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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-05-04
CLOVER SILAGE FOR
COWS MEETS FAVOR
Interesting Experiments Conduct.
ed by Montana Station
Feed Is Economical.

In most sections corn is the i'm
doubt that it is more successfully
ensiled than any other crop. How
ever, there are times when it would
be both economical and convenient
to put clover into the silo, but in many
cases the farmer is doubtful of the re-
suits which he might obtain.
The Montana station carried on a
series OF experiments with clover 81
lage for three years, the results Of
which are set forth in Bulletin "a.
They used the second crop of clover,
and whenever it seemed dry. enough
water was added to make it pack
well. The resulting silage seemed to
be of good quality and the cattle ate
it readily. To test the feeding value
OF the silage they fed two lots of
five cows each for five weeks. One lot
received grain, timothy hay, and clover
silage; the other grain, timothy hay,
and clover hay At the end of five
weeks the feed was reversed, /. e.,
those receiving silage were fed clover
hay while the others received the ST.
lage instead of clover hay. Similar ex-
periments were carried on during the
two succeeding winters. The average
results of these three trials showed
that practically the same amount of
grain was required by both silage-fed
and hay-fed animals for the production
OF 100 pounds of milk. The hay-fed
lot required $500 pounds of it to
produce 100 POUNDS of milk, while
1888 pounds of slage and 1922
pounds of hay were required by the
other lot. The difference OF 56.45
pounds of hay may be taken as the
equivalent of 1888 pounds of clover
silage. In other words, one pound of
hay has about the same value as 2.3
pounds of silage
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-05-04
FERTILITY OF SOIL
AND KEEPING STOCK
Close Relationship Demonstrated
at Experiment Stations and
by the Farmers.
tBy +. b. MUMFORD Dean of Missouri
College OF Agricultural

tBy +. r. MUMFORD. Dean of Missouri
College OF Agriculture)
The problem of the American farm
err today is how to conserve the fer
tility OF the soil and yet insure rea-
sonable income In considering
changing from grain farming to the
raising Of i've stock, the farmer asks
himself IL this change has been sue
cessful in maintaining soil fertility.
From the New England states west
ward to the Dakotas, he sees trail
of once,depleted soils reclaimed by
substituting dairying and stock farm
ing for exclusive grain farming. The
result of profitable systems of live
stock farming on even the poorest OF
soils is to be seen in Holland. Den
mark Is another example of country
whose soils were becoming depleted
by wheat producing, but where a sys-
TEN of livestock production conserved
the soil fertility
Permanent success from exclusive
grain farming has not yet been demon
showing the importance CT the devel-
opment of animal husbandry. The
close relation between the fertility OF
the son and keeping Of live stock Is
demonstrated at experiment stations
and by the successful farmer. Pro-
ductiveness of the acre of land is the
main factor for which the farmer is
everywhere striving. Because the
productiveness Of the land is main
tanned and often increased is sutfi-
cient reason for the keeping OF ami
mails on the farm, not even taking into
consideration the increased profit from
the livestock farm.
Farm manure is now, and always
has been, the greatest available re-
source for maintaining soil fertility on
the typical middle.West farms. Cen
orally speaking, the most prosperous
farms of this section today arc those
on which live stock is large, if not a
chief factor OF production.
While the practice of blowing under
clover and that Of adding the humus
or vegetable matter TO the soil will un-
questonably keep up the humus or
vegetable matter supply. such mate
rails are too valuable for the nutri-
! ton OF animals to be thus employed.
At the Missouri agricultural expert
ment station for two years the aver
| age income Of clover pastured off with
! hogs amounted TO $40 per acre.
All such materials as stover, hay
straw and grass can be proftably
marketed through animals, and at
least so per cent OF their soilbulding
value saved, and at the same time Q
considerable profit from feeding the
animals.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-05-04
GuiIlotinc Is Misnamed.

The guillotine, which came into
prominence through the French reyo
luton, was invented to provide an uni
form mode of death for all classes Of
tho condemned, It was named after
it's supposed inventor, physician
named Joseph Ignatius Guillotin.
However, says an exchange, only
the idea was due to GullIotin, who at
a meeting of the legislative assembly
in 1889, expressed opinion that CAPT
tai punishment should be the same for
all classes Accordingly at the re
quest Of the assembly, surgeon, NJ.
Louis submitted to that body in 1892
his invention Of a mode of capital pun.
ishmont sure, quick and uniform"
The first person to feel its edge was
highway robber. The guillotine at
Paris was burned by the Communists
In 1871
A similar instrument is said to have
been used in Italy, at Halifax in Eng.
land and in Scotland, where it was
called the Maiden and the Wild.
oW."
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-05-04
BEGIN HOT WATER
DRINESING IF YOU
DON'T FEEL RIGHT
Says glass of hot water with
phosphate before breakfast
washes out poisons.

