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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-18
Spraying for Curl Leaf.

A very important complication must
be considered in spraying for blight
control. This is the occurrence Of an
other peach disease, :: curl leaf. Tie
effects of this trouble are too we'll
known ia California to need descrip-
ton. The control or the disease Is very
successfully accomplished by spraying
in February or March, just before the
buds unfold, but time which Is too
late for blight prevention.
In the experience of 1905 tie one fall
spraying controlled both diseases - a
most satisfactory condition. In the
spring of 1907, however, a very virulent
attack Of curl leaf occurred, especially
in the lower Sacramento Valley, while
the blight fungus proved somewhat less
active than in the previous season.
The result Of this attack is plainly
shown by the results Of spraying-viz. ::
that the November or December appli-
cation did not entirely hold the curl
leaf in check, although as successful as
before with the blight Consequently
some orchards sprayed properly and
successfully for blight were badly In
jured by curl leaf, while other sprayed
later were protected from curl leaf.
All that lad been expected of the
blight treatment held good when Its ef-
fects were differentiated from those Of
the other diseases, but the necessity of
two sprayings rather than one for tie
positive control OF 10th diseases has be-
come evident.
Prune, II possible, before spraying,
but do not delay the work on account
of pruning.
1t Is recommended by the California
experiment station to spray again for
the prevention of curl leaf about Febru-
airy Is, or just before the buds open,
with bordeaux, 100000, or lime, salt
and sulphur.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-18
Manifest Destiny.

A Berkeley minister was ordained
the other day and declared it the hap
piest moment of his life. He had at
tanned at last that for which he had
been studying and working for years.
His mother, one of those rare women
with a sense of humor, tells of the
new minister when he was but 4
years old that illustrates the fact that
ones point of view is apt to under
go a change from childhood to man.
hood.
John had always been intended for
the Church. His parents decided that
while he was still in the cradle. AS
he grew old enough to realize what
was being said his parents talked
gravely ITO him of the walk in life
they had selected for him. He al
ways listened attentively, and they
were thankful that his inclinations
seemed to take serious turn. One
day hi r.other went into the nursery
where he was playing and found that
he had built church with his blocks.
A little prayer of thanksgiving went
up from her heart to her lips that
her son had inclined his ear upon her
teachings. She was about to tiptoe
out agairs when horror rooted her to
the spot. The chubby fist was raised,
the church OF blocks was scattered
to the four corners of the room,
while little Johnny exclaimed in a
voice Of resignation: Dash it!
s'pose I'll have ter be minister"
San Francisco Call.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-18
What's in a Name?

Perhaps you RAY have heard of the
celebrated divine who could move
congregation to tears simply by re-
peating the word "Mesopotamia." 1t
was in the sound. Some words have
individuality of their own. You can
not twist "Mesopotamia' to mean
anything but a sleepy, sun-kissed land.
You could not, for instance, endow
those soft-vowel sounds with the rug
ged quality of another unmistakable
rd-Saskatchewan!
Saskatchewan! Spoken as though
it came always from the full-ridged
chest of a tall redman, thin in the
flank, hard in the leg ,ken as
though with the exhalation of lungs
full of rugged northern air. What
word in the glossary of rivers sur
passes this in the virility of its sheer
sound? 1t reeks of kinnik'nnic and
dried white fish and smoked breasts
of wild geese, and service berry and
pemmican. You cannot avoid seeing
dog sledges or help hearing the honk
of wild fowl, or refrain from not
ing the blown breath of men running
in the cold, when you hear the mere
name, wild, mysterious, of this river,
one of the trails of the young men,
Outing Magazine.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-18
Hapdicrafts for Farmers.

