The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1873-12-04
FARM NOTES FOR DECEMBER.

FARM NOTES FOR DECEMBER.
Fowls can be well in fort ghs If they
are cooped OPP where they can obtain gravel
and line and arc fed scaled corn meal.
given three times a dsv, while ears of corn
are always at band. For drink, skimm ID
milk is very desirable, and If warmed a
little will be drunk with eagerness, Puiveriz-
ed ctarcoal kept either IN their boxes or
mixed with their feed, viii materially assi..
the fatten ng process
a theory is promulgated hat corn is the
cause rf chicken cholera-that it and hog
eholers are most prevalent VIXEN pigs and
chickens are fed almost exclusively en- corn
that corn contains less of the phosphates
and more Of the fatty matter than other
cereals. and this accounts for chicken and
hog cholera.
The only safe and effective treatment of
obesity is a reduction in the quality of the
usual food, an increase of exercise and a
reduction of the hours Of sleep. This
should he gradually pushed until tine re-
duction in weight is one or two pounds n
week This cannot fail and will invarla-
t bly, improve health.
nor WATER FOR PLANTS.
4 1t has been shown, by careful experiment,
that sickly r.tted plants can he greatly
tenef'tcd, AMI often restored, by apply
ing warm water TO them instead of cold
bloomed very impsrfectly after being treat
ed with luke warm water, gradually ncreas-
ing TIE temperature from 40 deg, to 10
deg. Fahrenheir, produce the most mag
niicen: luxnriance Of fo,iage. Like results
occurred With a. Cd plant of iloya; ana
also with an Indian rubber tree which had
almost withcred away, In al these cases
, the application of wtaer heated to about
40 dee. F., without any other precaution,
caused new and Furnishing growth.
KEROSENE OIL FOR HEN LICE
Hen lice are among the greatest draw
backs to the lcasurcs ard profit Of the
poultry ward: they ars especially trouble
! some in small varls AMI ccops where the
+ fowls cannot have free access TO green food
/ end dry earth. We have tried variocs
remedies, and have found kerosene oil to
be very efectual and safe one 1t is
applied with very little trouble; pour it
/ from the can upon the perches where the
( fowls roost, and when the hens are ready
to brood, saturate the inside of the box
before the clean hay or straw is put in
with the eggs. /. is very much less trouble
t. apply the oil than to use a wash OF
tobacco, or to 90 through the process. OF
white-washins once a month - 4gricult,u-
isl
The preservation Of trees is coming t
receive the attention it deserve. The
irmia Congress recently decided i. to be
the mutuui duty of all civilized nations to
preserve aud cultivate forest trees.
Som" years age Upper Egypt had only
five or SIX rainy days in the course of
year: bat the p.sha plaateJ NIL IONS n
tees, and the annual is new fortvsix day,
o. rain, By which the country has inca lcul
ably benefited. The country about Trieste
has been made a pretty Through test, too
Once it was fertile, but the forests were
swept away anl HarrsnnesS soon followed
oin"" then, ho"cVcr. millions Of olive treei
have been planted and carefully reared, an,
new proInctiveness have returned.
me General ""'ernr-rnt grants quar-
t.r % section ct land to any one who wi
plant tory acres "' 1t IN trees, and k"rt
them successfully growing for ten years
after FRAT trees haze peen planted tire
! wears, aud are growing healthy, the Stat
: 81 Kansas lHys IN annual bounty TIVE
dollars an acre Tor t" enty-'1e years.
he p"tat" ha, contrbil9l m,re to tn
; common stock Of foul consumed in thi
country than ana other thing. It's cheap
'h"~> ana ~ i"e'rltlon' quantities have nai
'hs staple upon every table Mt a!mcs
every meals.
Bat change rpust take place I'll
Colorado bug has been SO successful in it
VAR upon thi. universal favorlte, that fror
al quarter. n scarcity is announced. Til
causes prices to advance, AMI to-day in tn
principal markets Of the country bushf
Of potatoes cannot he rnrchashed for les
than 81, and in Chicago good articl
commands %. THIS places the rotat
practically out of the reach of the poo
man Othor articles Of food, under tn
, influence Of a strinrant money market
have declined in price: bat the potato ha