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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-05-31
BUILDING GIANT FLY TRAPS
Catch Half a Million Disease
Spreaders In Season.

Fly traps that will catch 100000, or
80 quarts of flies in season will be
built this spring by some OF the boys
In the Grand avenue manual train
ing center. Irving =. Lorentz, the in
structor, is making model, and will
soon have some of the boys construct
ing the device as a side line, &C
cordlng to the Milwaukee Journal.
A square framework is made of mar
row strips of wood, and within the
frame is placed n cone Of wire net
ting. In the model of Mr.. Lorentz an
ordinary glass jar Is used In place Of
the wooden frame. A banana peel or
similar refuse is placed as n bait at
the bottom Of the trap. When the
trap is crowded with flies, they can be
killed by dipping the filed trap into
boiling water
"The idea is excellent" Mr.. Lorentz
said. THE construction is simple. so
that seventh of eighth grade boys
should easily be able to make It. At
the same time Ii is inexpensive, the
cost Of materials probably not exceed
ing so cents. If all the centers encour-
aged the making of these traps, Ii
would prove a most effective weapon
against the fly. Such trap would kill
off the flies before they even got Into
the homes"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-05-31
ABOUT PLANTING SEED.

If You soak your seeds in water for
a few hours, preferably warm water,
they will terminate more quickly.
Some seeds require this treatment
Large, ardshelled seeds like Gamma,
require careful filing to break the
tough. outer cover, but extreme care
must be taken not to injure the germ.
The sowing Of fern spores on Il
brick, covered with just a sprinkling
Of earth, is an interesting garden
study. BY keeping the brick in pan
Of water sufficient water is supplied.
Cypress vines will stand quite warm
water poured over the seeds IL hours
before planting.
II is scarcely profitable for the am
ateur to raise most OF greenhouse
plants or similar delicate ones, though
geraniums and number Of the larger
seeds are as easily managed as a pausy
or an aster, and one can get II good
variety AT small cost.
A good rule is to plant a seed twice
It's own depth, and in case of small
seeds ii Is essential to have the ground
finely pulverlzed
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-05-31
KEEPING CROWS OUT
OF THE CORN FIELD
ScarecroW Is Still in Common
Use-Be Careful in Using
Poison of Any Kind.
(By +. L. WASHBURN.)

Scarecrows, poisoned corn and crows
hung from poles in the field are COM
mon methods of protecting seed corn
from crows.
The old scarecrow is still in COM
mon use about the corn fields and some
farmers string white cord about the
field from which they hang bright
pieces of tin which flutter in the wind.
Scarecrows, If used, should be
changed occasionally. The crows soon
become accustomed to any scarecrow,
however.
A very effective way of keeping
crows from the corn is to shoot two
or three and hang them by string
from poles in the field. Some farmers
resort to trapping and, having caught
few crows in steel traps, hang
them alive from poles. This Is not a
humane practice, and we cannot there
fore, recommend 1t.
If one uses poisoning, corn may be
soaked in q solution of strychnine.
Ten cents worth of sulphate of strych-
nine dissolved in enough hot water TO
soak two quarts of corn will serve
well. Poisoned bait of this kind
should he scattered about the field late
In the evening, when there will be less
danger OF its being eaten by poultry,
stock or game birds.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-05-31
HONEY BEE is NOT
OF VICIOUS NATURE
Little Insect Is Not Troublesome
When Carefully Handled
Hints for Beginner.

To the beginning beekeeper, his first
attempt to open the hive and handle
the combs and bees may be beset with
some difficulties, but in time this be-
comes the most fascinating part Of
Bookkeeping. Leonard Haseman Of the
Missouri College Of Agriculture would
have the beginner study the bees, their
habits, nature, likes and dislikes, and
then accustom himself to their ways.
The honey bee is not vicious crea-
ture, and If given anything like the
consideration 1t deserves 1t will not
fight.
Careless or nervous handling will
start trouble in any bee colony. veil
should be worn to protect the face.
Cool smoke should be used sparlngly
ut the entrance and under the cover as
II Is being gently raised. Smoke may
be used to induce the workers TO fill
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-05-31
CONTROLLING POTATO
BEETLE: BY SPRAYING
Results OF Field Work Conducted
at TideWater, Virginia, Dur
ina Season of 1914.

