The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-07-21

Lice and mites come with warm
weather.
Tie the grape vines to the trellis
wires before the vines begin to run
No we'll bred farmer ever contents
himself with scrub stock or poor crops
make a good crop Of grass into poor
lay.
Pure fresh air, day and night. is
,ne of the prime essentials for keep
ng fowls In good health.
Most separators do their best work
with the milk at a temperature OF
from IS degrees to 50 degrees Fahren
belt
When the cream has been held al
ahurning temperature for a period Of
two or three hours, 1t is ready TO b.
,hurned.
A good way to keep manure for the
garden Is to fill large box, turning
1t over with fork about once a
week and keeping II moist.
The government Is sending out ex
perts to various parts of the country
10 teach fruit growers the best meth
DDS Of spraying their trees.
When shrubs are first planted they
should be headed back one-half OF
more, BIZ. after they become estab
lished they should be allowed t
branch at will.
One Of the prominent symptoms OF
shoulder lameness in horses is a diff
hculty of lifting and extending the
| limb, which Is particularly noticeable
when the patient is urged to trot.
The flea beetle is a small, metallic
blue insect which Is destructive to tn,
fruit both as the larva and the adult
Spraying with arsenate Of lead OF
paris green is generally effective.
Some Of the amber honeys are
made from the aster, goldenrod. bone
set, queen of the meadow, heartsease
wild sunHower, Spanish needle, su
mac, magnolia and marigold.
The earliest sown lettuce should b.
OF some OF the loose growing varieties
For summer use plant cabbage lettuce
or heading varieties. as the leave
during the warm season will be white
and more crisp.
Soy beans shed their leaves befor
the grain begins to ripen; therefor
when hay Is desired the plants mus
be cut when half or more of the pod
are fully grown. but before the bean
begin to harden.
II is we'll known fact anon
ltl iltIh dlu IL hil HiON'io Nllut bth' .
berries improve the physical natur
Of the soil through their root actor
When they are removed from the al
pie orchard the soil is left In idea
condition for the outer feeding root
of the apple trees,
While It ia conceded that permanen
maintenance Of soil fertility withou
live stock Is possible. 1t Is not pra'
ticable as statewide policy, becaus
It Ia not the highest type Of agricu
ture and because few farmers can b
induced to comply with all the cond
lions necessary to make 1t effective.
Plant cannas one to two feet apar
depending altogether II they be dwar
or the tall-growing sort. They Xix
very rich soil and plenty OF waite
during the growing season. A mule
OF straw manure will help 10 COZ
serve the water that Is given theu
Cut on all the seed pods as the
form.
Root plants may be transplante,
but II Is not advisable unless II wer
In the case OF extra early beets star
ed In the hotbed or turniprooted ra,
ishes lifted out at thinning time. Th
roots are usually Ill shaped, yet the
table quality Is nt Injured. Lon
varieties always become distorted an
are not marketable.
Although rape can be used as sol
ing crop. and Is SO used In man
places. 1t Is doubtful II 1t will supplar
other plants for this purpose. II
chief use 10 for pasture, especially Il
hogs and sheep. Geese and other fov
will do we'll upon such pastures. an
those who are raising poultry as
chief industry will find field of raj
useful adjunct, 1t cannot be recor
mended for curing as dry fodder {
for sllage. 1t Is so succulent that
cures with diffculty, and 1t cannot
compared to corn for sliagv.
Fowls to lay eggs that will hate
out the best chicks must have
nearly natural conditions as possib
plenty OF outdoor exercise. exec
In wet and bad weather. plenty
fresh air day and night In the he
house. cleanliness. sunshine and v
riety OF vegetables. animal and mi
| "a
the open fields and forest. Free RAM
ID best unless tho housing and yardil
conditions meet all the natural I
yuirements. The house for breede
ahnnld ha tlRht and dry In the Coz