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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-31
Thrashing Corn Fodder.

Thrashin& corn Fodder.
In farm exchange writer thus
tells how he utilities his corn fodder:
During recent years L have harvest
ed my corn with a corn binder and
find this method exceedingly satisfac-
tory. Two men follow the binder and
have no great difficulty in shocking
all that one man and team will cut.
| am very particular TO have the
shocks well made and bound togeth-
err near the top. | am especially anX-
ious to have my corn fodder nicely
cured and well kept, until it comes TO
the thrasher or shredder. AS to the
cost OF harvesting, | am convinced
that some seasons l can cut my corn
as cheaply by hand, but one year with
another this is not so. Then the use
of the corn harvester makes it pos
sible for me to secure all my fodder
corn, and that is what we are after.
If cut it by hand l occasionally lose
lot by frost. Then. too, il properly
shocked. it keeps better Ill bundles,
and is much easier to run through the
shredder when the time comes. |
think in the end it is a great saving
of time and money for individual
farmers or groups of farmers 10 buy
corn grinder and use it.
We have shredders in this part of
| the country, and they have come 20
stay. but for some reason or other |
have such a horror of these machines
that / refuse to use them unless a
good and safe self-feeding attachment
is provided. Then. too, the average
shredder must have a greater capaci-
" for handling fodder.
I have run my corn fodder through
the ordinary thrashing machine, and
am more than satisfied with the re-
suits. II the corn is dry when it is
run through the thrashing machine, II
will come out shelled, which saves the
| necessity of running ii through q
| shelter afterwards, l remove part OF
the concave teeth and run the con-
cave quite a distance from the cyl
| inder. BY doing this the machine is
rot injured, the fodder is torn into
small bits, the corn is shelled and
separated. and the very best feed re
| suits
In storing corn from the thrasher
in bins. find il safer TO mix it with
about one-third of oats, or better still,
10 thrash the oats and corn at the
same time. We have then, not only q
mixture of grain. but a mixture of
shelled corn. fodder and oats straw.
These two mixtures are splendid beet
and pork producers.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-31

Prof William p. Trent has finished
volume furnishing a select anthology of
the writings Of southern authors from
earliest times to the present
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-31

AS range for poultry the orchard
is ideal, particularly if it is in sod,
for they will have the benefit of the
green food, the insects and the shade,
but, as with the swine, it should not
be expected that the poultry will get
any great proportion of rheir living in
the orchard, and, if it has not a good
growth of green, then a grassy run
must be provided in addition to the
orchard for shade. In an orchard
where the soil was kept cultivated
young chicks would certainly thrive,
for there would be no danger of
dampness, as there would be on a sod
range, and there would be the loose
soil for them to scratch in and get
more or less insects. Combine the
orchard with : grassy range, with
coOps for protection in stormy wealth
er, fair amount Of grain foe with
plenty of good water, and it is an ideal
place for poultry from very early
spring to late fall
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-31

sheep are valuable for cleaning old
pastures and fields, not only because
they eat most varieties of weeds, but
the seeds are digested so thoroughly
that they do not terminate.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-31

Polled cattle and those that have
been dehorned are not subject to "hol-
low horn,' but they are subject to hol-
low stomach or they may even be ex-
posed to the ravages of the wolf in
the tail"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-31

Professor Charles +. Neill who has
been appointed Commissioner of Labor
by President Roosevelt. to succeed
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-31

The largest larm in the world is
probably a farm of $4,000 acres on
the northern boundaries of Oklahoma.
1t belongs to the Indians and is leased
to an American farmer who is credited
with conducting the most perfect farm
in the world. The farming is done on
an extensive and modern plan. No
slipshod methods are permitted. It
costs nearly 100000 a year to keep
this vast farm in operation. One
fourth of this amount is paid for hired
help. Ten thousand acres are put
to wheat, 5000 to corn and 1000 to
sorghum.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-31

