The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-03-13


worked without hope Of reward" says
an exchange. ~Yes, OF course, but as
president Wilson looks over the battle.
ments at the besieging force he begins
to wonder if the fellow exists.
The Manitowoc Dry Dock Co. has
been awarded the contract for con:
struction of o steel tug for the Erie
Railroad Co., the boat to be on the
lines of the Conrad Starke, just CON-
pleted, but five feet shorter. The To-
cal yards will also build two lighters
for the Erie line.
Frank Vraney invented little con-
triyance-an Improvement on box
opener--used by the Shinola Company
of Rochester, N. Y. Mr.. Vraney Sc
cured patent on the thing contrived
and then submitted his invention to
the company. After the box-opener
with the improvement was tested the
company made Mr.. Vraney reason
able offer for the patent, which he ac-
cepted, and assigned the patent last
week.
Work of hauling gravel to build a
concrete floor llS by AZ it. in the Wis
consin Pea Canning factory was begun
Tuesday morning. The company have
large force of men and teams at
work, and the work will be rapidly
pushed to completion. Two new viners
have been installed besides the addi-
| tion of new machinery in the main
factory. The work is in charge Of A..
SeitZ, r. Sweeting of Manitowoc and
w. G. Maertz OF this village. Reeds.
vile Reporter.
George S. Wehrwein, of Newton,
this county, who is student at the
state university, has been elected edi-
tor of the Wisconsin Country Maya
| zine, the student paper of the College
OF Agriculture of the University of
Wisconsin, to succeed w. A. Freehotf,
of>La Crosse. j. II. Murphy, of Ke-
waunee, was elected managing editor
to succeed f. E. Huser, of Cumberland
while Fl. w. Schneck, of Milwaukee
and Lester J. Wright of Waukesha
were elected associates.
The Wisconsin Country Magazine
which was changed from a monthly to
semi-monthly in January, has grown
to be one of the leading student agri-
cultural publications in the country.
Dat smut, which was practically
eradicated from the state by the cam
paign carried on by the agronomy
department of the College of Agricul-
ture of the University of Wisconsin, is
again assuming Importance, through
the failure of many farmers to use
the simple formalin treatment to pre-
vent the disease. The fact that oat
smut caused serious losses last sum-
mer in some fields in the state should
convince farmers that safety lies only
in treating all their seed oats.
One pint of formalin, or formalde-
hyde, which may be obtained at any
drug store, viii treat thirty bushels
of oats. The solution should be made
by using one pint of formalin to So
gallons of water in tank or barrels.
The oats shou.G then be put in gunny
sacks, filled only two-thirds full, and
submerged in the formalin for only
ten minutes.
When the sacks of oats are with
drawn from the barrels or tank they
should be allowed to drain, thereby
saving considerable solution that
would otherwise be wasted. The oats
are then emptied on threshing floor,
and covered with blankets an hour or
two so as to make the treatment more
effective. After this the oats are
allowed to dry. Oats treated with
the formalin ISOLATION will usually dry
sufficiently for sowing in one or two
days. Alter treatment the oats swell
considerably, and it is necessary for
the seeder or drill to be set so that it
will sow about one bushel more per
acre.
Oats can be treated effectively sew
eral weeks or months previous to SOW
ing if desired, and if properly dried
the terminating power will not suffer.
For the average farmer just previous
to sowing will prove most convenient,
The formalin solution of the strength
recommended is not poisonous and will
not injure the hands or clothing. Bar
ley should also be treated as one of the
SHUTS common to barley is effectively
eradicated by this treatment and other
diseases are also held in check.