The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1880-04-08
AGRICULTURAL.
CARBoSDAIF III, Ma.

SARBOSDALE, ILL.,, March IL
VIII you or some brother farmer tell
me through your valuable columns
whether buckwheat is a good fertilizer
for wheat, and when should it be sown,
and how much to the acrel U.s..
Observation-Disclosures is very good
fertilizer for poor land, as green ma
nure. Where wheat is desired as a fol-
lowing crop, clover is preferred in all
soils capable of sustaining them. For
piowipg under, buckwheat should be
sown about the middle of July, it will
then be ready for the pillow about the first
or second week in September. From
two to four pecks per acre are sown.
SAND CRACK OR SPLIT HooF.-A. f.
W., Lincoln, Ill How should sand
crack in horses feet be treated2
Reply:-Tne shoe should be removed,
and in order to soften the horn and en-
courage its growth, cold flaxseed poultice
should be applied around the foot for
day or two. To cause new horn to grow
down without crack in it, horizontal
division of the horn should be made at
its intersection with the skin, or above
the upper end of the split. To keep out
dirt and sand from the crack (Which of
course will not grow together), it should
be filed with shoemaker's wax, which is
best done by forming thin stick of the
wax, SO that it can be held by one end,
while heated iron is held to the other,
and smoothing it in half melted state
into the crack The crack must be clean
and dry when this is done. When it is
thus filled, smooth it with wet finger.
When the split extends to the top of the
hoof, it will be necessary, in case the
horse must be shod for use, to remove a
segment at the rim of the hoof, from the
split backwards to the heel. to prevent
bearing OF that part on the shoe, and
avoid Earring of the splint edges. 1t
will take from one to several months, &C.
cording to the extent and location of the
split, before it grows down, and becomes
effected by wear or pairing of the hoof.
Meanwhile the horse should not be used
faster than walk Three months liber-
ty, unshod, on pastuIage would be pre-
ferable to confinement or use.
TOBACCO IN WISCONSIN.
Wisconsin has become a tobacco grow
ing state of no mean pretensions, and
the interest taken in the crop by farmers
in that state is evidently extending. The
equities of Rock, Dane, Green and JEFF
ferson comprise the main tobacco grow
ing section in that state, although con-
siderable quantities of the "weed" are
grown elsewhere. Already Wisconsin
tobacco has become well known in the
market. Its burning qualities are fine,
and the fact having been demonstrated
that it can be successfully and proftably
grown, has given its cultivation an i'm
petus which bids fair to make it very
prominent industry in that state. The
greatest obstacles in the way of making
the most out of the business are lack of
experience and knowledge of the best
| methods of cultivation in the tobacco
growing sections of the state, and also of
handling the crop. These, however, can
be overcome, and will be, doubtless, for
| the intelligence, and energy, and enter
prise which characterize the farmers of
Wisconsin, are guarantee that no draw
back of this character will long stand in
the way, if the price CT the staple war
rants an effort to surmount them; and it
is with no little satisfaction that we
chronicle the formation of an organiza-
ton looking in that direction.
A few days ago some two hundred to-
bacco growers assembled at Edgerton,
Rock county, and organized the South
Wisconsin Tobacco Growers Association.
The objects of the organization are OBJ
vious. Associated effort will hasten the
accomplishment of much good in placing
this industry upon solid footing in that
locality. The best methods of cultiva
ton may thus be learned from the most
experienced and successful growers of
tobacco in southern Wisconsin. as we'll
as the most profitable methods of hand
ling or the best processes in cutting and
curing the crop By which Wisconsin leaf
may rank among the most desirable artic-
les in the market.
This meeting was very interesting
one, and it was decided to convene again
on the 31st of March to complete the or
ganization, when Gen. Bryant, of Madi-
son, President of the Wisconsin State
Agricultural Society, will address the as
ISOLATION upon the subject of the tobacco
| interest.