The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-08-01

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Grain raising robs the soil
Never overfeed an idle horse.
Filthy houses encourage vermin.
Keep the old and young pigs sepa-
rate.
Kerosene Is an excellent remedy
for scaly leg.
Better too much working Of butter
than not enough
The silo is the cheapest farm build
ing we can erect.
1t requires keen sight to detect
signs of failing pasture.
1t is absolutely necessary to keep
your fertility on your farm.
Wheat and oats make one OF the
best general diets for fowls.
In mixed farming the income from
the dairy Is the most reliable.
Efficiency in directing the power OF
the horse means a great deal.
Cultivate vegetables and flowers
when the weather is hot and the soil
dry.
Il is not uncommon for a Bermuda
lily grower to plant Is, 900 bulbs at one
time.
An old bootleg makes an effective
device for keeping BOTTLES off horses
noses.
The horse cannot rest while fight
ing flies. Better shade or screen the
barn windows.
For aphis Oh sweet peas, use insect
powder or tobacco dust, applying with
a small bellows.
To secure a good brood SOW, an
even development is required from pig
brood to full maturity.
Hay stacked in the open loses 20
per cent. of its value by spelling on
the sides and bottom.
Five or six pounds Of corn are usual
ly required to produce a pound OF
pork in dry-lot feeding.
AS soon as the corn Is up, or even
before, 60 over the field with a weed
er or smoothing harrow.
OF laying by such crops as early po-
tatoes and tomatoes too soon.
Celery delights in low, rich, heavy.
moist soil and Is usually grown upon
the same land year after year.
It does not pay to devote high
priced land for long periods, to pas
turage and the production Of hay.
Time to get the mower In shape for
the haying season which is so rapidly
approaching Sharpen up the knives.
Don't push the fat horse on hot
days either in the fields or on road,
Once overheated he loses half his
value.
Prime fat lambs cannot be produced
by alternate grass and grain. They
must be pushed to lay on fat from
start to finish.
The little chicks do best on corn
bread made of sour milk, soda and
cracked corn. They should be fed on
something CIean.
Unlike other poultry. the turkey has
never been thoroughly domesticated
but has remained practically wild
bird In it's requiremnts.
Fence posts OF wood that lasts only
four or five years can be made to last
20 years by standing two hours in a
tank OF boiling creosote
The large tomato worms can be de
stroyed quickest by hand picking
They can be easily killed by throw
ing with force to the ground.
Insect pests that destroy or injurt
the fruit crop may be controlled In o
large measure with timely applica
lions of the various spray mixtures.
Except in unusual cases OF rush
work. the teams should cease worl
In time to cool Off before the damp
ness and falling temperature OF eve
ming.
The small farmer cannot afford tt
go without fresh meat. and he cal
cheply produce this by keeping
brood SOW and her pigs in littl'
! pasture back OF the barn.
! 4. A sheep is the most nervous ANNA
on the farm, and gets into low condl
tion quickly and RECEIVERS slowly
Therefore they must be handled gent
ly and kept in quiet, clean surround
ings