Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-30

! East and the West would be benefited.
If the hay is lightly thrashed and
well shaken to rid it of dust, it will be
| far better not only for the horses at
| f1icted with heaves, but for all horses.
Some men try extensive farming with
| intensive profit. 1t is better to have
these conditions reversed. Intensive
farming usually brings extensive profits.
Are you doing all you can to improve
your pastures? 1t is easy to lose sight
of this important feature of farming in
attempts to make the cultivated fields
produce large yields.
He that does not enjoy feeding sheep
had better quit the business, for he can
not possibly make a success of it, any
more than a family can be happy with
out family love in its midst.
Some of our leading orchardists are
looking back into ancient history to
learn what they can about the new
seedless apple. Isn't that queer-look-
Ing into ancient history for new things?
There ought to be a brisk demand
these days for the old-fashioned bacon
our forefathers used to make. 1.-The
old-fashioned bacon, the uncanvasSed
bacon, the well-smoked bacon our dads
used to make"
See that the hens have plenty of grit.
Break up some rock, old crooks or
dishes, moderately fine, if there is not
plenty of coarse sand or fine gravel in
the ground, and put in where they can
get it at all times
A farmer in one of the western states
advertises in city papers that he will
engage himself to haul automobiles
out Of the mud at reasonable prices"
This is a new vocation, and probably
could be made a profitable one.
The feed should be good and free |
from aromatic substances. IL these
aromatic foods are used they should !
be employed according to those meth |
DDS which will not cause odors or
f1avors to appear in the milk.
The kind of lead pencil farming that
we should favor is that use of the lead |
pencil which will admit of a knowledge |
of the cost of every crop and the cost
of the production of every animal BY
this use of the pencil it will be easy to
figure the rest.
If every farmer would be as persist |
ent in cleaning the roadsides of weeds |
as the railroads are in keeping their |
right-of-way clean, it would add great
" to the beauty of the country. Com |
pare some of the public roads with the |
railroads and the former suffers by |
comparison.
A breed of general-purpose horses |
can be produced by u careful selection |
and combination of different blood lines
and a continuous breeding to a type
for two or three centuries, but the |
shortness of mems lives and small prize
to De gained have thus worked against
the development of such breed.
Some good housewives that we know
of keep a supply of canned vegetables
and canned meats on hand so that in
time of emergency they may have some
source to which they may turn. The
fruits, vegetables, fish and meat which
come this way can be converted quick
~ into many delicate and palatableI
! dishes, and they are always sure to hit
lie popular appetite.
| A few roots of horseradsh about the
| place often give pleasant variety for
| the table, and it requires little or no
care. The grated roots form a deli
cious relish for the table in the spring
and fall, and a winters supply can be
| had by placing the roots in moist soil
or sand in tie cellar. The fresh
young leaves Of the horseradish make
| appetizing green's in the spring.
| Tests show that a large number OF
varieties of cowpeas are adapted to
orchard use, but the most desirable for
! Southern Missouri seem to be the
Whipporwill, Clay and Black. 1t is
well TO keep in mind that one of the
principal objects Of cultivation is to
bold the moisture in the soil. 1t is
we'll established that cultivated lands
:etain moisture, while uneultivated
soon dry out to considerable depth.
Cure for Horse DiStemper.
A condition powder made up Of the
following drugs is good for horses af-
ficted with distemper: Eight ounces
Of iron sulphate, / ounce of pulverized
gentian. ounces of pulverized ginger
and > pounds Of oilmeal mixed thor
oughly. The dose Of this mixture is a
tablespoonful three times daily in
ground feed.
Using Dips ON sheep.
There are something like twenty-five
different sheep dips on the market. and
most II not all OF them are reliable. As
IS the case with many other things
I that are manufactured carefully. as
they must be 10 retain their reputation.
these dips are to be preferred to the
mixture made st home of lime and sui
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