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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-05-29
Great and Petty subsidies.

When it comes to anything free"
most of US like to get our share of it.
and as free seeds are the only subsidy
the planters of the South, or the farm
er of the North, get from Uncle Sam,
Congress has determined to continue
the distribution. But what price
the recipients pay for their 5 cents
worth of seeds, for the same system on
a much greater scale allows the trusts
and combines to receive enormous sub
sides through the protective tariff and
other special privileges. All these sub
sides from the government, petty and
great, are paid from the taxes collect
ed from the people and the farmers
pay, ON the average, 500 for the 5
cents they receive, for in addition to
their share of the taxes, the subsidized
trusts, protected by the tariff, add to
the price they charge for their prod
ucts so that the cost of living has adj
vanced about 40 per cent.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-05-29
GRIT.

There's nothing that's gained without
grit
Remember that always, my lad
Ambition will solemnly sit,
And energy. mayhap, go mad;
Unless grit " II push them along
To the 60. where success reigns SUI
preme,
Your life's but a somnolent song,
Your strug 'e a wearisome dream.
All, then if the nail you would hit,
Be sure nat you do it with grit
For, until you do,
You will find it quite true
That nothing is gained without grit,
my lad
That nothing is gained without grit
You struggle until you are old,
Then say, with sigh, Nothing won,
Oh, why didn't some one take hold
And drive me till something was done?"
Why didn't you know how to grasp
The value of each fitting day,
And not let old Ideness clasp
You tight in his meshes, and say:
"Ah, lad, you can't win on your wit,
1t takes lots of courage and grit
You may conquer a place
Near the first in the race
But nothing is gained without grit,
my lad
No, nothing is gained without grit"
Success.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-05-29

placed himself in the attitude of a fool
and liar
Il thank you for your llberality,"
she was continuing. Good afternoon"
Good afternoon" answered Dun
stan, and hat in hand watched her dis
appear.
Suddenly he started running in the
same direction. The thought had come
to him that his senseless lie might lead
to this girl being gruffly ordered off the
grounds by a surly owner or brutal
keeper. 1t was unbearable. He caught
up with her almost in front of the
stately white house he had noticed
when he came that way in the morn
ing, and the girl turned as he stepped
just behind her.
Il beg your pardon"-Dunstan rushed
out his confession standing bareheaded
Pm cad. l don't own these lands.
lied to you. l haven't anything to
do with them. l was trespassing my
self. I'm at the village for weeks
shooting. l couldn't bear to think of
you being driven off, l can't expect
your pardon-but-" he stopped and
kicked the dust savagely.
I'm very glad you came and told me
this" said the girl simply. you have
proven you are a gentleman. l knew
all the while, because Mr.. Lee the
owner, is my father" She suddenly
held out her hand and said softly, II
shall be at home tomorrow evening"
then crossed the lawn to the large
white houSe-Boston Post.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-05-29
Brief Comment.

We shall never secure "a square
DEAF until we get a new deal The
cards were stacked by the trusts when
Dingley dealt
The man with the muck rake will
hardly scare Mr.. Rockefeller into less
ening the plumber he gets from the
man with the kerosene can.
Another Republican scandal is loom
ing up at the national capital through
the investigation of the government in
sane hospital, and it makes ones flesh
creep to read of the cruelties practiced
on some of the unfortunate inmates.
After nearly six years of reputed
trust busting, can any one point to a
trust that the administration has
made away with, or that has ceased to
plumber the people? There have been
lots of pyrotechnics. but no dancing.
The Washington Star reports an al
lance between President Roosevelt
and Senator Penrose to defeat the in
surgents in Pennsylvania and give the
corrupt machine there another lease of
power. The machine will need more
than ten administrations to save it
from the wrath of an outraged people.
The President wants the government
to hold on to its coal lands and work
them if necessary to protect itself
against extortion by the Coal Trust. Is
this socialism? Ii not, why was David
B. Hill denounced as a Socialist when
he proposed that the government should
own and operate coal mines for the
protection of the public? Is it any
more socialistic than the making of ce-
ment and gun powder and the con-
struction of warships by the govern
ment? In order to preserve the tariff
schedules intact, the government will
be obliged to manufacture its own sup
plies and dig its own coal or 90 into
bankruptcy.
The anthracite miners have agreed to
a continuance of the 1903 award for
three years more. They are entitled
to credit for yielding, under the cir
cumstances; and they have the sym
pathy of the public. The operators
held the advantage of a monopoly, and
would have recouped from the public
all that it lost by reason of a strike.
while the miners had no such adYan-
tage. They, like the public, were at
the mercy of the trust. at the end Of
the next three years. it is to be hoped
that the law will have been 50 fully
enforced against the Baers and Cas-
salts that the advantage of being in a
trust will noe be so great a factor in
contest between labor and capital.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-05-29
AII-Yenr-Round Farming.