A report recently received from the
Virginia station contains q general
summary of the results of field work
on the control of the Colorado potato
beetle conducted in Tidewater. Vir-
ginia, during the season of 1914. The
results indicate that for the farmer
who grows five acres or more Of pota-
toes bordeaux mixture a IS 500, to-
gether with arsenate of lead paste
from four to six pounds, and one pound
OF paris green TO so gallons of mixture
has not yet been surpassed as spray
for potatoes by any of the proprietary
insecticides now in use either from the
standpoint of efficiency or economy.
II Is thought that the most economical
and efficient results In spraying under
Tidewater conditions may be obtained
through the application Of paris green
and lime dust when the first green
shoots are showing, followed as soon
as the plants are from four TO eight
inches high by some liquid spray, pref
erably that above mentioned. This
should be applied ut least every ten
days.
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prepared by the United States Depart.
ment of Agricultural

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
The plains marmot, or prairie dog,
ls widely distributed on the plains east
Of the Rocky mountains, from northern
Mexico almost to the Canadian border.
Several other forms occupy the noun
tain valleys and parks westward. All
live in thickIy populated colonies, or
towns" and subsist on vegetation.
They often take fully half the pastur-
nge on the ranges and greatly reduce
the carrying capacity for live stock.
Several Western states have attempted
to provide for the determination of
prairie dogs through legislation en-
actments; and In some of them, no.
tably Kansas, the pest has greatly de-
creased. Within the national forests
settlers have complained of inability to
cope with the animals, because their
lands when freed from prairie dogs
are reinfested from the surrounding
government lands. For this reason
and for range Improvement the depart
ment of agriculture has undertaken
systematic determination work within
the forests and has already succeeded
in freeing large areas of these animals.
Trapping is too slow method of ex-
terminating prairie dogs, and fumiga-
ton Is too expensive. AS in the case
Of ground squirrels, strychnine has
proved to be the most satisfactory pol
son. Oats of the best quality obtain
able should be used as bait. 1t has
been found that prairie dogs take this
grain readily, even when green food Is
abundant. Wheat Is well adapted for
winter poisoning. and in the South,
where heavy oats ore rarely obtain
able, milo maize or feterita is an ex-
cellent substitute.
Mix thoroughly ] ounce of powdered
strychnine (alkaloid)s and l ounce of
common baking soda (bicarbonate)
Dissolve l heaping tablespoonful of
dry laundry starch in little cold wa
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Manistique - The Schoolcraft Food
Preparedness committee has furnished
the farmers thus far with about $4,000
worth of seed. Three car loads of po.
tatoes have been distributed.
El Paso- Hipolita villa, brother of
Pancho villa. and an American whose
name was withheld are being detained
in El Paso by agents of the department
of justice, il was learned here
Dalias-By a large majority the
Presbyterian Church in the United
States of America north) has adopted
resolution declaring for woman suf
frage.
Detroit Thousands of persons, at
tempting to come to Detroit from
Windsor, ontario, are being detained
at the ferry station by Canadian OH.
Gals, who began rigid enforcement OF
the dominion's military law,
London The submarine menace Is
not yet lin hand but there is no
chance OF starving out" England. AID.
miral Lord Beresford told the Empire
Producers organization at a recent
luncheon.
London divorce has been grant
Eod TO MIS-. Anthony ]. Drexel, wife OF
tho Philadelphia banker. on statutory
grounds and for desortion.
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ABOUT PRUNING SHRUBS
BY /. M. BENNINGTON.

