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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-01-29
METHOD OF CLEANING
A POULTRY HOUSE
Floor and Walls Should Be
Brushed and Cieaned-Drop-
pings Are Valuable.

Lime wash made from stone lime is
the best purifier Make the wash as
follows: Stone lump lime. ten
pounds: boiling water, two gallons.
and carbolic acid. one ounce. Put
lime in bucket. pour on the boiling
water. cover with cloth and allow It
to stand for one hour. The mixture
must be well stirred to prevent
scorching
II there is not enough water not all
the lime will be siaked we'll On the
other hand, too much water retards
the shaking by lowering the heat. Add
enough boiling water to make the
wash just thick enough to spread
well. Mix one ounce OF carbolic acid
in each bucket OF wash Carbolic
acid Is poisonous and must be handled
with care. II the roosting poles and
nest boxes are movable take them ont
Of the house. Brush down the walls,
clean the floor; then apply the wash,
which should be put on hot. Take
time to get the wash into the cracks.
The roosts and nest boxes should
be brushed over with coal oil and
then given thick coat Of the hot
wash The floor should be we'll coat
ed with fresh air-slaked lime. II the
work is well done the lice will be
killed. the house disinfected and the
appearance much improved, Choose
bright day for this work,
Clean up the droppings every morn.
ing; put in barrels between layers Of
rich sifted earth. spread one or two
handouts OF plaster over each layer
OF manure; the plaster will prevent
loss OF ammonia.
Keep the barrels Of manure under
cover outside OF the house. The drop
pings Of 80 hens fed on mixed grain.
meat. ground bone. wheat bran, corn
chops aud & little linseed meal prop
erly composted and kept dry. will
make the best kind OF fertilizer
enough in six feeding months for a
haii.acre garden.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-01-29
Tonements Improved.

Into the homes OF the people light
and air have penetrated, aud they have
acquired legal claims. The first census
taken under the new tenement house
law found 361 900 dark and airiess
rooms in houses untt to live in, halt
of them without any windows at all
There are still more than $4,000 win
dowless rooms left in Greater New
York: but they ara going. When the
last Of them is gone we shall be able
10 fight tuberculosis, and win. The
dark halls have been lighted. Life in
the tenements has been made measur-
ably endurable and safe Not in the
ten years since the nav law was
passed has a human life been lost by
fire In any OF the hundred and odd
thousand houses for lack of means OF
escape or other faults In construction
In the ten years preceding 1894. 25s
persons persisted in tenement house
fires. not counting the firemen who
died In efforts to save them--Jacoa
A. Riis, in Century Magazine.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-01-29
HIS FIRST YEAR At FARMIn6
IN SASKATCHEWAN
Win Premiums and Prizes IN
Competition With the
World.

There are thousands OF young men
filling positions in stores and offices.
and In professional occupations
throughout the United States, who In
their earlier life, worked on the farm.
The allurements Of city life were at
tractive, until they faced the stern
reality These people would have
done better had they remained on tho
farm. Many Of them. convinced OF
this, are now getting back to the
land" and in the experience, no bet
ter place offers nor better opportunity
afforded, than that existing In Western
Canada. Many of them have taken
advantage OF 1t, and there are to bs
found today, hundreds OF such. farm.
ing in the Provinces of Manitoba,
Saskatchewan and Alberta. The con
ltions that surround farming opera
lions today are so much superior to
those in existence during their early
farming days. that there is an attrac
ton about It, Improved machinery.
level and open plains, no. rocks to
shun, no trees to cut down, but wide
stretches with miie-long burrows, ele
vators to handle the grain, railways to
carry it to market. and bring almost
to their doors the things necessary to
operate Splendid grazing areas. ex
cellent opportunities for raising cattle,
These things are all 80 different from
what they once were that there is res
son to speak OF the attractions. II. II
Crossman OF Kindersley, Saskatche.
wan. the man who won such splendid
prizes at the International Dry Farm
ing Congress held at Tulsa. Oklahoma
last fall, grew the prize grains during
his first year farming. Up to 1913 he
was an engineer and the only knowi
edge he had OF farming was that co
tanned when he was boy. That was
very useful; in fact 1t was valuable
to him. He had not forgotten IT,
Thousands with as little experience al
he had can do well by taking up one
Of the 160-acre grants offered by thu
Canadian government. - Advertise
ment.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-01-29
COLOR or SOILS
TELLS CONDITION
Organic Matter When Present in
Quantities Makes Land Either
Black or Brown.

