Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-22

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When the calves are playful it is an
indication of thrift and health.
The hogs must all be sprayed or
dipped and all bedding, loose floors and
rubbish should be burned.
Skim milk and alfalfa, with little
corn on the side will make baby pork
quicker and better than anything else.
Some men pride themselves on be-
ing boss of the household, but never
do anything that other people are proud
of.
While liberal fertilization will in
crease the yield, thorough cultivation
is also necessary to keep UP and i'm
prove the quality.
James Oliver the chilled plow man,
died recently, leaving fortune of $780,
100000, which he had reaped from the
farmers of this country.
The object in working over the soil
is not to make it light, but to mix 1t
and break up the clods, and that roots
will work best in soil that is packed
down.
The department of agriculture re-
ports that the general condition in re-
gard to the healthfulness of farm ami
mails is higher now than it has been
in the past ten years.
The dairyman who receives his milk
check every month and is compelled to
pay from one-half to two-thirds of it
over to the feed dealer, is not making a
success of the business.
Healthy animals require no medi-
cine; conditions in them may be estab-
Iished and maintained by intelligently
applied alterations in the quantity and
quality of their food and labor.
A giant snail recently brought from
South Africa to England is fully as
large as two-fifths of an ordinary man
and lays an egg which resembles that
of a pigeon in size, color and texture.
Do not dispose of the brood sow as
long as she continues to produce good,
strong litters, no matter how old she is,
but dispose of her with the first sign
of letting down, no matter how young
she is.
An attachment for the corn cultiva-
tor which will replant the missing mills
is said to be the invention of handy
Missourian. 1t fastens on the tongue
of the cultivator and is worked from
the seat by a string.
The farmer who leaves the machines
standing in the fields where they were
last used is following an expensive
practice. 1t pays to have tool house
| and after a machine is through with
to clean, oil and house it.
Keep the ground in the orchard and
garden free from rubbish and weeds.
In these many of the insect pests spend
an important part of their existence,
and if they are destroyed many of the
pests will perish with them.
Twenty per cent butter fat weighs
SAG pounds to the gallon after all the
air has settled from it, while the 10
per cent weighs only 80 pounds. When
| fresh from the separator the weight is
| less because of the air contained in the
cream.
Pairying affords farmer an oppor-
| tunity of buying large amounts Of fer
| tility in the form of commercial food
stuffs and feeding them out on his
farm, thus adding much fertility to
his farm and at the same time making
the business profitable.
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Generally speaking, the cow which
has had her milk-producing capacity
encouraged and developed will be very
| likely to transmit these traits to her
progeny Raise the heifers of your
! best cows and you will be on the road
to improving your herd.
The farmers cotton warehouse move
ment in the South, whereby it was
planned to enable the farmers to hold
their cotton until the price had gone up
to 10 cents per pound, collapsed be-
cause the bank could not carry the load
any longer The farmers had borrow
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A vicious goat, while browsing
around a farmyard in Posey County,
| Ind, came across a heavy swing which
the children had been using and which
touched him as he passed He imme-
diately showed fight and butted away
at the swing, which came back at him
every time. Half an hour later the
owner found the goat dead, but the
swing was still swinging.
Build Root Cellar.
In general feeding we often forget
| that the animal body is about three
! fourths water, and that any animal re-
/ quires a large proportion Of water II
| the feed ration. Green feeds of some
kind should be given at all times of
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