1t takes a college graduate about 20
years 70 learn how little be knows
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-31

and market the Poultry Advocate
says: THE general purpose breeds are
the Plymouth Rocks, Wyandottes and
Rhode Island Reds. If you handle
them properly you will certainly be
pleased with any one of them. The
Plymouth Rocks stand at the head as
a fancier's fowl, with the Wyandottes
a close second. 1t does not matter
which variety of these breeds you
choose, as that is only a matter of
feathers"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-31

John l. Grihiths, TO whose care the
late President Harrison left his private
papers, has discovered among the latter
an intimate history Of the generals adj
ministration, written by himself.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-31

furnish as great variety of diet
as possible and feed as much as the
fowls Will eat.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-31
Good Profit in Ounces.

This is a fruit which is very much
neglected. eyertheless, it is one of
the most important in the entire list;
important, because there is not q
housewife who does not look for it
in the fall of the year when fruit is
being done up" as the family saying
goes; important, because it is one of
the finest of all fruits for jellies,
preserves and marmalades: important
because there is no other fruit in its
green state, so thoroughly advantage
Gus to the stomach and liver,
particularly acceptable TO the latter
or account of its known presence of
phosphoric acid. The ounce, besides,
is highly profitable fruit, selling at
higher price than any other; not by
the measure, but most frequently by
the dozen specimens, bringing from
80 cents to 81 per dozen. Unfortu-
nately, the ounce is more subject to
the ravages of the San Jose scale and
codling moth than any other fruit
CYRUS T. Fox, Reading, Pa.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-31

The old cry that the silo is fit only
for the newspaper or pencil farmer is
fast going and will soon be gone If
some of the slow coach dairymen do
not soon plan for a silo their more
progressive neighbors will outstrip
them.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-31

1t always pays to look for a hard
winter. If one is ready for a hard
winter and it does not come he will
be agreeably disappointed, but should
he be unprepared and it comes he will
be most woefully surprised.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-31

Leave apples in cool places until
danger of very cold weather, as they
VIII not freeze as readily as potatoes.
Caobages and turnips will also with
stand a very low temperature without
injury.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-31

Where and how is the crea N sepa-
rator kept? In the State of Mime
sofa it is crime to keep the separator
in the stable or barn. That is proper
law, and most people are inclined to
believe that there should be no need
for such a law, but there is.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-31

The man who owns a good dual pur
pose COW fiatters himself that he has
good COW and that he is doing well,
and perhars he is. But he is not doing
his best until he makes a success by
reaching the highest degree of one or
the other branch of the cows useful
ness.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-31

Chickens can be made to grow fast
er by feeding often.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-31

Careful experiments show that the
honey bee is quite as essential for the
perfect pollination of our fruits as
the humble bee is in the clover fields.
In Germany the humble bee is pro-
tected by legal enactments. With us
every nest is destroyed at once after
its discovery.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-31

When an Eastern writer wishes 10
confuse people about yield of corn he
mentions the measurement in so many
bushels of ears which signifies nothing
in the way of measurement. In the
South il is 'bar'rs' of corn. In the
corn belt whenever a man speaks of
bushels of corn he means one bushel
OF shelled corn.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-31

In answer to question from
reader as TO which is the best all
around breed of chickens for laying
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-31

Wheat that is damp when threshed
will shrink more than that which is
dry. The shrinkage will be from one
to five cents per bushel in price. In
holding grain of any kind it will al
ways be well to take into considera-
ton the shrinkage that is sure to take
place.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-31

A fruit grower who believes in thin
ming fruit, and practices what he be-
heves, removed one-half of the crop
of an extremely heavy setting of
Keifer pears and allowed it 10 so 10
waste on the ground. The portion that
matured was fine and sold at high
prices. In the growers opinion the
yield was larger than if all fruit had
remained on the tree.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-31

Purcell Powless, a full-blooded Oneida
Indian, grandson of former chief of the
tribe, is a motoIman in st. Louis.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-31

Every year we have men who try to
farm more land than they can attend
to. Every year we hear them say they
will never do it again and yet they
keep at it. The man who lays out
more work than he can perform is a
"crawfish," for he is going backward
and will finally come out whence be
started The man who is succeeding
is the man who has his work under his
control. no matter what the season.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-31