tBy JAMES D. MARSHALL. Colorado
Agriculture College,
The color OF soils Ia governed large.
ly by the amount and kind OF iron
compounds and the percentages of or.
ganic matter which they contain.
Iron may give soils red. blue, yell
low or gray color. deDending largely
upon texture, aeration aud moisture
content. Organic matter when pres.
ent In quantities tends to make soils
either black or brown in color. The
combination of colors formed by the
iron compounds and organic matter
give rise to great many intermediate
tints.
AS "A rule the dark color OF soils is
closely associated with the presence
OF organic matter, while light color
indicates its absence. Dark coiored
soils are usually quite productive
while light colored ones are generally
unproductive. Soils uneven In color
and somewhat notified indicate lack
OF aeration and drainage. and are not
in good physical condition
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-01-29

the pastures or the silo II summer
feeding Is necessary.
II 1t can be spared from the farm
and is sent to market good cash re-
turn is obtained and 1t Is we'll tn note
that it Is one Of the first large items
OF the crop season.
1t comes In considerably ahead or
grain and the revenue may do away
with the necessity of borrowing money
for carrying on the heavy operations
of the farming season.
Usually the dairy farmer Will prefer
to have the alfalfa crop consumed on
the place because 1t greatly increases
the flow of milk. The cash return is
thus likely to be larger than for mar
keting the hay and the midsummer
and fall cuttings are equally profitable
for winter feeding.
The crop will average three cuttings
each season in this latitude. although
1t Is commonly harvested FIVE times In
Kansas, Oregon, Washington, and a
few other states
In view 81 the difficulties which
Northern farmers have experienced in
keeping up their milk supply during
the summer months 1t Is worth while
to consider the special value OF alfalfa
as a dairy fodder
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-01-29

least fall into the disrepute OF having
lost your skill in the maple business.
The owner OF the up-to-date sugar
camp takes care to have a good sup.
ply OF wood ready and all his supplies
on hand for catching the first run Of
sap, which is OF the best quality anc
commands the highest price.
The old-fashioned trough is seldom
seen these days. costing too much in
the manufacture and the waste OF
time in the use The pals are also
much more sanitary as well as more
easily handled The cheapest grade
Of tin soon wears out and it is more
economical in the end to buy a good
grade, painting them on the outside
and keeping them dry when not In
use.
Syrup cans should never be washed
when emptied. as II IL almost impos.
sible to get them entirely dry and the
moisture soon induces rust. The lat
est and most satisfactory way is to
pack them away In dry closet with
the syrup which naturally clings to
them undisturbed. When ready to re.
I'LL rinse them out with hot water or
sap and they will keep sweet and
bright for several years
Be careful not to select an evapor
ator too large for your camp. n you
have not sap enough to keep 1t filed
the contents will acquire scorched
favor and lead to suspicion OF pa.
irons that your product Is being adult.
Grated with cane sugar.
A can which has been burnt can
never again be depended upon for 6rsi
class work.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-01-29
MAKING SUCCESS
IN MAPLE SUGAR
Owner Of Up-to-Date Plant
Takes Care to Have Every
thing in Readiness Early.
ny BESSIE l.. PUTNAM

The product Is one OF the most
wholesome OF sweets and II there liz
IA surplus it can b. readily disposed
OF at good prices
Brand your name on the cans and
work up a trade for the prime article,
This done. customers become regular
customers.
Never be tempted TO sell old syrup
for new. The price is alluring early
in the season, but the fraud is sure
10 be detected or even II you are not
branded as a deceiver you will! at
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-01-29
WOMAN In
BAD CONDITION
Restored To Health by Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound.
Montpelier, Vt. I've have great
faith in your remedies. Twas very ir-

regular ana W q 3
tired and sleepy all
the time, would have
cold chills, and my
hands and feet would
bloat. My stomach
bothered me, l had
pain in my side and
a bad headache most
of the time. Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound has
dN~ Ia 4 n
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-01-29
Reforpncr.