The editor of the Craftsman in the cur
rent number proposes that the federal
government aid in bringing about a much
needed reform in the industrial system OF
the United States by extending the work
of the Department of Commerce so as
to assist small farmers in developing
home arts and crafts and assist them in
finding market for the products of such
craftsmanship. The editor takes pains to
say that in this appeal for governments
recognition of handicrafts allied with ag-
riculture he is not considering the social
ed ''arts and crafts movement as 1t ap-
peals to the leisure class. What he has
in mind is practically to encourage me-
cbanical Industries as a means of correct
ing the evils of the factory system, doing
away with the menace of the unemployed
and relieving the congestion in our cities.
He refers to the Official encouragement Of
such crafts in Hungary, and to the re-
markable success resulting therefrom. He
believes that President Roosevelt has tax
en- an important step in this direction by
his recommendation that both State and
national governments should encourages
the growth of institutional mad social
movements amt ng farmers. 1t is not con-
templated that this development of hand
works in the home would ever take the
place of the machine, but that it would
open the door of opportunity to many in
dividuals starving for self-expression
apart from the routine of either farm
or factory. The principal field for homs
crafts would seem to be in producing
sensible rugs, furniture, pottery and any
of the things that enter into the life Of
the home.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-18
Sioux City Journal.

a farewell dinner and retired TO Mount
Vernon, genuinely glad TO relapse into
private life again.
1t Is not merely as a conqueror of
tyrants that Washington still lives in the
hearts of good Americans. In all his
tory there is no character so fine or rare.
Those who read faces say that Washing
toms mental makeup was of the most
violent and dangerous passions, all under
perfect control. From a youth he was
marked, for he came of masterful moth
er and had inherited her traits to a de-
gree. No other could have pulled the
faltering, bedraggled Continentals through
the struggle with the British and their
hired mercenaries as did this strapping
Virginian. who was, indeed, the Father
of his Country, since ne and he alone
was its creator.
Ii is a common thing in these later
days to glorify our Revolutionary fore
bears. Everybody who wore the blue
and buff is presumed to have been rum
ning over with patriotism and a desire to
defend home and country. The patriot
farmers have been much sung, but the
songs never tell how they went back to
their farms after having been "embat.
tied" and proceeded to watch the cam
paign from affair and criticise its every
move. Students of Continental history
know how the militia fed at the first fire !:
how the innkeepers kept their paint
brushes ready changing George III. on
their signs into George Washington. ac-
cordiny to which troops were the nearer.
The turncoat farmers were as willing TO
sell feed and forage to the Invading red
coats as 10 the ragged Continentals-
more willing, in fact. since the redcoats
were backed with good red gold. while
the Continentals had only the depreciat-
ed currency of the gasping Republic. Oh
il is great history TO read. the splendid
fight of the infant Republic against a
mother country strong and proud and
lighting for prestige, as she is fighting
now. But there are pages in il. torn
and blood stained, and not so fne-pages
where. If you be good American, your
own tears blot the pages that are thick
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-18
what mckinley stood For.

William Mckinley, twenty-fifth Pres
ident of the United States, who was
born at Niles, in Trumbull county,
Ohio, slxty-fiye years ago yesterday,
should be best remembered In Ameri-
can history for the one policy of his
administration which differentiates
him from all his Republican predeces-
sors in the presidency.
Personally, we have every reason to
believe all the Republican Presidents
from Lincoln on have deplored the sec
tional bitterness which attended and
followed the Civil War. Though attain
Ing the presidency ON the issue which
caused the war, Lincoln conducted that
struggle more in sorrow than in an
ger-with charity for all. with malice
toward none. Grant had ever a kindly
feeling for the South but owing to en-
vironment his policy of reconstruction
was the worst thing that ever happen
ed to that section.
Mckinley was the first Republican
President who was so situated that he
could steadily pursue the aim of effac.
ing the lines of Civil War sectionalism.
From the beginning of his first term he
sought to accomplish this end in many
tactful ways. His party leaders ac-
quiesced because. both in the North
and in the South, the old bitterness
was dying out and because astute Re
publican politicians in the East began
to see clearly the danger of driving the
South into political alliance with the
West
1t was the Spanish War, beginning a
year after McKinley's first Inaugural
ton, which crowned his nonsectlonal
policy with complete success. When
ex-Confederates like Fitzhugh Lee and
Joseph Wheeler We're given high COM
mand in the army of the United States
no additional proof was needed that
the prior war was over.
In the economic history Of the coun-
try Mckinley will, of course, be best
remembered as the author of the tariff
act Of 1890 and as the President who
signed the Dingley act. But it should
never be forgotten that he did not
approve the last-named measure in the
sense in which it has been enforced.
1t was no part of his intention that
the American people should be robbed
as they have been by the Dingley
schedules.
Dlngley standpatters like Aldrich
and Cannon take the name Of McKin-
ley in vain when they claim him as an
exemplar. He signed the act with the
well-known understanding that Its
rates were to apply only to countries
whose commercial attitude toward us
should be unfriendly, while special reci-
procity treaties were to be negotiated
with all countries that should prove
commercially friendly. Mckinley,
though an ardent protectionist, was
not an advocate of robber tariff
st. Louis Republic.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-18
Ponderosa Lemon.

