Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-25

ever used in Marathon county. The
lands are as yet comparatively new and
the people have not yet learned the use
of concentrated fertilizers There are
many farms even here that are badly
exhausted by continuous cropping with
timothy hay, which is sold to the lum-
bermen. On these farms, where no
stock other than few horses has been
kept, and these only in the summer, it
seems impossible to restore the fertility
without recourse to commercial ferti-
liZerS and green manure. Many of the
pota5o farms in the town of Pike Lake
would be much improved by the use of
potash in some form. 1t is believed
that the gardens of the Agricultural
School are the first to be experimental
upon by the use of commercial fertil-
izers. This is to be an experiment with
cabbages.
A movement has been inaugurated
among the farmer -lunlbermen of the
county within the past three years for
the Improvement of the breeds of farm
animals. This gives promise of great
good, as these men spare nothing in
the building and equipment of their
barns and the cost of their herds, in
placing before the common farmers
..
These herds are exhibited at the county
fair and it is noticeable fact that
scrubs are now banished from the fair.
The farmer boy is not satisfied with
his i'll looking scrub after coming home
from the fair, and acquires desire for
something better which will ultimately
result IN the Improvement of live stock
In Marathon county. There is a great
field open here for improvement.
The following is list of pure-bred
live stock within the county:
Merklein Bros. are the only breeders
of pure bred Hereford cattle and their
herd consists of seven head of animals
which are registered or eligible to
registry. These were secured in Ver-
non county, near Ex-Governor Rusk S
home, and brought to Wausau little
over year ago.
Walter Alexander has the only herd
of Aberdeen Angus cattle in the county.
The herd consists of nine head which
are one year old or over There are
some fine specimens of the breed in
this herd.
Duncan Bros bave fine herd of
Shorthorn cattle which number at the
present time some thirty odd head
The head of this herd is the well known
prize buii, Young Fellow The stock
farm upon which this herd is kept is
situated about five miles north of Wau-
sau and its owners are wide awake
breeders, who pride themselves in
securing the best Canadian bred Short
horn cattle.
Robt Freeman, of the Town of En-
met, is also breeder of Shorthorn
cattle having purchased bull of Dun
ported heifers of Frank Harding, of
Waukesha, at an aggregate cost of nine
hundred and fifty dollars He has
been in the business but a short time.
Fred Rietbrock of Athens has small
herd of registered Shorthorns but his
greatest pride is in his remarkably fine
herd of Guernseys consisting of twenty
seven head of mature cows and nine
mature bulls besides a number of young
stock all registered The great herd
bull Gu ydette is at the head of this
herd, one of the largest and finest
Guernsey bulls in the west Mr.. Riet-
brooks herd in point of uniformity and
general type, is one of the best Guern-
sey nerds in the state.
Kline Bros. are large breeders of
Jerseys in the county having herd of
about twenty pure bred COWS. Mr..
Geo. Kline procured their present herd
bull, Diploma Victor, in Dane county
about a year ago. He is fine bull and
shows highly developed qualities
Many specimens of the jersey breed
are owned by those who keep but one
cow
Mr. Witter, milk retailer near Wau-
sau, has few Jerseys and a number
of Holsteins which are registered or
eligible to registry.
Mr. Morganroth, upon the old Bells
farm, brought in during the past
winter, herd of twelve pure bred Hol-
stein COWS from jefferson county
This breeder proposes to make his farm
center for the breeding of Holsteins.
The Red Poll breed appears to be
favorite in the county as there are five
breeders active in its promotion.
Jacob Simmer has the greatest num-
ber of registered animals of this breed
in the county, his herd being composed
of some twenty eight individuals either
registered or eligible to registry. His
aged bull Hobson he disposed of to
John Manser who has engaged in the
breeding of Red Polls at Kelly. MIR.
Simmer has now bull descended from
Mayfiower which he bought of Mr.
Martin and very fine young bull,
Ruby Prince, both of which he will re-
tain in his herd for the present year.
c. S. Curtis is also breeder of Red
Polls having a herd of nine registered
animals with their calves on his farm
heaviest Red Poll bull in the county
and some very fine cows and young
stock.
Patrick Curran, in the town of East
on, has become interested in the breed
ing of this breed of CATTLE, having pur-
chased a bull and two fine heifers.
The latter he secured in Crawford
county during the past winter. They
are all good specimens of the breed and
will add much to the interest of9our
next fair.
Mr. } w. Salter, of Unity, is elso
breeded of Red Poll cattle and has sew
eral that are registered. This herd
contains many high bred grades as well
as pure bred animals there being more
than sixty head in the whole herd
MIR. Rietbrock, of Athens, and Mr.
Quaw, of Wausau, are breeders of
Schropshire sheep, Mr.. Rietbrock hav-
ing about fourteen registered animals
and Mr.. Quaw a somewhat larger num-
ber
MIR. Simmer and Mr.. Rietbrock are
breeders of Berkshire pigs, each of
them having few fine registered
animals.
Mr. Ed Brehm, of Colby, has a fine
flock of Leicester sheep the greater
number of which are registered.
Mr.. John Seubert, of Marathon City,
has a flock of about thrs. hundred An
CORA goats of which aoout seventy
five are registered.
Many pure bred horses are owned
throughout the county. G.. S. Curtis
has a draft stallion and joint stock
company has, during tire past winter,
purchased a French Coach stallion of
the Mclaughlin Bros, OF Ohio, to he
kept at Wausau.
Horses are better represented here
than most other breeds of live stock but
the greater part are the direct off
spring of the horses brought in by the
lumbermen and are therefore of the
heavy breeds of draft horses. Taken
altogether the county is well supplied
with very fair horses.
Several fiocks of Angora goats are