Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-27
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Roots to a COW are what pie Is to
boys
Good farming is impossible without
good teams.
The farmer who gets ''ur against it.
is generally responsible for his predic
smept.
The cultivation Of the potatoes
should begin before the weeds have q
chance to start.
Some men can do more work and any
kind of chore
Sitting behind the stove in the grocery
store
Many a farmer is running his farm
after the manner that woman drives
nail. He shuts his eyes and Their
strikes out hit or miss and 1t is prin
cipally miss
Here is wrinkle in Craftsmanship
Instead Of putting a twitch on the
nose, put 1t on the ear and you car
make any horse say, PUSSY, pussy,
as it were.
Keep the lawn well sprinkled during
dry weather, especially If the grass was
seeded In the spring, as young grass il
easily destroyed If deprived of moisture
for length of time
Okra is not extensively cultivated
but it Is one of the best and most
nourishing vegetables grown. Fol
soups it can not be excelled. Once
started, the crop is almost a sure one
Don't make life miserable for the
family another season by trying Il
grow poultry and garden truck on the
same piece of land One fence viii
fence in the garden and fence out the
poultry.
Get some eggplants from your dealer
and set them out Do not try to grow
them from seed, nor attempt to grow
them unless you are willing to careful
ly attend to them. A few plants viii
furnish an ample supply.
The plant bureau at Washington
states that fruit growers, especially
apple growers, should use more of the
common and inferior fruit for cider
canning and evaporation. This would
make prices better for the fresh fruit
and also result in an improved quality
1t is little else than foolish to pump
water, shell corn and do other things
Of this sort by hand when a .nechani
cal means is possible. If a man con
siders his time worth much, it wont
take long to save enough time as wei
as energy to pay for windmill or have
the corn shelled.
The farmer should endeavor to Learn
something of the classification of in
sects and their habits Many of them
are aids to the farmer, though ma
jority of them are enemies. Parasites
kill more injurious insects than any
other known cause. Some insects live
by preying upon other kinds.
The agricultural department says
there are now 500 varieties of corn
which are easily recognized. The stalks
run from a foot and a half for some
kinds Of popcorn to twenty-five feet
for a Tennessee variety, while in the
West Indies some corn grows to q
height of thirty feet
The most successful stock feeder is
he who can know with some degree OF
accuracy whether an animal will be al
Us best as young thing, a yearling OF
mature animal. That character which
denotes a capacity for steady deyel
opment up to maturity is the prime one
to be considered in selecting the breed
ing animal.
The club root of cabbage attacks all
plants related to cabbage, and it is due
to a parasitic vegetable which feeds on
the healthy tissues of The plants. The
plants that produce seed after the man
ner of the cabbage Tin pods), such as
kaA-, turnips, mustard, radlsh, etc, are
lisble to the disease, but it more read
ily attacks cabbage than any other
plants.
One of the safest and best ways to
send a few choice cut flowers TO dis
lance is TO cut slips in potatoes and in
sert the flower stems. taking care that