Inc supreme 1OuII mas dW8Gueu IL.
\. Smith of A1azomanie $1,000 as the
full amount of his life insurance policy
held by the Northwestern Mutual Life
Insurance Company. In November, 1908,
the case was tried before Judge Tarrant
of Milwaukee in the Circuit Court at
Madison. and Mr.. Smith was awarded
S1SS. The policy was of the 20-year-
endowment kind, and through an over
sight of few days he neglected to com
ply with the time limit for rpaking his
last payment There are several similar
eases on the docket against the same
company.
To be shot by husband several times
and linger nigh unto death for several
months, is good grounds for divorce even
though the husband also attempts to
commit suicide by shooting himself and
SAYS it is all for love of the wife So
decided Judge Fruit of La Crosse in
granting Anna Rossow freedom from
Herman Rossow, who is now serving a
15-year term in the State prison at wau-
pun. The attempted tragedy occurred
in the German Lutheran church Sept. %.
1908. while the flock was listening to the
pastor. RosSOw rushed up the aisle and
shot his wife several times in the back,
then turning the smoking revolver on
himself fred at his own head.
Three men sleeping in a barn owned
by the Michael Wilton estate at Racine,
lad narrow escape from burning to
death The building caught FIRE and the
men were stiil asleep. Two of them were
awakened by watehlnan and the third
was dragged to doorway and thrown
10 the ground eight feet below.
While hunting about a mile from his
home at Neeaah. a gun in the hands Of
Joseph Diedriek vas prematurely dis
charged. tearing gaping wound in his
right wrist. He wicked 10 town and ap-
Piled at "a doctors Tor assistance. and Il
IVES found necessary to amputate the arm
at the elbow. Diedrick refused to take
an anaesthetic during the operation.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-31

Rear Admiral George Wood Pigman
U. s. N, soon to retire, entered the
naval academy in 1861.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-31

An Oklahoma farmer reports that he
has been able to rid his place of the
boil weevil by growing one crop of COW
peas This weevil will not eat the
COW peas. and have all starved while
one crop was being raised. If this
practice could be made general it
might be Il solution of this vexed prob
lem.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-31

The Assembly was only in session a
few minutes Monday, the only business
being the introduction of a few bills.
Adjournment was taken until Tuesday
morning. The Senate met with prayer
by Rev. DR.. Riley of Grace church.
There being no quorum present, the Sen
nte adjourned.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-31

The United States Supreme Court
has supported the ruling of the rev
enue department in regard to the use
of palm oil as a coloring matter for
oleo and thus this imitation has re-
ceived its solar plexus blow. oleo
viii have to trot in class by itself.
Certainly no one will desire to pre-
vent any person eating oleo If he
wishes, but the butter makers do OBJ
te,.Y when II is sold as butter.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-08-23

OF The action Ola car Inspector
who was looking out Tor the safety
Of the human lives. A sleeping
car had been delivered to the
train from another road, but the
inspector after examining 1t re-
jected it as unsafe. This car was
then cut ont and another substi-
tuted. The inspector also reject
ed this one for the same reason.
Finally the train pulled ont and
stopping at the cOmpany's yards
got 4 third sleeper, which passed
the critical test Of the inspector.
There we're some mutterings
among the passengers because of
the delay, but when the fact was
pointed ont to the grnmblers that
it was due to the inspectors desire
to insure the safety Of those on
board the complaints ceased.
"On the same journey, but on
another railroad, the train halted
at a division point in the middle
OF the night. The car inspectors
=
armed with torches and hammers
came around knocking on the
wheels and examining the machin-
cry. Finally signal was given
TO cut out a certain sleeper. The
car was filed with sleeping trav-
elers. It became the unpleasant
duty OF the conductor and porter
to arouse every one Of these pas.
sengers and order them to upper
berths in the other cars. The
crowd was sore as one by one they
fled out, some half dressed.
Among the passengers was q lady
who could not walk because Of
rheumatism. The conductor and
porter brought her out and gen
tleman in another sleeper gave her
his lower berth. Angry inquiries
we're made by disturbed passen-
gers as to the cause Of the change.
But when they were told that, the
inspectors had found broken
wheel on the other sleeper every
body shut mp. AS matter Of fact
q wreck was narrowly averted be
cause Of this broken wheel. The
car inspector is an important
functiOnary. It is his duty tC
+
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-08-23

