The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-29
AMONG FARMERS.

Strawberries in Sturgeon Bay are an
immense crop this year.
Prof. Hicks says we shall have no rea-
son TO kick ON dry weather during the
months of July and August.
An immense quantity of hay was
brought to market here on Saturday
last. 1t brought a good price, too.
The Albert Landreth Co, began the
work of pea picking ON Saturday last
and the factory started up on Monday.
The Manitowoc Pea Packing company
began picking ON Monday The pea
crop is unusually good this year and is
of a very superior quality.
Wheat sold at lower price in Chica-
go on Saturday last than for any time
preceding in three weeks, There We're
primary receipts We're heavy.
Pillsbury, the great flour man of Min
winter wheat is a failure this year and
none will be exported Spring wheat is
doing fairly well, particularly in the
northwest.
This Is very poor year for selling
Paris Green owing to the failure of the
potato bug to put in an appearance i'll
large numbers Tons of it shipped into
the potato growing section of this state
for use this year will have to be carried
over to next year The bug is a good
breeder and he will be out in force next
year,
The Agricultural Station has issued a
newspaper bulletin announcing that
many farmers have been victimized by
being furnished bird seed rape instead
of Dwarf Essex rape seed for forage.
The latter has a thin sharp stalk with
large leaves like the rutabaga Bird seed
rape has Il slim tough stalk and the plant
resembles wild mustard. 1t will not
spread and the only loss is that of the
crop as it is no good for forage.
The weather report for the week up
to Tuesday say the rainfall through
out the state has been light. Heavy
hailstorms prevailed i'll Grant and Yer
non counties which killed lambs and
young pigs. Some winter wheat and
rye will be harvested this week. OatS
and barley have grown too rapidly
and there is a tendency to lodge
Glover has been cut in some sections
Potatoes are doing we'll though there are
complaints of rotting on account Of
continued cold weather
Manitowoc county farmers should be
gin to give some study to good road
making, Though there has been quite
an improvement the last few years oven
the old methods there is no system YET
which insures permanence The desir
able thing is to plan well, and then carry
out the plan SO as to make good roads
permanent.
Senator Stout of Menominee has under
taken, at his own expense, to build
ject lesson for farmers. He is putting
in one mile of stone or macadam road
and a shorter stretch of gravel road
These roads are being built under the
direction of a university professor con
nected with the Agricultural department.
July 10 will be Road day, at which time
people will inspect the roads made and
there will be addresses upon the subject
of road building
In Oconomowoc county prizes are of
fered for the best and second best con
tinuous piece of road extending through
the district. The first prize is S15; the
second $50 1t would not have been a
bad idea had our county fair manage.
ment offered premiums to road districts
for the best piece of road built so as to
direct attention to this necessary i'm
provement. A great deal Of attention
Is being given to street construction III
Manitowoc. How would it work to have
about a mile of country road macadam
lied by popular subscription, if an ap-
propriatisn cannot be secured, by way
of an object lesson? The city street roll
er and stone crusher could be used for
this.