Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-02

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but squats outside, you can be pretty
sure that the coop is either fearfully
lousy, filthy or close, or perhaps all
three Investigate.
| Professor Hodge, of Clark university,
| has estimated the value of toads to the
farmer at SIS apiece because they de-
stroy cut worms. There is a regular
market for toads in England, however,
at Is cents apiece.
Small Lighthouses are more desirable
| than large ones. When large, too
many hogs congregate III them when
| the weather is cold. This causes dis
| ease, and the swine are liable to smoth-
er and injure one another.
At the end Of the growth of any
plant Is tle time to kill it. In the
month Of August more weeds and I'M
desirable plants can be killed than in
any other month of the year. This
| applies to briars, bushes, willows, etc.
| There is this about the poultry and
| dairy business-there is no danger of
OVERRIDING either one Profitable prices
are absolutely assured for the future.
| The two lines represent the very safest
and surest of any branches Of agricul-
| ture
Someone has said that weeds grow
while we are making hay" Yes, that
| is true If they are there. Some men
are so we'll equipped with help and
teams that they can keep up a weed
killing warfare while haying is not
disturbed In the least.
Burn over the old strawberry bed
and row 1t In some way. Pillow out so
as to leave rows about ten inches wide
every three feet, then harrow it down,
so new rows will be formed By pur-
suing this plan a bed can be made to
| last year or so longer.
| Pruning should also be done to pre-
vent undesirable and crowded limbs,
and to take off occasional suckers and
water sprout, bearing in mind always
not to prun. too severely. In the case
Of the neglected orchard, care should
be used not to remove too much brush
all at once
Very few farm or village families
grow asparagus, yet it is very easy to
raise 1t Is best to get strong roots in
the spring but 1t can be raised from
seeds, one ounce Of seeds producing
thousand plants, sown in a bed twelve
feet square. bed of seedlings will
not generally be fit for use until the
third year.
A good shepherd says that sheep on
our western ranges that are properly
sailed stray much less than unsalted
focks. Be this as it may, sheep crave
salt, and will hunt for salt ticks, aka
Ii, or other partial substitutes, If 1t is
denied them. AS rule. we think sheep
consume less salt when they have con
slant access to 1t than when it is fed
to them infrequently.
Have you provided sufficient dry
earth for winter use? Now is the time
to buy spring pullets for winter laying
Feed more corn to the fowls than you
did during the summer. AS the supply
of insects decreases make up the def
cheney with meat scraps or meat meal.
The fowls might be excluded from some
Of these runs and these spaded and
sown to rye and gross. In late fail
and winter the chickens can get fresh
green stuff.
A great interest always attaches to
the first fruiting Of any tree In the
home orchard. The most important
question to be decided is VIII 1t come
true 70 name? Many and keen have
been the disappointments that have fol-
lowed the negative answer to that
question. The purchaser Of a few
trees of different species and varieties.
is entitled to as much honesty and care
In the selection and shipping Of the
stock as the commercial orchardist,
who buys by the block or the thousand.
The Adams Act.
Every Individual who has few fruit
trees, or raises little garden stuff,
owes a debt Of gratitude to the agri-
cultural experiment stations Of the va
rious States. 1t would require the
space Of large volume merely to spec
ify the little practical points on which
Information has been furnished regard
Ing the management OF all kinds OF
farm animals, poultry and bees, raising
vegetables, fruits and ornamentals, con-
troll OF insects and diseases. etc. The
Adams act, recently passed by Con-
gress, provides for the gradual IN
crease Of the appropriation for these
institutions, so that ultimately they
will each receive $4,000 Instead OF
$4,000 per year as at present. The
money obtained under the Adams act
is to be available for use In special In
vestigations Of agricultural problems.
Feeding Cattle without Hogs.
Nv experience Of twenty-seven years
as q catGe Ie@leE al SdstEEA NtDFaSEaf
where corn and hay are about as cheap
as anywhere In the country. justifes
the assertion that there Is seldom any
profit in feeding cattle without hogs.
writes a correspondent to Breeders
Gazette By grinding the corn and