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


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1t is no easier to keep poultry than
any other stock
In housing the little chicks give
them plenty of room.
Always test the hen on china OF
nest eggs before setting
In fighting weeds, starting early is
three-fourths of the battle.
For strong fertility there should be
q change OF male birds once a week
If several hens are set in one room
It is desirable to confine them In good
nests.
If COW is not worth good feeding
she Is not worthy to be member OF
your herd.
Gather and burn the brush; and pillow
the orchard not deeper than three OF
four inches.
Toe-mark the chicks as soon as they
are Matched. This enables one to tell
their ages later
A paste of COW manure and clay
bound on the wound of girdled tree
will often save It.
First-class fruit in first-class shape
will probably create an inquiry for
more Of the same kind.
Don't shut the chicks too closely
at night, as they must have air and
lots of 1t in order to do we'll.
Young chicks should not be fed
wholly on concentrates. They should
have generous allowances OF green
foods.
raising Of chickens, but do not give
toe much, as that is worse than not
any at all.
A chicken that ceases to grow IN the
growing period has disease waiting on
1t at every point, which will soon at
tack the weakest spot.
Keep flock of hens, a good COW or
two. prepare for good garden this
year, and you won't have to complain
of the high cost of living.
Take great care when manuring
raspberries not to fork too deep, as
the raspberry. being a surface rooter,
its roots can be easily damaged.
One of the most important items
In managing fruit farm, and espe-
cially small fruits, is to prepare the
soil in equal hills before planting.
Better feeding means the growing
of more home crops. The palatibility
and nutritive value depends largely
upon the way in which they are cured
1t is very foolish to go to the cost
and labor of shocking corn then leave
1t out in the field until wind has blown
dirt into it and weather has ruined it
as feed.
Breed from the hens that retain
their color after molting. BY this
means you will finally get even col.
ored chickens. This applies to all
buff and red breeds.
With veal at its present high price
there Is a big temptation to let some
of the dairy beifers CO. But the care
full dairyman does not let this tempta-
ton get the better of his judgment.
Good farm implements are neces.
sary these day. for successful farm
ing. 1t is not economy to make out
without implements that are badly
needed on your farms. Invest In need.
ed equipment.
Sweet clover does the best when
sown upon sod, but any soil, unless
acid. will grow sweet clover. Sweet
clover likes limestone soil. In fact
1t will grow upon gravel beds which
are rich in limestone.
There are a few soils In the United
States where an application of a com.
plete fertilizer--one containing nitro.
gen, potash and phosphorus-will re.
turn SO much profit as the application
Of just the elements that are needed.
Few soils are exhausted in all three
elements.
In shoeing horses it should be re-
membered that some horses have 80
strong a development of the horny
structure Of the foot that a consider.
able portion needs to be removed at
each shoeing, while others require, II
1t were possible, horn to be added
for In them the wear is greater than
the growth. Bear this point In mind
In getting horses shod.
According to Professor 8. ]. Hunter
OF Kansas, the best way to get rid of
grasshoppers In the alfalfa fields is by
the use Of the disk harrow. Professor
Hunter has been carrying on expert.
ments for several years to eliminate
the destructive hoppers and from the
results of those experiments he has
learned that disking is not only fatal
to the grasshopper. but that 1t also
realty increases the yield OF alfalfa