Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-09-11

places and look out for rats, weasels,
cats and hawks.
Let the COW frisk in the open air
once in while; continuous stable bfe
Is not good for her.
Hay green in color and sweet in taste
Is the only quality that is fitted for
a cow in milk to eat.
Don't wash duck eggs, for washing
takes off the natural coating, opens the
pores in the shell, and paves the way
to early decay.
Scatter a generous quantity Of salt,
and wood ashes, for the horse on the
ground and see how clean he will clean
it UP. 1t is good for pin worms
Some men are judged by their build
ings, others by the kind Of stock they
keep A very good impression Of the
kind of a man is seen by looking Into
his back yard.
The seed corn topic viii not down
and 1t ought not to until every farmer
can obtain a satisfactory stand. Some
tests Of seed reported this spring show
low vitality.
Make every square inch of the farm
rich but the lawn, and make that beau
tiful A lawn that does not present
beauty to the eye is out of place. A
field that Is beautiful and not rich Is
an abomination to its owner.
In the adjustment of cultivator the
shanks should be easy to handle by the
operator and at the same time do good
work l have seen men working like
niger at an election cultivatlng corn
when there is no need at all for such
efforts.
In the long, hot days there is ten
dency for farmers and their wives to
work too hard. One ought to be wise
enough to know that old age will come
later on and if one wishes an easy old
age he should use discretion when in
his prime
Not every rich field will produce good
crops not every trotting bred horse
will trot; not every drafter will escape
the barbed wire; not every banker is
honest; not every bright thing that gilt
tiers is gold; not every church member
Is a Christian.
There is all the difference in the
world in the way men cultivate corn.
Lots of men lose more than their wages
In the corn they tear out. All boys on
farms should be taught how to cultivate
corn. 1t is an essential factor in their
agricultural education.
new mixer will not get as much
mix as the one to which the COW has
been accustomed. A COW has some
rights that are to be respected Wheth-
er she has or not she usually assumes
the right to withhold her milk when
she has a new mixer.
The small breeder who is overstocked
offer for such animals as he has de-
cided to sell. Cost Of keeping and risk
of injury from accident are items that
should not be overlooked by the man
who desires to make the breeding of
horses profitable.
Horses for hard work should not be
too fat good thrifty condition is best
If in good, strong flesh, they will stand
up to work better and suffer from heat
less than if very fat. On this account
oats is a better daily ration for work
horses than corn. A mixture of the
two gives good results.
Yes, clover seed is expensive. The
question is can one afford not to buy
it? As a rule not enough study is Civ
en- the advantages of having clover.
Eight dollars appears to be a big price.
but it is not so much when we consid-
err the area busbel will SOW. Then
the advantages reaped by it are to be
regarded
To keep your flock as free as possible
from sheep parasites, give the animals
q change OF pasture, say once every
ten days Alfalfa, red clover, oats or
any high growing forage Is good for
sheep inasmuch as the animals are
not so liable to become infested with
parasites rs when eating grasses which
grow lower.
The man who cannot be induced 10
select and test his seed corn properly
should plant thick and then thin 1t TO
the required amount. II he does not
want TO do the work himsei he can
hire boys to do it. A man is running 4
risk when he sets his planter to three
grains to the hilI' of seed that has not
been managed properly Better have
four or five and thin to three
Keeping Water Cool.
Have you practlced wrapping the wa
ter jug in several thicknesses Of strong
cloth. thoroughly wet, before putting it
in the shade to keep # cool7 If not you
will be surprised, on adopting the plan,
to find that the contents grow colder
instead Of warmer, as the hours pass.
Apple Trees Fertilizers.
The average value of fertilizing ele
ments taken from an acre Of soil b.
apple trees during twenty years, count
ing ten crops of apples. IS S3T7- OF
and so in wood for the growth Of
the tree.
Cattle Protected from Disease.
In Germany the method Of "vaccinat-
ing the cattle for tuberculosis has
been carried on very extensively, about
ten thousand cattle having been oper-
It'd upon at the Marburg university.
The results were good, very few ami
mails having afterwards taken the dis