The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-01-15

Inc COW Is not machine.
Milk is food. not beverage.
Manure is valuable by-product.
1t Is poor economy to stint on the
,ows' feed.
Clean up the garden Remove or
burn all trash.
Alfalfa contains more protein per
ton than clover or corn.
There is more profit in grunting
pig than In squealinE one.
When common scorrs appear imme-
diately reduce the feed one-half.
Newfoundland has for several years
steadily increased it's agricultural pro-
duction.
Switzerland is first and Belgium
second in the interest taken in the
raising OF bees
To insure vigorous lambs careful at
tention must be given the ewes while
they are carrying the lambs.
A well bred steer calf, made into
beef as quickly as possible. yields a
fair profit on high priced land
lnbreeding OF bees is as impractical
al inbreeding Of animals, but the Diff
Guilty is in controlling the drones.
Farming is simply business propo-
stion. To be successful the farmer
must run his farm on a business basis,
The raising of a couple Of good
horse OF mule colts on the farm each
year does not call for an increased
Investment.
Those who are feeding bundle corn
TO their cattle must make arrange
the waste will be too great.
The farmer who marketed his corn
in the hog yard and who ia now mar
keting the hogs. can look any man in
the face and tell him to go TO any Old
place.
A standard division Of the work on
any farm should be the growth OF
| every crop which can help towards
4he sustenance Of the stock or the
family.
Keep the manure cleaned up well
around the barn yard and carried to
the fields, putting it on poor spots.
You will note big difference in crops
another year.
than early in the spring. On well-pre
pared land not more than six pounds
Of good seed properly sown will be
called for per acre.
Dalrying is good division OF agrt
culture to provide a regular income
on the farm and TO convert coarse
feeds into saiahle products where prof
its may be made.
Autumn is the ideal season for nor
ticulture. and as the farmer often has
no time to prune, spray and mulch the
trees in the spring. he Ia now due to
get busy in the orchard.
II pays to buy wel[made silo. A
rnor one is expensive at any price.
Cgment for this purpose is worthy Of
consideration. One cannot afford to
make a mistake In silo building.
A cream separator will not do Its
best work unless It runs smoothly and
solid. concrete foundation comes in
1t also means longer life for the ma
chine.
Winter feed must generate heat. and
the colder the climate the more attep-
ton must be paid to this detail. Corn.
barley, peas, buckwheat, oil meal, 20.
tatoes and rye all come in the list OF
heat producers.
II plenty OF bran Is fed, the pigs will
seldom become constipated. Much
PHOSPHORUS Is needed to grow a good
frame. and bran supplies considerable
Of this. and the addition of bonemeal
or ground phosphate rock will be bene.
fetal
A windmill with Ave widely sepa.
rated vanes has been adopted for irrl-
cation purposes in Italy's new pos
sessions in Africa as the only kind
that will withstand high winds and
at the same time work in light
hreezes.
The pure-bref bull mas done great
deal to Improve tie dairy herds OF the
middle west All states. or at least
the principal ones, are reporting an
increased dairy production and the
results may be traced TO better COWS,
not more OF them.
One great advantage OF mixed farm.
ing Is the fact that man and his
family can attend to the work, which
occupies them pleasantly the year
round. while the special farmer, with