The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1870-05-19
From the tIllaa,ll.ee News.


thi. state every year to pay for agricultural
indictments reach IN the aggTe gate an al
most fabulous sum. We are informed on
reliable authority that during the past
year very nearly million dollars passed
through single bank located IN the inter
Tor OF the state, every dollar Of which went
into the hands Of a ioreian firm Of reaper
manufacturers. The order Tor these, and
for various other agricultural devices
some good and som. bad are usually secured
through the fundamentally OF travelling
drumuers, wh1 often secure large sales 10
farmers by Misrepresentation, or sheer I'M
portunity. Il IS true that many Of these
indictments are a necessity. In certain
sense they mark The progress Of the age
and are a proof Q! the Intelligence o! orr
agricultural population. In very many
cases on the cher hand, they are an eZ-
pensiye and protitless luxury or an out
right imposition on the purchaser. In
most cases the prices asked b. the timer
ant agents are ruinOusly nigh. be distant
manufacturer is generally protected by con-
gress, or il compelled by the present tariff
laws to pay large bounty on his stock
In either case TIE price Is more than pro
portionately Increased. Then again, the
manufacturer must add to the cost not only
but also the expenses of his agents-and
the end is tax upon the purchaser which
ordinary farmers are unable TO pay without
a serious reduction Of their yearly receipts.
Purchases are often made which prove ar
actual loss 10 the farmer without counting
tbs cost Of the machinery. Every reaper
requires the attendance Of TWO or three
men and as many horses, and farmers should
more frequently than they do, calculate
the comparative cost of the york they re
quiro for the particular ground they cult
vate. In saying this we do not wish to de-
tract one iota from the known value Of
machine work in agriculture but in view
of the vast sums being pad out the state
for machinery, to suggest prudence and
economy III making investment o! this class.
PAsTURING Hoes IN SUMNER. = 4 Cor
respondent of the Country Gentleman,
writing from Hamilton Co. Ohio, says
the system Of all good hog raisers in that
region is 10 pasture hogs on clover during
the summer He presents, as the adyan
tages Of this plan, the statement that an
acre of ground in clover will pasture five
hogs four months, and that it will take the
corn from halt an acre to feed them the
same time. be cultlvator OF the corn he
counts equal 10 the rent of the other half
acre. He further claims that hogs pastured
on clover are In far better condition than if
fed on corn, rs they are larger framed.
healthier and eat better; and also states
that the land is enriched by the clover pas
turing
The hogs noses must be rung, or cut if
they are to be pastured. To do this, this
writer makes rings Of pieces OF No. 10 wire,
81 inches long. Each end is curved over
the horn of an anvil. y hole is made
through the middle OF The snout with fat
awl; the ring is .inserted and closed up
until the ends lap little.
REMEDY FOR CUT WORMS AND WIRE
WoRMs.-l observe an inquiry by "W"
for a remedy for wire worms in corn. Con-
versipg with an old famer few years
ago on this subject, he told me that he was
in the habit of soaking his seed corn in
strong brine-meat pickle would answer
and that corn thus treated was never in
jurod by Worms. | think he SAID he soaked
his seed in the pickle about II hours.
expressed some apprehension that sleeping
corn in brine would iniure the terminating
principle, but he assured ne that such was
not the case, rs it all came up we'll He
said he once formed place to the shares,
and intended pursuing this plan with his
seed corn, bun his landlord objected, think
ing it would ruin the seed he, however.
after much persuasion consented that a
portion of it should be thus treated. and
the result was, the corn from the picked
seed came up we'll and grew on uudistnrb2d
by worms, while that from The dry seed was
amest tota " destroyed by them.
remember OF hearing my father tell
once Of some peach trees he once had in his
yard which were badly injured by the borer
In order to destroy the worms he poured
quantity OF fish pickle about the roots. -
The trees bore a plentiful crop of peaches
but the fruit was so salty as to be unfit for
use. 1t would appear from this that the
saline PARTICLES were taken up in the circu-
latlon OF the tree, and thus disseminated
to the fruit; and this may account for the
efficacy OF the sailing process IN the case OF
seed corn. the saline matter being taken
into the plant and thus preventing the raw
ages OF worms. Tor. Practical Farmer.
Wool IN MIcHIGAY.-The Michigan
Farmer thinks the wool clip of Michigan
will be less this year than last Many
focks have diminished in ulmbers aud il is
thought the sheep generally have not
grown as heavy fleeces.
A WELL AND CIsTERN IN OyE.-Joseph
Simpson, Of Newark, O., gives his plan
to the New York Farmers Club, as fcl-
lows: First dig a hole until you come to
water. Settle curb as if you we're going
10 wall it up, and your wall Is up to the wa
ter line cover it up with fat stones. Ieav-
ing a small hole, in which iuser. two
inch earthen pipe, not letting it 90 below
the surface Of the water, and long enough
to reach up to the level of the ground =
After standing the pipe upright, begin and
Iii IN portion OF the dirt, pounding down
solid. After filling it up the required
depth of your cistern, begin with your
brckbats and wall up the cis;ern, and
cement it with water lime mortar, as usual.
The two inch ii e leads down to the well :;
IN this pipe insert an ipch pipe aud attach
pump. The well never needs cleaning
cut, nor rats nor yerm;n can enter, and it
has the advantage oYcc the drive we'll, that
no sand Will rush into tie pipe aud neceS-
state the taking ~ ofthe same. aud then,
IN case OF bursting with treSt, It is easily
lifted out aud repaired. You have q well
aud cistern with one digging and the once
waIhng. | have had one IN successful
operation three years, Ny Ue.shborS al
come whcn they want a good drink"