The Ponderosa lemon may be grown
indoors, as any house plant, and even
when not in bloom it is very handsome
and pleasing with its large very dark
green foliage, says q writer in Floral
Life. The leaves have a delicious fra
GRANGE and are glossy, rather thick
and also somewhat leafhery in char
acter. The pure waxy white flowers
are strikingly beautiful and have a
most agreeable fragrance. The flow
ers are about the size of those of the
tuberoSe
The plant Is all the more attractive
because 1t is an ever bearer 1t Is
nothing unusual to find on the same
plant both blossoms and fruit in al
the various stages of growth. There
may be seen fruit of all sizes, from
the small pea sized lemon just started
to the large yellow, juicy lemon just
ready to drop from the tree or plant
and enter into some of the delicious
creations the good housewife knows
how to make. These lemons are GER
tainly the largest and are said to be
the juciest ever known and also to
surpass all others used for household
purposes Their flavor is richer, more
delicious and pleasing than the ordi-
nary lemon.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-18

with suffering. These are the chapte7
that tell of a weakened and divided
Congress. full of pickering, full of poll
ticians, as Congresses were in the begin
ming, are now and evermore shall be-a
Congress that halted and stammered and
fesitated, that voted confidence but nc
provisions. and allowed men to pledge
their private fortunes for a canse thai
should have been dearer than their life
blood There are chapters that tell OF
the schemes and Vaccinations of Wash
ington's enemies-of the men who covet.
ed his place and desired to supersede him
You cannot read dry eyed how he begged
for stores for his dying men at VALLEY
Forge, how he walked among them, freez.
ing for lack of houses and blankets and
dashed the tears from his own eyes as he
saw the blood tracks over the snow Such
a man was the Father of America.
San Francisco Chronicle.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-18
Taft Against the Field.

After Governor Hughes announced
he would be candidate for the Presi-
Dental nomination, a poll of the Unit
ed States Senate was taken, not in
.ludIng those who are candidates, and
Mr.. Hughes received but two votes.
while Taft received twenty and
Knox and Fairbanks FIVE each and the
others scattering. Ten Senators were
non-committal. This shows that the
fight In the Republican ranks is Taft
against the field, and with the admin
istration doing all it can to help Taft.
even to the extent of appointments to
office to influence votes. he therefore
should have the inside track. But
ther is the unknown out-'mU airnsh
shere is the unknown quantity how
tile delegates from some of the South
ern States viii vote, for they will I'M
donbtedly hold the balanee of power.
Usually the administration Is all-pow-
erful with the oficeh0iders in the
Southern States, but under the policy
Of Mr. Roosevelt of eliminating as
much as possible the negro vote, there
may be a revolt against the favored
lilly whites" If the negroes prove ca
pable of making their greatly superior
numbers count The darkey that can
get elected a delegate TO the coming
convention Will be sure Of an Office II
his party Is successful, but will prob
ably prefer something equally as
good" as on former like occasions for
the proverbial bird In the hand" looks
a deal better than the promise Of an
Office away OF In the bush.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-18
KowTowINo.
A Chinese Custom to Which Foreign
ers Have Objected.


