The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-05-29

ally controlled with little difficulty by
| spraying.
Poultrymen should select their
breeding stock carefully and then take
| care of it.
When spraying, If showers come and
wash off the poison, spray those trees
! second time.
In selecting the eggs for Matching
use only medium sized eggs that have
good, sound shells.
Eggs saved for Matching purposes
shonld not be subjected to high or
low temperatures.
Setting hens should be placed where
the rest of the flock will disturb them
| as little al possible.
II you have no trees in your chicken
yards plant some corn to make shade
Willie the trees are growing.
Be sure to keep plenty Of fresh wa
ter before the hens. A great amount
of water Is used to form the egg.
Do not let the ambition for keeping
all the new breeds you hear of cause
you to make a failure with poultry.
Before any new chicks come see
that there are no scales on the hens
legs-no mites or lice in the poultry
quarters.
In seasons when dought prevails
better stand of clover can be Sc
cured by sowing the seed without a
nurse crop.
II chicks have no stamina, get
stunted or are diseased, 1t is the care
less, ignorant or lazy caretaker who
is to blame.
Calves can well be fed corn ensilage
as soon as they are old enough to be
fed solid food stuffs, but they must
not be overfed.
Tools and implements in their places
and in good repair when not in use
save lots of time when those busy
spring days come.
A record should be kept Of each
hatch, showing the date set, number
and kind OF eggs, number tested out.
and the chickens Matched.
The bill of fare should have a va
riety. Fowls do not wish to be con.
fined to a single article Of food any
more than men do, and 1t is not good
for them.
Light plows are all right for land
that is free from stone; but look out
for your ribs where there are many
stones. For such land better get
heavier pillow.
When a sick fowl is discovered, RS
move 1t at once. Maybe if you viii
attend to it then and there you can
save it, whereas If allowed to wait
too long it may die.
Potatoes planted in old land or rich
garden soil are apt to be scabby and
worm eaten; a teaspoonful of sulphur
thrown onto the tubers when dropped
will prevent both evils.
A mixture OF salt, ashes and salt.
peter raked into the soil when pre-
pairing the onion bed stimulates the
growth of the onions and tends to
Danish the onion maggot.
1t is muscle and bone that are re-
quired to withstand hardship and in
active colts never develop either like
those which have the advantage of
plenty of exercise every day.
Lambs should be locked when they
are from to 10 days old, according
to the advice of the Minnesota en-
pertinent station. At that time the
young animal receives practically no
setback.
It is about as easy to keep an acre
or two fortified and suitable for
garden as 1t Is to keep half acre, II
plans have been made with that in
view. So the garden can be planted
in new place every year. and lot
of hoeing and hard work avoided in
keeping out the weeds.
Chilled eggs are responsible for
good deal OF bad luck" with incuba-
tors, but as general thing eggs in
the process of Matching will stand
more cooling than many people think.
Use laborsaving devices The high
price of labor and Importance Of
prompt planting, cultivating, spraying,
etc, make 1t absolutely necessary tc
use effective tools and farm machin-
cry.
The roots OF the small grain crops,
as wheat and oats, are more fbrous
than the roots OF such crops AS corn,
and the great mass OF the roots
of these crops is confined to the fur
row slice. For this reason a well pre-
pared seeded Is even more essential
than for the coarser feeding crops.
IL thoroughly rotten manure Ia avail
able at least part OF 1t may be used
to advantage as top-dressing after
blowing and before narrowing. This
plan Ia urefprabIe IN the uaa ~ aIf