The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-07-26
Farm Rakin9s.


brine is as good as tobacco wash for kill
ing ticks on sheep, besides being cheap
Ell and less injurious to the animal
Mirror and Farmer.
BUCKwHEAT. farmer can make
mistake in sowing few acres of buck
wheat early in July-half bushel of
seed to the acre. Sow broadcast, and
harrow as for oats and other grain. If
you have piece of ground infested with
thistles or other troublesome weeds, SOW
buckwheat on it, and a little thicker than
usual, and the no1ious weeds will be
smothered.
MANY young fruit trees, especially
pears, are burned to death during the
hot season. Even when the ground IS
kept wet, and their roots are moist
enough, young and newly-set trees, upon
which the bark is tender, are cooked by
the sun as by fire, and the branches
and trunks die, while the roots remain
alive. This may often be prevented by
winding the trunks with cloths, which
shuts out the sun. n.-lIi7yor and Farmer.
In June, of last year. Western farm
er turned 100 shoats, averaging 125
pounds each, into a tWentyacre clover
field kept them there four months, and
the 1st of October they averaged a
weight of 230 pounds each, or gain of
nearly 500 pounds of pork to each acre
of clover beside, the land was we'll
dressed with hog manure. It is we'll
known that hogs fed on clover during the
summer months are in fine condition to
finish off with corn il the fall.
DRAHMA FowLs.-The great point is to
limit rather than over-feed Brahma
fowls. Chickens want full but not too
much feeding. Brahma fowls that do
not run eagerly to be fed twice a day,
and forage sharply between times Cor if
confined scratch heartily are getting too
much. When you see hearty Brahma
lazy, suspect some Cochin blood. There
is more or less of it about, introduced to
give "points " to show birds. Avoid it
A TIMELY WARNING. off sud
denly when heated sends many OF our
farmers youth to an early tomb. 1t is
often the matter of surprise that so many
farmers boys and girls die of consump
ton. 1t is thought that abundant exer-
else in the open air is directly opposed
to that disease. So it is; but Judgment
and knowledge of the laws of health
are essential to the preservation of health
under any circumstances. When over
heated cool off slowly-never in a strong
draught of air. Gentle tanning, especially
if the face is wet with cold water, will
soon produce a delightful GOODNESS,
which leaves no disagreeable results
Economist.
BREAKING A Co1T.-The colt ought to
be broken to halter while following his
dam, and between and years of age
he should be broken to harness. The
first lesson of subsection is performed
with the biting apparatus. The biting
bride can at first be put on in the stall
or on the stable floor The head should
not be left strained up more than one
hour at the start before it is let down to
rest the neck. Tension for a longer
period is liable to callous the mouth and
make it insensible to the bit. There is
danger of creating the "hog mouth y
to use stable language. After few les
sons with the biting bride the harness
may be thrown on, and the colt driven
ON the road, taught to turn to the right
OF left, go forward, and stop at the word
of command. After a few days of thor
ough drilling without a load ne may be
hitched to double carriage with gen
tie horse, or put single in twowheel
vehicle He will go at the word of COM
mand without any stop or hindrance if
he has been thoroughly educated in his
first lessons of Observation-Disclosures
Farmer.