The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-07-23


Keep the tools In a shed.
Keep a small flock of sheep.
Only level floors for separators.
A good farmer is good fighter-of
the weeds.
Cow-peas are also fine supplement
tary pasture for pigs.
Don't forget shade and cool, clean
water during warm days.
During the first two days of a
chicks life it should rest and be kept
warm.
Grade and pack your product so that
you can afford to put some kind OF
guarantee on It,
1t pays in hard cash to keep the
sows healthy and hearty, both before
and after narrowing.
Arsenate of lead is replacing paris
green In spraying potatoes because It
adheres to the foliage better.
The early Matched pullet is the one
that begins to lay early in the fall
whom pppo 70 bioh in prico
Fresh, clean, cool water for hens
and chicks and all other kinds Of poul-
try is very essential in hot weather.
Never put horse up dirty or mud.
dy for the night. At least brush his
legs and belly and straighten his hair.
1t is important to have lettuce, spin
ach. peas, snap beans and the like
reach the market in clean, fresh con-
dition.
Good sheep require more care to
maintain their excellence. Poor sheep
are always burden upon the rest Of
the flock.
Give the hogs salt and ashes, espe-
cially hard coal ashes, and an occa-
sional dose of copperas and sulphur
In the slop.
Sun-scald is death to trees. Valu-
n 10.
cylinder OF heavy paper; not much
trouble and it pays.
Anybody living near a good-sized
town can do fine business in sweet
corn by delivering it fresh every
morning to customers direct.
A small sewing outfit to place in the
travelling bag when going visiting will
be a great comfort and convenience.
1t can be made of linen or silk.
In all soils the gases and acids pro
duced by the decay of vegetable mat
ter are the chief agents In setting free
the plantfood locked up in the soil.
Spraying vegetables should be COM
menced the very moment the insects
are seen. Every day thereafter makes
the work of observing them more dit.
ficult.
Above all things, don't change the
collars OF the horses from one animal
to another. How would you like to
wear some one elses shoes il they
did not fit?
In hot weather, and in all weathers
If the horse Is hot, sponge his eyes,
nose, dock, the harness marks, and
the inside of his headquarters when
he first comes in.
When pasturing rape employ hur-
dies, giving hogs a small strip at
time to feed on. This plan means less
waste and aids in obtaining a second
growth of the plants.
Keep the tools sharp. Don't let
your team work with any machine that
needs sharpening. Dull tools dull the
work. and If anything will make a
slave Of man 1t Is working with dull
tools.
Do not forget that in the COMPOST
ton OF egg there is a great proper
ton OF water, and the laying hen
cannot produce eggs unless she has
all the water she wants, and at the
time she wants It,
Raise your own teams and one oc.
casionally for your neigLbor, So long
as men use improved implements they
will continue to use good teams. And
the best way to have an efficient team
on your own farm IS to raise colts for
this purpose.
Where there is no danger from
skunks or foxes or other animals dig
ging under, coops without floors are
healthful and are cleaned by simply
moving them to a fresh location every
day. 1t Is necessary. of course, to
keep them on dry ground
Good time now to cut that patch OF
brush In the pastures. Cut close to
the ground, pile the brush neatly aud
leave them until they are thoroughly
dry and then burn them. II any start
up knock of the young shoots with