The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-10-24

Keep all sleeping places dry.
Mulch the rhubarb with manure.
Clipping horses legs is not good
practice.
AS distributors of fertility on the
farm, sheep have no equal.
The wolf Is noted enemy to sheep;
SO is the tired shepherd.
II is time now to prepare the ewes
for the next mating season.
Give your boy flock OF lambs and
make a business man of him.
Sheep prefer short fresh grass to
that which is tall and coarse.
Indiscrlminate crossing leads &c
failure; make line and hew to 1t.
Salt the weeds In the sheep pasture
and watch the sheep clean them up.
1t is bad policy to wean young pigs
suddenly and put them on cows skim
milk.
Sheep ought to be kept because OF
the influence which they exert upon
fertility.
Try to arrange to give each horse
IN the farm three weeks vacation
IN grass.
The time spent in company Of the
lheep will pay and success Will
crown your labors.
II winter dairying is to be the most
profitable 1t must be planned for deh
litely in advance.
The young pig wants to be got out
nto the sunshine and on to the dirt
- early in life as possible.
Sheep at six years OF age lose their
teeth; hence they should be fatteneo
and sold before this period.
Feed your rams generously but not
too well, An oyerfed pampered ram
IS of no earthly use anywhere.
Have you considered how impossi
Die 1t is for the half starved eve tt
properly nourish her offspring?
This is a good time to put a square
of tar paper In the bottom OF eaci
nest box for the benefit Of lice.
DO not neglect to provide clean
water for the poultry Ditty water Ii
dirty at any season OF the year
II the strawberries have been picked
two seasons. spade up the beds anC
SOW the land for some late-plantet
crop.
Know whether plant requires {
situation dry or moist. hot or cool
sunny or shady to know where to pu
Lhat plant.
The lady-bugs or lady-blrds ar
small turtle-shaped beetles which fee,
upon plant life in both the larval ant
adult stages.
Some plants cannot be thorough,
weeded with the hoe. In these case'
every weed should be CAREFUL.
plucked by hand,
Plant n cover crop in the orchard
Rye, barley, wheat and oats are goo,
non.leguminous plants. but the le
gumes are better.
this country are losing over one bi
lion dollars annually by reason OF tn
ravages OF insects
dense fleece IL valuable not alon
for the Increase In quantity OF WOO
but for the protection that II afford
the animal from the elements.
II lice and mites fail to pay enoug
attention to other treatments, tr,
burning them out with a torch. Blu
don't burn down the house III orde
To get the vermin.
As a rule, It will not pay to hol
the pig crop for prices to rise, III
less they are being held. While
few feeders win out In playing tn
market game. many moro lose.
Corn and alfalfa usually can be a
tended to when the wheat needs n
care, thus distributing the labor NOR
eqditably throughout the season.
Mushrooms, on account OF II
amount Of nitrogen they contain, a
proach nearer to animal food than an
other vegetable product. An analys
made by Prot Atwood shows tn,
mushrooms contain 3.5 per cent. DR.
teids
Anything that Will destroy weeds
worthy OF the farmers attention; an
thing that will maintain the fertili
OF the land demands his attentio
Sheep will do both, and are thereto
entitled TO the attention OF eve
farmer.
II has been demonstrated to be {
almost universal fact that toppi.
cotton does not do the work II IL !
tended to check the growth OF Il