Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-10


ally co sheep.
No difference how plentiful the sup
ply of slop, hogs should have all Of the
pure, fresh water they viii drink daily.
There Is little danger Of washing
out the favor of butter; you can wash
out the buttermilk taste, but not the
true butter flavor.
A poor Individual with pedigree
is better than grade Of equal quality
for breeding purposes. But under
present prices there is little excuse for
either.
Keep salt before the stock all the
time, and do not make Sunday job
of 1t when you should be taking the
family to church. The stock need the
salt more regular, and you need to pay
the duty to your family.
A fowls diet should include varie-
ty of all the grains, corn, oats, wheat
and barley especially; also green food,
animal food In the form of meat or
milk, and charcoal and grit. Their
food must be clean, sweet and sound.
Many farmers do not know the val
ne of Kaffir corn as feed for poultry
1t has the same nutritive Taiue as In
dian corn, but 1t not so fattening and
therefore, is a better producing
grain. The fowls like It
1t does not pay in any sense to per
petuate the qualities Of poor sheep,
and the cuttings should be made close
enough to eradicate all poor animals
and thus eliminate their blood forever
from the flocks.
One of the best and most extensive
swine breeders in the corn belt uses a
pail of lime water in every barrel of
slop that he feeds to his hogs. He has
metal tank that will hold eight or
ten barrels of water and in this he
dumps a barrel Of lime.
Nearly all kinds of plants may be
easily rooted into saucers In which
is kept sand that is kept very moist, so
that water will stand upon the surface.
They must be kept in a warm place and
occasionally in full sunshine. When
fully rooted, put in good soil in small
pots.
In European countries are grown
fowls, hares and sheep to furnish fresh
family meat. Herr Won Schelle, pro
moter of agriculture in Belgium, re-
Gently said. I'm my country, where
land is limited, fowls and hares help
to solve the fresh meat problem for
company, and sheep for regular use on
small FARMS"
The urine of sheep contains con-
siderable amount of nitrogen, and their
manure, In addition to being very val
liable, is more beneficial to the soil
than that Of other live stock owing to
the manner in which it is distributed.
being scattered equally over the
ground in small quantities, and thus
trampled into the soil by the flock.
Cane which has been sown broad
cast can be handled best IL 1t is cut
with the mower and put up In small
shocks. Some prefer to cut 1t with
harvester and bind it. If that IS done
the cutting must be done early, for the
stalks soon get too large for hinder
to handle; and then the stuff is diff
cult to dry out when it is bound up in
bundles.
The horse that is Of special inter
est to the farmer is the draft horse,
because he is the most easily raised
and the most profitable animal the
farmer can produce. He is particular
ly horse that the farmer In the corn
belt should produce because he reach
es his fullest development In this sec
tion first, because of the nutritious
grasses and grains produced, and sec
ond, because of the suitable conditions
that prevail.