If you wake up with bad taste, bad
breath and tongue is coated; if your
head is dull or aching; if what you eat
sours and forms gas and acid in stom-
ach, or you are bilious, constipated.
nervous, sallow and cant get feeling
Just right, begin drinking phosphated
hot water. Drink before breakfast, a
glass of real hot water with a tea.
spoonful of limestone phosphate in it.
This will hush the poisons and toxins
from stomach, liver, kidneys and bow
els and cleanse. sweeten and purify
the entire alimentary tract. Do your
inside bathing Immediately upon aris-
ing in the morning to wash out of the
system all the previous days | olson
GUS waste, gases and sour bile before
putting more food into the stomach.
To feel like young folks feel; like
you felt before your blood, nerves and
muscles became loaded with body i'm
purities, get from your druggist or
storekeeper quarter pound Of lime
stone phosphate which is inexpensive
and almost tasteless, except for a
sourish tinge which is not unpleasant
Just as soap and hot water act on
the skin, cleansing, sweetening and
freshening, SO hot water and lime
stone phosphate act on the stomach,
liver, kidneys and bowels. Men and
women who are usually constipated,
bilious, headaohy or have any stomach
disorder should begin this inside bath
ing before breakfast. They are as
sured they will become real cranks on
the subject shortly.-Adv.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-05-04
Great Russian Fighter.

More than any other member of the
royal family, the Grand Duke Nicholas
Nicholaievitch has devoted himself to
the profession of soldering.
AS youth of twenty-one in the war
of 1S77-1S7S with Turkey, he went with
his father who bore the same name,
to the Danube and the Balkans, where
the elder Nicholas was commander in
chief of the Russian forces in Euro
pean Turkey.
He was then a junior officer in tho
hussar regiment and was on the staff
of General Radetzky. He took part in
the campaigns of Plevna Lovcha and
the Shipka pass, received the Cross
of st. George for valor, and established
the foundation of his present high rep
utation as a horseman and expert on
cavalry matters.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-05-04
THE FRONT YARD
BY E. VAN BENTHUYSEN.

