The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-05-11
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Tomatoes should be started early.
Potatoes are a highly specialized
crop,
Cows should be Kept comfortable at
all times.
Provide some succulent feed for
ewes in winter.
Weeds rob the soil Of food elements
required by other plants.
Farm philosophers say this Is 60
Ing to be a very dry year.
The mich COW needs shelter from
the summer storms and heat.
A pig that Is fed grain all his life
usually fails to pay expenses.
Potatoes require considerable nitro
gen and a largo amount Of potash.
The pigs should have clean, dry
yard to exercise In during the day.
A cheap and effective way of de-
horning calves is with potash caustic.
BY judicious choice Of varieties car
rots may be enjoyed for long sea
son.
A daily record of work done will
cut out many of the wastes OF the
farm.
The oat crop as a money maker on
the farm Is liable not to receive the
attention it deserves.
The soil on cultivated fields on billy
or rolling land will wash less II
plowed well and extra deep.
The gardener should try to grow the
carrot quickly In order to secure ten
der, sweet, uniform specimens.
One OF the chief reasons for butter
becoming rancid at an early age Is the
fact that II Is not washed thoroughly.
One ton of average fresh manure
contains ten pounds Of nitrogen; one
ton of clover hay. 40 pounds Of nitro
gen.
Prune the trees in the early spring
If possible, any month Of the year II
necessary. but be sure to prune the
trees.
Glover and grass seed may be sown,
and a good stand secured, on oat
ground during the last of April and
the first Of May.
II the buttermilk Is not washed out
It will furnish abundant food for the
bacteria, since they thrive on the
casein In the milk.
With a quiet steady team a half
grown boy, with sulky pillow, can do
as good work as a man with the old
fashioned walking plow.
There is no professional study that
REQUIRES closer work than does the de-
yelopment OF the corn plant--a com
bipation of brain toll and nature.
pigs In the pasture require some
sort OF crude shelter to protect them
from the sun and keep them from
bllstering and scalding on hot days.
Growing geese require large guam
titles Of grass which they will obtain
II allowed their range. and which viii
cut down the feed bill at least one.
half.
The picking Of live geese for the
Ave geese feathers, so called. Is prac-
ticed less and less. II Is cruel prac'
tlce. and ought to be entirely abol.
ishcd.
The amount OF feed that the pigs
should get cannot be definitely adj
vised. That must be determined by
the feeder from the appetites of the
asslmilate food
II has been found that the seeds OF
many weeds will retain their vitality
for is to 25 years. possibly longer,
and not all Of the given years seed
grows in any one year
The litter Of chaff. etc, which &C.
cumulates in the barn should be put
I'm the henhouse The hens VIII
scratch II over and obtain seeds and
pieces OF clover that will do them lots
OF good
Hard enough to sit for three weeks.
without having 70 be gnawed all the
time by insect pests. Look at your
sitting hens once In n while and he
sure they are free from enemies Of
this kind.
The styles and sizes OF poultry
| houses are almost as numerous no
| the farms whercon they rest, and II
Ia hard matter TO satisfy any great
number OF people with any particular
| style OF house.
a potato fertilizer analy2ing per
cent nitrogen, 6 per cent phosphoric
acid and 10 per cent potash can be
made from tho following materials
1873 pounds nitrate soda, 500 pounds