Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-07-31


With reasonably good management
sheep should give greater returns than
any other live stock.
One great source of infertile eggs is
due to the fact that too many females
are yarded with one cock.
The expense in labor In caring for
garden adequate to supply the needs of
an ordinary family need not exceed $50
a year.
If you want to get the best work out
OF the boy, let him have half a day off
now and then to play ball and give
him half dollar to blow in on the
next circus.
Early Matched chicks should be taken
from the brooders and placed in rat
proof colony houses. They will huddle
in a corner at first, and should be
taught to rooSt as soon as possible.
The labor of hand wedding may be
reduced to a minimum by planting in
freshly worked soil only, tilling close
to the rows early in the season, and
permitting no weeds to ripen their seed,
In selecting eggs for Matching, take
those of uniform size and thickness of
she'll. Reject the dirty, notified eggs
and those with thin shells. Do not set
small eggs nor eggs more than thirty
days old.
Where sixteen hours day is still
the rule on the farm it is pertinent to
ask the question, SIS there any necessity
for such slaving?' Many boy has
been driven to the city by just such
methods of carrying on farm operations.
Grape cuttings should be planted as
soon as the soil can be worked in the
spring. In planting put them in the
ground up to the top bud and at a
slant so that the soil will be packed
firmly about them to prevent drying
out
1t ought not to require the aid of eX-
perts to show the danger of Tornado
hyde and formalin as a milk preseryer.
The milk sellers do not have the same
interest in this that the consumers have,
and all who persist in the use of such
drugs should be given a taste of the
strong arm OF the law.
II IL hnst to htru cnn1 In thD
ear when practicable. The whole ears
are honest representatives and show
for themselves. 1t is best to discard
all the defective, irregular-shaped
grains from the ends of the ear in or
der to insure a perfect stand. A per-
feet stand materially lessons the cost
of production.
The "cock-sure cure" for hog cholera
promulgated few years ago by the
government has gone off "half cooked" |
and the whole scheme has failed. The
reason it failed was due to the fact that |
q whole herd had to be destroyed in |
order to effect a cure. Strange. This
is like the man who cleared his barn |
of rats by setting it on fire.
Artistic garden beds have earned a
good, long rest. If there ever was any
reason for them it las all vanished. |
The best way to grow garden vegetables |
is to grow them in long rows
so they can be easily cultivated by hand |
or wheel hoe Plant rows extending
across the garden, arranging the varie |
ties so that other and later crops can |
take the place of the early vegetables |
Sheep are the best animals to Craze |
Ia a sod orchard. They crop the grass
close to the ground thus Obviating |
loss of moisture by evaporation |
the blades. They do not tramp |
the ground solidly like cattle, and their
droppings are an aid to fertilization be-
cause of their extended distribution.
Sheep also keep the orchard clear Of
weeds and briars, if turned Into it early
enough in the summer.
Oyerripe cream means rancid butter.
The scientific buttermaker ripens his
cream to a uniform acidity. The
of acid his cream contains he
measures by means of a test The man
who makes butter on the farm should
use this test, or else he should use
that will enable him to
know exactly when to stop the ripen-
Ing process and begin TO churn his
cream. Butter to sell we'll should be
uniform in quality.
Experiments show that a COW when
In full flow of milk drinks from /, 800
to 1000 pounds of water a month, the
average quantity, determined by test
ing herd, being 1.GGO pounds per COW.
This fact shows the Importance Of I'M
limited supply Of water at all seasons
Of the year. In every 100 quarts of
milk the farmer sells about eighty.
eight quarts Of water, and when the
cow cannot procure water at all times
she will fall off in yield.
Pruning should be done as early as
possible TO give the wounds time to
heal. Especially is this true where
pruning is heavy. 1t Is not yet too
late to finish this sort of work, but no
large limbs should be cut, because they
will not heal in time to prevent bleed
ing when the sap begins to flow. Paint
ing all scars of an inch or more in di.
lmeter made at this time of the year
will prevent bleeding and destroy a
place for fungus diseases.
In planting peach trees a Western
orchardist recommends put !
ing out strong oneyear-olds and cut
ing them back 10 start switches Is J
inches high. He plants his trees IS to
20 feet apart, and cultiyates well. lie
,lalms the best tool for this purpose Is
double cutaway harrow. After three 1
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