TIE neatest yard now has a smooth
while the flowers and shrubbery are
restricted to the sides and rear. This
not only renders the lawn more easily
kept than where there are flower
beds to NOW around and trim. or trees
or shrubs to dodge, but it is really
more restful in appearance.
If there is room for only one shrub,
let it be Hydrangea paniculata the
magnificent tresses of bloom lasting
for weeks.
1t should be cut back every spring
fully half of the previous years
growth. While this may go against
the will it insures larger blossoms and
more of them.
A liberal mulching with stable
manure is also in order. Roots may
be transplanted in either spring or
fall.
The Deutzias have extreme hardi-
ness, neat form, profusion of bloom
and early blossoms to commend them,
dilu dlc NOitly VI d place Ill any COL
lection
Several of the Spreas are beautiful
with graceful rose colored or white
blossoms. While not all of these
withstand the late frosts which come
in May, just when they are ready to
put forth their feathery bloom, the
beauty of the blossoms when they are
perfect atones for an occasional miss
Among June blossoms none are
greater favorites than the syringa or
mock orange, the flowers being as
fragrant as beautiful. While the
shrub itself is perfectly hardy, late
frosts sometimes kill the buds: and
an observing grower gives the rule
that there will be orange blossoms
when there will be peaches.
Calycanthus is a curious shrub,
the brownish blossom being odorous
of strawberries, yet with so many
beautiful as well as fragrant bios
SONS it could scarcely head the list.
Purple fringe is an odd plant, the
name smoke tree perhaps more ac-
curately describing the appearance aft
er midsummer, when the pedicels
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lengthen, branch and bear long plumy
hairs, either greenish or tinged with
red.
The Spigelia is handsome when in
bloom the tubular blossoms of white,
rose or purple being produced in pro-
fusion. A variety with leaves varie-
gated with gold is especially pleasing.
Instead OF planting in rows the
fancy is now to group the shrubs and
the flowers for cutting. Place the
taller ones in the rear with the short
er ones in front.
Arrange that the blooming season
shall be prolonged throughout the
summer and see that no two spec-
mems with blossoms which do not har-
monte in color shall be in bloom
side by side at the same time.
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barrow Among the newcomers was
w 5. Brooks Of the Polar Bear party,
who had been collecting for the
Museum Of Comparative Zoology
As soon as the ship was out OF the
ice her course was changed to west
and an effort was made to reach
Wrange island. whore the ship.
wrecked crew OF the Karluk was
known to have wintered, but after try,
ing for ten days in fog, snow and gen.
eral bad weather they gave it up and
put back to Nome for coal, stopping at
several places on the way. Mr.. Hersey
left the Bear at Nome and took pas.
sage on the steamship Victoria to Sc.
attic.
1t is interesting to note the fact that
Mr. Jersey found the Aleutian tern,
which has always been scarce and
which was recently thought to be ex
tinct Altogether he encountered
about one hundred OF them and collect
ed several specimens. This bird is
larger and much darker than the com
mon Arctic tern and has peculiar
white forehead.
Another rare bird mentioned Is Fish.
cr's petrol, once represented in
museum collections by a single speci.
meIi, and now by only three or four,
Although they have been observed fire.
quently they are hard to collect and
their nesting places are not known.
The Aleutian sparrow is one Of the
most interesting birds seen, being one
Of the twenty or more varieties of this
family that cover the United States
from east to west. occurring in British
America and Alaska as well. In the
islands of AaCr : reaches its great
est development, being very much
larger than the ordinary North Ameri-
can sparrow and sometimes as large
as a Catbrd.
Even the barn swallow was seen on
the trip; this bird is a true migratory
bird, travelling from this Point as far
south as Argentina and Chile in the
winter months.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-05-04
Nonsensical.

A naval officer said in a naval argu'
ment at Washington reception
Some OF these nHal critics show
such appalling ignorance Of the SIM
plest sea terms-their criticisms be-
come in consequence such arrant non
sense-really, it reminds me of the
recipe for shirred eggs.
THE humorous recipe for shirred
eggs runs:
"'Shirred eggs: Take six eggs, peel
CAREFUL, remove the yolks and basic
the whites with No. 40 cotton. Cut
yolks into quarter sections and sew
them to the white at regular inter-
walls, fastening with knots Of orange
silk. Gather top edge with pink twine
and draw to a circle. Roast before
open gas jet"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-05-04
ENGLISH CORPORAL A SLEUTH
Officer Attended Meeting Of Men Who
We're Trying TO Evadc Con
scrlption.

Corporal Ayrcs Of the Queens West
Surrey regiment described at the Ret
gate military tribunal how he man.
aged 10 gain admission 10 private
meeting held in large house in
fashionable portion Of the town, at
which there were present a number
Of young men II had come TO his
knowledge, the corporal added, that
meetings were held for the deliberate
purpose Of obstuctnr the military
service act The young men and the
host quoted Scripture to prove that IL
vas against the will OF Christ TO take
up arms, and he cited Scripture to
prove the contrary He came away
thoroughly convinced that the gather.
ing was for the purpose OF assisting
the young men to get out OF doing
military service.
A young man Of twcnty-four, a gro.
GERS assistant, the applicant for ex.
emption on conscientious grounds. de.
clined to say II tie meeting. which
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-05-04

addition, pays you for the privilege OF
working"
But marketing the hay, even at a
high price, is not the most profitable
way to dispose of alfalfa. The best
returns, both in money and in soil i'm
provement, can be secured by feeding
the alfalfa to stock The stock will
bring returns in money and also sup
ply the fertilizer to put back on the
land.
1t seems strange that people should
need to be urged to grow so valuable
crop.
1t is true there is a notion that it is
hard to get start with alfalfa But
this is due largely to not understand
ing what the plant needs. Sometimes
clover.
Glover, like alfalfa, will not grow
in a sour soil, and it also needs its
own kind of bacteria. Alfalfa needs
the same conditions-sweet, fertile
soil and it's own kind of bacteria.
Given the right treatment, alfalfa
is just as certain to grow and produce
good crop as clover is.
If we fail to get a stand the first
time, we should not say 1T won't grow
here" and quit trying. We should
simply be sure all the conditions are
right, then replant. Sometimes we
have to reDlant clover. sometimes we
even replant corn and oats, but we
don't quit growing them because of
that
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-05-04
EXPERIMENTS
Teach Things of Value.