In pruning shrubs it should be re-
membered that there are two classes
One produces the flowers from buds
formed the previous season. Another
class from buds on the new wood OF
the present seasons growth.
Welgelia, lIlacs, syringas, golden
bell, honeysuckles, deutzias, dogwoods
prIvets, viburnums, rhododendrons.
kalmlas, azaleas, dnphnes, and the
Towering currant peach and crab. an
dromedas, Japan ounce, and hydran
gen are some of the most generally
used shrubs that flower on the las,
seasons wood, and in pruning any of
these at this season the following buds
will be cut away.
Roses, burning bush, altheas, hyperi-
cum, hydrangeas grandiflOra and pani-
culata, amorpha or false indigo, ge-
nesta, colutea and robina all flower
on the present seasons growth and in
most cases they will flower more free
ly II severely cut back.
In pruning, be careful to make the
cut close to the trunk. To prevent in
jury to the tree. first saw through
large branches from below, SIX or
eight inches away from the trunk (;
then saw from the top few inches
nearer the trunk until the limb falls.
Then make new cut close to the
trunk. This will prevent splitting and
possibly tearing away a part of the
tree
In pruning small limbs and shrubs,
make the cut just above the bud.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-05-31

New York Sarah Bernhard is well
again, Having amazed surgeons by
her rapid recovery from a recent OPP
Grafton the famous actress will leave
Mount Sinai hospital in a few days.
She will live at hotel because she
can't find a country home that suits
her.
Undated United States destroyer
No ran aground on the rocks at an
American port and was badly dam
aged Tugs went to the vessels as.
sistance, and 1t was pulled off. None
aboard was reported injured.
London-Six Farce island fishing
boats have been sunk by German sub
marines, Copenhagen advices say
Thirty fishermen persisted.
Washington-The army has sent Out
a call for several thousand bakers, as
sistant bakers and apprentices to serve
during the war.
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4,487 bushels worth
$1.55 at Cham
$2,472.67

Net profit after
paying Tor farm
and all cost. 80. $2,472.67
S. Joseph and Sons of Des Moines,
Ia, are looked upon as being shrewd,
careful business men. Having some
spare money on hand, and looking for
n suitable investment, they decided to
purchase Canadian lands. and farm
them.
With the assistance Of the Canadian
Government Agent, at Des Moines, Ia,
they made selection near Champion,
Alberta. They put 240 acres of land
In wheat. and In writing to Mr.. Hew-
lit, The Canadian Government Agent
at Des Molnes, one of the members of
the firm says: IL have much pleasure
In advising you that on our farm five
miles east of Champion, In the Prov
ince of Alberta, Canada. this year
(1916) we harvested and threshed TO-
900 bushels of wheat from 240 acres,
this being an average of Al bushels
and 10 pounds to the acre. A con-
siderable portion of the wheat was
No. ] Northern, worth at Champion,
approximately S1.S5 per bushel, max
ing total return of $19,610, or an av-
erage of $81.70 per acre gross yields.
And by aid of thorough system were
able to keep the cost of growing wheat
at about % cents bUshel."
Messrs. Smith & Sons of Vulcan,
Alberta. are growers of wheat on a
large scale and have demonstrated
that there is greater profit In Western
Canada wheat-raising than probably In
any other business anywhere. Speak
Ing OF their experience Mr.. Smith
says:
II have three sections of land Mt the
present time and am farming yearly
1,200 TO 1,400 acres Of land. MY re-
turns from the farm for the past two
years have been around 200To, that is
for every dollar have spent | have
received three, now l do not know
where you can do that well.
This is surely the country for the
man with the small capital as the land
Is still reasonable In price. payments
In long term and work of all kinds for
every man TO do. I feel that II | was
turned out here without a dollar that
In less than ten years I could own a
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-05-31
NOTES

