The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-12-22

thing 10 eat, ana lHeS sHOuIu w g.
an opportunity to go out in search OF
food by making creeps which they
can go out and in as they please ana
have access to such foods as oats
and bran with some of the finest ana
most tender hay that the farm al
rfords; nothing is too good for the III
tile fellows.
The grape needs nitrogen TOT
growth of vine and potash and phos-
pilates for the perfection of its FRUIT
Bone dust worked into the soil about
roots after growth is established sup
plies phosphates and One-half a bushei
of unleeched wood ashes to a vine APP
piled in the spring gives the neces-
sary potash.
Water or moisture IS always on tho
move. When it rains it soaks the
ground, and as soon as it stops rain
ing 1t starts its upward movement by
capillary attraction. 1t travels from
one soil particle to the next, and so
on until the soil becomes what we
call dry.
Now is very etod time to save
out the best pullets 10 take the place
of the discarded hens this fall. IL
pays to keep the best stock in order
to get good results, snd this can be
done In no other way Gny better than
by constantly culling end picking.
Don't fail to give tho TALL pigs plen-
ty of slop consisting Of rkimmed milk
mixed with some kind Of a ground
grain. They will soon be getting most
of their living from the trough and
will not be checked in their growth
at weaving time.
Where large plantations OF aspara-
gus are made It Is important that the
roots be planted so deeply that all
tlllage may be accomplished with the
plow and other heavy farm imple-
ments. and thus avoid the expense
Of hand labor.
Sheep raising Is new thing to
almost every prairie state farmer, and
as long as cattle and hogs prove mon
eymakers and furnish all the choring
the average man cares to de-, there is
no likelihood OF any radical change,
To produce milk economically we
fhould use the roughage on our farms
wherever 1t is possible, for by so do
Ing we not only save the labor Of haul
ing bulky material, but win also build
up the fertility Of our land.
The farmer should calculate what |
Increase in crop it is necessary for |
him to obtain in order 10 make the |
use OF fertilizers profitable, and If |
only this Is obtained he should not |
condemn their use.
When the ground freezes apply n |
sover of well composted manure on
the asparagus rows which will keep |
the ground from freezing deeply and /.
provide plenty Of fertility for next |
summers growth.
During the fattening period, the |
previously built frame In the making [
Of which protein is so essential, is |
loaded with fat a process in which |
corn makes the most economical /
gains.
When ready to empty the ash pan
mix a good lice powder with the ashes .
and empty in the hen house. The .
hens will dust themselves in it ana
rid themselves of lice and Mites.
Corn and water are the best fat
iening foods although a feed Of roots
once or twice a week will give them
keener appetite and keep their
bowels in excellent condition.
Never change mixers when YOU can
possibly avoid IL, but have the same
one MIX the same COW every time,
and milk in the same order
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