Lewis C. Duncan, Of WestVille, n. T.,
is what might be termed "a year round
farmer" He has twenty acres under
continual tiIlage, with most gratifying
results. The farmland problem and
late frosts do not bother him, as all Of
his winter work is done under cover.
Just now an acre Of spinach is produc-
ing a shelving load a day. Other houses
are set With radishes, beets and lettuce,
and from one to four wagon loads Of
produce are sent to market daily.
The average farmers work generally
ends when frosts come, but Duncan
says the time will come when farmers
will adopt modern methods and people
will have fresh vegetables every day In
the year.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-05-29
Chemicals ON Old Pastures.

a series of very interesting aXperi-
ments in pasture renovation have been
carried on in England for the past
eight years, and the general results are
worth repeating because they agree In
general way with experiments in
this country. The experiments were
in the line of bringing up the quantity
and quality Of pasture by topdressing
with chemicals On a light soil potash
produced buc little effect On heavy
soils phosphate fertilizers were most
profitable. The topdressing was not
profitable for the first three years, but
after that period lime proved profit
able, and potash was also prontable the
last two years. Nitrogen fertilizers
proved OF little use. The great advan-
tage of The phosphate fertilizers and
lime was to promote the growth Of
various kinds of clover, which resulted
In Improvement Of the soil and the
stand of various grasses. Fertilizers
containing both phosphates and lime
proved very effective, especially on
heavy soils, which generally contain
enough potash to last a number OF
years, but were deficient in lime and
phosphoric acid.-Amerlcan Cultivator.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-05-29

Alt;son. who knew nothing of it until
1t had been printed in the newspapers
and approved by the President Clearly
the President thought it necessary to
play the cuttle-fish and muddy the wa.
tiers, in order to cover his ignominious
retreat into the railroad camp, by play.
Ing on his calliope the old tune of ''stop
thief" and he played it loud and lons
Inc people applauded, of course; foe
nobody knew what game he was play
Ing as an accompaniment to the t3r e.
But when they saw his purpose the
next day, men began to say, This is
all a game of practical politics"
The Aidrlch-Carter amendment,
falsely called the Allison amendment,
establishes the broadcast possible court
review, including the right of the courts
to grant preliminary injunctions in IA
vor of the railroads. 1t makes the leg
islation practically abortive, if not I'M
constitutional 1t goes farther than
Knox or Spooner, or Foraker proposed
to go, and yet these Senators were rep
resented as opposing the President, by
going too far. And so the railroad rate
battle ends in a fiaseo, as everything
else the Republican politicians have
ever undertaken has ended when pre-
tending to attack corporations. The
attack on the Standard Oil was a hoax,
a feint to cover the desertion of the
President to the camp of the enemy.
Those Democrats who have been fight
ing under the Presidents banner sud
denly find themselves without a lead
er; find, indeed, that they have been
following a decoy duck, false light.
If any man outside of the trusts and
railroad combines can have any faith
in President Roosevelt's professions
hereafter, he will be fit subject for a
lunatic asylum. The Democratic Con-
gressional conventions which have in
dorsed President Roosevelt will do well
to meet over again, and cancel their in
dorsements. There is no longer any
possible excuse for INDUCING in cuckoo
music.-Exchange
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-05-29
squash Bugs.

