The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1866-11-30
Farm. Garden and Household.


what ails them, they are starved to death. p"
He then went on, giving from his own long
experience and close observation, an account
of orchards that must be, at least, seventy
years old, that are now healthy and pro
ductive, while others are dead or dying, and
yielding but very little fruit. The former
have been well manured, grated and pruned
of all dead and decaying branches, but the
latter have been neglected left to them
selves, never manured, and as conse-
quence are of Little or no value He also
referred to instances where old orchards,
that has been going down hiil' for years,
had been completely renovated, and brought
into healthy and good bearing state, BY
the application of liberal quantities of MA
nure and by being trimmed and nursed up.
And in what way can labor be better ex
pended. or return larger profit? We have
In mind an instance of this kind in this
county. a farmer who has upon his farm
| an old orchard, that in years past has been
somewhat neglected, not yielding much, and
having but little expended upon it, com
menced a few years ago stimulated no
doubt blythe high price of fruit to give
more attention TO his misunderstanding it,
cutting off dead branches, removing super
tluouS limbs, mulching, &c. g., and he
orchard, 81 900 worth of fruit A hand
some sum, truly derived from a source re-
curing less hard work than many other
branches of farming, more of itself than the
proceeds of many entire farms. and sufi-
cient for the support of the farmers family
without aid from any other source, Are
there not in our State many such orchards,
now neglected and .decaying, that might
with but a small outlay comparatively, pro-
duce profit as large as the above? And
| will not the owners of such orchards set
about the work Of renovation at once?
PREPARING TREES TO ENDURE THE WIN
FER.-As animals endure exposure to storm
and cold the better when we'll fed and
| clothed, so do trees. If their shoots and
buds are full and plump, and we'll supplied
with healthfuI material contributed from
clean healthy leaves, the chemical move
ments which attend growth, assist greatly
in maintaining the tree against cold by heat
which is developed. In thin, weakly tree
this force is wanting A great aid to the
preservation to the tree is a mulch or cover
ing of the surface during the winter, with
some vegetable material in state of decom-
position. This shelters the roots and i'm
parts warmth, evolved by its slow combus-
ton, and the more if heterogeneous matter is
included, as in stable manure, for this is
better. This applicaton'is Of vastly more
usefulness when applied 10 the autumn than
IT left till spring, not only On account of the
shelter it affords, bat because of its advanc
ing strong growth early in the spring
which becomes well ripened before winter ;
whereas manure applied in the spring. es-
pecially if raw, often does not become effec-
tive until late in the season, when the wood
should be ripening instead of growing For
ripe, ruddy. well vanished and finished
coat Of bark, is to the tree what the coat is
to the animal, and something more, and the
effect of very small break or rent in it
shows how very Important its perfect con
dtion is especially that OF its outer skin or
epiderm. 1t must be remembered that the
bark only ripens well in full light Trees
therefore, must have their wood both well
ripened and well fed.-Couatry Gentleman.
FATTENING Fowls All summer long
the farmer and his family have fused with
the poultry; the young chickens and tur-
keys need care in the long rain storms, and
protection against nocturnal depredators -
just as they were fully grown out of dan
ger, the shrewd huckster makes his appear
ance, buys, fatteus and prepares them for
market and pockets the profits for his smart
ness. Obviously the farmer had better fat
ten his fowls and send them to market him
self He can do it with less trouble, per-
haps, than he imagines Feed literally at
all times, SO as to keep them growing thrift
", but about fifteen or twenty DAYS before
being slaughtered feed them in this way
make coop for dozen fowls; more should
not be put together.
The coop should be three feet long, and
two and half high. Make the sides and
ends of bars about threa inches apart, the
bottom Of round poles two inches part, the
top Of board. Place this in comfortable
room, elevated two feet from the floor, in
the barn or poultry house, where the cold
winds will be kept away, and where the
light will be dim. Attach feeling trou n ;
all around the outside. Commence feeding
very light, giving little but water the frs,
day. Then feed regular three or four times
per day, with the richest food. as oatmeal
mixed with milk boiled barley or corn. :
Observe the utmost cleanliness, and give a
supply of fresh water. In twenty days TIL:
poultry should be killed. and for such the
| farmer would find plenty of greedy buyers
willing to pay the highest price. -NooIe's
Rural Neau Yorker
FALL MANAGEMENT OF SHEET. The ad
vice OF farmer Of long and successful ex.
perlence ON stock farm, to give your sheep
gooo run in the summer, get them in good
| condition duiing that season of the year
when they gather their own food. is so sim
pc and self-evident that its repetition would
| almost imply that the readers of this depart
ment were regarded as deficient in good
sense. The Importance of increased care
and attention through the months of au.
! tumn, usually visited by frequent storms OF
rain and snow, when the scarcity of her.
bage reduces the vigor and power of resis
lance to cold, is equally apparent. Yet the
| too frequent neglect of the flock at this sea-
son, by many who are conscious of their
loss, must be the only apology here as in
many other instances, for urging the flock
master to do what he cannoc fail to know is
| demanded of him by regard for his own
interests, as we'll as the SPECIFICS appeals
| for his protection by the defenceless ami
mails which fortune has placed in his care,
I and for the humane treatment of which he
is responsible.
| 1t requires much smaller expenditure
of feed to keep an animal in good condition
than to restore them after they are allowed
to fall away. Bring your sheep to the barn
in good order, and with comfortable quar-
ters and good hay, they can easily be made
! to thrive through the winter Ifpermitted
to lose flesh in the fall, they lose also some
thing of vigor and energy, and come up with
apeites less keen and healthful. 1t is diff
cult to make them fill themselves. A lib
| eral feeding Of Grain is necessary IN hrino