The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-09-05
Stock like turnips.

Cut the weeds out of the fence cor
ners before they go to seed.
Pigs fed on dirty, dusty floors are
apt to contract lung trouble.
A two-piece stave silo makes practi-
cally as good a silo as one-piece.
How about undertaking that low
place on the farm? Now is the time.
You must have vigor in the SOW
II you expect strong vitality in the
pigs.
The hoe Is wonderful tool for con-
serving the moisture around the small
plants.
No need of pitch holes" or ruts in
the road. Use the King road drag,
brothers
All young animals to be profitable
should be kept growing from birth
until maturity.
Clean out the sheepfolds and sprin.
kle thoroughly with plaster before put
ting in beds Of straw.
The selfsucking COW and the con-
firmed fence breaker are equally dis
agreeable TO have in the herd.
Farmers will not get the full bene-
fit Of the rural free delivery until
after they get the parcels post.
The total production OF phosphate
rock in this country in 1910 was O.
654 1888 long tons, valued at $40, 917, 900.
After all that may be said In favor
Of other pastures, clover stands at the
head when 1t comes to the right thing
for pigs.
Don't let those cookie burrs go to
seed on stubble ground seeded down.
Run the mower over the field before
seeds form
Do not cut the grass a day too early
or day too late. Send in the mower
just when bloom shows like a mist
over the field.
Get ready to Gull the eve flock be-
fore breeding this fall There are
some ewes that are too old and should
go TO market
A dust mulch for the garden Ia bet
ter than a sprlnkline can Stir the
soil every few days and you will need
to carry very little water.
A sharp disk Is the best tool that
can be used 10 level down the boys
on piece OF rough, boggy slough
land after the Tiers are through.
There III money as well as human
fly in providing shade for picketed or
shut.ln calves or other animals. 1t
costs so little to try this It is a shame
not to.
Selling crops as soon az they are
harvested usually means that one gets
very poor price for ones product.
As a general rule the prices of grains
/ 90 up a little later on.
A parasite with a long and unpro-
! nounceable name has been introduced
/ into California TO fight the codling
moth. 1t IL said to be making good
4 and has begun the destruction.
| Make a start In sheep this fall by
buying 25 high grade ewes and n
/ pure bred ram, We did this and sold
enough OF the increase the next
spring TO more than pay for the first
/ Investment
Naturally fowls are healthy, and no
abused Yet in spite Of all the Ill
treatment they receive they do much
better than any other stock on the
farm of equal value,
On farms having high, dry land,
which has light growth Of grass, and
where a new breeding gobbler has
lately been introduced, the largest
flocks and the most thrifty looking
turkeys are found.
Moisture il great factor in the
production Of blackberries. There is
sufficient water in the sub.soil 10
ripen this fruit, provide you do not
let II get away. Frequent cultivation
Is the remedy to apply.
70 perpetuate health In a flock of
fowls for breeding purposes, as re.
thy specimens, making sure that both
parents are Of healthy and prolific an.
cestry Never under any circumstan.
ces use male that is unsound. but
rather seek to have him as nearly a
perfect specimen az possible.
In closely built houses, whore there
Ia poor ventilation, the air becomes
contaminated by gases arising from
Nth and the accumulation Of drop
pings. AS the hens are exposed "a
these gases during the night. II is nc
wonder that the system becomes poig
oned by them and disease results.