The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-04-06
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Chemistry is a valuable science.
Russia exports nearly two billion
,ggs each year.
Onions are pulled when half grown
md sold as bunch onions.
Nearly 6 per cent of the people OF
treat Britain live by agriculture.
A little farming, well done, is more
profitable than a whole lot attempted.
The milk should be stirred occasion
uly but not vigorously, while being
cooled
II Is said that under favorable condi-
ions the olive tree lives to be 1000
ears old.
In order to make a good dairy COW
,ou must start with the calf of some
good dairy type.
A goat eats only one-eighth as much
g COW, but gives more than that
proportion of milk.
The fewer sows kept together dur
ng the breeding season and until far
owing time the better.
Silage Is one OF the cheapest sue
ulent feeds that can be supplied to
arm animals during the winter.
Don't SOW a miscellaneous assert
nent Of real seed, weed seed and dirt
md expect to get a satisfactory stand.
It seems strange that more farmers
10 not combine dairy and poultry
'armng when it may be done with so
much profit.
It would require bin mile square
md 17O feet deep to hold the grain
produced in the United States In an
iverage year.
In the interest OF cleanliness, bot
omless" milk bottle has been invent
I'd a glass tube with paraifined paper
APPS at each end.
You don't have to wait for the in
'ubator to get broody, and then If
rou don't want to set It you don't
nave to break 1t up
An incubator viii not feed or regu.
ate itself as the hen does, and we
must not expect as good results until
we have h. some experience.
DO not give eggs to an early broody
len until she Is surely brOody. as
hens. llko the weather at this season
Of the year, are rather changeable.
Many farmers simply tolerate the
fowls about the farm with sort of
notion that It is a hobby of the wo-
men folks to have a few hens to cod
de
or the 1Ol 100000 acres OF land In
swede fully 81 0OO000 acres are In
wood Finland alone, of European
countries, having larger forests than
sweden.
II you want vigorous healthy chicks
DO not feed TOO much animal matter
10 force heavy egg production. for If
you do you will weaken the vitality
Of your chicks.
There are incubators which have
been so arranged that the thermostat
works to control the moisture con
tained In the egg. Others require
added moisture.
Corn and corn meal are carbonace-
GUS matter. similar I'm composition to
that Of cream. and there is no feed
that a calf likes so well as shellcd
corn or corn meal.
There is a wonderful increase In the
consumption Of milk all over the coun-
try since the authorities have taken
up the work OF compelling the prUduc
tion Of clean pure milk
In preserving eggs in water glass,
or any other favorte method, remem-
Der that every egg so used must be
strictly fresh One spoiled egg will
contaminate q whole hatch
Spring ana swelling buds are not
too far away TO remember that the
FIRST spraying for fungus diseases to
be effective must be done early, for
spraying Is only preventive, not cura
tive
Melody Is new forcing rose now
making a fine impression on the Amer
lean trade. The flower Is "A beautl
ful yellow, shading 10 apricot In the
center, and the foliage is glossy ant
/ handsome
/ Go0sebcrries should be more com.
monty grown The green fruit would
/ make "A sauce as good as cranberrIes
/ n It were az difficult TO obtain Halt
dozen bushes will supply a family
OF ordinary size,
To raise good fruit trees proper car,
is needed; the care the trees need Ii
cultivation fertility, pruning an,
spraying Cultivation should begir
when the trees are young, In III,