Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-09-04

that it is too much trouble to go after
the cows in the morning, hence they are
kept up in dry lot.
If any bare spots appear in the house
lawn, either rake them over and seed
down, or sod them. If the lawn looks
as though it needed more food, broad
cast some fertilizer, preferably nitrate
Of soda, just before rain. About a
hundred pounds of nitrate to the acre
Iowa is endeavoring to do something
practical toward making the selling Of
eggs by weight the rule in the future.
A bill fixing weights and measures has
been introduced in the Legislature and
one section of this bill provides that
a dozen eggs shall weigh pound and
half.
A great many good things have to be
introduced with difficulty. Some years
ago when the silo was being introduced
there were many that made fun OF the
corn kraut" as they were pleased to
call silage, but now there are many
who cannot understand why there are
not more silos.
Whether building a stack of grain
with a fork or 'kneelng" every bundle,
one thing is necessary to keep the mid,
die we'll filled. If this rule is followed
there will be but little grain spoiled.
After one has reached that point above
the bulge" it will be we'll to keep the
middle quite full
Work horses enjoy their nocturnal
perambulation in the pasture, bat for
some unaccountable reason they are at
the rear part of the pasture In the
morning when wanted 1t is safe to
say that the man who has to wade
through the wet grass does not get en-
joyment out Of the chore
Young chicks should be fed regular
~ and each should get it's share; this
is very important and should not be
overlooked if good results are expected.
Remember too that little chicks have
no teeth and must have sand, crushed
bone, shell and charcoal in some form,
with which to grind their food
For feeding nothing is better for a
horse at work than good, sound, heavy
weight oats and good, bright hay.
clover and timothy mixed. If at work
In the winter, we would add consider
able corn, making it say half the ra-
ton. A bran mash once a week would
furnish very valuable variation.
If by accident an egg is broken lin
the sitter's nest do not neglect to take
it out and clean all the eggs that have
been soiled by it. If not promptly at.
tended to, it would in a few days
cause millions of lice and it is much
easier to prevent their coming, than to
get rid of them after they once get a
foothold.
Tramps do not take kindly TO bread
and butter They desire something bet
ter, and a good way to get rid of them
Is to offer them bread and butter, and if
they will not take that let them go
without hungry man will be glad
to get bread and butter. They will not
often call at a place where they get
this kind of hand-out.
Have you tried to grow a few pota-
toes under straw, or by what is known
as the straw method? Plant them shall
low and cover with six inches or foot
Of straw and give no further cultiva-
ton. The straw will keep the soil
moist, keep down the weeds and the
vines will come up through the straw
and the new tubers will set on just
under the straw and are easily dug
Skimmilk and faxseed jelly is a
fairly good substitute for natural milk
In fattening calves. Add one pint of
fiaxseed to three quarts Of water and
boil twenty minutes or until it becomes
jelly. For very young calf use about
two tablespoonfuls to each feed of
warm skimmilk, and gradually increase
the quantity of the mixture keeping
the proportion of the jelly and milk
about the same.
Too many scrub horses are raised
The long talked-of colt crop that was
TO flood the market fails to materialiZe.
For several seasons past this colt crop
has been threatened, but the prognosti-
Gators are unable to make good" If
ali the horses now seeking market were
what buyers required. the crop would
be worth far more money. The evil
agent is the scrub stallion, and he
ought TO be retired.
Eight gallons OF water per day Is
the average quantity required for a
COW, and the milk given is about 81
per cent water. In some pastures there
is no water. the cows being supplied
night and morning. which forces each
cow to drink four gallons AT a time in
order to be supplied. AS the COW does
not know that She must drink four gal
Ions. she may use less and she will re-
duce her milk supply accordingly.
Missouri claims S31, SO. 100 worth OF
eggs poultry and feathers last year
with an average of bat little more than
fifty eggs to the hen. II these results
car be obtained with this kind OF a
bird. what may not be expected when
.he majority u farmers keep only lT5
10 300 egg hens: We believe this class
OF birds are coming and IN the near