Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-16


long legs, thin neck and small head.
We are too prone to attribute our
crop failure to some defect in nature
and that of our neighbours to his lazi-
ness.
Animals, like people. appreciate and
should receive kind and ,considerate
treatment. 1t is form Of Investment
that fetches good returns.
Pruning is a very important part of
grape growing. Books and growers
should be consulted before 1t is I'M
dertaken on large scale.
Provide warm quarters for the sheep.
Turnips, with little rye bran, are
good to exc out the pasture Keep the
ram with the flock for early lambs
The Elberta peach is said TO be
cross between an Early Crawford and
the Chinese cling, and is an accidental
hybrid produced by planting one near
the other
In building a cellar wall an air space |
is just the thing needed and it costs
less than material to fill it. Jack Frost |
don't like an air space in walls, for it |
keeps him out
To the tired, overworked, famed or |
otherwise out-of-condition horses there |
is no sanitarium nor hospital that COM
pares with a good pasture, with some
protection from sun and passing show
ers.
Dressed poultry should not be packed |
for transportation until entirely cold. |
1t should then be laid IA clean straw.
breast down, keeping the wings and
legs close to the body See that there
is no discoloration of the skin.
Some of the organizations of farm |
ers who would regulate the prices of
farm products have just come up to
the problem that in some things, such
as wheat, there exists worlds cOmpe
tition which they are powerleSs to reg
ulate.
Book farming is all right, but not al
ways do we find the book farmer right.
it is well enough to know the rules of
practical agriculture and it is all right
TO put them to practice, but We often
see people who are in practice and they
do better than others.
The man who lives near large city
is not coming up to his possibilities IL
he does not cater to the best markets
near his home There are many farm
products the city people would like to
have which he could furnish. This is
trade that it pays to cater to.
Carefully conducted experiments In
the spraying of potatoes show that
while the cost of thorough spraying
during the season is but from 81 to SIS
an acre, it has resulted in an average
gain of about $23 per acre during a
period of three years over correspond
ing fields that were left unsprayed.
Nowhere does organization count Cor
any more than it does in thrashing
club Such clubs are advantageous In
that their members know who Is going
to help, and when they are to have
their work done. There are no lag
CARDS and every man has an interest
in the work that is being done, whether
at home or at a neighbours.
Thorough cultivation of orchards has
come to be one of the most important
operations. 1t not only makes plant
food more available, but is valuable
protection against drought. In soils |
which are unusually hard, poor in
humus. and in which the trees do not |
form a taproot, it is extremely impor-
tant that the ground be loosened by |
cultivation all by the turning under |
of green manure crops.
About the Only binding law some |
states have foor keeping weeds cut |
along the highways is the law govern |
ing a mans self-respect. Most men do
not like to have weeds grow along the |
highway contiguous to their farms, but |
now and then you viii find a farmer |
who is perfectly willing to let them
grow. There ought to be a rigid law |
for the latter. The former is not under
the law at all; he does not need 1t.
The wheat producer is told in one pa
per that 1t would be best for him to
hold his crop for better prices. In an
other paper equally as reliable he is
told that every decline Of one cent |
per bushel on wheat puts it near the ex
port price, and it is the price abroad |
that must determine crop values as |
long as we have a surplus" In the |
multitude Of such councils !. win stand |
the wheat grower in hand to know |
where ne Is at
A steady increase in the membership |
Of the Grange is noticed in most of the
has not taken so well with the western |
farmers, probably because they have
been especially busy in developing a |
new country. but the Grange idea Is |
penetrating into every section and it |
soon will have a large membership. |
the good things that the Grange |
stands for are being better understood |
ana it's Influence is widening in proper
ton.
Preserving Sbinsled Roofs.
Many dollars may be saved by max |
ing your roof last five or more years |
longer than is usual before reshingling |
Take some alr-slaked lime and when |
the shingles are damp sprinkle 1t upon |
the upper part Of the roof. 1t viii
gradually wash over the whole OF IL |
and preserve It wonderfully, A bushel |
OF lime will be sufficient fee l,6OO |
suuare feet. If you don't believe this, |