Regarding the squash bug, 1t never
lays its eggs on the stem. unless by ac-
cident, but on the under side of the
leaves. The eggs are of dark chest
nut color, globular in shape. and exist
in clusters. They may be found by
turning up the leaves, when the eggs
may then be crushed. Another Insect
deposits its eggs on the stem; this is
the borer The larvae, as soon as
Matched, eat into the stem, and are
then difficult to dislodge. In connec-
ton with the above 1t is not out OF
place to state that one of the most
effectual remedies against enemies OF
the squash vines is solution of salt
peter, which is prepared by dlssclving
teaspoonful Of saltpeter in a quar- OF
water and then sprinkling over plant.
though sawdust, saturated with tur-
pentine, is also used on the ground
around each plant with success.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-05-29
Rnlkx Horses.

We have never had great deal TO
do with balky horses. There are 8
great many ways that balky horse
may be started. and some Of them seem
very impractical, but are successful
For instance. we have known people
who have started balky horse by pat.
ting gravel in the ear, but we think
that a little too cruel, writes j. Crouch
of Lafayette in the Rural New Yorker
One of the best remedies that the writ.
er has ever seen used, which was sue.
cessful was to take strong piece OF
lath or piece of board and get slightly
to the front and still close enough to
the horse that he could hit the horse
smartly but not too hard on the knee
cap. This would cause the horse to
commence to rear slightly, and at the
same time TO so forward, and if kept
up for a short time usually breaks
horse of the habit. In a young horse
it may be whipped out of him, but Il
the horse is seven or eight years old
or over, it is hard matter to break 1t,
and sometimes impossible
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-05-29
TYPE OF CANAL FIXED.
sea-Level Waterway at Panama Is
Recommended.


That the earthquake which destroyed
San Francisco was an important factor
in determining the vote of the Senate
Committee on Inter-oceanic Canals in
favor of a sea-leyel type, is apparent
from the fact that feature of the ma
lority report is a discussion of the eff
feet such an earth wave might have
On locks and dams.
The majority report in favor of q
sea-level canal was submitted to Con-
gress Wednesday by Senator Kit
tredge. On the subject of danger from
earthquakes on the isthmus and the
possible effect on the two types Of
canal proposed the report says:
That the isthmus Of Panama is rot
exempt from earthquakes conclusively
appears, and we can have no guaranty
that the canal zone will in the future be
exempt from such disaster.
The canal structures that would be
most exposed to injury by the passing of
an earth wave or violent movement of the
earth's surface, are the locks proposed by
Tie MuOSE Mdl4Sy ll1dug Auuu1CQo
of feet, or even 1000 or 5000 feet long
at Gatun, would, at least some of them,
be more than seventyfve feet high and
entirely unsupported on one side save for
part of the height by water.
If these walls should be moved at all
the natural and probable result would be
in their leaning and so preventing the
closing of the gates. But the most likely
effect of such shock would be the fracture
of these locks, in repairing of which much
time-months or years-might be requir-
ed.
An earth dam on an alluvial base, as
proposed by the minority, might be ifs
sured if the earthquake passed the local
ity, and if crack in the dan or its base
should open, the dam would go out, the
lock drain, and the canal be ruined. What
would happen to the aqueduct, conduits,
pipes and valves buried in the concrete
walls, used for filling and emptying the
locks, cannot be well conjectured.
The report says that the conclusion
has been reached that the following prop
ositions are irrefutable:
That the ideal canal is one at sea level !;
that its construction would be attended
with no more, and probably with less
hazard than one. with locks and dams on
doubtful foundations; that the sea level
canal is safer and more convenient than
one with locks; that it would take but lit
tie longer time to build that it is the sim
pier and the more economical in operation
and maintenance.
The majority report concludes that the
sea level canal would not require more
than two or three years more than the
lock type.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-05-29
Grinding Feed.

