The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-06-05
Spray for insect pests.
Many gardens need Inns.
All chickens delight in the sun.
Never mix chicks OF different ages.
The perches for fowls should, be
low.

ten more prOutaDly tnAn late OnoS.
IT'S no longer possible to farm sue
cessfully IL you depend upon guess
work
The sheep Is Just a. efiicient a ma
nure spreader as he Is a manure
maker.
Hens suffer from damp hen house
so 1t is we'll to keep the floor covered
with litter.
Grow your peach trees SO that Q
six-foot ladder will be long enough
for harvesting.
II applying nitrate Of soda sprinkle
around the plant and then stir Of
rake into the soil.
II you intend to use hens for hatch
ing set them in dry place where the
ventilation Is good.
II you do not intend to use hens for
Matching break them up at once and
get them to laying again.
Remember all kinds of stimulating
fertilizers should by no means be al
lowed to touch the leaves Of plant
Red raspberry rows should be abou,
six feet apart, plants spaced two feel
apart in the row $3.50 to the acre).
Start the brooder day or two be-
fore putting In the chicks to see that
the heating apparatus is working prop
erly.
Heroic. pruning measures are need
ed to bring many old trees into bear
ing; but it need not all be done the
first year.
In cool weather 10 to 10 chicks are
sufficient for one hen, while In warm
er weather Is to 20 can be cared for
successfully.
A pound OF clover seed to the busheI
of small grain helps to give ones lane
the clover habit, and prepares the way
for a good stand.
A c0O-bushel yield OF potatoes pei
acre removes from the soil 46 pounds
Of nitrogen, 81 pounds Of phosphorie
acid and IA pounds of potash.
An apple tree that has been prop
erly pruned from the time 1t Is sci
needs comparatively little attention
when it reaches bearing age.
If you have a real love for the poul
try tribe, and do your best by them In
any and all ways, you are certain to
come out the winner in the long run
The scratching hen will have bet
ter vitality, and better laying rec
ord than the lazy hen that waits by
the gate for the next feed to be doleo
out.
If YOU have not had the nerve to use
the open front house during the win
ter you had better begin now by re
moving the windows on the south and
use muslin.
There is this to say for incubator
Matching: Mites and other pests are
not waiting outside the shell ready &c
bounce on the helpless chick as soor
as 1t energies.
Ground sometimes is made hard to
cultivate by being plowed while toe
wet. and crops often are ruined by
putting the seed in the earth when II
Is not in proper condition.
High fertility is exceedingly impor
tant for cabbage. This crop must
have an abundance of quickly avail
able plant food. Application OF nj
trate of soda usually pays.
For a straight hog fence 1t has beer
found that twentysix inches Is moi
high enough. II there are to be ne
barb wires on top of the hog fence
should not be less than thirty inches
high.
The soil may be worked deeper
when underdrained; 1t is also consid
erably warmer, and much of the fer
tile elements are held in the grount
that would otherwise run off with tn,
surface floods. .-
The person who is In too big ;
hurry to feed newly Matched chicks
usually has bad luck" with them
They need and should have nothinj
to eat until SO to 48 hours old. Ma
ture looks after them that long.
A pig must not be allowed to stol
growing. IL 1t does, the loss Is no
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