Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-04-18

Sheep that are properly fitted for
market readily find buyer.
Only few varieties should be plant
ed in the commercial orchard.
Too large quantities of fertilizers
applied at one time viii kill tender
plants.
Sheep. independent of wool, are
worth more than their cost IL what
they do for the farm ana in the meat
they furnish.
If chickens are allowed on the roosts
too young, their breasts often get
crooked and their growth and appear
ance spoiled.
Sheep are about the only animals
that do not exhaust the land upon
which they feed, but really perma.
nentiy improve it.
A Massachusetts farmer claims to
have grown $1,000 worth of cabbage
on one acre of ground This is what
might be termed intensive farming.
The Dorset breeders for some time
claimed that breed as being dog-proof
Will some enterprising breeder now
proceed TO produce a wolf-proof breed ?
A fairly well graded flock of ewes
bred for few years to none but first
class rams will in a short time give
as good flock as is needed for all
practical purposes.
Good wool as we'll as good mutton
depend largely upon the quality of
the food. Succulent food makes the
best wool, the cleanest, brightest,
softest and strongest.
The roosts in the poultry house
should be low, so that the fowls need
not jump from any great hight, which
often causes bumblefoot-a swelling
of the bottom and side of the foot.
Nest eggs are useful to guide pullets
or strange hens to locate the nest
boxes, but that is about the extent of
it. The old theory that the presence
Of nest eggs induces egg production
mas long since been exploded.
Quarantine the newcomer. Never
place strange stock in your pens until
sley have been kept separate for two
weeks, so that you may know if they
are in a healthful condition.
A Gravenstein apple tree at Wolf
VILE N. S., is reported to have given
its owner last year eighteen barrels
of fine fruit, selling at about $50 after
paying for barrels and packing. Plant
ing a tree like that is a prime invest
ment
The lice are still about; get rid of
them. If you have an old iron pot
handy try burning a lot of cedar
shavings in the hen house. After hav-
ing chased out the chickens close up
the building tightly and fill it with
smoke. Those who have tried it say
it beats any other method known.
In making a selection of an apprO-
pirate situation for garden one
should be chosen which will receive
through the day, more especially in the
morning, the full benefit Of the sun.
A gentle slope to the south and east
is always preferable. The close prox-
unity to large trees should be avoided,
as their ever-greedy roots would alb
sorb the nutriment which the vege-
tables require, and their shade de-
prives them of light and heat. Vege-
tables can never be brought to matur-
ity in retired or shady spot. A gar
den should be as near the dwelling
as possible.
The protection Of the milk supplies
of cities naturally comes under the
control of the board of health, but
few of the men composing city boards
of health take the trouble to inform
themselves of the real conditions sur
rounding the production of clean and
dirty milk. The example of one
Canadian city is worth following
The city of Ottawa sent its milk in
spector to the Ontario agricultural
school at Guelph to take a course, in
the production and care of milk
This is certainly a step in the right
direction An inspector so informed
is worth more than half a dozen men
who do not know what are the best
ways of handling this important food
product.
To Get Stand of Clover.