Now said the serious man, what
are your ideas about banking and cur
rency7" Wei" replied his wife. "one
reason ! think We ought TO take a
ihsnd In affairs Is TO make them stop
giving so much time 10 such stupid
80 biects"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-01-29
Remarkable Records

Remarkable records have been made
by dairy cows during the past few
years. Not only have breeders de-
veloped wonderful cows but they have
raised the average standard OF the
various breeds and added to their
beauty and adaptab Hity.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-01-29
Electric incubators.

Electrically heated lncubators are
now being used very largely. The
Sturrs Connecticut experiment sta
ton says that 1t is easy to construct
an incubator which Is Hre proof and
perfectly indestructible without the
use of copper conductors
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-01-29
DellcacY for the Rnxzarda

After making d large quantity OF
soft soap and forming II into cakes
Mrs. Lille Adams Of Laurel. Del, left
1t In the yard 10 cool Going out later
she found that II had been deyoureJ
by flock Of buzzards, some Of which
were still fighting over the crumbs
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-01-29
To induce Sleep.

To many people the drinking OF half
a pint or more OF clear cold water OH
lessness. 1t clears the blood. washes
Irritating food out OF the stomach. and
promotes a feeling OF quietude which
helps sleep
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-01-29
As II Seemed TO Her

After viewing her new baby brother
little Laura said Mamma. know
why they went and cut baby's hair in
heaseu. The angels knew he wouldn't
lie strong enough to walk 10 the bar
iber's for several week."
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-01-29
Pint Pals Of Harlem.

No less than million pint pals are
turned out In America IN year. And
half the output is used 70 further So
lcia, happiness IN Harlem. New York
'Telegraph
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-01-29


Give the calf ground cats.
Sow alfalfa late in the spring
Run the cream separator smoothly.
Litter should cover the feeding
floor.
Keep records and know where
you're at"
Light and pure air prevent disease
and promote productiveness
When you have chosen a breed work
for size and vigor by selection and
feeding.
The farmer that farms with his
mind as well as his hands is generally
success.
The cellar is a good place to store
flower roots in winter, provided 1t is
. dry one.
Winter eggs make poultry profitable.
Don't delay arranging for the comfort
OF the hens.
BY putting a pinch Of soda TO ordi
nary cream 1t will whip as thick ~
whipping cream
A $40 forge and an anvil, with q few
other tools. will more than pay their
cost the first year.
The COW stable is poor place for
hot air. especially the kind that arises
from an ill-kept temper.
Irrigation has been practiced in
Spain nearly century the first canal
having been begun In 1919.
Don't try to sell skinny horse.
Fat on a horse brings a higher price
than on any other farm animal.
nan hhoth WV AuC
and chin~h bugs take the corn, but
the cream check comes every month.
Get a thoroughbred, butter-bred bull
calf now. il you have none. and grow
him well to begin to improve your
dairy.
Let the. sunshine and fresh air
come into the hen house through the
windows instead OF through cracks in
the siding.
Plenty OF grit and plenty OF pure
water are just as essential to egg
production as good houses, and the
right kind OF food ,''
The poultry raiser should have a
bone cutter. The cost price Is reason-
able and one will more than pay for
itself the first year.
Both sexes In geese are feathered
exactly alike. which makes it difficult
to distinguish ganders from geese.
especially when young.
The seed corn should be stored
where there will be little danger of
frost. This is especially true until
the ears are entirely dried out.
u doesn't look as though the mar
kets could be overstocked with dairy
products Milk and butter prices are
staying up we'll In the cities at least.
The rich butter fat cows can be
made more numerous only by careful
breeding. II you mate ruch butter fat
stock only, the improvement will be
rapid.
Eggs at % to 30 cents dozen ruake
an expensive cure for scours in calves.
The better plan is to keep quantity
of dried blood meal on hand for this
purpose
Next to alfalfa there Is roughage
crown on the farm that will compare
with clover hay. OF course, the
brighter and cleaner II is the better
for the stock
Milk is a food, not beverage. II IL
usually looked upon as drink only,
but the truth IL It. Is a food supplying
the need OF practically every form OF
human necessity.
n any new males are to be bought
this season it is good plan to get
them now while those who are selling
have more TO select from. As a rule,
too, prices are low.
In drying OF your COW don dismiss
her finally till you find that she Is
truly dry. Any milk or thick, mattery
stun left in the udder Is likely TO pro
duce disease later on.
The farmer who arranges his work
so az 10 be busy all the year around
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-01-29
Marriage Between First Cousins.

