The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1870-08-04
TIL Il! L ITO Il
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

4 correspondent Of the Western Rural re
ports that .wo applications Of wood ashes,
applied when the dew was on, destroyed on
drove away the currant worms from lis
bushes.
CEMENT FOR SEALING Up FRUir.-
Take Of r0sin and brick dust, q sufficient
quantity; after melting the one. sti. In
the other. BE careful. aud not Put in too
much r0-in, or the cement viii not hold,
dered.
Corn BEEF-The Sc;antiG, American
informs the Iades that if they would have
corn beef juicy after it Is cold, and not as
dry as j chip, they should put il into boil
lug water when they put it on to cook, and
they should not take It CIT Of The pot when
done until cold
TRAINING TOMATOES. The Gardeners
Monthly says after trying all kinds Of trcl-
lrsScs recommended, tomatoes will DO he t
tied up sIng;y to strong stakes. l. thinks
however, it would he more profitable on ac-
count OF the less work to let them grow as
they will on the ground, although they sill
not yield as much
How TO CURE HAY.-A corrcsrun lcrt
Of the \. Y Farmer says: \ process Of
curing hay has been adopted and followed
by several farmers Of my acquaintance.
which, as far as | can le IN, has proved
very satisfactory for several years The
hay. Is all cut in the afternoon. when en-
tlroly free from external moi,turc Next
day, after the dew IS all off, i is turned -
After dinner it is raked and got in with
out DELAY. There is no eoctIng at night
and opening next day. All such labor i,
saved. Ore man who has pracliccd this
several years IS justly considered one Of the
best farmers IN town. His stock look
well, and produce as much as any. His
farm improves yearly, and he makes an
annual investment every year outside
lie considers his hay to be better than
when cured the old fashioned way, end it
certainly looks AMI smells a. we'll as any
l ever saw.
PoULTRY KEEPING on 4 LARGE SCALE.
w arren Leland, Of the Metropolitan 10
tel, New York, is one Of the very few mca
who have found it profitable To keen poul
try IN large numbers Recently in answer
TO questions he said:
| have found that for every hundred
fowl you must give at least one acre But
rough land Is "a coed as any. Hens nat
uraIly love the bush. and Iop young trees,
but leave a shred by which thew live a
year or more. These form hiding places
and retreats for them. In such places
they prefer to lay. | have great success
and 1t depends On three or four rules by
observing which ] believe this old gentle
man IN Michigan can make a good living
by hens aud turkeys
!. give my fowls great range. Eight
cen acres belonging to her cxcluSively.-
Ihen the broods have the range Of another
big lot, and the turkeys 90 half mile Or
more from the house. The IS acres Of
poultry yard is rough land OF little Use for
tlllage 1t has pond in it and many
rocks, and bushes, and weeds, and sandy
places, and ash heaps, and lime and bones
and grass and place which plow up to
give them worms.
.. When a hen has set take her box.
throw ont the straw and earth, let it be out
IN the sun and ram few days, aud give it
good coat of whitcwash on both sides. -
In winter, when it Is very cold, have an
old stove IN their house and keep the
warmth above freezing. There is also an
open fireplace where | build fire in cool
wet days. They dry themselves, and when
the hire goes out there Is bed Of a.he, tor
them to WalLow in. Summer and winter
my hens have all the lime, ashes, and sand
they want.
). Another reason why | have such luck
IS because my poultry yards receive all the
scraps from the Metropolitan hotel Egg,
making is no easy work, and hens viii not
do much OF lt.wIth0ut high feed They need
Just what 4 man who works requires
wheat bread and meat. Even when y heat
costs 81, | believe in feeding it 10 hens
As to breeds | prefer the Brahma's light
and dark. change ROSTERS every spring,
and man on the farm has no other duty
than to take care of my poultry. / often
have 5000 spring chickens.
PoTAToEs FOR Pics never had my
pigs do so well as they have done this
steamed potatoes. FED out StVdraI iEH ahF
dred bushels Of my own and also bought
from my ncighboys, paying 5 cents bush
ell for them. 1t would be fortunate thing
for the health OF our pigs If potatoes were
always as cheap IS they have been this
spring. And at any rate, instead Of feed
Ing out our small potatoes IN large auau-
titles in the spring? At the ordinary price
OF potatoes. we cannot feed them out a
JOOd, but We can afford to give few daily
asa tome. The error We make is in feeding
out all our refuse potatoes 10 a tGw weeks
10 tattoning pigs in the fall, and have none
lett for the breeding and store pigs during
the rest OF the year
Several farmers have asked me what 20
tatoes are worth to feed as compared with
Indian corn. 1t is a difficult question to
answer, for the reason that we must take
the digestibiIity of the tocd and the health
of the stock into consideration Indian
corn contains 81 per cent. Of starch, gum,
and sugar, and per cent Of oil cquya>
lent, Potatoes, on the othe. hand about -
per cent Of starch or It's equivalent The
corn, too, contains about four times as
much ntrogenous mater as the potatoes.
We may safely assume, therefore, that
100 lbs. OF corn contains more than three
times as much nutriment as 100 lbs. of DO
tatoes. But il does not follow from this
that corn is always worth three times as
much to feed out as potatoes ~ the
West where cattle have an unlimited sup
ply Of corn, a good deal Of il passes through
the animals wEole; and still more probably.
only partially digcstcd Now roots, or any
other food that would correct this would
have greater value than the mere autri-
mcnt they contain,-I hen again, it is ex>
ceedlngly desirable to induce growing and
tattening animals to eat all the food they
,,,+n i Il