The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-08-26
Agricultural.

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cal suggestion to farmers of that section as
+ to the best time for selling wheat. There
/ is good sense in the view:
! The question which annually arises in
/ the mind of the farmer-shall | sell not0
or hold my grain for an advance will, OF
/ course, present itself, with the usual an
n0ying doubts, as soon as the crops is ready
i for market. Probably no safer rule can be
adopted, than TO sell as soon as the grain
/ is threshed, If the prIce Is remuneratlve.
Oh course cases occur In which producers
! would have done better to have waited !;
but On the other hand IN equal number OF
instances the price has receded instead OF
advancing and the question tohich Is likes
ly TO occur, Is the problem involving so
many contingencies, thSt we may treat the
chances as practically equal. Inns being
the case, their Is one considerable advan
tages III prompt sales-you get the use OF
the money received. If you are out OF
debt, you can devote it to Improvements
or put 1T out at interest. LII you are IN
de t, not only honesty, but good policy
demands that you promptly cancel the debt
and stop the interest. Many people have
an idea they can run in debt and stil avoid
paying the Interest," This is radically err
roneous. The merchant who sells you
goods, and the man who sells you a reaper
charges you interest if not not in name.
still he does In fact, and rightly too, in
demanding a greater price than he would
require for cash down.
Our advice is to sell when you can get a
fair price, without waiting for better
one which may never be offered Get out
OF debt and keep out.
CARE OF STOCK IN AUGUST.
The dog now relgns. All animated
nature is more or less affected with asitude.
Labor or exertion of any kind Is burthen
some. The system Is easily tatigued and
wants rest. Man being the governing ami
mai should have compassion on that por
ZION OF the brute creation under his care,
aud making the best dispOlitlon he can for
their comfort. W bat ad is 10 their comfort
may aud to his profit,
Too much labor or speed should not be
eXacteu vi horses, Or they may be fatally
Injured to drop dead IN the harness. Such
dsa,terS have occurred SO frequently that
1t NUulu seem the warning Is Hahee ded.
they always happen unexpectedly to the
driver cause he cannot be made to com
prehent the danger until It's too late. An
hour of labor or few miles OF travel 10
poor compensation Tor the loss OF a horse
worth from 500 to $500 F.; yet fer that
much gain he pushed Oh until he drops
dead
Every variety of farm t)ck should have
especial care during this month !; they
should have access 10 water frequently, aud
| 80 shade during the hOt part OF the day !;
! should Craze on the best pasture on the
farm, mornings, evenings and nights
The condition of iarm animal will
leli tales Oh It's master-Our advice vii a.
sure thai these tales be told IN bis favor
4meIicda .St0cE ,}ourHdL
Too Mech LAND.-Ihe following para
graph from an exchange is worth more
than mere corner in a news column.
1T is said that when mechanics have
land, they generally give 1t better cultlva>
tIon than farmers, and consequently have
more grapes, pears, strawberries, and wa
Lermelons, ami cucumbers. They devote
more space, aud reap larger profit from
1t.
If any one will look at the immense
crops a very small garden will often
produce for family, they should need
no better inducenent to enrich their
soil highly.
The great point to remember is this,
that labor is the great heavy item in
farming but that it takes no more labor
to farm rich ground III II poor ground. We
have, as it were, double crops with the
same single labor.
CORNs IN HORSES Feet am black
smith, doing a general business In the
horse>shoeing and jobbing line, and, being
considered a fair hand with bad feet, |
have naturally had agreat many bad feet to
con end with and one In pan licullr is de
seryiug of mention. The case to which |
refer is that OF IL Morgan mare, ightecn
years Old, owned by 5. Jones, "a wealthy
farmer of this county. This mare had
corns in her feet tuI the last twelve years.
She kept getting worse until she was con-
sidered almost useless My attention was
called TO her about the middle of February
1868. On examining the feet | found
them to be very hard and dry, resembling
those of foundered horse, with deep
seated corn in each heel Of the fore feet
| did not adopt the old plan of digging
them out with penknife, then pouring II
aqua forts or spirits OF salts, for | think
that would be adding fuel to the fire, and
in ny opinion that l. the worst thing that
can be tone with horse foot. | com,
rlenced with a VIGOROUS pairing in fact
| pared them all [ could without cutting
through into the quick, | then fitted the
shoes altogether on the concave style, and
in such manner that they Gid not bear on
or crowd the affected part Of the foot, and
in six or seven shoeings the last veatige OF
corns had entirely disappeared, and she is
now able to trot her mile In tour min
utes.
If a man has a horse with bad corr
in his foot, find it an excellent plan tC
thin the heei Of the shoe down in the in
side, almost as thin as a knife blade then
cid steel cork cross ways of the shoe,
say two inches from the heel By this
means you throw the bearing completely
off the corn. and the corn grows out with
the foot Only keep the shoes from bear
ing on the corns and shoe regularly al
not too long intervals and the corns mus
get well.
GEORGE S. HAVEN.
Racine Co., Wis.