A famous physician, now hale
and handsome at rs, sums up his
half century Of medical practice
and observation in these simple
rules Of health: 'sBe temperate in
all things, In matters Of amuse-
ment or study as we'll as IN regard
to foods and drinks. TO be tenn.
perate in all things, however, does
not imply that one must be a pro.
hibitiOpist abut anything. Don't
be afraid to go to sleep, for sleep is
the bestrestorer Of wasted energies
Sleep q certain number Of hours
every night and then remember
that short nap during the day is
a safer reiuvenator than cock
tail. Don't worry either about
the past or future. To waste a
single hour IN the regretiul past
is as senseless as to send good
money after that which has been
irrecoverably lost"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-08-23

ii. p, MaIlan, Boer colonel, who
served in the South African war, Is
conductor on street car line in Kan
sas City. Mallan's home is In Cape
Town, South Africa. He is "a years
old. At the close of the war he went
to Mexico, but finding nothing to do
but work in the mines, he left for the
United States.
"Why do you call your dog Emper-
or Bill2n inquired the summer boarder.
'tBecuz," replied Farmer Geehaw,
ito hear him growl ye'd think he wuz
the fiercest ever, but there amt mo-
body ever seed him In genuwine
scrap"
The intense itching characteristic Of
salt rheum and eczema is instantly al
layed by applying Chamberlain's
Salve. AS cure for skin diseases
this salve Is unequaled. For sale by
all druggists.
Baron Komura looks like an elderly
vegetarian.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-08-23

well known and All peoples are be-
coming neighbcrs. Most Of this
wonderful development has taken
place within comparatively recent
years, the younger generation hav-
ing been particularly fortunate in
being q part Of the best age the
world has known.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-08-23
sonth,s onward NTarch.

.SOuth's Onward March.
Every industrial and financial
record gives evidence Of the pros
porous condition Of the South,
and while the yellow fever In New
Orleans has served to injure trade
for the time the plague cannot con-
tinue very long at most and the
recovery from it's effects will be
speedy.
AZ evidence Of how well the
South has been doing, Bradstreel's
report, in setting forth the cOun-
try's bank clearings for July,
furnishes striking proof. It
shows that the total clearings for
ninty four cities was $1O,SO3, 900,
900, a gain Of 25.2 per cent over
July a year ago, and 6.3 per cent
over July, 1902, which was the
largest previously recorded. The
report further shows that the per
centages Of increase were the larg-
est in the Middle, Southern and
far Western states, but while the
gain OF the Western cities was
only $50 per cent, the Southern
cities gained % per cent.
AS bank clearings are an nnfail-
ing barometer Of trade and indus
trial conditions the splendid gain
made by the Southern banks is
strong proof Of our prosperity. In
this connection an example Of good
times now prevailing in Missis-
Hsippi, where during the seven
months Of the present year there
have been only thirty business
failures, and other Southern states
have records almost as flattering.
The failures in Mississippi amour
ted in the aggregate to only $3.50,
600, and Of that sum $40, coo was
represented in the bankruptcy oil
two firms, leaving Just $4,000 to
be divided among twenty-eight
concerns. This means the actual
high-water mark Of prosperity In
this state, the agricultural and
manufacturing interests Of which
are now In a state Of very rapid
development. A better condition
OF things is hardly conceivable.
The current Issue Of the Balti-
more Manufacturers Record en-
braces reports from every part Of
the South Of work being done.
From them it is learned that plans
for new railroad construction I'M
dertaken in July embrace over 6OC
miles Of track In Arkansas, over
200 miles in Louisiana, over zoe
miles in Florida, and with exten'
sions Of varying length, especially
in Tennessee, Alabama, Kentucky
and the Virginias. There is some
report to be made Of the textile,
1 woodworking and iron Industries
/ The Record has already prediC
tied that In a short time the South
| will no longer feel the need Of cal
Hing upon financial centers in 9th.
Ter parts 81 the country TO provide
money for the handling Of its
Crops, as its own financial institu-
tiOns are expanding and growing
at a great rate.
| Altogether the South is doing
admirably. Yellow fever hurts
only in spots and the injury is'bui
temporary. Southern prosperity
lie more than skin deep. It OK
tends ali the way through ana Il
Isubstantial and bfisialr to be 81
llong duration.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-08-23
Events Of a Decade.

