Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-09

Sparing little weeds sometimes spoils
crop.
The cheapest and best way to dehorn
cattle is when the calves are small.
Use caustie potash.
Where grapes rot, it is recommended
that the Soil be not stirred while the
seeds are forming.
A small plat of ground can be made
to do large things, if set in fruit and
berries and thoroughly worked.
Pastured horses, especially If not
sound and well, should be sheltered
during cold storms of any sort If long
protracted.
Hens often suffer in midsummer for
want of gravel when confined in yard
Throw in sods. cracked bone, shell or
stone, and give water freely.
If an orchard is on a decline, 1t IS
an indication that the food supply IN
the soil is being exhausted Fertilizers
should be applied, and thorough cult
walton should be given to 1t.
Keep the pigs growing. Pumpkins are
fine for them in September. Separate,
from the others, those you intend TO
fatten for early markets. Feed the sort
corn to these, with ground rye.
When the weather becomes cold, al
falfa is not a sufficient food. 1t should
have some grain fed with It, 1t makes
the pigs grow long and lean, but less
corn needs to be fed than when other
pasture is used.
Sow four acres of ground in clover
or alfalfa Have the four acres IN two
lots, so that when the hogs are In one
lot the clover can grow up in the 9TH
or. Then change them alternately from
one lot to the other.
Judging by the prices good cattle and
hogs are bringing at the present time
the packing house investigations are
not killing off the business very fast
Just old Gamers, that's all, and who
cares for them anyway?
Because of the relish with which
hogs eat new corn, and the ease with
which it is hauled and fed, there Is
danger of overlooking. The corn, be-
ing soft and immature, Will soon
throw them out of condition
The observing city girl was heard to
say to her uncle while recently on
visit: "What is the use of all the pure
food agitation when the farmers scat
ter all that manure on the land they
are preparing for green corn" Oh, my,
the dirty dirt!
Keep clean, fresh water where the
chicks can have access to it at all
times. Filthy or impure water is often
the cause of bowel trouble and other
ailments in little chicks, and ian ounce
Of prevention is worth more than
pound Of cure"
No decided improvement has been
made in the past twenty years in cook
ing for harvest hands or threshers.
The cookstove is just as hot now as it
was then. The kitchen duties are just
as laborious and withal the housewives
duties are very much the same.
In hauling up hay with a horse, II
the horse is turned In circle all the
time, it viii un; visit or king the hay
rope The driver of the horse should
turn gee at one end and haw at the
other turn. making a figure eight move
ment, and there will be no kinks put
in the rope.
An eastern orchardist reports a very
good sale Of Ben Davis apples. He has
ninety trees that have been set out
nine years, and last year he sold from
them apples to the amount Of $421.75;
his net receipts being $38S.33. These
despised Ben Davis apples sold at from
IS to $5.75 per barrel.
Every year farmers lose heavily from
late spring planting. Many of these are
good farmers, but are unexpectedly de-
layed with spring work by a combina-
ton of bad weather, sick horses and
scarcity of help. The matter of readi-
ness is an important factor in the busi-
ness of corn production.
Many would-be poultry raisers prob
ably do not realize the demand for
feathers. The body feathers of chick
ems and turkeys sell at from to Az
cents per pound, and duck and geese
feathers at from 80 to 80 cents per
pound When thinking Of raising poul-
try do not forget the feathers.
The man who puts off making his
clover hay until it Is ripe Is reaping
the harvest of his mistake. He not
only has a lot of hay that is lacking
In value, but he is taking some Of the
vitality that should be there for per
fecting the coming seed crop. Some |
farmers make ripe clover hay and then
wonder why they can't get crop of
seed
The man who is denying himself the |
use OF a low-wheeled wagon is shoot l
ing wide Of the mark. He brings upon |
himself some very heavy lifting that !
should be avoided. a man ought not |
to lift anything heavy that he can raise
In some other manner. Back oil ap- |
pears to be cheap when man Is ten
der In years, but when old age comes 1t
may be needed
Every farmer should have a straw
berry patch. 1t will pay, If not In cash,
It will be in the enjoyment Anyone |
can raise strawberries on land suita |
bic for corn. Fertilize II well, plow