The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1879-07-24
AGRICULTURAL.
SELECTED FROM THE PRAIRIE FAnMEr.

The orange crop in Florida has been
seriously reduced by heavy winds, as to
number of fruit, but it is estimated that
the increased size of that remaining will
fully compensate for the fruit blown
down. In California the orange crop is
reported prosperous, with large addition
al areas planted this year.
We find this floating and know not the
source from whence it comes. ''To kill
ticks on sheep, throw into the barnyard
few small thrifty, second growth fir trees.
The sheep VIII eat the leaves and small
twigs greedily, and often strip off all the
bark. The ticks will all leave the sheep
in a few days, the strong odor from the
oil of The fir driving them away. The
difficulty in sheep breeding sections is to
find the second growth frs for the sheep
to browse upon.
DR.. Miles states that in his experiments
in feeding swine, the best return for feed
| consumed was obtained when the ami
mails ate the most in proportion to their
live weight, due to the fact that, when q
large amount of food is consumed by an
animal, provided it is capable of digest
ing and assimilating it, the proportion of
food required to supply waste of the It's
sues and keep the animal machinery in
working order, is less than when a small
ler amount is consumed.
AINswoRTH, Iowa.
l have q patch of Canada thistles,
about so feet square, among my cherry,
plum and crab trees, near the house.
What is the best way to get rid of them.
Will plowing, cultivating or hoeing the
ground, so as to destroy the tops as fast
as they appear, kin them? Would fenc-
ing it in, and making it a place to feed
and slop sows and pigs through the
growing season, kill them2 j. Il.
Ans.-Either of the plans proposed
will answer, if the plants are killed dur.
ing one whole season, rs fast rs they ap-
pear above ground. The second season
they may be entirely eradicated. Mulch
ing to such depth as to keep down all
vegetation is also certain.
New Boston, July 10.
| When is the best time to plow stubbIe
ground? Some think early plawing best
because the trash will rot so much better,
others say if plowed early the hot sun in
jures the bare soil. F.R S.
Ans.-We should drag stubble thor
oughly and plow as soon as the weeds
and fallen grain had made growth suli-
bare surface is not good. This may be
obviated by plowing pretty deep the first
time, sowing on thickIy some crop like
buckwheat, that grows fast, and turning
it under lightly when about six inches
high. This will bring your land SO late
ia the fall that the sun will not injure it.
| LIQUID MANURE FOR GARDENING.
1t is well known that the liquid ma
nure OF animals is more valuable than the
solids. In all densely populated coun-
tries all these are carefully saved and
carried direct to the fields, or stored III
tanks for future use.
In the West, and indeed all over the
United States, but little attention is paid
to the liquid waste of the stable and
yards. This has given rise to the saying
that call the leaks in the stable are not
in the roof" The point is, that it costs
but little more in building a stable to
provide drainage through which the liq-
uid manure may be safely carried to a
tank or to tight bottomed pond in the
yard, than it does to leave the whole
without drainage, to rot the foundations
and saturate the soil beneath. Once con-
veyed to the place of deposit, it may be
pumped to the manure pile, or carried
directly to the garden, the meadow, or
fields, where it will pay for the labor ex-
pended, ten-fold.