All good farmers recognize the value
of ground feed as part of the ration
and a great many are equipped to pro
duce it on the farm. 1t is as sense
less to carry grain to mill and back
again as to haul grain to the elevator
to have it threshed, then haul the straw
home again. However, great many
will have ground feed even if they
have to haul the grain both ways.
Bat why haul it at all? There are
all sizes Of feed grinders made and for
all kinds of power, from a windmill to
a traction engine. With your own grind
ers you can make what you want and
in the right proportions to suit That
cannot be said when you patronize some
feed mills. The miller grinds so coarse
that the oats are not all cracked, to
say nothing Of knowing that you get
back your own grain or in the amount
you took Who can tell Il light oats
have been substituted for heavy or
spoiled corn for sound? Frauds In feed
are as common as any other kind of
Sbc"i- Inc iH"A nv mas NO VNA 6iAAAT
er IA master of the situation.
ANY ingenious man can rig up an at
tachment so he can run little grinder
with the common windmill, or attach
it to the gasoline engine that runs the
separator, etc, or put the bull on the
tread power and make him grind feed
Whole grain goes through horses and
cattle and much is lost unless one per
mlts hogs to follow, which cSa not al
ways be done, especially With the work
horses. Why feed your oats to Eng
lish sparrows through the horsesf
Grind the Relationship Farming.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-05-29
To Destroy Plant Lice.

Soapsuds will destroy plant lice If
used around trees and vines, especially
the aphides that work on the roots.
The suds may be sprayed on the leaves
as we'll as thrown on the ground.
Whale oil soapsuds are used to de-
stroy scale, and If little crude car
bolic acid is added to the suds it will
be all the better. For asparagus and
celery soapsuds are excellent, and when
thrown on the manure heap they assist
in preventing the loss of ammonia. If
soapsuds are to be thrown away it will
be an advantage to throw them where
they will prove beneficial.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-05-29
Cement Floors for Poultry Houses.

In the building of new poultry
houses the question of suitable floors is
always an interesting one, and it must
be admitted that the floor depends
much ON the nature of the soil and the
climate. That IS, in a moderate eli
mate with the natural soil Of a decld-
eddy sandy nature, we would not hesi-
tate to depend upon the earthen floor
covered with more or less gravel pro-
vided it was enough higher than the
surface of The surrounding soil to pre-
vent any surface water running In the
house, and also that 1t be kept we'll COW
cred with straw or chaff, particularly
in cold weather. The floor of boards
is not Objectionable provided this, too,
is arranged so that it will not get damp
and so that 1t is covered with straw.
The cement floor has many things In
its favor, provided it is properly laid,
but here is just where the trouble Is.
A cement floor laid so that it Is damp
most of the time is worse than a damp
board or earthen floor simply because
1t will not dry out as quickly. If prop
eriy laid it will probably be satlsfac-
tory, but under ordinary conditions we
would prefer either the board floor or
earthen floor with the average poultry
per.-IndianapOliS News.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-05-29

you're the owner of the lands-sign and
all. Kindly be lenient in prosecuting
me to the full extent of the law
with mischievOus glance at the sign,
for l haven't fired a single shot. May
depart in peace before you give me
up?"
Don't go-er-that sign doesn't ap.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-05-29
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
A QUESTION OF OWNERSHIP.
Observation-Disclosures

