Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-02-17
agricultural Lore

improved by saltwater bandag0
placed around the heels and coronet
to remain all night Moisture is
needed to keep UP the growth of the
hoof. which, like the trees, is much
more rapid in springtime.
Horses should be shod frequently
and with plates thin enough to give
bearing upon the frog, as the fluids
of the foot are generated by such pres
sure. Loaded teams and slow-mov-
ing vehicles should drive near the curb,
so as to admit of being passed with
out driving over the car rail. Never
stop a vehicle in the middle of the
street. but drive to the curb, which
renders Yourself safe and does not
stop the traffic of the street.
Do not clip horses during the winter
months. With the same proprlety we
might cut the hair from a dog, or
shear a sheep this season of the year.
The argument in behalf of the prac-
tice is that the horse in perspiration
will dry more quickly if the hair is
short. If the animal is thoroughly
blanketed and kept in sheltered or
warm place after being driven, no
danger results from perspiration,
whatever the length of the hair; while
the horse that has been deprived OF
his coat in the winter time suffers
perpetually while being exposed to the
cold 1t is a cruelty inflicted upon a
beautiful carriage horse for the pur-
pose of style. Blessed is the ordi-
nary work horse in winter time, for,
however much it may perspire, it is
allowed to carry its full growth of
hair during the cold weather
The Successful Farmer
A review of the past few years
show how important it is for farmers
to keep well abreast of the teachings
Of science if they are to conduct their
business with profit or responsibility.
The day when "any fool can be
farmer" has gone by never to return.
wholly successful farmer, more than
any other man probably, must be a
person Of broad mind and wide in
formation; he must know something
of nearly all the sciences, and especial
Iy of the science of chemistry, of plant
growth and of food nutrition. He
must also be good man Of business,
well posted in the market, value of
crops and stock, and ready at all times
to avail himself of the opportunities
of the markets of the world. The years
when profits could be made by the
simple production Of staple crops on
lands rendered fertile by nature are
practically at an end. The land must
be fortified and cultivated scientifi-
cally, and the crops should be con-
verified into manufactured articles,
and be put on the market in con
densed forms. to make profitable
farming an occurrence doubly sure for
time in and time out 1t is true that
the past year has been a better one
for the farmer in most respects than the
three or four which preceded it.
Prices Of all staple crops and stock
have been good, in most cases are
still advancing, but this is exceptional.
Very naturally and noticably the great
weakness which affects so many farm
ers is that Of procrastination They
know that a certain work is required
to be done, but put off the doing of it
from day to day until instead Of be-
ing done at the best time, it is often
done at time when it is practically
impossible for it to be done well, or
in a way to bring about satisfactory
results.