Make notes this year to guide you In
next years planting plans If you see
flower or shrub you admire, flnd out
The maine and variety II possible.
Keep all the fence corners cleaned
out. More yerIn are harbored there
than anywhere else on the place.
Give japanese Iris plenty Of water
70 insure good blooms.
With nearly an plants II IS neccs-
sary to keep The ilawers cut 10 pro-
long the soaring season This is es.
peclally true Of sweet pear.
Flowers TINT are not making salts.
factory growth may be stimulated into
activity by liquid manure.
For late flowers of gladiolus plant
bulbs not lnter tIlun July 4. Tut In
some tuberoses also.
Always keep on the lookout for pos.
sille mosquito breeding places--rain
barrels, upturned cans, low places In
roof cutters, and liquid manure tubs
Drain OK Ut apply Kerosene
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section of land and have IT wen

stcllOu vi iduu anu nave ~ We'll
] equipped"
Western Canada's soil and climate
Is suitable TO granting large and prof
liable yields of wheat, many so large
that those not acquainted with the
facts hesitate to believe the reports
sent out by the farmers in that coun-
| try. AS an evidence of their sincerity
In reporting correct yields affidavits
of couple Of grain growers are repro
| duced.
~ Newell j. Noble, of the town of
Nobleford, Province of Alberta, do
solemnly declare that from 1000 acres
of wheat on the said farm there was
in the season of 1916, threshed 54,395
bushels of wheat, being at the average
of 81 bushels and % pounds per acre.
And that from 39469 acres of oats on
the said farm, there was threshed In
the said season of 1916, 4S,506 bushels
of oats, being at the average Of 122
bushels and 30 pounds per acre.
And l make this solemn declara-
ton consclentiously, believing 1t to be
true and knowing that it is of the
same force and effect as If made I'M
der oath and by virtue Of The Canada
Evidence Act" NEWELL J. NOBLE.
A Woman Takes Affidavit as to
Yields.--On January 4. 1917, Mrs. Nan
cy Coe of Nobleford made oath as fol-
lows:
In the matter of yield of wheat, oats
and flax on my farm for harvest of
1915, /, Nancy Coe, of the town OF
Nobleford, Province of Alberta, do SOL
EMMY declare that / threshed from
10 acres on my farm Clio bushels of
wheat (machine measure, which 1t is
believed will hold out In weights fully
about three-fourths of the crop al
ready having been welghed), being at
the average of SO bushels and 8
pounds per acre, and that from AZ
acres Of fax on stubble ground,
threshed 900 bushels of flax, being at
an average Of 20 bushels and 80
pounds per acre, and that from 500
acres of oats l threshed $50 bushels,
machine measure, being at an average
Of 115 bushels and q pounds per acre.
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TO me at times Lydia Z. Pinkham's
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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-05-31
GERANIUMS ORNAMENTAL.

Beds Of geraniums are exceedingly
ornamental, provided they are kept
iD Idly condition. This can be done by
Keeping all flower trusses picked Off
If the faded flowers are allowed to
remain. know OF no plant that can
take on more unsightly sloyenly
look
or course all the buds In truss
do not develop at the same time, and
one does not like 70 destroy undevel-
Oped flowers, but the clusters can be
made 10 look clean aud attractive by
pulling away from them all flowers
thar have passed their prime and
taken on that bedraggled look which
SO detracts from the slightly appear
ance Of everything else In the bed.
Unless one has a great number Of
plai IS, this can be done in short
tine.
will be found much easier than
going over the bed and cutting out all
the faded flowers, as n sometimes nd
vlsed
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FARMING NOW
A BUSINESS
The Modern Day Farmer Applies
Business Methods and Seeks
More Than a Living on
the Farm.

