Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-14

According to the California Fruit
Grower, California in the year 1904
produced 165,000,000 pounds of prunes,
and 120,00000G pounds of raislns.
Most of the available farm lands
that are for sale by the government
are placed on the bargain counter and
will be sold nj bargain counter prices.
TO be able to do anything is like
eating a doughnut To be able to half
do it is like eating the hole in the
doughnut. enc can watch the hole
grow.
One reason why worry kills more
people than work is because there are
more people engaged in the business
of worrying. Some people would rather
worry than work.
The man who has clay or grav-
ely soil need give but little care to
his plow in winter to keep it bright,
but the man with an alluvial soil will
need to Keep a close tab on the bright
ness of the mold-board
Buying a patent right or engaging
in ''get rich quick" schemes is very
good way to rob ones self. 1t is not
the only way, however, for one can
do 1t by continually growing and sell
ing crops without putting anything
back on the land.
The early laying pullet should be
marked and kept for the breeding pen
next season, provided she is other
wise a good bird. In nearly all cases
the pullet that begins to lay early in
life is the one that will lay the larg
est number of eggs in a year.
Winter days can be employed in
many ways. Much work that is usu-
ally put off until spring can be done.
Get so1ne half inch rope and make
a number of rope halters. These are
always useful. On a stock farm it is
difficult to get too many of them.
The horse that has served his mas
tel. faithfully for many years is en-
titled to consideration in his old age.
1t is a practice too common to sell
the old horse TO some peddler or other
person that will have no interest in
him beyond the work that can be OBJ
tanned from him.
According to newspaper reports, Luz
Their Burbank of California has pro-
duced flower which, when cut, nei-
Their fades nor loses its odor. 1t is
said that these permanent blossoms
may work a revolution in millinery,
as they can be used in place of artifi-
cial blooms.
We've had the horesless carriage,
cowless milk, BUTTERFLIES butter and
the seedless apple and now a Kansas
man threatens us with featherless
chicken to complicate the task Of the
boarder who insists on knowing if 1t
was picked before il was ripe. No,
we don't want the featherless chicken,
for that would necessitate clothing In
q cold climate.
To the ma,. who takes great pains
with his seed corn all seed corn school
ing seems silly, but the man
who is careless about it is very much
In need of the best way to increase
the stand. Many farmers have farm
ed for years and yet the yield of corn
49,. - 4, about uohaJf vt-b,,t ~
ought to be. This is largely on &C.
count of poor stands.
The Canadian government is en-
ploying special measures to induce
former Canadians who have settled
in the United States to return to Can
ada and occupy land in the northwest
ern provinces. which are now very
attractive to many farmers inclined
to migrate. An agent has been in
structed TO open offices in Boston and
to reach the farmers of New England,
those of former Canadian experience
preferred.
4 Pennsylvania farmer says he
cured balky horse of that pernicious
habit by the use of electricity He
purchased a small storage battery,
connected the wires to the bit and the
crupper. and placed it in his vehicle.
When it was anticipated that the
horse was about to balk, he pressed
the button. the horse would feel
shock and would snort and try TO get
out of the way of the unusual feeling,
which. of course, would cease when
he got started He was thoroughly
broken Of the habit. so the writer
says.
The corn crop in the seven surplus
States is / .f3s0o0,e00 bushels. or 167.-
oO0.Oo0 bushels more than in 1909
and compared with 1,703. 0o0000
bushels in 1902 The principal changes
in the official figures from the esti-
mates made in November are an in
crease of 100000 bushels in Iowa.
a decrease of 100000 bushels in Kan
sas. The detailed figures compare as
follows:
1901. 1903
Ohio - Ioo.oa0,00o 100000
Indiana $4,000 600 $4,000. GOO
Illinois 344.0a9 600 2e4 Oe0.e9a
Missouri - 152. 09stUQ9 203 og0. 900
Kansas Is. 090000 IL. 009. 600
Iowa . 303. 009 900 229.009. 0o0
Nebraska -. 261 100000 1000. COO