The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-05-25
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The Gamma, like corn needs moisture
and heat to develop properly.
Don't let the Y ,eds get start
! kill 'em while tn are a-borning.
The horse Is known by It's years
| but the mule Is better known by lts
ears.
Breed the kind OF animals the
market demands-not what you like
| best.
When you hoe corn, thin 1t out to
not more than three good stalks to
the hill.
The ewes must have plenty OF pal
atable food both before and after the
lambs come.
A flock Of so hens, or not more than
100, properly fed and cared for will
Pay handsomely.
If the butter IL packed in Jars or 9TH
er receptacles. they, too must be ster-
ilized as above stated
The ashes of the elm, oak and beach
are the most valuable for applying to
farm and garden crops,
Cattle should not be pastured in
the orchard, sthey pack the ground
hard and bruise the young wood.
After trees are planted. mulch with
one foot Of leaves or rotted straw;
water If season should be hot and
dry.
The calf should be kept In the pen
and not tied out on grass until the
weather is warm and the ground Is
dry.
Enormous yields of potatoes can be
secured under irrigation, provided the
moisture in the soil is uniform and
continuous.
Tobacco stems cenCain large guam
titles Of potash and are worth eight to
ten dollars per ton for topdressing
grass and grain.
You will get more fruit by spraying
thoroughly and the quality will be
such that you can sell more of it as
first-class fruit.
Good orchardists say that an or.
chard neglected for one year without
spraying or pruning and cultivation.
puts it back fully three years.
Five dollars invested in package
material will pay many times the In.
vestment in the better prices the
fruit will bring when properly packe d.
Plan to raise fine flock of general
purpose standard bred birds this sea
son They will yield much more sat
isfaction and profit than a mixed
flock.
Western alfalfa Is ground into very
fine meal form and after being mixed
with molasses Is sold to western dairy
men and poultry raisers for from 500
ton up.
If there Is no other chance to get
sunlight into the COW barn 1t might
not be much OF chore TO cut few
openings in the south or west side and
put in some windows.
To feed 80 laying hens one month
will require 200 pounds of oats and
cracked corn or 800 pounds of wheat
screenings, in addition to the rye and
grass pasture and ground meat and
bone.
Two perennials which are compare.
lively new and most beautiful and
satisfactory are the Burbank daisy
and the lovely cherry-red. hardy car.
nation pink You make no mistake In
ordering them,
The leguminous crops grown on the
farm are the clovers-red, mammoth
white and alsike--alfalfa, peas, beans
and vetches. Much of the farmer g
prosperity depends on the use he
makes of these plants.
Ten million dollars Ia n neat sum
to pay each year for the ravages OF
one animal, yet this Is the figure
given by the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture as the damage
done by the pocket gophers.
A practical method OF keeping ami
mails. as dogs, pigs, chickens, ant
cats, from lnjuring the hotbed ant
IT'S contents, Is section OF wire fence
cut TO the size of the bed, with de
tachable clasp on the four sides
The farmer or producer of perish
able goods who Is not already equip
ped with refrigeration should Ger
tainiy begin thinking about It, as
he will without question be compelled
| to supply could storage facilities II
order to compete on an even bash
with others