Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-09-09

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Moore had fine exhibit of the short
course work in the horse barn. A
feature Of great interest just now was
an exhibit of smut in oats. From
seed not treated for this disease, the
yield of smut in the crop this year
was 81 per cent. Of the crop. In Sc
varieties treated with the formalin
remedy not a trace was apparent.
Fully Is per cent. Of the oat crop this
year is smut, entailing a loss to the
farmers of Wisconsin of quite $780,
900. One pound of the formalin dis
solved in SO gallons of water will be
sufficient for SO to rs bushels of grain.
The oats must be submerged in this
preparation for 20 minutes at least,
then the treatment is effective.
It costs less than 1 cent per bushel
to kill the smut germ.
With the Horses.
In the horse barn Instructor James
Hutton had the horses decorated in
good style as at fairs. His handsome
black team of grade Percherons,
weighing 3,400 pounds, was admired
A clydesdale foal six months old that
tips the beam at $50 pounds and
whose sire took the first premium at
the Chicago fair came in for favorable
comment, as did also a 5-months-old
Percheron foal weighing 500 pounds.
Prolific Alfalfa.
Prof. F. H. King has a plat of
ground on which he is raising the
fourth crop of alfalfa, the big western
forage plant After each crop is re
moved the ground is irrigated and
the clover booms once more.
A Cosset Pig.
The ladies were greatly interested
in a cosset pig that was raised by
hand. II was left an orphan, on it's
material side at least, when but one
day old and the attendants took it in
charge. 1t was raised with bottle
and learned to use rubber nipple
like an expert. The herdsman had
to get up every three hours in the
night and feed the pig, as it would
squeal until it's wants were attended
to. He is now about four months old
and enjoys the distinguished title Of
Ike. When but a few weeks old the
young porker would answer to its
name, but would allow no one to feed
it but the herdsman and the two
year-old daughter of Prof w. -.
Carlyle It cost $1.15 to feed it for
the first IA weeks. The pig was
easily worth $3.50 for feeding pur-
poses and SO if breeding is taken
into consideration. Cosset pigs may
be said to pay on small scale, if one
is fond of such pets
Sheldon Surprised.
President S. L. Sheldon of the Dane
county fair was on the grounds. His
greatest surprise was found in the
fact that he had not seen a single pair
of Dane county fair blankets on any
team in the whole lot.
Restricted Diet.
are being carried on in a restricted
diet In front of two COWS is a sign
which reads, these two COWS receive
nothing but oats" Another sign in
front of two more cows says, these
two COWS receive nothing but corn.
Gracious me- exclaimed one lady
to the attendant, don't them cows get
any water? If they don't, I can't see
how they stand it.
A Wild Hog.
The razorback hog captured wild
in the Indian territory two years ago
was the subject of many remarks. it
is probably 6 or z years old. Its
snout is certainly it's most prominent
feature and, as one practical man put
it, would make an excellent sub
soiler Another man was of the
opinion that Deering got the idea Of
his corn binder pickup from a glance
at such snOut, as the shape was an
ideal one for gathering up crooked
corn.
Peas for Food.
One lot of pigs is being fed on peas
while another lot in an adjoining pen
is fed on corn. The experiment is
labeled "lean VS.. fat
One old lady evidently of a practi-
cal turn of mind thought if they would
alternate the feed day by day they
would have excellent bacon, which
would be better all around.
ImpoVerishng Soil.
Prof. F. H. King is trying to be a
poor farmer, as he has a plat of
ground on which he is doing his level
best to see how soon he can i'm
poverish the soil by raising crop after
crop without applying any fertilizer.
He has now been at it nine years or
more, and is meeting with fair de-
gree of success, as some of the corn
on his plat is not more than three
feet high. When the visitors were
shown this effort one of them opined
that they "had some fellows down his
way that on raising poor crops could