Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-11-17

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1t is impossible to keep ths milk
utensils too clean.
Cream that is ripe for churning pre-
sents a smooth, satlny appearance
wSen stirred
The well-worn hoe is a good testi-
nonial for the farmer The rusty hoe
tel'l another tale
When mustard is serious pest the
fields are sprayed with solution that
kills the weed, but does not harm the
crop.
The best lice killer we ever tried is
plenty of fine ashes in the chicken
house. The birds stir up mighty dust
often and no louise can live in it.
In Holland they rotate the fertill-
zers as well as the crops. Each crop
has Its particular coaxer. Perhaps that
is why they farm successfully on land
worth $1,000 per acre.
Over five million bushels of pota-
toes were grown on Long Island last
year, but ON account of the loose mar
keting methods Of the growers very
small profits were realized from the
work.
Sift a quart of fine slaked lime into
barrel with a cover, stir up big dust
and drop the gappy chickens into It,
Pull them out after you have counted
fifteen and they will sneeze the worms
into the hereafter.
A slick swindler is swindling south
ern farmers by Offering big premiums
with purchases of soap He collects
the money in advance and then forgets
to send the premiums or the soap.
Postoffice detectives are on his trail.
Cream that has been allowed to
stand too long will break or become
watery and will not make the best
favored butter. The secret Of good
butter making is knowing just when
the cream has reached the right stage
of acidity.
Farmers of New Jersey are asking
for law to abolish all spring shoot
ing Of game birds and to stop the
shooting of woodcocks in July. The
woodcock shooters tramp over the
meadows before the grass is cut and
cause great loss.
Do you know how to ground your
fence wires to prevent lightning do
ing damage to stock? Simply thrust
length of heavy wire several feet
into the ground down the side of oc-
casional posts, and staple to the fence
wires where they cross.
The board silo can be given a ce-
ment lining by cleating with lath and
applying the cement Silos thus lined
should be thoroughly cleaned each
year and then washed with thin ce-
ment to fill the cracks which may
have formed in the thin lining.
In Sullivan County, New Hampshire,
last year only sixty-eight sheep were
raised Just before the war the sheep
industry was the principal one in this
and adjoining counties, but the gen
eral depression of farming and the
ravages of dogs and Wild animals de-
stroyed the industry.
For the farmer who still uses blind
ers upon his horses and a tight check
rein, humane stoclSraiser suggests
the experiment Of tying his head back
as far as possible and then putting
black piece of cloth one inch in front
of his eyes. He wouldn't like it, to
be sure Neither does the horse.
Dirty eggs are usually hard to clean.
Vinegar is used by some and some use
brick dust as a securing material. Soap
and water seldom give satisfaction. The
use of allIali on the egg removes the
muciaginous substance and this re-
duces the power of the egg to keep.
This mucilaginous material fills the
pores and so keeps out the air.
California oranges are now washed,
brushed, dried aud ice cooled before
being placed in refrigerator cars for
shipment to the east. These new
methods are proving big money savers
to the growers. Some Of the big pack
ing houses in the fruit belt turn out
from ten to fifteen carloads in day
and they arrive in Chicago and New
York In fine condition.