The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-09-21
manitopof pilot.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 81, 1882.
Farm Notes.

When stock is poorly cared for it al
ways deteriorates.
There are 5000, 900 square inches to
an acre; in a bushel of timothy seed
there are 100000 seeds, or nearly
seven seeds to a square inch.
Good roads are evidences of civiliza-
ton, and true index of the thrift and
public spirit of those sections which
they traverse.
After the bloom is off, fodder corn be-
comes daily poorer article of food, its
best time being just when the tassel ap-
pears.
The stock breeder of whatever kind
of stock. to reach the highest success,
must have good pedigrees with good in
dividual animals, and must give per-
sonal care to their management
The Michigan Horticultural Society
recently resolved that the grounds
about country school house ought to
be at least one acre in extent and hand
somely laid out, ornamented with trees,
shrubbery and flowers.
A law has been passed in North Car
Dina similar to those on the statute
books of most of the Northern States,
providing that the owners of stock shall
be responsible for damage done by their
animals, thus practically prohibiting
grazing on the highways, swamps and
other unfenced lands.
Horses slobber from eating clover.
An exchange says: This is annoying,
especially in the driving horse, but the
remedy is very simple and easy at hand,
consisting of head of cabbage fed to
the horse just before using him for work
or driving. 1t is cheap and effective.
S. f. NJ, insF'a7n and Fireside, gives
this remedy for lice on stock, which he
claims is neither dangerous nor disa-
greeable in its application: "a brine of
common salt, as strong as it can be
made, rubbed in thoroughly, so as to
wet every hair on the animal, will de-
stroy not only the lice but their eggs;
and it is not dangerous, as is the kero-
sene or arsenic, nor unpleasant, like the
sulphur and lard. A pleasant day is
best for its application"
The Massachusetts, Agricultural So
ciety has arrived at the conclusion that
salt has tendency to check vegetable
growth, yet thereby increasing the prod
uct of grain. Therefore, if it checks the
growth of grassy fiber it must hasten
maturity, and wheat sailed will ripen
earlier with a sitter straw and, natural
ly, more grain. On the other hand, I'M
sailed wheat would give more straw and
less grain, while ripening later.
Discussing the German method of
planting potatoes, with ample distance
and with eyes under, so that the stems
shall grow widely apart, a foreign cor
respondent asserts that it not only saves
in seed, but produces more and better
crops. Often in England, he says,
dozen tubers are used where one only
would be enough, but it is difficult to
make some new gardeners believe it.
Potato-growing has been the object
of a curious experiment just completed
in England. A pound of early potatoes
was taken and allowed to sprout freely.
From each potato a sprout was broken,
and potatoes and sprouts were planted
in separate rows. Both grew well, and
the following is the result of the exper-
iment: From the sprouts, which weigh
ed in all half an ounce, five pounds and
five ounces of sound potatoes have been
obtained; and from the pound of pota-
toes five pounds four ounces, showing a
slight balance in favor of the sprouts.
The sprout potatoes were the more reg
ular in shape an! the earlier in growth.
Ground millet seed is excellent feed
for hogs. 1t has a nutritive ratio of I.
5. that is, of albuminoids to 5.4 of
carbohydrates. This is good fatten-
ing ratio, and it will depend upon the
relative price of corn whether the two
should be ground together. Half mil
let and nalf corn, ground fine, will make
better proportion than corn alone.
The pork will have better proportion
of lean and the pigs will be healthier
while fattening. Ground millet will be
found very appropriate food for grow
ing young pigs, giving them large
and more muscular frame.
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