Where one has never made the ex-
pertinent of leaving off coffee and
drinking Postum, it is still easy to
learn something about it by reading
the experiences of others.
Drinking Postum is a pleasant way
out of coffee troubles. A Penn. man
says:
my wife was a victim of nervous
ness, weak stomach and loss of ap-
petite for years; and although we re-
sorted to numerous methods for re-
lief one of which was change from
coffee to tea, it was all to no purpose.
1--WE knew coffee was causing the
trouble but could not find anything to
take its place until we tried Postum.
Within two weeks after she quit coffee
and began using Postum almost all of
her troubles had disappeared as If by
magic. 1t was truly wonderful Her
nervousness was gone, stomach trou.
bic relieved, appetite improved and.
above all nights rest was complete
and refreshing.
as it all happened SO quickly. Each
day there was Improvement, for the
Postum was undoubtedly strengthen
ing her. Every particle Of this good
work is due to drinking Postum in
place OF coffee" Name given by Pos.
tum Co., Battle Creek, Mich
Postum comes in two forms:
Postum Cereal-the original form
must be well boiled. 15c and 25c pkgs.
Instant Postum soluble powder
dissolves quickly in a cup Of hot wa.
ter, and, with cream and sugar, makes
a delicious beverage instantly. zoe
and soc tins.
Both forms are equally delicious
and cost about the same per cup.
There's Reason" for Postum.
sold by Groeers
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-05-04

By GRACE MARIAN SMITH)
AS there is now little new land to
which we can CO. we must give at
tention to rebuilding the soils we have
worn out.
We can do this three ways:
By applying commercial fertilizers.
By growing legumes.
BY keeping stock and returning the
manure to the land.
A combination of the last two is
profitable and leads to diversified farm
ing, which Is essential to permanent
agriculture.
In some sections Of the country, es-
pecially where the ground has been
cropped hard a good many years, it is
very profitable and sometimes almost
accessory, to apply lime, and also
phosphorus in some form.
The alfalfa crop, which does so
much toward replenishing the soil,
pays a good profit while it is doing it,.
DO you remember the market price
OF the hay secured from an acre of
alfalfa? And the cost of growing it?
Does it pay as we'll as other farm
crops?
Remember that in addition to its
money returns, alfalfa is paying US
by adding fertility to the soil. A. p.
Grout, an Illinois authority on alfalfa,
says Alfalfa is like a man who Of
fers to pay you for letting him work
for you. 1t works day and night,
rainy weather or dry. does more than
any other help you can hire; then, in
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-05-04
Clever Beuqars.

Crust throwers, those strangely
clever bcggars who carry dry bread
Geological moment and hurl them
selves ON II with wild cries object.
sympathy and aims. have rivals in the
soap caters, who are said TO ruin their
health by the diet for the purpose Of
gaining sympathy and undcsoryod
charitable assistance Two soap eat
crs recently arrested in New York
were asked wha, allied them and each
showed forth fecbly held card, one
reading, "A Victim Of Tuberculosls'
and the other, Help Deaf Dumb
aud Starving Their pockets were
well lined with small silver coins.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-05-04
OLD-FASHl0NED FLOWERS

The rose-geraniur slip planted early
in May will soon become an immense
plant with most luxurious foliage,
which is one OF the prettiest things
for finishing your bouquet
The leaves can be used for scent.
ing handkerchief boxes, and a leaf
placed on top of your jelly will give 1t
a delicious flavor.
When only few flowers are grown
do not depend on the mignonette alone
for fragrance. There are many other
fragrant plants that have the added
advantage of being beautiful in form
and color.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-05-04
ANNUAL EXPENSE or
MAINTAINING A cow
Animal Must Produce at Least
200 Pounds of Buiterfat Year
Iy to Pay Her Way.
tBy +, w, PECK. Minnesota Experimer
StatiOn)

