Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-17


thought he cud do that?
A bull or ram can be made to
work for living by the use of a tread
power. Such animals would be ali the
better for the exercise, and the power
would be obtained without cost.
good egg is alive The shell is
porous and the oxygen of the air goes
through the shell and keeps up a sort
OF respiration. An egg soon becomes
stale IN bad air or In dry air charged
with carholic acid.
For early pigs well matured sows
should be mated. AS a rule, they will
take better care of their filters, will be
better suckers, and the danger of par
turition will not be so great as with
the younger sows, while they will be
more readily managed by the feeder
A gasoline engine operated by a
competent man is not as bad an in
surance risk as gasoline stove in the
hands of an incompetent and nervous
woman. Gasoline is dangerous, and
we should know that. The better we
know that it is dangerous the less
trouble there will be in handling it
Reject a horse with toes turned in
or out The twist generally occurs at
the fetlock. Toes turned out are more
Objectionable than toes turned in.
When toes are turned out the fetlocks
are generally turned in, and animals
so formed are very apt to cut or
bruise. Both, however, are weak for
nations.
Many a man has been called upon
to compute the profit in growing tim
Ter. Some have said by their actions
taat 1t does not pay. This is in the
face of the fact that there seemed to
be plenty of natural timber. The nat
ural supply is fast going into com
merce. and it may be a good policy to
provide for future emergencies.
Spring blowing for some fields viii
let much water escape and will leave
the soil too loose to hold moisture
Settling must take place, which may
be done artificially or naturally. Rains
and frosts are natures way of doing
this. For this reason early spring
blowing will put the soil in a better
condition to withstand summer drouth.
No one denies that the producer has
not right TO profit on his products.
He has as much right TO profit as the
merchant, the middleman or the rail-
road corporation. Is the producer get
ting what belongs to him? If not, why
not? Does the producer know when
lie is selling at loss, or what his
profit is in growing any product?
There is room for some education along
this line.
A Minnesota hog raiser has found a
good plan for keeping hen from sit
ting. She puts under her cheap
watch, which is wound every day and
kept ticking. AS the watch ticks the
hen begins to show signs of uneasiness
and stirs the noisy egg around with
her beak She grows more and more
nervous as the noise continues, and
soon runs Off to get cool. She finally
gives up the charge and abandons the
nest for good.
California fruit has long since had
distinguishing merit which $ not al
ways been due 10 superior quality. A
good deal of the success hns come
through the attractive packages and
method of packing the fruit. BY this
means they succeed in capturing the
fancy prices Fruit men can afford to
take notes. Wrapping individual speci-
mems eonserves flavor, and when not
wrapped the flavor escapes. With the
pear the longer the flavor escapes the
poorer it will become. The pear peach
and plum are better for being wrapped.
Iowa Homestead
Birds that have their full liberty and
are well fed usually moult WELL but
when they are kept in confinement,
care and precaution are always neces-
sary. An abundance of warming, nu-
tritious food is particularly needed at
this time. and tonic of some kind can
usually be given with benefit. One of
the best things of this kind to use is
one-half pound of sulphate of iron, one
ounce of sulphuric acid and two gal
Ions of water Put a teaspoonful of
this tincture in the drinking water.
ana continue all through the season
OF sloulting.
Don't overload the horse. for this
canses more balky horses than any
0ther one thing. There are many .othe:
caases. 1t may be bred in the horse.
/ Know Of one tribe of horses, all of
watch are affected with the disease.
Brt most cases could be prevented by
beSng careful in loading: when the
ground is a little soft is a good time
70 overload, or by getting into ruts on
eHe road when the wagon is heavily
loaded. If we watch all these little
points most cases could be prevented.
h careful, as there is no medicine
which comes in a bottle which will
eyre the halker.--E Exchange.
We are almost out of patience when
We see men who have kept sheen for
sears catch them by selling hold of
yseir wool 1t Is cruel, shamefuny