In every 1000 marriages soemnized
in Great Britain Fl are between FIRST
cousins. Among the nobility the rate
ia much higher, amounting 10 IS IN
! 900
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-01-29
prcparinu Butter

When preparing butter for sale al.
ways have Il as neat aud as attrac-
tive as possible. Use the white
paraffin butter-paper for wrappings
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-01-29
Out OF Commission

Wite-"Oh. William, dear, do order
n rat-trap to be sent home today"
Husband But you bought one last
week" Wife Yes, dear. but there's
q rat in it,"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-01-29
hiuh Priced Egps.

Healthy. vigorous hens, properly
housed and fed. cannot fail to produce
goodIy number OF eggs during the
season OF high prices
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-01-29
And Very Far,

They tell me that woman Is . COS
sip. Do you think she is relisbleY'
Il know that whatever she says
goes"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-01-29
Cetiino Il STRAIGHT.

She-"l believe you married me sim.
ply because had money" He.
Quite the opposite. madam mar.
riet you because | hadn't any"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-01-29

Constipation causes and ssgravates many
serious diseases. 1t is thoroughly cured by
Dr.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. Tho favorits
family laxative. Adv.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-01-29

~as 3
Don't overfeed the stock.
Sheep demand clean water.
Don't overload your horses.
Farming is = business proposition.
Don't simply keep cows. Make the
cows keep you.
Alfalfa insu IS larger yields from
the crops that follow.
Notice which hens are most active.
They are the best layers.
Sometimes 1t ls a good plan to leave
the stubble TO catch the snow.
Only 80 per cent. OF the land area OF
the United States is improved farm
land.
Cut alfalfa or clover hay are good
green feeds for hens at this time OF
the year.
A load OF corn is more cheaply trans
ported when converted into animal
products
The man who neglects to water the
poultry does not deserve any profits
from them.
Give hens good care. and it goes
without saying that they will play fair,
and keep on laying
Don't keep horse going after it be-
gins to show signs OF exhaustion. You
will save time BY resting bit
Ii is hard to choose between poor
ventilation in a barn and too much
air. Better find the golden mean.
Dairymen can we'll give little con
sideration TO several OF the types OF
milking machines now on the market.
Early pullets and young hens up to
two years OF age are the kind from
which to get liberal supply OF eggs
In winter.
hf,., Nipex M
you must know what feed Is costing
you. as we'll as how much butter fat
the COWS are giving.
The best way to mend straps on
common farm work harness is to rlvet
with copper rivets They never rot,
and hold better than waS-ends.
Experiments and Investigations have
proved that the milking qualities of
COW depend almost as much on Der
sires mother as on her own dam.
Unless the relation between protein
and carbohydra in the ratio is
about right either one or the other will
not be used at its fullest advantage.
According 70 report recently is
sued. the total value OF our agricul'
tural products in 1913 will be $4,000.
300, 900, or s396. 100000 more than
1919
An American patent has been grant.
ed to All Engiishmau for a process for
preserving eggs by dipping them frst
in gelatine and then in a solution OF
amyi acetate.
Washing and drying cows udder
before milking has been found to keep
about 80 per cent OF the filth out OF
the milk that usually gets ia when an
open pail is used
Cover crops are used for the pur.
pose OF preventing the soil from wash
| Ing during the hard rains OF winter
and spring. az well as for the addi-
| ton OF fiber TO tho soil
Two acres OF cornssalks placed In
the silo are worth in feeding about the
Same as five acres OF staiks cut and
fad as fodder. This shows. how the
corU crop may be utilized
tractor for farm machinery that
is driven with reius IL a novelty. two
rens doing the steering and a third
controlling the motor. while fourth
may be used on the brake II desired
The manure spreader and the silo
are two things that point the farmer
towards better bank account and
II Is not going to be so very long be-
fore we viii add TO this the milking
machine.
A post that il well set may last long.
er than one which has been made
| smaller by sharpening so az To drive
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-01-29
REGULAR Thjnu,

