The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-06-22

fore.
In building dairy barn one of the
enough.
4 good tomato plant should yield 80
pounds or one-half bushel, at low
estimate.
The feet of the horse should be
cleaned every morning before he
| leaves the stable.
Government whitewash will pre-
serve the wood of old buildings more
cheaply than paint.
Corn grown to rid land Of weeds
should be check rowed. On clean
land drilling Is satisfactory.
| A fully ripe tomato taken from the
vine will weigh 90 per cent. more than
one pulled and rlpened indoors.
The new born colt must have milk
during the first half hour Of its life, or
the chances are that it will die.
| Apple trees should be sprayed i'm
mediately to kill the eggs and the
Matching young Of the apple aphis.
The west has probably reached its
limit in sheep production. Now the
native lamb will get better attention.
The churn should be thoroughly
scalded and cooled with clean. cold
water before the cream Is put into 1t
| It is said that 20 acres of corn put
into the silo Ia worth more in feeding
dairy herd than 80 acres in the
crib
| The best dairy cow Is the one that
will convert the forage raised on the
farm into the greatest amount OF but
ter fat.
White pine is one of the most profit
able trees to raise, and can be planted
to advantage on cutover land or worn
out pastures
Brush the mud off the cows uddei
and flank, then wipe off with damp
cloth. You can't strain mud out OF
milk. Keep 1t out.
No man or woman to whom the
chickens are mere .nachines to swal
low corn and shell out eggs can ever
hope to get best results.
There are some excelle.t dry chick
feeds on the market at .he present
time, ones that are both clSap and pos
sess a good feeding value
The white grub, or larVs of the June
beetle, is found in sod laaj: hence the
best preventive is not tc plant straw
berries on freshly-broker sod.
For black loans. clay md limestone
lands, the sod should be deeply
plowed in the fall or easly part OF
winter to the depth of SIS to eight
inches.
Tender chickens for tabie use are
rarity in the cities at practically all
seasons in the year, and u seems that
this particular demand will never be
satisfied
About 5000 Dutch farL. ers are com
ing to America to settle upon farm
lands in Iowa. Illinois ar! Wisconsin
About $50 have already ap,ived and all
have large families.
For the thrift and prNiuct Of the
hen--to keep her t. go,,l, healthful
condition and produce ,auny eggs
| both carbonaceous and heterogeneous
foods must be used with proper bal
ance.
If chickens are confined In the hen.
house until late In the m,rning they
are sure to fly of the rot,st as soon
as It is light and scratch around in
the filth thereby laying Cae founda
ton for disease.
A banched ration In poultry diet
means sufficient amount Of car
bonaceous material in mixture to
counterfeit any bad results that might
arse where an entirely ihtrogenous
ration is given, and vice versa.
Groom the horses in the morning
and rub down at night; battle the
shoulders with cold water both morn
ing and evening; the horse collar
should be scraped clean before putting
on In the morning.
Every step taken to make the sur
roundings of the homestead mere at
tractive Is one step further toward
keeping the boy or girl at home, In
stead of wandering to the city, and
toward the attainment of rural i'm
provement. II this step be both orna
mental and useful 1t is the more
worthy.
Weeds IA many cases have been
blessings in disguise They have
taught us how to cultivate the sol
and they never allow us to forget tn,