The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-09-12
Weeds harbor flies.

Line fences well kept up help tc
make good neighbors.
Alfalfa should ordinarily be GU,
when it is coming into blossom.
There is 10 grass that will stand
flooding for any considerable time.
A crop Of potatoes should be spray.
ed at least twice with Bordeaux mix.
ture.
Hogs should be fed as near as pos
sible at the same hours, morning and
evening.
One of the cheapest root crops to
grow for stock is turnips. Plant early
this month.
No animal that gets only feed
enough to support life can make a
gain or profit.
Sometimes a weeks chill rains or
cold weather will set the pigs back o
month in their growth.
In selecting the brood SOW remem'
| Der that the size OF the litter Is an
| important factor in her profit.
When building that dairy barn be
sure to make 1t large enough to &C
commodate the growth of your bust
ness.
1t is the amount OF food over and
above the quantity required to sus'
tain the life of the animal that counts
for profit.
It Is just as important that every
horse should have his own collar all
the time as hat tho man should wear
his own shoes.
Where young orchards are kept per.
fectly atean by cultivation, there Is
seldom much injury sustained from
| mice curing tue winter.
Young hens should not he set after
their first laying of eggs. BY the time
they want to set the second time they
will make good mothers
The greatest crop the farmers Of
| the world have raised has been, Lib
erty and Freedom. The oppressed far
mer is never a good farmer
With good corn crop almost ready
| to crib and plenty Of other feed ev'
cry farmer should prepare to raise
and fatten few hogs this year.
If you have had a crop fail for you
| two or three times It will pay to look
| deeper than mere climatic conditions
| Probably there are other causes which
| you can remove.
"In the shade of the old apple tree
is a mighty good place to spend a few
minutes at noon these hot days. A
little rest at noon gives speed to the
work OF the afternoon.
II costs just MS mitch in soil fertility
| to raise weed as to raise a wheat OF
oat stalk Land Is not resting II It is
raising weeds. Even they ought to be
plowed down for fertility.
Now is the time to swat the mites,
and be sure that 1t Is a mighty swat,
because the pesky mite is mighty
mean mite of an insect that Is the
bugaboo of egg production
A whole lot OF farmers would bet
ter sell their COWS and buy their milk
and butter. II would be cheaper than
the price they arc now paying. al.
though they do not realize It.
Constant care Is one OF the secreta
OF success III the breeding or feeding
Of stock Of all kinds 1t Is only the
man who likes such work that will
measure up to the greatest success
Some crops have root systems which
90 much deeper than the soil Ia
plowed or broken up. It takes strength
to send down the roots which might
be used in sending no stalk Deer
blowing pays.
Rect growing Is beginning to be
come a very profitable as we'll as {
popular crop in many sections The
general price is 500 per ton and th'
general yield in many sections runs W
to 20 tons and better.
A well-known scotsman states tina
maggots can be prevented from de
stroying onions by sprinkling aloni
the rows Of onion plants sand scented
with kerosene, Stir half a pint OF OF
into ten quarts of sand.
Cement Is being used in the cor
struction OF many things on the far
and Is proving TO be very servceabl
, for feed lots, tanks, cribs and stabl
floors, fence posts, building foundi
ton etc. Better look into cemen
constructions little
If We cultivate deep after the cor
IS a foot or so high, we simply con
pei it to stop and repair damages
when If it we're cultivated shallo'
,, after the first time or two, the cor
roots can devote all their time to for,
ing along a big crop. Remember tina