The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-06-12


Use insect powder freely to extermt
nate lice.
Green bone is very rich in phos.
phate Of lime.
Not enough care is given to teach
Ing colts to work
A well-ventilated cellar is the best
place to operate the incubator.
The modern farm buildings should
be 30 arranged that they will be rat
proof.
Boost the acre yield, cut down on
the acres. and so solve the hired help
question
Well-drained yards and pens will
help to keep the hogs more thrifty and
profitable.
The peach tree responds more
quickly to good treatment than any
other fruit tree.
Shallow cultivation following deep
blowing precedes clean fields and
profitable crops.
Norway spruce trees make q good
windbreak. and right now Is q good
time to plant them. ~.
Whole corn is a good feed for sit
ting hens. Water, grit. and dust baths
should also be provided.
Beans are very susceptible to frost
and should never be planted until all
danger from that source is past
New planting Of blackberries, rasr-
berries, currants or gooseberries may
now be made. Cut back the plants.
In Europe cows serve triple pur-
pose. They are used for the produc-
ton Of milk and meat and for draft
purposes.
Trees and small fruits generally like
of ashes and bone dust.
By fertlizing literally good crops may
be assured.
Pure-breds should be culled as well
as the grades. Many poor producers
result from the idea that pure-bred
is without flaws.
Be careful of the ration Of a dry
cow. Every pound lost in flesh before
calving time will be taken out Of the
next milking period
The early bird catches the worm,
and the first hen out for feed and
last ON the roost with a full crop is
the one to depend on for eggs.
Lice will not and cannot prosper
filth. From any angle you
look at it, cleanliness in
every department of the farm-pays.
The sooner manure is spread in
the fields the smaller the loss Of fer
tllity incurred and the smaller the
amount of labor required to handle it.
Improved implements will do much
to increase the efficiency of the men
on the farm and will at the same time
Increase the productive capacity OF
the land.
For average yields IL has been esti-
mated that it takes 400 tons of water
10 grow q clover crop; for corn 1t
takes $50 tons; oats, 375 tons, and po-
.atoes. $50 tons.
There is little doubt that the incu-
oator has not always been given the
credit it deserves for having brought
he poultry industry up to its present
,nviable position.
Where alfalfa hay is fed as the
'oughage part Of ration for farm
horses at hard work, less grain Is
necessary to prevent them from losing
weight than where timothy hay is fed.
Many gardens need lime occasion
My; for it sweetens the soil and helps
o make plant food available. Unex-
)ected results are often obtained from
I've bushels for a garden 50x100 feet
In the case where cowpea hay and
,ilage are fed together, there Is 40
question but that better results would
,nsue were alfalfa hay used instead
If the cowpea roughage for this pur-
pose.
The cows that gives fifteen quarts
,very milking, and kicks over the
pail as she Is being stripped, is like
, good many people whose good in
.entions and virtues are spoiled by one
mean trait.
A breeding SOW should have plenty
Of nourishing food, such food az will
cause a healthy growth and develop
ment without inducing the laying on
Of surplus fat. as fat SOW often has
difficulty In narrowing.
The native wild highbush cranberry.
iogwood. Juneberry. black haw, and
wild grape all make good plants for
he home yard II properly set.