Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-08

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Pigs Will thrive on skim milk as on
nothing else.
Eggs and mites are never plentiful
on the same farm at the same time
There are no tonics better for the
calf than plenty OF sunshine and pure
air.
Skim milk with ground corn and a
little bright hay will make calves
hump.
1t is the unproductive things-things
that are neither growing nor produc-
ing-that keep a farmer down
No animal will deteriorate so rapidly
from neglect or show so marked an I'M
provement for good as a well bred
sheep.
There is no doubt that a steer can
be fattened on a fewer number Of
pounds of dry matter when he Is
fed from a silo.
The Angora goat breeders of Ore
gon say that the annual clips from
their hocks amount to nearly $4,000,
while the value of their yearly increase
approximates S350Oo0.
While corn and alfalfa hay will pro-
duce excellent beef, the addition of cot
tonseed meal, even If you have to pay
S23 to SIS per ton, will make quality
that will bring more money.
Why farmers who can readily grow
or buy corn slower and hay at low cost
continue to purchase some of the low
grade oat and other feeds which are
little richer In protein than oat straw.
they only can answer.
ripening the more it depreclates. The
sooner 1t is churned the better, but 1t
should not be churned while too new.
The best stage for churning is when
acidity begins to become apparent.
Heifer calves intended for the dairy
must be kept growing continually, as
any check in their growth is cause
Of loss In size and development of the
digestive organs and consequently af
fects the future value of the animal.
Feeding and general care and man.
agement have as much to do with IN
creaslng the product of individual ami
mails as breeding or blood. But it must
not be forgotten that undue forcing
shortens the life and usefulness of the
cow very rapidly.
Fail pigs do better If they can have
plenty of range Exercise and variety
Of feed will keep them In good health
If the farmer will give his pigs a fair
show for exercise along with suitable
shelter and feed he will find two filters
per year will pay better than one.
To fatten fowls rapidly is the great
secret Of doing so probably. This ne
cessitates that they be kept closely con-
fined during the process. Even the
matter of profit aside, and the in
creased excellence Of the flesh of close
ly kept fattening stock over that which
Is allowed to roam is very great.
The rural school too commonly suf-
fers for want Of variety. This is not
because this condition cannot be allie
Waited, but simply because 1t is not.
The general course Of instruction needs
Frightening with what might be said to
be laboratory work or practical studies
in things to be found on and about the
farm.
One of the most harmless and bene-
fetal foods is llnseed meal. When the
flock appears droopy and seems to lose
appetite, the fowls may be restored to
health very readily by giving them lin
seed meal and this soft food once a
day. A gill of linseed meal to every
ten hens is sufficient 1t should not,
however, be used as regular diet.
Ii you do not believe the COWS look
upon q strange dog as an enemy, just
watch them when such an animal
comes into the yard The horns of
every one will be high in the air. You
can hear the cattle sniff, and while
some will charge on the dog, others
will turn tail and run like deer Every
such invasion costs more than you
know In the flow of milk as well as
its goodness.
A most successful dairyman says he
can make daiUying pay coed returns
when he can grow and market his po-
tatoes for enough cash to pay all of his
feed bills. He Is making about 120 gall
Ions Of 12-cent milk every day in the
year and hires two men and one boy.
At present he is working 112 acres Of
land and outside Of his dairy income he
has sold more than $1,000 worth Of
hay from his farm this year and 1900
bushels OF potatoes.
Farmer Tricks the Bees.
John B. Z. Wright, who lives on a
farm two miles north Of Elmer, N. j.,
has the tilird-srory OF his house bored
with holes which swarms Of honey
bees have found, much to his delight.
The holes lead to closets in the bed
roorss. and the unsuspectdng bee makes
honey where it can be gathered from
the inside by simply opening door.
Ynmpkins in the Cornf1eId.
Pumpkin seeds are cheap and they