Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-22

If possible have a dust mulch in
the orchard. Sod takes up too much
moisture
Place a good-sized piece of wire
screen over the front of the coop to
admit fresh air.
Wood ashes are good for trees. par
tcularly peach trees. They have been
known to give new life to an old peach
orchard.
Some agricultural college men say
never grow alfalfa with a cover crop,
but great many horny-handed farm
ers have found that to be the best
way.
Some one several years ago discov-
cred that 2.160 bees could be placed
in pint measure and that it takes
1886 bees to weigh an ounce, 5,37G to
the pound.
l. you have on hand considerable
humber of good growing young birds,
1t will be we'll to pay particular at
tent1on to housing them during the
late summer and early fall months.
Every farmer should aim to grow
something better than has been pro-
duced. By thorough cultivation, and
in the introductions of varieties which
are new and superior is the only way
this can be done.
Have a nice pen of fowls yarded
near much travelled street or high
way, and note the interest the passer-
by take in them. 1t is one of the most
effective ways there are of advertis-
ing your stock around home.
Experiments lead Messrs. Harper
and Peter of the Kentucky experiment
station to believe that flinty kernels
from the middle Of the head should be
selected from early maturing varieties
for developing a high protein type of
wheat.
Many tillers of large farms have
had their noses in contact with the
grindstone for many years, because
they spread their capital and labor
too thinly over large area. Sell or
rent part Of the land and see if it
does not foot up better at the end Of
the year.
The United States Consul General at
Calcutta, in a recent report, writes as
follows: my attention has been
called to the slow and wasteful har-
vesting in India The thrashing is done
by hand, or by bullocks treading out
the grain, and the winnowing is done
by hand. Both processes are slow and
wasteful Thrashing and winnowing
machines adapted to this country, ca
pable of being moved from place to
place, as farms are small, would,
think, prove great success. Some of
our manufacturers of agricultural ma
chimes should send experts here to
study the situation. If economy in
harvesting We're introduced much
larger crops would be raised and saved
1t would seem to be a simple thing for
our manufacturers to take advantage
of the conditions here and to reap a
rich harvest for themselves"
In his report to the Department of
Agriculture on The Forest Conditions
of Northern New Hampshire, Alfred
X. Chittenden gives the principal
causes of forest fires, in the order of
their Importance, as follows: Railroads,
carelessness in clearing land, fisher
men and campers and malice. In view
of the common practice in the rural
districts of giving sportsmen credit for
starting fires, it is refreshing, says
Field and Stream, to quote the follow
ing paragraph relating to causes. Mr.. |
Chittenden says: Among the numer- |
Gus causes of forest fires the getting |
beyond control Of fires set for the pur-
pose of clearing land occupies prom |
inent place. There are many persons |
among the farming community who do |
not appreciate the danger of burning |
brush in the neighbOrhOod of wood
lands during a dry time. Unfortunate |
ly the danger from this source is not |
due entirely to ignorance or simply to
thoughtlessness. There are many per
sons who will not consult the safety of |
their neighbours property in this mat
ter, even if the danger has been clear
ly pointed out The evil clearly calls |
for both educational and restrictive |
measures"