The Chinese censor has memorial
lied the throne on the necessity OF
abe fishing the degrading custom OF
high native ministers of the crown
kowtowing and addressing or reply
ing to their majesties on Blended
knees. Kowtowing has been fruit
ful theme for discussion and contro-
versy ever since the nations OF the
west first invaded the shores OF the
great Central Kingdom. Hitherto the
question concerned only those who
came from foreign lands on diplomat
ic or other missions. No one for
moment thought of suggesting That
the kowtow was degrading custom
so far as the Chinese high officials
themselves were concerned. The kow-
tow before the throne consisted In
kneeling three times and touching
the ground with the head thrice at
each genufexion.
Western diplomats and others in
China have not been in the past unan-
imous in their opposition to the per-
formance of the kowtow, but the Brit
ish representatives from the first
have consistently refused to submit
to it. Lord Mccartney, who arrived
in China in 1893 as the head OF the
first British Embassy, when present.
ing his credentials would only con-
sent to bend one knee in the pres
ence of the Emperor. Over twenty
years elapsed before the second Brit
ish mission arrived in China. The
question of the kowtow was again
raised, and as a res at of his refusal
to perform the ceremony Lord Am
herst was never officially received by
the Emperor, who issued an imperial
edict to the effect that the British
Ambassador had not observed the
rules of politeness in vogue in the
Celestial Empire.
The French Ambassador sent to
China in 1874 received special instruc-
tons not to submit to the kowtow.
These instructions, however, he ig-
nored, as he held the opinion tina.
ambassadors must conduct them
selves according to the usages OF
the court to which they were ac-
credited. The whole question during
the last half century has assumed an
altogether different aspect. For over
100 years prior to the establishment
of permanent foreign legations in the
Chinese capital in 1860 European rep
resentatives were not accorded an i'm
perial audience. Since that date the
kowtow has never been insisted upon.
North China Herald.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-18

What are the cows worth that pro-
duce 400 pounds of butter per annum?
Here | am going to make statement
and undertake to prove it correct, says
a writer in Successful Farming. When
cow that produces 200 pounds Of but
ter per an2pm at food cost of $50 and
labor cost of $3.50 Is worth $35, the
COW that produces $50 pounds of butter
annually is worth $500, and the owner
can make net SIC more from her after
paying interest on the $500 than he can
from the cows that produce 200 pounds
of butter. There is no more labor con-
nected with the 4OO-pound cows than
there Is with the compound COWS. The
price at which butter has been credit
ed, namely, 20 cents pound, is the net
price from the creamery after the max
ing has been paid for. In this herd the
increased cost of feed for tie 400
pound COWS was more than Offset by
the Increased amount of skim milk, so
we have the 200 pounds increase of but
ter as net profit over the 20o-pound
COW. Two hundred pounds of butter at
20 cents Is $40 We have $500 invested
in these cows, which at per cent in
terest is S24, which we will deduct
from the $40. and we have left S16 to
tie credit of the 40O-pound cow.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-18

In breeding dairy cows man should
have definite object in view. Too
many shift from beef to dairy VIXEN
dairy products are high and beef pro-
ducts are low. and then shift back
again from dairy to beef when beef
rises In value. BY this method man
Is constantly shifting from one breed to
another, and. as a result, he is getting
a herd that Is good neither for milk nor
beef A man must have an ideal to-
ward which he is breeding and then
bend all his energies to that end. This
shifting from one breed to another Is
a suicidal policy that will ruin any man
and any kerd.-Kansas Experiment
Station.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-18
Care of Cow nnd MIX.