81 ANG! And the silence of the
JS still October woods was broken
by the fiutter and hoarse cawing
of some quickly disappearing crows,
while out from behind a patch of Grim
son and gold foliage Dunstan appeared
with a smoking gun.
You only missed them by three
feet" cried rather shrill glrlish voice,
and there In the fecked sunshine. be-
tween two glorious oak trees, Dunstan
met his first delightful surprise in that
day of many disappointmentS.
The surprise smiling at him In
amusement was a pretty brown-eyed
girl. with wavy black hair in fluffy dis
order. She, too was carrying a gun,
and her short skirt and trim jacket
were as faultlessly. correct as Dunstan's
own.
Really, that's encouraging" he
found himself replying, after brief
second in which his startled glance
had changed to a look of admiration
"You see, the others l shot at didn't
even bulge, so my aim must be getting
quite dangerous when they move at
ALL" Then, noticing her gun: Il trust
1 haven't disturbed your game"
While he was talking Dunstan had
mentally concluded that Miss HuntresS.
confronting him, was one of the girls
from New York seminary on the out
skirts of the woods. Since coming to
the village he had heard of their latest
craze for hunting. and certainly, judg-
ing by the specimen before him, they
themselves were game worth trying for.
"Oh. no, not at alt" Miss "Huntress'
was assuring him. Il was simply pass
a shot at that No Trespassing' sign
there on the tree. l don't believe your
dangerous aim could disturb that, but
possibly it might disturb you. There
are keepers about, l hear"
The sign alluded 10 was glaring
warning TO all trespassers. ''Trespass-
Ing! Great heavensi" thought Dunstan,
"She must regard me as petty poach-
err" Somehow the idea of appearing
ridiculous to this brown-eyed girl was
particularly diSagreeable 10 him. 4
sudden wild resolve TO carry the situa.
ton with high hand came upon him
and his line of action was decided in a
moment.
"Really, 1t doesn't disturb me in the
least Yor know when one is owner
OF an estate signs like that don't nee
essarily need to worry him." Dunstan
replied with perfect self-possession.
Miss "Huntress" gave a little start
of surprise and her merry smile com
pletely dazzled Dunstan- Then
must apologize for trespassing. as
infer from wha. you've just said that
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-05-29
Feeding Horse. Not at work.

Horses at hard work, for instance,
require a very different ration from
horses which are not working at all or
young and growing colts. The same Is
true of all other classes of stock. The
nutritive ratios would be worked out,
averaged up and the average amount
Of protein fed would be considered the
amount of protein necessary for a
maintenance ration for a horse at rest (;
the same of the carbohydrates and the
fat The nutritive ratios would be
worked out, averaged up and ascer-
tai 7ed in the same manner. Thus the
amount of dry matter, protein, carbo-
hydrates, fat and nutritive ratio are
obtained. The same method has been
used In determining the rations best
suited to the needs of all animals for
each specific purpose.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-05-29
Placing the Bee Hive.

The location Of bee hives during sum-
mer is important. Bees do not work
contentedly in a hive that is exposed
to the sun. During midday, when the
temperature of the atmosphere is HIGH
work within the hive, such as comb
building, must be suspended, as the
heat is then too great for comfort, espe-
cially as the bodies of the little work
ers also give off considerable warmth.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-05-29
steer-Feeding Experiments.

Bulletin No. 132. issued by the Kan
sas State Agricultural College expert
ment station, Manhattan, is a detailed
account of an experiment In steer feed
ing at the Fort Hays branch station
Sixty-four head in eight lots were used
This experiment included comparison
OF the roughages. alfalfa hay. Kaffir
cora hay, and sorghum hay, apd mix
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-05-29

era Office appeal to him. Quite naturally the few
dollars week in of his expectations alluring.
His work is clean. lie may dress well, and his hands
may be kept smooth and white. 1t is of this early
environment in the business world that at almost
middle age suddenly awakes to the fact that he is
plying the position of boyish young and earning
only young mans salary.
General clerical work in Office too long followed is
de1loralizing to the man, while a touch of it may be
capital him for the rest of his life How to escape
much of it should be question for father and son
and the sons best friends and question that
cred too early. 1t is almost impossible inquiry
when at % years old one is asked what the
may have retrieve his lost time and
upon lost opportunity At such and after twelve
years Of almost ncapactating routine the person may
have good for his lack of awakening
for the beeTment of his condition. but the question
easier of answer for all that For % years old,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-05-29
~=o@

Sure OF these; comparison of the grains,
corn-and-cob meal, Kafir corn. wheat,
and mixture, and comparison of diff
ferent proportions of protein. In gem
.eral, the results showed the very great
advantage of the use of alfalfa hay and
of the balanced ration The bulletin
may be obtained free by addressing the
station as above
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-05-29

having intelligence education and of the refine
mens of taste SIS week is utterly inadequate COM
pensaon save the has been content to do $40
week work
Such man. If he have vacation of two Weeks could
spend it half well in any other way than in get
ting himself together and sounding of the posi-
bites of future that shall satisfy his ambition
and compensate him for his work