The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-11-21
Keep the hoe sharpe I'D.
A check rein is cruelty.
Soy beans are rich in protein.
Spread the farm manure in winter.
Tall weeds should be moved and

Tall weeds should be moved and
burned.
Selling the fertility of the soil is
poor way to get rich.
II is important that some grain be
fed pigs intended for the market.
Storm windows should take tho
place of wire screens on the house.
After your crop Is made the prob
lem is how to sell 1t to tie best advan,
tage.
The department of agriculture says
that rats do an annual damage OF
500. 900.
Feeding chicks when too young and
too much at time are fruitful sources
OF bowel trouble.
While you are at It, why not get
on the track of some better stock
than you have ever kept?
The young trees should be banked
with earth. which will keep water
from settling about them.
Gardens should be cleared from
all remains of the seasons crops and
prepared for the next year.
The heifer bred too early always
remains stunted In growth and her
milk flow is shortened for all time
IL you'll save a little seed corn
earlier in the season, you'll save a
little money later in the season
The leaves Of trees that can be
gathered in any quantity during win
ter and spring are very valuable.
The best compost heap is the ma
nure of horses, cattle, sheep, hogs,
and fowls. All such should be saved.
The contrasting movement, being
an organized effort for Improvement,
Is conducive to better community
spirit
For the amount Of money invested
In the poultry businessA it pays a
larger profit than any other farm
speciality.
Silage is very nearly as cheap as
pasture and in composition Is prac.
tically the same, pound for pound as
timothy pasture.
Plow the garden this fall and see
how it goes to be able to work the
soil which. in the early spring, had
this fall blowing.
Do not think because a sheep has
a heavy coat of wool he will be able
to endure cold rains and sleep with,
out warm shelter.
The yards and sleeping quarters
must be kept dry and clean, as i'm
pure air and dampness are two things
that sheep cannot endure.
A part Of the poultry on the farm Ia
that covey of quail you have observed
in the back fields somewhere, and a
little attention to those small fowls is
worth while.
1t is not bad practice to treat the
wheat seed to a liquid spraying Of
one pound of formaldehyde in forty
gallons of water. 1t will prevent the
smut damage
The most important business of the
dairyman is to increase the amount
Of manurial substances and apply
them where they are most needful by
the growing crops.
There is one big advantage In SOW
ing the winter wheat late and that is
you stand a good chance to escape
the Hessan fly. which does so much
damage to the wheat fields.
In feeding the cows do not give
them more than they can use readily
Any feed that is left In the managers
after the cows are through will nat.
urally represent a certain amount OF
waste.
Brood sows should have a quiet
warm, dry place where their litters
may spend the first weeks Of their
lives without being unnecessarily dis
turbed by other animals or inquisitive
people.
Unleached wood ashes contain from
five to seven per cent. OF potash and
are an excellent fertilizer. As is
well known, the ashes from hard
wood are much richer in potash than
those from soft wood.
The droppings from the cattle will
benefit the pasture more II they are
spread or broken up with a spike tooth
harrow with the teeth set well aslant,
This prevents the grass from being
killed out and weeds coming in
where the droppings have laid.
A profitable crop cannot be grown
on land deficient in humus, which ia
the same thing as rotted sod or rot
ted manure, with fertilizer alone.
Pigs that are allowed to run with