A nationwide cry is being made for
more economy and greater production,
| and probably never was the need OF
foodstuffs equal to that of the present
Grain prices are the highest In the ma
TONS history and today the agricul-
| tural fields of America offer induce
ments that are unequaled in any other
line of commerce or business. The
| ideal life is that close to nature, en-
| joying the freedom of Gods great out
doors and fulfilling duty to human
| ity by producing from fertile soil
that which is essential to the very ex-
istence of less fortunate people who
| are actually starving to death for food
stuffs that can be produced so eco
nomically In the United States and
| Canada.
High prices for all grains, undOubt-
eddy, will be maintained for a number
of years, and it appears n certainty
that the agriculturist will reap
bounteous return for his labor and at
the same time carry out the demands
of patriotic citizenship. A wrong con-
ception has been generally noticed as
to Life on the Farm" 1t has been,
TO large extent, considered as only
a place to live peacefully and afford
living for those who are satisfied with
merely q comfortable existence. Such
wrong impression has been created,
In q measure, by the lack of systema-
tic business principles to farming In
general. But today farming and agri-
culture have been given supremacy
In the business world and require the
same advanced methods as any other
line OF commerce. In no other bust
ness does system adoption pay bet
ter than on the farm, and 1t Is certain
that there is no other line of work.
that, generally speaking, needs II as
much. The old idea Of getting living
off the farm and not knowing how 1t
was made ana following up the details
of each branch OF farming to get the
maximum of profit. at the least ex-
pense, is fast being done away with.
Farming Is now being considered as
a business and living is not sufficient
for the modern agrlculturlst; small
per cent on the investment is not
enough, the present-day farmer must
have a percentage return equal to that
of other lines of business. The prices
for produce are high enough, but the
cost of producing has been the factor,
in many places, that has reduced the
profit. 1t is the application of sys-
TEN to the cost of various work on the
farm that it Is possible to give figures
on profits made in grain-growing in
Western Canada.
Mr.. C. A. Wright of Milo, Iowa,
bought hundred and sixty acres of
land In Western Canada for $1,000 in
December. 1915, and took his first crop
from il In 1915. After paying for the
land in full and the cost of cultivating
it and marketing the grain, he sold his
grain at S1.55 bushel Ga low price
compared with the present market,
had surplus of $2,472.67 His figures
are as follows:
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Observation-Disclosures
M MARKETS
Observation-Disclosures
Milwaukee. May 30. 1917.

| MILWAUKEE,, May %, Isl g.
Butter - Creamery, extra, ACC;
prints, 44c; firsts. 3803Shc; sec,
onds. 35Q37c; process. 36Q37c; dairy,
fancy, 35Q36c
Cheese-American. full cream twins,
241ac; daisies, 2415@25c; Young
Americas, 241a@25c; longhorns, 231a
024c; limburger. fancy, 2 lbs, 241s0
csc; brick, fancy, 24hc.
Eggs-Current receipts, fresh as to
quality. 31Q32c; seconds and cracks,
27@29c.
Live Poultry Fowls, fancy, 22c;
ROSTERS. old, 15Q16c; fancy springers,
23c
Wheat -- No. / northern, 2.70@280;
No northern, 2.6OQ270; No. 8
northern, 2.20Q2,55; No. 2 hard, 270
Q27S.
Corn--No. yellow, 1.57@1.58.
Oats-No. 8 white, 63Q65c; stand
ard, 64@65c; No. 4 white, 63@64c.
Rye-No. 2. 2.40Q241; No. 3, 2.S7
0239.
Hay - Choice timothy, 19.50@20.50;
No. l timothy, 18.500195O; No tim
othy, 16.OO@17O0; rye straw, 10000
1850.
Potatoes-Homegrow or Michigan,
out of store, 2.75Q3.00.
Hogs-Prime heavy butchers, 1915
015.95 fair to prime light. 14.75@
1875; pigs, 1100@1275.
Cattle-Steers, 1O.5O@1250; feeders,
IOO@825; cows, 7.50Q1OO0; heifers,
100010.5O; calves, 12.75@14.00
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their honey stomachs with honey. In
this condition they are less liable to
sting. Pinching bees between the
fingers invites trouble as it is their
privilege and nature to resent such
careless treatment. The warm part of
the day when the workers are actively
gathering nectar or pollen is the best
time to handle the colony, for at such
times there are fewer bees in the hive
and those present are more docile. The
brood chamber should not be opened
when the weather Is cold, if 1t can be
avoided, for the queen and the brood
may become chilled.
These are a few of the precautions
which the beginning beekeeper in par
ticular should keep in mind. A care
full study of the bee and its life and
habits and little effort to adjust ones
actions to those of the bees will soon
make beekeeping both an interesting
and profitable pursuit. Every farmer
should produce his own supply Of
honey by keeping and properly car
ing for few stands of bees.