The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1894-08-02
AMONG FARMERS.

Grain II Burnett county is being har
vested With mowers, he straw being too
short for self binders.
An elevator at Mankato. Mimi, owned
by the c. d \. W. was destroyed by fire
on Sunday night. Il contained 10000
bushels of wheat.
Joseph MunhaIl of Cato will dis pose
of his personal property by auction on
the 18th Of August. 1t consists of horses.
COWS and farm machinery.
The crops in Iowa are practically
burned up by the intense heat OF the last
few weeks. The daily temperature aver
aged seven degrees above the normal.
People find 1t much more economical
to feed their horses wheat these days
than 1t is to feed them oats. New uses
for wheat will soon cause the price to ad-
vance.
a hot box in threshing machine set
fire to straw pile near Beloit on Tues
day. The machine and several stacks of
grain were burned causing a loss of
81 300 without insurance.
Many farmers are busy these times in
drawing pea pods from the canning fac
tory with which TO feed their stock. The
pastures are so poor now that these pods
help out materially in supplying stock.
The St. Paul Pioneer Press has been
can7assing the agricultural situation in
Minnesota and finds that wheat in that
state Is in very fair condition. Potatoes
and corn are likely to be an utter failure
Charles Sweeting says the ram of Mon !
day was by no means as heavy IN the !
western part of this county as it was in !
the eastern. Ia Franklin it was hardly |
sufficient to lay the dust. The ram Of |
Tuesday night was by no means as heavy |
IN portions of this county as it was IN the |
nelghbOrhood of Manitowoc
The weather report for the week ending
Tuesday says that potatoes are suffering
severely in all sections and IN some the !
crop has suffered so much that it cannot |
be benefited by rain. Corn is doing poor
~ except IN the eastern counties. A good
yield of wheat, barley and rye is general
j. reported. Cats are light. The ram Of
Monday does not appear to have been
general.
1t is not generally known among tie
farmers of Manitowoc county that con-
siderable grain in this county loses its
quality because it is threshed too soon al
ter harvesting. This is especially the
case with barley.
After barley is harvested it should be
allowed to remain in the straw long
enough to properly sweat. If this is not
done the grain is sure to sweat in the bin
and, In this way is certain to lose its quail
lty. Thousands of bushels of barley that
would grade close to No. = are damaged
ia this way and considerable money is
lost to our farmers because their barley
grades only No. 3.
A. j. Clark writ, s from Door county as
follows: | find in this section an excel
lent locality for the manufacture Of
cheese and butter. There are many
heavily interested in dairying and to my
surprise a number Cf them are ahead of
our more southern counties III caring for
their milk so rs 10 keep it clean and
sweet. Many use aerators to purify the
flavor. Off flavor in cheese or butter H.
junes its selling quality. The reduced
quantity of milk must end in high prices.
Ihe quantity Of milk at present in Mani
towoc, kewaunee and Door counties doee
not exceed three-fourths of what it WAS
for the corresponding time OF the years
1890 and 1891. This is due to the warm
and dry weather.