Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-07-24

Hogs will turn grain into money |
thicker than any other farm animal
Beauty In form and appearance Is 70 |
safe Indication of sow's good breed |
ng qualities.
Experience has taught that the most
profitable kinds OF poultry to raise for
market are the quick growing, early
maturing breeds
Because there is no profit from It,
many farmers do not provide a nice
lawn. This is neither good business
aor good sense.
e. n. Ball, secretary of the Michigan
Merlno Sheep Breeders Association,
says Michigan sheep breeders are con-
fdent of the future.
Spinach is a much-neglected crop In
the kitchen gardens of the rural dis
tricts. 1t is found on sale In the city
markets, however, at nearly all the sea-
son Of the year.
In burning stalks no available fertil-
lty goes up in smoke. The loss In
smoke Is carbon. There Is very little
nitrogen in stalks. There is more hui
mus, and if soil lacks humus the
stalks will be a help to it.
1t Is all right to look for ease and to
plan to have an easy time, but in the
meantime 1t Is safer to work on. 1t Is
not always the one who does the most
work who thrives, but the one who does
the best and most timely work.
The goose is q very careful mother,
and the job of incubation would better
be left to her. She can be allowed to
swim in breeding season, because she
Is orderly and knows where she puts
her eggs, but q duck will lay anywhere.
Better not permit access to water, but
keep breeding ducks in yard.
Some of the safe schemes" adyer-
tised are safe One man invested in
one of these safe schemes" and his
money is apparently safe, for it Is
there yet and no indication that he will
ever get 1t out again. 1t is well-known
fact that the safest schemes do not
have to be advertised as safe schemes"
Farm land in a certain locality was
selling at about 500 per acre and 4
trolley line passed along through that
locality and land now sells at from
$125 to $3.50 per acre. This is the way
it helps the land owner. The land is
more valuable, and IL is the demand
for it that causes it to enhance in
value
1t Is a good plan TO sometimes get
away from the crowd. Last summer
many were induced TO store eggs be-
cause the crowd was dong it. For the
past few years many lamb feeders have
been making money feeding lambs; this
year there has been loss in some cases
because feeders stuck too closely to the
crowd.
Each tree should be carefully exam
ined early in the spring, say in March,
for the presence of BOXERS which have
been at work during the past six
months. They can be found by scrap
ing the dirt away from the tree and
noticing closely for the sawdust trail
If that is found the borer must be cut
out and killed.
1t is almost always q good plan to
keep the harrow close up to the plow
ing. as 1t closes up the avenues of eS-
Gaping moisture, thereby Fastening de-
composition of all litter and mulch
which will add still more moisture to
the soil. There are many problems go
ing on all the time IN the soil. We
want to get some of them in our heads.
'In 1888 Japan only used a little
over one thousand pounds of American
-four Last year she took 50OOO,O0O
pounds. 1t seems that breech clouts
and chop sticks have made way for
pants, plug hats and baking powder
biscuits, and more than any other ma
ton to-day Japan Is adopting the Amer
lean type of civilization" remarks a
writer In an exchange.
Dat smut is caused by a microscopic
plant life that lives on the oat plant
1t is propagated by fine spores that are
like dust. These find Judgment In the
hulls of the oats and are sown with
the seed. They grow In the plant and
nothing is seen Of them until it Is man
ifested In the ripening grain. AN enc
my hath not sown" this but one Is re-
sponsible for It In the selection of his
seed. Seed oats can be treated so as TO
be free from smut spores. The question
is, will it be done?
Papers not posted on the status of
the Angora industry are liable to print
some strange news thereon. The FOL
lowing from the American Cultivatqr
Is a case in point; The popularity of
the Angora goat seems TO have been
short-lived affair. Some OF the larger
concerns have gone out of business,
declaring that the young stock could
not be sold Others have offered goats
at 81 per head. Probably the truth is
that the boom In sheep has side-track-
ed the goat business for the time he
ing"
Heavy Mixer Is Profitable,
\ balanced ration is the ration that
Is best for the purpose. A cow that
produces milk requires more protein in
its food than one that is not producer
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