Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-04-21

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J There is no better time for setting
.rees than late in fall.
Success on the farm depends upon
having everything done Systematically
and DC the proper time.
Once a week is not enough to salt
the sheep. Have 1t where they can get
what they want every day.
For the year 1907 the poultry prod
ncts Of the country exceeded In value
the whole of the hay crop.
Do not disturb the farmer who is In
the granary making noise like fam
ning mill. Go thou and do likewise"
Land plaster Is not a fertilizer, but
will liberate potash, and shows mark
I'd beneit on clay and sandy land to
clover
1t Is the March Matched chicks that
make the November layers, which are
the most profitable members Of the
whole flock.
1t is not right to be more willing to
spend 500 in making the farm profit
able than to spend 100 cents in making
the home pleasant.
The man who pretends that he re-
CARDS himself as a fool is almost as
big nuisance as the man who thinks
everybody else is fool.
Sheep and young stock should never
be yarded together. The young stock
will be pretty sure to chase the sheep,
and that means trouble every time.
The community that has a good
horse-shoer In its midst should show
Its appreciation by not haggling over
the price asked for first class work.
Never drive sheep body deep into
the snow If you do, make up your
mind that loss will follow. 1t simply
takes the tuck out of sheep to wade
in deep snow
The best method to cure sore backs
on horses is to dissolve one-half ounce
of blue vitriol in a pint Of water and
daub the injured parts with it four or
i've times day.
Alfalfa has shown this season that
1t will stand al kinds of reverses and
still make big crop. Those who were
lucky enough to have few acres Of it
are preparing to sow more next spring.
Anyone who buys an Incubator think
ing all that is necessary Is to load it,
light the lamp and let 1t do the rest,
"all Oy its lonesome" should take
few lessons in common sense from a
sitting hen.
1t is question in some parts of the
country which would be the most profit
able thing to do, to keep dogs or sheep.
This dog nuisance is an old one and
1t is a wonder that more States do
not come to the rescue of the sheepmen
than already have.
Cultivation is intended to destroy
weeds, prevent the ground from drying
out, and to admit the air to the soil,
so as to keep the Plant food soluble.
tbs soil, but prevents that already
there from getting away.
Uncle Sans unappropriated and I'M
reserved acres for the American home
steaders amount to approximately 1872
million acres. Such IS lie report. Not
all of this is tillable, nevertheless
there are still millions of acres that
can be very profitably put to the pillow
Hay scattered about on the ground
for sheep is largely hay thrown away
They will tread it down and waste it,
Put it into good racks Give only what
they will eat up clean. Other stock
does not like to eat hay that sheep
have nosed over.
Providing young stock gets plenty of
good nutritious food. they can stand
good deal OF exposure and gain IN
constitution 1t must not be thought
however, that animals can gain In con-
stitution. where they are made to suf
fer hardships.
A writer in dairy paper in plead
Ing for better treatment for the hired
man puts 1t In this way, Therefore.
dairymen, put the club away, scold
less, brace up, boost up the hired man.
He is just as sensitive as your cow"
1t is quite likely that there are some
hired men that don't know whether the
above is compliment or not.
OF different food products for farm
animals chemical analysis shows dry
alfalfa hay to be juss about equal
pound for pound to bran. In ton of
the former there are go pounds of pro-
tein, 1872 pounds of carbohydrates and
"a pounds OF fat. In the same weight
Of bran there are 244 pounds of pro-
tein, 772 pounds of carbohydrates and
so pounds of fat. These figures ex-
plain why alfalfa is such a boon to
those sections OF the country where it
ran be successfully grown. Red clover
hay Is an excellent substitute for al
falfa. a ton containing 1856 pounds Of
protein. 716 pounds OF carbohydrates
and "a pounds OF fat
Trees and Lightning.
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