Going to swear Off smoking this
year,"
Il suppose 30. always have"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-01-29
Identifying Poultry Roup.

The most certain way Of Identifying
poultry roup Is CHARACTERISTIC SICK
eninR odor
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-01-29

People who can't get in 4 word
edgewise should sharpen them up q
bit.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-01-29

Only One "BRONlO QUINiNE"
That 10 LAXATIVE BuOMO QUININA Look for
the signature of u ". CROW Cuesa Colo In One
Day, Guns Grip IA Two Days. nc
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-01-29

Awake. man, awake
All right said Finnegan, roasing
himself. whose wake?'
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-01-29
nronnht aesiater.

Alfalfa Ia the prlace OF drought re
sisters
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-01-29

The western daryman need not fear
tuberculosis as long as his cows ara
kept IN the open air aud he does not
import The disease La new stock.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-01-29

Keep the runs and poultry houses
clean al all times This is keynote
that should uphold the arch OF the
poultry industry and upon the clean
illness depends largely the success or
failure 81 the pouitryma"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-01-29

! RI anv new males are to be bought
| this season it is u good plan to get
them now while those who are selling
have more 10 select from. As rule.
| too, prices are low.
! In drying on your COW don't dismiss
/ her finally till you find that she Is
truly dry. Any milk or thick, mattery
stuff left in the udder Is likely to pro
duce disease later on.
The farmer who arranges his work
80 az 10 be busy all the year around
and to keep his men busy all the year
around Is the man that gets the larg-
est profit and has the least trouble
with help.
Dairying compels a farmer 10 d.
versify and to adopt a rotation In
crops, and there is nothing that the
average farm needs more, unless 1t IN
fertility and the dairy business pro.
vides that too
II is a recognized fact that animal
food must be- given during the winter
months to get satisfactory egg yield
aud keep the fowls in a healthy con
dition, and while Il may be supplied
in other ways, green bone Is the most
economical
Observe the methods Of Others IN
making money but work out your own
individual problem In the dairy. There
are no two persons with exactly the
same conditions and facilities. Use
the experience OF others 10 guide you
but still do your own driving
The application OF the gasoline On,
CINE TO almost every farming opera
ton has emancpated the handwork
or from drudgery and Increased his
efficiency almost beyond belief The
greater use OF mechanical power IN
farming has Increased the need foi
brain power, and II ~. after all tn,
substitution Of brains for muscle
which makes all success possible
The western dairyman need not feal
tuberculosis as long az his cows ar.
Kept IN the open air aud be- does no
impot, he disease La new stock.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-03-12
MAKEUP OF THE cALLoWAYs
Looked Upon With Favor Bseauss
They Marble Il We'll.

(By W. B. RICHARDS, Professor Of AMI
NAL Husbandry. North Dakota Agri7
cultural College.)
The Galloway breed derives its
name from it's native district in Scot.
land
The breed is black in color with Mt
white admissible except below the
underline. They have heavy, long,
curly coats of hair which afford pro,
lection against severe weather cond.i
tons. On account of the character
of their coat of hair, the hides arc
in demand to make into robes and
coats.
The breed does not acquire as much
size as the other breeds and does not;
mature as early. ,
1t is low set rather symmetrical
breed but many Of them have excess
sive length and lack thickness and
depth in proportion. They are often
faulty in the fore ribs, because Of
a lack of spring to the ribs producing
a restricted heart girth. The best
specimen Of the breed seen at our
shows, however, is free from the
criticism made above. The heads are
polled, free from scrus, with burly
appearance at the forehead because