The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-12-05
Plow the garden IN the fan.

Sheep are not found on enough
farms, and it is the wonder why they
are not
The one great secret In producing
milk that is pure is to keep It clean
and cold.
II requires quite as much care In
packing butter for storage as In can
ming fruit
All dead limbs from trees in the
orchard should go into the brush heap
or woodshed
Eleven dozen of eggs per year i a
fair average for hens and pullets kept
in large flocks
AS the potatoes are dug, sort out
the small ones and keep them for the
hens this winter.
Hogs fed In the field gained nearly
one-third more rapidly than those
fed in the yards
Rotten fruit which has fallen to
the ground should be picked up and
consigned to the fire
Pork was produced with less gain
by hogging off corn than by feeding
ears or snapped corn in the yard.
Trees that are badly infested with
the San Jose scale appear as II they
had been busted over with ashes.
Decay soon spreads in fruit or vege-
tables in the cellar. To be on the safe
side they should be culled over fire..
quently.
II you had good luck with pumpkins
and squash this summer, better save
some seed for next year. from the best
specimens.
Don't neglect the seed corn which
so many lost last fall and winter be-
cause 1t was not thoroughly cured and
dry when zero appeared.
A good quality m the Dorsets Is
their pugnacious disposition which
makes them able to use their big
horns in a defense against dogs.
1t is we'll to change the sheep occa.
sionally into the different pastures
Don't mate them too early. and. II
possible, have a thoroughbred buck
The demand for good draft horses
in nearly every state is better than
ever before and sound, well-formed
animals bring from 5000 to $500 each.
Horses shoull never be made TO
eat moldy hay as nothing Is worse
in leading to worrying, whistling
and other arrangements OF the
wind.
A thorough preparation OF the soil
before planting, If possible, is always
best in the garden. The seeded that
is poorly prepared is always harder
to cultivate.
The doors to the narrowing house
should be placed in the center with a
wing at the edge in order to prevent
the wind from blowing in on the SOW
and young pigs.
Alsike clover is perennial and
can be grown on ground that Is too
low and moist for the medium red or
mammoth, but it is grown equally
we'll on high ground.
Breed horses to some definite pus
pose. That is. go in for drafters,
coachers or saddlers. A finished ami
NAL of either of these breeds will al.
ways bring more than a mixture OF
all
Let the colts have all the grain ane
bright hay they will eat up clean
Keep them going during the first win.
ter as that is the time when the foun
dation for future strength and growth
is laid.
II your teams are to be used much
in handling heavy loads where back
ing is necessary. use harness with
very wide and heavy breeching II
will add to the horses confidence and
his backing power.
m a recent experiment oats, corn,
dog fennel and some flower seeds
we're exposed during 11S days to a
temperature of 40 degrees below zero.
Afterward nearly all of the fennel,
oats and corn seeds and some others
terminated
In buying ram for mutton lambs
his size alone is not the only thing to
be considered. He must have all the
other good qualities and even ~ he Is
little under size 1t will do no harm.
A drained soil readily absorbs fer.
tili2ers which may be applied to II.
1t Is more easily prepared and re.
uures less labor to put In condition
for seed. The seed will terminate
more quickly and the plant will grow
more rapidly.
II is reported that investigators o,
the California experiment station at
Berkeley, have discovered that cotton
growing in he Imperial valley is a
success. The plant is said to yield
more than 1t does In its native home
In the south.