Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-10

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He who feeds his land well will b
fed.
Provide plenty of wood ashes and
salt for your pigs
Ii by bad management you now get
behind with your WORK, It will crowd
You all summer.
Much and thorough cultivation will
often make UP to some extent lack OF
fertility in the soil
A system Of farming which gives
poor crops Is exhaustive and one which
give good crops builds up the 6arn-
There Is ready sale for all the
good, clean. sweet tarm butter that car
be made-but not for the other kind
Sow every acre you can spare b
clover. Better even cut down the othel
crops all around to make room for 1t
To find the number of cords there are
In pile of wood, multiply the length
by the width and height AID divide by
12S.
The character Of the feed determines
the character OF the meat, and the
wholesome meat Is only made by
wholesome food.
When you hear the farmer say, "Just
my luck" In nine cases out of ten II he
were truthful he would exclaim, ~jusi
my laziness,r or '.just my inattention.
Sheep can not be kept on damp loca-
tons witho I being liable to foot rot
Their quarters should be dry, and they
will thrive In an open shed that faces
the south.
A patch of millet or sorghum may be
sown to keep out the light hay crop or
to make a green feed 10 help out the
pastures during the latter part of SIM
mer or early fall.
Recently q trainload OF twenty-three
cars of rice was shipped from Beau
mont, Tex, for Porto Rico. This Is the
largest single shipment made by any
rice mill In America.
Healthy animals require no medi-
cine; conditions in them may be estab-
lished and maintained by intelligently
applied alterations in the quantity
and quality Of their food and labor.
Training will develop many good
qualities In the horse which would
otherwise be dormant and subdues
many vicious habits and faults which
would render the horse worthless If
allowed to go unchecked
The claim that salt should be applied
to asparagus beds is not supported by
experiments. 1t destroys number OF
weeds and performs mechanical serv'
ice in the soil, but it is not a necessary
fertilizer.
The country store man knows better
than anybody else the lack of education
farm butter. The unassorted odors
that pass under his nose every day are
enough to sour the milk of human kind
ness.
The first year of the colts life is i'm
portant. Keep him growing the first
year, keep him growing the second year,
keep him growing the third year and
If he is to be marketed have him fat,
for fat Will often cover up a multitude
of defects.
Every farmer should have a few
grapevines. They serve as arbors or
shade and can be grown where they
will not take UP much space. All poul-
try yards will be improved IL grape
vines are grown along the fences, and
fowls will find shade under the over
hanging branches in summer.
How many windows has your barn
There should be window for every
two stalls at least and one for zach
stall is not too many. Sunlight Is the
cheapest purifier we have and in
many ways the most effective. No
part of your stable should be so dark
that one could not read newspaper
readily at any time during the day.
Nebraska farmers complain that a
great trust controls the creameries In
that State 1t Is asserted that the
trust fixes the price OF cream, dictates
the territory for each creamery, and
when an independent butter factory
starts up the trust raises the price of
cream and drives 1t out of business.
In addition to this it Is claimed that