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

Horses should not stand idle.
Provide the hens with nests.
The hog-tight fence helps keep the
mortgage off.
1t doesn't pay to feed duck after
1t is 10 weeks old.
Be sure that the male at the head
of the poultry flock is pure bred.
Eggs for Matching must be from
strong, healthy, well-fed chickens.
Land that dries quickly after rain
is well adapted for raising poultry.
Good judgment is worth more to the
dairyman than his highest priced COW.
Keep salt and wood ashes before
the hogs all the time-but in separate
boxes.
A heavy crop of clover plowed un.
der is one Of the best restOratives of
the soil
Have the main part Of your gar
den so arranged that 1t can be cult
waited with a horse.
Watch the newly,broken colt If his
head begins to droop it's a sure sign
you are overworking him.
More feed can be stored in a given
space in the form of silage than in
the form of fodder or hay.
In It's first few weeks Of life the
calf takes on weight very fast, and
will have a great appetite,
Nest boxes free from cracks and
crevices are best because such places
are hiding places for vermin.
When spraying do not work with
bare hands. They'll be sore If you do.
Put on a pair of rubber gloves.>
Corn, wheat and oats are the best
feeds for growing turkeys ana dry
grain chick feeds for the little tur-
keys.
Dairying is rapidly becoming a
tensively than almost any other line
Of farming.
Grass is OF little value as a feed
spring. 1t must be supplemented with
grain or hay.
Chemical plant foods should be
used chiefly to establish grasses and
clovers that shall form the basis OF
future operations.
Provide the herd with comfortable
Suoi Vel . a. Oh tAillVo alIuI' III 'Iio
will impair the usefulness of the ami
NAL and waste the feed.
The raising Of poor horses Is one
OF the most improbable of farm oper
atoms as the raising of good ones is
one Of the most profitable,
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One Of the chief objects Of a cover
controlling the moisture content of the
soil during late summer and early
fall.
the barn are living under conditions
that are more natural, and when as
well fed az the Others they will pro
duce more eggs.
Good garden work cannot be easily
done unless good tools are available
See that all tools are in good condi-
ton and that you have those best
adapted for your work.
An orchard with the trees planted
40 by 20 feet, and a few rows Of corn
planted between the rows OF trees,
provides the most ideal place for the
rearing OF small chicks.
Plan now for the sio There ia no
building on the farm that will pay
better returns to the farmer than
good silo properly built and filed on
time, and in the right way.
When chicks are taken from the In.
cubator or from the hatching nest,
they should be kept quiet most of TIE
time for the first As hours. Rest will
do them more good than anything
else.
The time at which cultivation In
the orchard shall cease and the cover
crops be sown is very largely a mat.
ter Of judgment 1t depends almost
entirely upon what soil moisture con.
ditions are during the latter part OF
July. and what they are likely to be
during the remainder OF the season.
Corn, clover, oats, peas, early.cut
hay and alfalfa, where 1t will thrive,
with only a small quantity Of concen-
trates, are what may be classed as the
essentials OF balanced ration for
dairy cows.