Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-02

grown.
A black soil is not necessarily rich
soil. 1t may be almost devoid Of nitro
gen, and so stand in need of some fer
tilizer.
For humble foot in poultry, paint the
corn literally with tincture of iodine
daily for week. If this is done in
the early stages the corn can be spread.
Good bacon is great food. 1t always
tastes like more. Quantity compared,
man can turn more acres with fewer
''hog troughs" on it than on any other
meat
Most men make the mistake Of
spreading the manure too thicily. III
most cases it will be better to cover
a larger area with the same amount
The spreader solves the whole diff
Guilty.
The Missouri State Board of Agri-
culture has asked Ernest Kellerstrass,
the poultry fancier OF Missouri, for a
portrait Of the famous hen Peg, which
he recently refused to sell to Pader-
ewski for $1,000.
The proprietor of the Green Hill
dairy, near Burlington, N. j., sold his
immense herd of Jerseys and Alder
neys and restocked the farm entirely
with Holsteins. He believes that the
latter are less liable to have tuber
culosis.
Lovers of buckwheat cakes and ma
pie syrup will be delighted to learn that
New York man has recently been con-
victed and sentenced to pay $500 fine
and spend thirty months in Jail for
selling bogus Vermont maple syrup
through the mails.
The bureau Of statistics Of the Uni
ted States Department of Agriculture
announces that the healthfulness of
farm animals was better on April l
than it was last year and losses from
disease, with the exception Of swine,
were smaller.
Farmers are truck raisers around
Glenwood, Ia, and are interested in the
raising of asparagus, and may turn
their entire attention to the cultivation
Of the crop for canning purposes. In
the East from 500 to $500 per acre
is realized from asparagus.
By the investment of $f5 or $50 in a
good writing desk that can be put I'M
der lock and key, some men can save
hundred dollars worth of fuss,
worry, mental discontinue and house
hold rumpuss that arise from having
no place for business headquarters in
the house.
Science is getting obstreperous. 1t
has butted into the making of butter.
The golden product is now as conven-
| tional as the blue bib-overall. There
is no chance for originality. The rich
| " favored, delicarely aromatic product
Of the old shallow cream pans and
dash churn is no more. That's what
We pay AOI DClub o(lCutAuS.
| 1t is quite common to hear persons
say that our butter at the present time
Is not as good quality as butter was
ten or twelve years ago. This does not
| look reasonable. as dairy and creamery
methods have improved so as to make
dairying almost new industry. A
| Ia 10 ha% fho
standard Of excellence in butter is high
er now than then.
There are two or three things that
ought to be remembered in making the
hotbed. or cold frame, as II. Is perhaps
more properly called. First, use fresh
horse manure that will heat Soak it
down and let it warm up considerably
before putting in the earth, and don't
pack the earth down so tight as to pre-
vent the heating process. Three or
four inches of soil, depending some
what upon its texture, ought to be suf-
6clent. Let the earth warm thorough
" before planting the seeds Water
frequently and raise the sash on warm
days, and be sure to have horse blan-
kets ready when the thermometer goes
down to zero.
The person who sets out an orchard
for the first time usually makes the
mistake of selecting too many yarie-
ties. It Is far better and more salts
| factory to select two or three hardy
standard varieties. fall or winter, as
the case may be, and pass up the job
Of using several acres as an expert
mental plot for thirty or forty varie-
ties that the nurseryman may urge
upon you. Perhaps the wisdom Of
saving but two or three varieties Is
not fully realized until the trees come
into bearing and one has the market
ing Of the fruit to attend to. With
many varieties and as many seasons
Of ripening there Is much delay and
putter work In picking and disposing
Of the fruit. while the prices one can
get for little dabs are not SO satisfac-
tory az for good sized consignments of
but two or three varieties
Cold Storage Eggs.
The eggs stored in this country last
year amounted to 115.f61.540 dozen. OF
which 33,75O.O0O dozen were stored In
Chicago. These storage eggs sold at
an average OF 16h cents a dozen.
little less than vas paid for them
Under normal conditions they would
have sold for 10 cents dozen While
In storage eggs are kept at tenn
psratare slightly above the freezing
point. t.aey are never allowed to freeze
sxcerf when stored in bulk In tin cans
Eggs are placed In cold storage in
| Anru and May and begin TO enter the