The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-07-09

Fertilizer is an important problem.
Never let the colt nurse IL the mare
is heated.
Don't shut the bull up IN a dark
lonesome place.
Oats are made more palatablo for
poultry by sprouting.
Thin out the hills OF corn. Three
good stalks are enough.
Only quiet, kind, fast mixers should
be allowed in the dairy barn.
All the clovers are very hard to cure
as the stems hold so much sap.
Don't fool with garget. Begin treat
ment as soon as 1t is discovered.
Uniformity of type may be gotten In
a herd by using bulls of a uniform
type.
with poultry as with other products,
It is a good rule to market as soon as
ready.
The first requirements OF the young
chick are grit to aid in digestion and
pure water.
A cows pedigree is all right to tie to
just so long as 1t tallies with profits
In the milk pail.
A number Of dairymen in the New
England states use hay caps for the
curing OF clover and timothy.
It would be impossible to foretell
definitely at just what date alfalfa
should be broken in any given locality.
It is better to thin the fruit than to
prop the trees. 1t means better quail
ity Of fruit and is not so hard on the
trees
A bit of wheat bran or ground oats
will put the fat on lambs fast, but give
1t every day. Haphazard Is no way to
do anything.
Many valuable horse has been
'hipped" starting in at the barn door
that was simply thrown back and not
propped open.
The hog has been called the mort.
gage litter" but 1t is the hen that
keeps the family In groceries while
the hog Is growing.
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.
The closer you keep up In market
ing your eggs the less loss there will
be. 1t doesn't take long for eggs to
spoil when the mercury Is hot
Now and then we run across farm.
er who plants his corn before the
ground is rightly prepared. 1t never
pays to get In hurry and hog 1t in"
It IL little less than cruelty to AMI.
mails to put sore-footed horse on the
road Keep him on the farm II you
will, but never try to make road
ster of him.
The swine industry Is profitable and
affords market for waste products
and materials of little or no value In
/ themselves, Swine At perfectly into a
diversified farm plan
1 tho soil ia deficient in lime and plant
/ food Is sometimes quite task, but
/ when once established It Is like q
bank account for years.
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Take good care OF the work AMI.
mails for much will depend upon their
efficiency during the busy season
when crops must be cultivated fire.
quently and perhaps hurriedly.
Hog sheds need not be expensive
but they should be dry tight enough
to exclude rains and SHOWS, and also
capable Of being well ventilated ir
summer when the weather is hot ant
shade is needed.
Barnyard manure Is a very varlabl,
substance. The more important con
ditions which determine its COMPOST
tion and value are age and kind o
animal, quantity and quality Of food
proportion of litter, and method o
management and age
The difference between hen-cost-
which Is more than mere feed-an,
the product Of the average hen ls no
enough TO warrant one In keeping nm
productive birds, SO 1t IL wisdom :,
give II thorough personal examination
when birds come to maturity.
A simple ration for chicks wee
or more old may be made OF two mar,
by weight Of finely cracked corn On
part Of broken wheat. one part IN,
meal and one part OF meat scran,
Whole wheat can be substituted who
4 the chicks arrive Mt six weeks OF 40,
= Grit should be supplied at all time
A as well as green food