Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-24

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100 constant setting makes the hens
of bad disposition and difficult to man
age.
Tne poultry quarters should be thor
oughly whitewashed inside and out
frequently.
Make walks of coal ashes instead
os scattering them promiscuously
about the back yard
Little chicks have no teeth and must
have sand, crushed bone, shell and
charcoal in some form.
Lousy hens are the cause of much
debility, sickness and death among the
young breeds they hatch out.
Twenty years from now it will be
common to hear this question asked:
''Did you vaccinate your land Last
year,"
Growing clover will do more to keep
up or restore the land to fertility than
any other crop that can be grown, if
properly managed.
Fowls seldom tire of milk They
may eat too much grain or meat for
their health. but milk in any form is
palatable and wholesome.
Corn in the CRIB has the appearance
Of being money in the bank. 1t means
about the same thing and many are
not rushing the produce to market.
In sheep and swine early maturity
are pertinent requisites. Slow grow
ers are poor money bakers. Some men
who cannot do well with hogs will
succeed with sheep.
Four vide boards arranged in the
form 81 a square with a tight cover
over one corner makes a convenient
place for ducks and may be moved to
fresh ground easily.
Letting the mud freeze on the
wheels and other parts of buggy is
a good way to make a job for paint
er. Water is cheaper than paint. Ell
bow grease also has its virtue.
Call time on the old hens and see
that they contribute to the poultry
market before they cause loss. This
is a lesson that many have to learn
at loss. 1t seldom pays to keep hens
after their second summer.
A point that all fruit growers should
bear in mind is that the city resi-
dent has little room for storage, and
hence will pay much higher prices in
proportion for good fruit in small pack
ages than ordinary fruit in large pack
ages.
The man behind the pillow has laid up
for winter. The man behind the gun
has become entrenched on Manchuria' s
hills. but the man behind the meal bag
is still doing business at the old stand
on a dairy farm where the cows are
still responding to the generous feeds
given by him.
The very extravagant claim is made
that the seedless apple is also bloom
less apple, and that worms cannot live
in them because of the absence of
seeds, and that it is, therefore, worm
less. Let the codling moth have a
squirt at the now variety. Why can't
it be made frost-proof?
When the new corn husking ma
chine gets to working to perfection
and will husk from seven to ten acres
daily there will be little demand for
the man with the 'husking peg" The
champion corn husker will join the
ranks of the champion sheep shearer
who has laid down his laurels to the
sheep shearlng machine.
A large ear of corn will contain
more grains of corn l. - small ear.
All will recognize that fact, and yet
there is a feeling among corn grow
ers that is not favorable to mammoth
ears. The smaller ear is quicker to
dry out and is much easier husked.
A medium ear is desired and one
should be on every stalk and the stalks
well distributed over an acre.
Don't get an idea that hog can
not be overfed, for it is easy TO over
feed a hog. An excess of feed leads to
disease of blood, liver and bowels.
Only n certain amount of feed can be
asSimilated by an animal, and all
over the actual requirement will lie
in the intestinal canal to putrefy and
evolve deleterious gases which, being
absorbed, produce serious effect on
the blood.
The manufacture of potato flour is
a very important industry in Austria.
Corn starch is practically unknown in
that country potato flour being sub
stituted. 1t is said to be cheaper than
wheat -four and makes a beautiful
light cake. The potatoes are machined
so as TO separate the starch from the
cells after which it is refined, cleansed
and dried. The residue is fed to stock.
stock.
Upon the advent of steam engines
there was a letting up of improve
ment of power to be obtained on swift
flowing streams. Now there is a re-
vival of the old time water power
which has come largely because OF
its eheapness. Gasoline engines are
also coming into prominence. The
great lesson of economy is coming and
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