowls
should never be used for Matching pur
poses.
Keep the brood SOW just as long as
she will produce large and healthy
litters.
Cucumbers grow and mature quick
If soil, cultural conditions and wealth
er are right.
The health of the horse depends
to great extent upon the cleanliness
Of his skin.
The windmill is one OF the most
neglected pieces Of machinery we
have on the farm.
1t Is more pleasant as well as much
more Clearly to milk clean, dry teats
with clean, dry hands.
The pig allowed to bury himself In
dust, fills all the air tubes and cavi,
ties Of the lungs with it.
The cold rain that turns into sleet
and then terminates in a blizzard Is
what live stock does not like
The man who claims he never
makes a mistake is either blind with
egotism or a liar-gcnerally both
Life is still bright to the man who
is able to sit down to a breakfast
Of buckwheat cakes and sausage
1t takes four weeks for a duck to
hatch, otherwise the method of hatch
ing is practically the same as for
chicks.
A little care at freshening time may
save the young heifer and add very
greatly to her value during the com
ing year
Asparagus requires great deal OF
fertilizer and this shoud be put or.
very early in the spring or any time
during the season.
The silo furnishes a cheap and eff
cient means OF storing and preserv,
Ing feed that would otherwise go to
waste In the fields.
Nests need not necessarily be ex
pensive affairs; any old box or barre
that Is strong and substantial will
answer every purpose.
Anybody with one good pig up to q
hundred may feel good this spring 70,
Just now there is no more profitable
stock on earth than hogs
Pregnant brood sCws should neveL
be allowed to run in the same yard,
with cattle or horses. Many good SOW,
have been ruined by a kick.
The draft horse can make III IRE
money by his great efficiency at heavy
work than the light horse can by his
greater speed on the road
Turkeys should not remain In coops
but should have free range and some
times will steal their nests so mus
be watched during the laying season
The secret OF making money from
sheep In the corr belt Is breeding tn,
best mutton rams to ange.bred ewet
and having the lambs dropped in cold
weather.
It IL a good thing TO insist that the
food we buy shall be what II is
labeled, whether we eat It ourselves,
feed it to our stock. or use It to fer
tilize our soils.
brush ia a great aid In cleaning
milk vessels, especially stralners. II
will get down into all the small cavi.
ties that cannot we'll be thoroughly
cleaned with anything else
The hen that wanders through the
orchard, follows the plow In the near.
by truck patch, hangs around the
horse trough, the pig pen and the sta,
bles Is the hen that has the glow Of
health and the bloom OF vitality about
her. There is a redness In her comb
that Is lacking In that OF the closely
housed hen.
The trouble with the usual method