Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-03-14

disappointment, for now the little boy
will have no core to give to his little
sister.
When the cholera germ gets into
herd of swine it is all day with that
! herd The thing to do is to keep a
close tab on the germ.
In some localities at least sheep
should be looked upon rs auxiliaries
in keeping up the fertility of the land
rather than a means of profit.
If some men could compute the
time taken in running about from
place to place for forks they could
soon buy a number of them.
A combination of a young SOW for
a dam and too much corn will more
surely cause a fine bone and a de-
terioration than any other cause.
Style is worth something in horse
and is usually the highest priced quail
ity he has. Even a draft horse is
worth all the more by having good &C
ton.
Wool is Il product from feeding just
the same as fat or flesh, and the flock
should be fed and managed with a
view to wool growth, and that of fine
quality.
Feeding in sheep husbandry is like
any other problem in live stock. How
ever good the breed, without good
care and feeding they must necessar
lily degenerate.
The one consoling thing about a
mule Is that he is one-half horse.
Were it not for this redeeming trait
of relationship he would have still
fewer friends.
A Pennsylvania court has decided
that chicken is not an animal. This
is really encouraging. Some court may
now be called upon to decide whether
toad is bird.
With the SOW in a good condition at
narrowing, and the pigs given a good
start so that they will lose nothing in
weaving, the foundation of a profta
BILE animal is laid.
1t is claimed that equal parts of red
pepper alum, rosin and sulphur will
cure chicken cholera. Feed a table
spoonful of this mixture in three pintS
of scalded meal every day.
The man engaged in running down
his farm has long since lost interest
in running his bank account up. A
bank account may not be necessary
for happiness, but a good farm is.
1t Is a pleasure to pick up an apple
and not be compelled to eat around a
worm hole. 1t speaks well for the
grower of the apple or it means that
some very industrious moth failed to
do it's duty.
The dairyman who is up to date will
not be satisfied by knowing the cow
that gives the most milk or butter in
day Or in a year, but he will seek
the COW which produces the most from
each dollars worth of feed.
A cheap paint for outbuildings and
fences consists of a mixture of ce-
ment and water mixed to paint con
sistency TO which is added such color
ing matter as may be desired. Yellow
ocher makes a good coloring matter
Cooperation among farmers Is all
right, but such cooperative associa-
tons should be organized by the farm
ers themselves and not by some per-
son who has an ak to grind. Usually
the organizers have personal and I'LL
teTior purposes.
A good thermometer is fine thing
30 have to help ambitious people use
good judgment. Sometimes the wealth
| er Is too cold to make trip to town
and when there is no Thermometer one
is liable to guess that 1.-The weather is
not cold
A large amount OF the so-called
whole -four consists simply OF a
mixture of flour and middlings. Con
sumers of this grade pay about twice
as much for it as they do for the real
-four The addition of middIings will
deter rising. but adds TO its nutrition
A prominent Illinois swine breeder
says he knows that it is against the
experiment station reports to cook
feed for hogs. but he feeds warm feed
10 his growing pigs in winter. He
thinks they appreciate warm feed
lust as well as he does and he obtains
as good growth in winter as he does IL
summer
1t is said that one good way to Sc
lect a good layer is to draw an inn
aginary line from the eye TO the feet,
aud should the part of the fowl on
the rear part of that line be in excess
of that in front it is On indication Of
good layer. IF the larger portion
is in front ii indicates a good table
fowl. The claim is that a good table
fowl has a preponderance of breast
and is not a good layer The layer
has but little breast, but has CORE
spondingly well-developed egg organs
and IS a good layer.
Shoes Too Heavy.
The wear and tear on horse-fiesh
makes quite an item on the farm. and
anything that viii reduce this fricdon
for the farmer should be welcomed.
II has been proved beyond dispute