Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-11-07

Most farmers do not want the
weather man to strike below the corn
belt"
If you have anything the matter
with your hogs just put them on diet
of dry oats and water and see how
quickly they viii come around.
B. D. Wilcox, Preston, Idaho, has a
6-year-old Jersey cow that produces
six gallons Of milk per day From a
number of examples and demonstra-
tons Idaho seems bound to make
great dairy State, especially in the
western and southwestern districts.
A tomato grower tried pinehing
back some tomato plants and others
were not molested In the case of
the plants pinched back, the quantity
of the fruit was more, but it ripened
later than that on the plants not
pinched back, and more of the fruit
was ripe for one picking on the plants
pinched back.
Those who are having their first
experience with alfalfa hay are liza
BILE to let the crop go too long before
taking off the first crop, thus letting
the stems become too woody. The
usual plan is to cut it when it is from
one-tenth to One-ffth in bloom, doing
the work in the morning and letting it
dry just enough so the leaves will
not fall. 1t should be raHed into small
windows and allowed to dry some
more before hauling in.
The Michigan experiment station has
been making some experiments along
soil lines and the results are surpris-
ing. In making some soil experiments
on good, rich ground by the aid of
soil culture no additional weights has
been received in the yield of crops,
but upon examination it has BEEN
found that the protein contents of the
crop have been materially increased,
and this seems to be one thing the
farmers are trying to obtain.
Il have simple treatment which
will keep the plums from falling off,
and give better fruit" says E. ].
Waterstripe of Shelby county, Mis-
souri,. some of the neighbors have
tried it, too, with equal success. Go
to your blacksmith and ask him for
the iron shavings or sparks which fly
off while welding. Put a small buck
atf11I around aooh trao aar1U i'm cDrincy
and see if your plums do not stay on
the trees better. 1t is well worth a
trial
1t is a well-established fact that
horses recognize musical sounds, and
make preferences. A traveller in an
East Indian city noticed that the sol
diers' horses paved the ground and
tossed their head when the band play
ed God Save the Queen" That piece
was always played last as a signal
for going home, and it was suggested
that was the reason why the horses
recognized it, but when the expert
ment was tried of playing the tune
first, the horses carried on just the
same.
From Missouri, Tennessee, Kentucky
and other mule breeding States comes
the word that the demand for good
heavy work mules or young things
bred from the right kind of mares
and jacks never were so high in price. |
A Missouri farmer states that he sold |
pair of 5-year-olds, weighing $500 |
pounds the span, on his farm at $500 |
pair weighing 2,200 pounds at $3.50 |
at the same time. These mules were
not in high flesh, having worked all |
spring on the farm. Prices ranging |
very close to 500 each are quoted |
from Tennessee for mules just a few |
days old.
An Illustration of what is one
mons meat is another's poison" is |
shown in the fact that a man in In |
diana has a 'dock farm" The ordi- |
nary burdock is grown, and it is claim |
ed that the crop from one acre is |
worth 5000. While it is apparent that |
this weed pest is difficult 70 get rid |
of in fence corners, it is said to be |
a hard crop to grow when wanted for |
commercial purposes. The root is
used in some medical preparation. The |
JRps do not consider the dock" a
weed, but they cultivate it as an ar
ticle of food, using it for favoring |
soups, and it is said to resemble an
artichoke in taste.
According to the report of the Sec |
rotary of Agriculture not less than 165 |
car loads Of pears We're shipped to
foreign markets last year, principally |
across the Atlantic ocean. About 10
600 packages of Bartletts were shipped |
to England. The great obstacle in the
shipping of pears is to get pears of |
good quality to ship. Bartlett pears
are certainly good pears to send across
the ocean to help foster that trade, but |
the trouble Is that we have not very
large supply of Bartletts from which |
to draw. 1t is with the pear as it is |
with the apple; we have an abundance
of pears like the Keifer-of poor quail |
ity, but of great staying power and
reliable as to the amount of fruit pro-
duced year by year.
Agriculture in Germany.
During the past twenty years Ger |
many, notwithstanding the rapid de-
velopment of all manufacturing indus
tries, has largely increased her crops
of grains, vegetables and fruits, and |
likewise of clover and hay, although |
the net area of such lands has been |