Inc booksellers and libraries
all over the country report that
the public is just now taking an
unusual interest in books dealing
with Japan and the Orient, serves
to recall the fact that within q de-
cade vast amount Of world his.
tory has been made and we have
gained more knowledge OF world
geography than our ancestors
dreamed Of. The boy or girl who
has had the privilege Of studying
history and geography during the
past ten years has been coached
daily by events Of considerable
Importance chroniCled in the news
papers.
When most Of the present adult
population went to school the
Philippine islands we're vague
and uncertain. group somewhere in
the Pacific ocean, but not even the
Biographies could tell Us much
about them. AS for Manila, that
was the name Of q rope and a
wrapping paper, and we didn't
even take the trouble to find out
where the name originated. When
the Japanese demanded Formosa
from the Chinese as part indemni-
ty in the war OF something more
than ten years ago, we looked it
up and in doing so discovered KO-
rea: The present war between
Russia and Japan has developed q
wide and fertile field Of geographi7
cal study. Practically the whole
world now knows something Oithe
history and economical conditions
Of Manchnria and Eastern Russia,
while the awakening interest In
Japan is universal.
The Boer war brought to the at
tentiOn OF the civilized world the
peoples and countries Of South
Africa and our knowledge Of this
part Of the globe grew with the
developments Of the war. AIT var
ious periods during the past dec
ade the attention Of the American
people has been drawn to the is
lands Of the Caribbean sea, and the
history Of Cuba is more or less
familiar to al school children who
have followed the exploits Of onr
soldiers and sailors III those wa
ters. Certain commercial move
ments u large scope have added
10 our knowledge Of the world,
while the mining operations IN
Alaska have brought this hitherto
almost unknown region into closer
scrutiny.
Russia, for 20 many centuries 3
dark and mysterious country has
been stripped 81 much 81 the myst
ticism and terrors that invested Il,
and lie iBteTnal conditions are now
better known than ever before.
The system 81 Russian gcyefnmenl
has been exploited TO che world,
and more has been learned Of il
Within the last decade than al the
histories contained previous g the
present war.
The world now holds iew really
\ dark corners. With tho 0ompeti.
lion 81 commercial nations, ths
widespread intereetin exploration,
and the rapidly increasing means
81 communication between remot
6St points, the earth is becoming
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-08-23

guard human life and protect
property, but The travelling public
seldom thinkso ithese facts when
they see him at his rather unpic-
tureeQue occupation n
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-08-23

convincing proof that the kidneys and blad-
der are out Of order.
What to DO.
There Is comfort IN the knowledge so
often expressed, that Or. Kilmer's Swamp
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wish in curing rheumatism. pain in the
back, kidneys. liver, bladder and every part
OF the urinary passage. Il corrects inability
70 hold water and scalding pain in passing
IT. or bad effects following use Of liquor.
wine or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant
necessity Of being compelled to 60 often
during the day, and to get UP many times
during the night. The mild and the extra
ordinary effect Of Swamp-ROOt Is soon
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derful cures Of the most distressing cases.
Ityou need medicine you should have the
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You may have sample bottle Of this
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and book that tellsnI A - lift h.:
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Address Or. Kilmcr & Home Of swamp.Roos
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ton reading this generous offer in this paper.
Don't make any mistake, but re-
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