Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-29
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Sugar beets are stated to be worth
IS per ton for sheep feed when fed in
proper quantities.
As rule ewes do not return maxi
| mum profits after they are 6 years old,
but Of course there are exceptions TO
all rules.
The proper time to begin to handle
q colt Is the first time you see Ii. The
sooner you begin to teach it submis-
sion and gain Its confidence the better.
| 1t is estimated that 100000 eggs
are consumed every day in the United
States and yet there are people who
fear the poultry business will be over
dore.
| Why are there so many common cat
tle?' Just because it requires less eff
fort to produce the common kind. The
scrub bull and the grade bull are re
sponsible for the common kind.
The Kansas Experiment Station has
been studying the practical value of
milking machine. 1t is to be hoped
| that an honest verdict will be rendered
In the report of the experiment
The duck with good treatment will
average about four eggs a week from
Feb to about the last of June, when
| there will be a gradual decline until
| the last of July, when the season
ends.
The following figures show how i'm
portant it is to exercise care in wash
| ing milk pals, for in an actual expert
ment there were found: In the first
washing 7,3S900O bacteria, in the sec
ond washing $4,000, and in the third
washing $4,000.
One cannot always tell a good corn
husler by the height of the bat
boards on the off side of his wagon,
but as a rule plenty Of bat boards is
an indication of a good husker.
wagon box should hold all the corn one
can husk in a halliday.
There is at this time such a demand
for hornless cattle in both dairy and
beef herds that muleys are at prem
ium. So, many are engaged in pro-
ducing hornless strain. There are
some polIed cattle in all breeds and
| these are employed as starters.
The real Importance of clover is not
as we'll known by farmers as 1t should
| be. The class of farmers who under
stand it form a small percentage of the
whole in central states. Just note how
few clover fields you will pass in go
ing about over the country. This tells
| the story.
The greatest milking record known is
that of New Zealand farmer and mis-
| wife, who MIXED seventy-two cows
every night and morning, without any
| help Both the man and his wife were
stout and robust. They must have been
| inferior cows, or they could not have
gotten through with them all twice in
day.
| The number of farms in the United
| States in 1850 was 100000, with $780,
100000 acres under cultivation, a year
! Iy product of So 5O0,0O0,O00, and total
| farm property value of $4,O0O,OOOOO0.
| Now the farms number 100000, with
| S41, 100000 acres cultivated, yearly
product of $6,400,000,000, a total farm
property value of $23,000,OoO,Oo0.
| The several systems of curing and
/ bsling hay are worthy of our closest
! attention and study. Bright hay prop
erly baled brings 81 to 81 per ton more
money than the average of the stuff
sold on the markets Of the Southwest.
| We must get away from average hay
| In this case-avoid average quality
| just as we do average yields.
| AS q top dressing for. clover, lime
produces the best results, especially
| where the clover has had heavy
stand for two or more seasons. Land
| that is FED heavily every year with
| barnyard or green manure will be
helped by a dressing of lime. Some
| times the soil is so rich but congested
| with unassimilated food that a dressing
| Of lime for one season without any
! fertilizer is the best thing for 1t.
A writer in a magazine attributes
the scarcity of hired help on farms to
! the fact that competition is confined
alone to single men. If there were
more Accommodations for men with
| families there would be many men who
| do not have means enough to rent who
would make the best of hired help on
| farms Some of the best help l ever
had on my farm have been men with
! house to live in.
Loss Mans Fault, Not Hogs.
| Because people fail in the swine
business is nothing against the bust
ness People fail liz other lines of en-
deavor and we think nothing Of it; we
take il as a matter Of course. Failures
should only make us more careful and
should be a warning to those who
would enter the field heedlessly. with
out due consideration. simply because
of the fact that they, are dissatisfied
with tii-i, present position or station
IN life and have read where some one
has made good money at it. The swine
| business is no Mace for .get-rich-ouick'