1t Is strange how little the matter
OF cleanliness of the dairy cow has i'm
pressed itself upon the owner. He will
curry and rub his horse daily and feel
that he is much the loser IL he fails
in this. How much more reason Is
there in thus caring for the horse than
for exercising similar care for the
COW? The fact is, that IL preference
Is SHOWN for either, it should be for the
cow. Everybody wants to feel that
milk and butter provided for the table
has been scrupulously guarded against
anything and everything unclean and
obnoxious TO the most fastidious taste.
If the dairy cow is daily curried and
rubbed of and kept sleek and nice, the
owner can always find ready demand
for her milk and butter at a good
price. Besides. the cows health will
be improved materially. Her market
value will be enhanced. also should
her owner wish TO exchange her for
cash.
In cold weather the temperature OF
Tic Stcdu1 AON SAuruslS must De pro
portionately higher. The room to
churn In should be warm. II cold.
the cream viii cool too rapidly and
this will render it next to impossible
to make a first-class quality OF but
Ter. Ia warming cream never make
1t too hot. as the butter VIII unavoid-
ably be soft and badly favored. The
best plan for warming the cream Is TO
set the container in warm water. stir
ring the cream constantly: or i'll a
covered pail with hot water and swing
1t round in the cream until II comes
TO the right temperature. Another
thing to he considered concerns the
quantity OF cream in the churn. II
the ehdrE is too full II viii be next
to impossible to succeed In making good
butter. The cream simply slides gent
" and smoothly around In the churn
without making the fat globules break
up and get together and form butter
granules Ii peeds to be splashed and
plunged ab1at in the churn- The
churn hal filled IS about right. Two
thirds full could be churned. but It
would require 700 much time.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-18
A Confusion of Sexes.

A small boy passing down Chest
nut street the other day saw plac-
ard in window reading Toy Want
ed. Apply within" AS this boy was
In this business, looking for a Job.
he went in and asked for the boss
Getting an interview, he asked:
do youse want 4 boy?'
Yes" replied the merchant.
''Wot kind OF a boy does yer want?"
oh. nice. quiet boy. who doesn't
use naughty words. smoke cigarettes,
whistle around the Office. play tricks
or get into mischief of any kind"
'Gwan: yOuse don't want a boy;
reuse wants girl "-PhIadelphia
2Ehlic Ledger.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-18
earned Reef.

Weigh out the meat and allow S
pounds of salt to each 100 pounds
Sprinkle layer of salt one-quarter of
an inch in depth over the bottom of
the barrel. pack in as closely as posi-
BILE the cuts of meat. making layer
8 or inches in thickness, then put on
a layer of salt. following that with
another layer of meat. Repeat until
the meat and salt have ali been packed
In the barrel, reserving salt enough for
q good layer over the top. After the
package has stood over night add for
every 100 pounds of meat pounds of
sugar. ounces of baking soda and
ounces OF saltpeter dissolved In gallon
of tepld water Thre gallons more of
water should be sufficient TO co9er this
quantity. In case more or less than
100 pounds OF meat is 10 be corned,
make the brine In the proportions
given. A loose board cover, weighted
down with a heavy stone or piece of
iron, should be put on the meat 10 keep
all of 1t under the brine.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-18

OF all the holidays in the calendar
Washingtons birthday is dearest to pat
riots, for on a bleak 22d of February, in
the year 1872, was born the man with
out whom the American commonwealth
would have been impossible, or, at the
best, a century delayed. 1t is even a
better day than the Fourth of July. for
that is but the celebration of the day
when the Liberty Bell announced that
independence had been proclaimed. 1t is
easy to say fine things-it is only n lit
tie more difficult to think them; but to
live them-ah, that is another matter
Washington was a man who made his
ideals into realities. He was the first
American-unquestionably the greatest
one. No President since has excellad his
lofty patriotism. Here is man greater
than kings-a man who declined a crown
and who set the finest example in history
when he toasted President-elect Adams at
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-18
Alfalfa Meal i'm Commerce.

1. d. Graham, in a report prepared
for the Bureau OF Animal Industry.
states that number OF factories
equipped with more or less expensive
machinery have engaged In the manu-
facture of alfalfa meal on a CONNER
cial scale.
In order TO accomplish this 1t is
necessary that the hay De kiln-dried.
and even then IL is ground at the ex-
pense OF great power. Hay. as ordi-
narily made. is not suitable for the
manufacture of alfalfa meal because
IL contains too much moisture. which
renders 1t exceedingly difficult 10 grind.
and more liable 10 spoil The COM
merclA article is made from selected
alfalfa and mixed with sugar-beet
mc:asses in the proportion OF IS per
cezs alfalfa and y per cent molasses