The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1894-07-26
AMONG TANNERS.

this county this week,
Tom Windlate this year saved 156 tons
of hay and all it was housed in excellent
shape
Quite a lumber OF steam threshers are
being sold this season throughout this
county.
A very large quantity of hay has been
harvested in this county, It is all of a
very superior quality.
Quite a number of farmers in Maple
Grove have already threshed their barley.
They report the yield at about 40 bushels
per acre.
Pierre Burt IS in receipt of letter
from brother in Kansas which states
that the wheat crop there Is almost a
total failure.
Minnesota Is now working to stamp
out the Russian thistle which is invading
/ that state from the Dakotas. The weed
spreads very rapidly but is not difficult
/ to destroy.
Mm. Morgan of Cato says that the
rayages of Crasshoppers are quite serious.
They are cutting away the oat crop and
the heads may be gathered up from the
ground by the handful.
The Agricultural Experiment Station
! of the Wisconsin University has issued
very instructive bulletin on tuberculosis,
Z ~ 1. H.,
of cows are affected with this disease and
1t is claimed that IN many cases the dis
ease is communicated to man by using |
the milk Of such COWS. The bulletin de |
scribes a series of tests made TO deter |
mine the presence of this disease.
The weather crop bulletin for the week |
reports potatoes permanently injured. Ia
some counties the crop Is a total failure
in others it is far. The oat crop Is fair
except 10 western counties. Corn Is do !
ing well, pastures are burned up and |
stock is beng fed in some sections. Rain
is badly needed throughout the state.
Barley is an average crop throughout
the state. The average rain fall for the
week was seven-tenths of an inch,
Chinch bugs are invading corn fields
from harvested grain fields. The Agri-
cultural Experiment Station has issued
a circular explaining how the rayages of
the insects may be checked. The remedy |
is a kerosene emulsion. This is made by
slicing half a pound Of common bar soap
in kettle containing a gallon of ram
water. When boiled, and while hot tie
contents TO be emptied INTO churn con-
tanning two gallons of kerosene. Then
chUrn for 30 MINUTES. Then add eight !
gallons Of water to each gallon of the
mixture. Pillow a furrow along the SIDE
Of the field next to that from which the !
bugs are to come and fill the furrow with |
green corn. When the bugs have col
lected on the corn sprinkle it with the |
emulsion The work must be steadily |
persisted in.
TIE block in winch Rahr's Sons plant |
is located Is a regular beehive of indus |
try these days. There is no evidence of |
dull times IN that quarter. The new ele-
vator already begins to loom up and each |
days work adds to its hight quite per-
ceptbly. Forty men are at work upon |!
it ana he thing is growing as if by magic |
When completed it Will nave cost $40,- |
600, but filling a want as il does, it will |
soon pay for itself.
The new elevator being built by this
company is J0xl04 and when completed |
will be los feet high. 1t is now pro-
crossing at the rate of 2 feet per day. |
There will be 40 bins, each with capac-
ity of $3.50 bushels, making the total ca
pacity Of the elevator 100000 bushels. |
On the top Of the elevator there will be |
1000 bushel hopper scale ana from
this the malt Will be loaded directly INTO |
the cars, the elevator being right near |
the railroad track built specially for this |
company. The malt will then be weigh |
ed a second time by the track scales, |
thus preventing the possibility of mis-
take. The elevator is TO be used solely
for malt.
Each bin is to be 80 feet nigh and
| there are to be 40 in all. The building Is
to be a most substantial one as it is nee
| essaryI 1t should be on account of the
weight it must endure. Ia It's constIuc-
ton 9S0,O0G feet OF lumber are to be used.
600 kegs ofspike, besides the nails, ard 20
| tons Of iron rods. The outer walls Will
be slated with Vermont sea green slate.
This building will tower above all the
others constituting this magnificent plant
/ which is now, by all odds, the most con-
! spicious in the city. The business CON
| templated for the future is so much III
| advance of what is now being done that
! 1t will be a surprise to the people when
! its magnitude is comprehanded. This
! firm is doing a great deal for Manltowoc
aud for the county. This new elevator
| furnishes employment to large aum-
Der of men. When compl ted and in
! operation it VIII continue to furnish euI-
ployment TO later and will also furnish
market for barley. thus benefting the
. farmer.
MARRIED..
| ROSIE EDWARDS Ia the city OF Nil
waukee OF Sunday, July -. by Rev
Mr.. Richardson, Mr. john d. Rosie and