tBy r. W. PECK. Minnesota Experiment
Station)
From several years records of milk
production and cost of maintenance it
has been found that COW must pro-
duce at least 200 pounds of butterfat
or about 5000 pounds of milk annual
~ If she is to pay her way. This
means 10 pounds OF milk daily for
800 days.
The annual cost OF maintaining a
COW Is close TO SOS, If man values
his labor at Is cents an hour. If a
man wants more than market price
for feed and this bare wage. he must
put his time on cows giving more
than zoo pounds of fat. The larger
the increase over this amount the
larger his pay will be.
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he had attended. was held for the pur.
pose OF assisting people TO formulate
claims for exemption
The mayor asked You say you
are a disciple Of Jesus Christ. and
yet you viii not tell the truth"
III you accuse me Of telling lie
/ refuse TO argue with you" the ap.
pllcant replied
Exemption was refused The may.
or remarked that the young man
vas evidently suffering from a dis.
ordered mind London Telegraph.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-05-04

IN order TO keep it's patrons advised
Of tho whereabouts Of the street cars
they may be awaiting. the Durham
IN. O. Traction company has ar.
ranged for the erection Of large clock
faces at street intersections. Instead
OF hours and minutes being displayed,
as on the ordinary clock the hands
will follow the car on its trips. show.
Ing the prospective passenger what
his approximate wait will be.
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a Alaska has been published by
the Smithsonian institution, as
reported by +. Seymour Jersey, who
was in the field for A. c. Bent, collect.
ing data and photographs for the com
pletion of the Life Histories Of North
American Birds"
Leaving Seattle on the revenue cut
ter Bear, the party steamed northward
through the inside passage where
the scenery was delightful all the way
TO Ketchikan. From that point the
Bear passed through DiXon's entrance
and headed for Unalaska. AS they
ncared Unimak pass various members
of the tubinares, or tubenosed birds,
were noticed together with sOoty
shearwaters. pctrels and albatrosses.
AS they approached the pass the mum
Der Of birds increased to a point al
most beyond belief AS far as the eye
could see masses of birds were bedded
on the water; INJURIES and putlins ere
everywhere. 1T was utterly impossi
Bile TO form any definite estimate Of
the number Of birds SEEN says the
author; hundreds of thousands does
not eXaggerate their abundance The
ship seems to have literally plowed its
way through them The Bear lay at
Unalaska three days. during which
time Mr.. Jersey collected number Of
species peculiar to that locality.
After touching at St George and st.
Paul islands, they proceeded on to
Nome which port the ship did not ac-
tually reach on account of the ice, but
anchored out in the stream and sent
the mail ashore by dog teams.
To the Yukon in Open Boat.
At st. Michael Mr. flerscy left the
Bear and made arrangements with the
owner OF a small open power boat to
carry him and his outfit to the mouth
of the Yukon river. They went
through the so.called canal" between
st. Michael island and the mainland,
but encountered severe storm which
forced them to land and cnCamp for
three days Birds were plentiful in
the neighborhOod OF the camp and Mr..
Hersey employed the time 10 good adj
vantage, securing many specimens of
eggs
Proceeding onward, they arrived at
the mouth of the Yukon and estab.
lishcd their headquarters at the wire
less station, eight miles from the ma
tive village Of Kotlik. The country all
around is reported very fiat, making a
safe feeding ground for the little
brown cranes and geese, since it was
impossible to approach them unOb,
served In describing it, MIR Jersey
says So bare and level is the coun-
try that a photograph of the river.
taken from the shore, shows the op.
posite bank as nothing but a straight
line, such as might be made across the
print with a ruler and a coarse stub
pen Here the author remained dur
ing the greater part OF the breeding
season He found pitfalls and several
species of shorebirds breeding album.
dainty; gulls, terms and iacgers com
mon, and redpolis Alaska yellow wag
tails, willow ptarmigau and Alaska
longspurs also well represented in this
region.
Delayed in the Ice OF Barrow.
Later in the summer he returned to
Nome aud again embarked ON the
Bear, which stopped at many points
along the coast among which were
Goloyin bay. Cape Prince OF Wales.
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and some OF the northern states, Is
called white weed.
The chrysanthemum and wild as
tiers are called daisies, and really be-
long to- the same family.
While it would not be possible per-
haps to have a daisy hedge in bloom
all the year, still by planting the va
rious species of daisies, chrysanthe-
NUNS and asters, some bloom could
be had from April to November in all
| except the extreme northern states.
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The Einbt.Eoot Disk.

A four-horse, eightfoot disk will or
dlnarily cover about eleven acres per
day as compared with seven acres for
tho two,horse, six.foot disk.