The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-08-11
Sheep gain In clover.

Plant young, medium-size trees.
land
The strawberry will thrive in
great variety of soils.
A ration rich in protein is the only
ration fit for the brood sow.
A wheel hoe is very good paying
investment for any one who has 9
garden.
Unleached wood ashes sown broad
cast In the orchard will prove bene
fetal.
Start the milk with the thumb and
finger II the colt Is not very strong
or if the udder is at all hard.
Dust the climbing roses with sui.
phur early in the morning, while the
dew is on, to prevent mildew.
A cool, well ventilated pen is ideal
but it must be free from drafts or
you will surely have trouble.
The ground is bank in which the
farmer invests manure. seed. tlling,
time had thought All are important
There is no better or cheaper place
to develop young horse and put him
In proper shape for market than on
the farm.
Sweet corn may be canned and kept
through the winter but ii requires
considerable time and patience to
cook 1t properly.
Red top and alsike are as much a
| standard mixture for wet meadows as
timothy and red clover for the better
and drier uplands.
Two drOnes cost as much to raise
as three workers, and after they are
raised they keep on eating, while the
workers labor for you.
The chief value of the Runner ducks
and the point which has made them
the most talked of in duck history is
their great laying habits.
Good roads contribute much toward
rural development. The money spent
upon building and maintaining roads
returns in splendid dividends.
The farmer who grows a liberal sup
ply OF roots for his hogs seldom has
much trouble with the ordinary dis
eases to which swine are subject
DIFFERENCE in individuals to produce
maximum flow of milk should prompt
every dairyman to weed out his in
ferior animals as early as possible.
When the eve has LANDED. If the
lamb, after becoming dry is not able
to obtain the ewes milk of its owl
accord. II should be assisted in doing
so.
To obtain the earliest and fines
vegetables the soil should be kept fine
and loose throughout the growing sea
son by frequent hoeings or Cultiva
tom,
A good bee smoker rightly used Is
necessary to handle bees, as by It's
use one can subdue them so tina
stings.
The amateur must learn to THU
ruthlessly. Plants that grow too close
~ together never do well Pinch OF
all the suckers from fruit and orna
mental trees.
Unless the owner is thorough
fancier and has time and facilities foI
keeping them unmiXed the keeping o
more than one variety is eXasperatin.
and seldom profitable.
: Make bird.houses and thus scCur
the presence and esteem of thes
: active insect-destroyers. Also protec
! every toad and try to keep fey
about the home place.
/ When hen Is through setting burr
all the old nest material disinfect thu
t nest box and give 1t a coat OF liquo
!, lice killer to make a good Job OF II
and then put in fresh material.
After the hay has been in the NOV
| a few weeks the leaves become ten
der and when the hay Is handled 70
feeding purposes break off and go {
waste. This waste is far greater tha
generally realized by most farmers
Keep some kind of a crop growir
t in the garden the enire season.
| nothing else is done sow wheat or ry
on the vacant places to keep weed
from sprngng up and maturing SEED
K Weeds ripen in n very short time,
t they are allowed to grow.
4 The greatest profit In raising bee
i is secured by welldireCted metho,
of dividing the colonies when In
proper condition to do so, and r.