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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-31
Average Must BE Raised.

Professor p. G. Holden in his A B O
Of Corn Culture, says that while the
average yield Of corn In the United
States is less than twenty-five bushels
per acre, yet there are hundreds and
thousands of farmers who produce
sixty and seventy, and often eighty and
ninety bushels per acre. Il have in
mind" he says, scores of instances
where of two fields. just across the
road from each other, or perhaps adj
joining, but OH different farms, one
yielded more than seventy bushels and
the other less than twenty, yet the
land values were the same and the la
Dor required to produce the twenty
bushel crop as great as to produce the
seventy bushel crop. If one man can
produce sixty and seventy bushels per
acre, the other man can do it also, and
not only that, but must do 1t If we are
to achieve our agricultural possiblIi-
ties"
Test your corn carefully, and If 1t
is found defective send away at once
for q supply, but test that also.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-31

the place where he was standing and
found the photograph of beautiful
young girl, whose eyes looked up at him
wistfully and appealingly, Bat thought.
He gazed at the picture for some mo-
ments, his face whitening; then he nod
ded reinsurance to the eyes
When darkness brought them togeth-
er 1t was found that Jack Phillips. in
spite OF his desultory fishing above the
rapids, had caught more than both the
others.
"well. suppose it's all luck" Doc
wIllets grumbled despondently. "Deu-
eed bad luck. thought, think Then:
Say, Jack, old nan. you'll have to
wait week or two Tor your money
I'm broke"
"Me, TOO" Col. case admitted gloom
lily. II was counting On this to- to-"
He flushed recollecting and was silent
Jack Philips smiled satirically, but
said nothing Presently he turned to
Bat.
Pretty lonesome life here In the win
ter. isn't it?' he asked. when snow
shuts you away from everything. Still
l suppose you have always been used
TO It."
Folks can get used TO anything and
like IT," Bat replied shortly.
But a little later when Phillips
moved down he river he followed.
"No. l haven't always been used TO
it." he said abruptly. II lived in s. city
until 1 was over 90. then I got mad
and played the fool and came OF here.
The girl waited a year. and married
another man"
why do you call yourself foolT
asked Phillips. looking at him cnri-
ously.
Because I am one" harshly. "J
didn't think so for a year. until heard
she was married. then I knew. And
have been living In the woods for
thirty years, and knowing 1t more posi-
lively every day. / have never spok-
en- Of 1t before"
why do you tell mer
Bat looked him square In the face.
Il found q photograph In the bushes
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-31
Alfalfa Yields.

In cooperative tests with farmers at
the Maryland Experiment Staten the
reports received show yields ranging
from two and a quarter to seven tons
per acre. One farmer reported yield
of five tons per acre on field Of sixty
six acres seeded twelve years ago. The
results of incubation tests showed the
value Of using alfalfa and sweet clover
soil for this purpose.
OF the farmers reporting 122 had
good stands at the time Of making
their reports, while thirty-six had been
unsuccessful. OF the successful par
ties ninety-one used manure, sixty-six
Lime, fifty-seven commercial fertilizer,
thlrty-nine commercial fertilizer and
lime, flfty-two manure and lime, thirty
three manure and lime and commercial
fertilizer, seven a nurse crop, forty one
soil incubation, and eighty-two seeded
in the fall.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-31
The Photograph

sN~~~N~N~O~N~S~N~~
The door of his cabin stood open and
a shaft of light stole in over his shout
der as though to examine the fireplace,
and the pans and kettles hanging pic
turesquely about the walls and the two
or three extra hunks for possible visit
ors, and the floor and quantity carved
tools-all as bright and immaculate as
though presided over by a woman; and
another shaft came down through the
foliage and rested upon the bowed,
whitening head, and upon the rough
knotted fingers that were unconsciously
betraying the longings of a repressed
soul to the familiar, responsive strings
OF his violin.
A boat came noisily up the river and
was fastened to the bank below the
cabin; then two men hurried up the
slope, leaving a third to follow more
leIsurely But still Bat Pinaud played
on unmindfully, unconscious.
"Oh, say" called one Of the men
lmpatiently, that's awful fine. but will
you please stop just a minute?"
The bow poised in the air and then
flashed a final staccato across the
strings.
Are you Bat Pinahd?
"Oul, and monsieur
"Oh. I'm Doc Wlllets, and my friend
here is Col. Case. We and Jack Phil
lips down there have been camping on
the big lake for the last two months.
What we want with you is this" lower
ing his voice and glancing over his
shoulder TO see that their companion
was still beyond hearing; we're up for
a days fishing In the rive, and Case
and have each bet 800 with Phillips
We understand that you're intimate
with every fish In the Penobscot, and
what we want Is for you to place us on
the river tomorrow so our bets will be
sure Seer"
Yes Bat saw-perhaps more than
they intended, or would have liked. he
had heard OF Doc Willets and Col
Cas- and OF reckless, good-natured
Jack Phillips, who allowed the sharp
ers to bleed him on every possible pre-
text. and in way that was patent to
everybody but himself. "0ui. sure
ment." he saw.
Everything all right 2" asked Jack
Phillips. as he joined the group. sup
per and breakfast accommodations for
the night, and I'll that sort OF thing?'
Haven't had time to ask yet, you
followed US up so close" rejoined Doc
Willets, tipping wink OF secrecy 10
Bat and at the same time jingling some
coins in his pocket. but l suppose
there'n be no trouble, eh. guide?"
Bat rose slowly and carried his eddie
into the cabin. When he came out he
was again the obliglng. matter-of-facl
trapper and guide.
/ s'pose maybe 1 fixed up all those
thlags" he said graclously. Now, you
go In the cabin or sit down under the
trees, whatever you like best. Soon's
1 bring things up from the boat well
have supper"
Ii was dark before the supper ha6
been prepared and eaten, and then. a
their request, Bat took them down TO 8
deer run to try their luck at fash
light.
The next morning they were out witt
the day, and after a hasty eating Of
breakfast and careful preparation Of
lines. they followed Bat q mile or q
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-31
sneeie. OF AlnIaria

There are about eight species Of
alflaria growing in the United States,
three being native to the Pacific coast
region. The most valuable and the
one that has made such progress on
the ranges Is the red stemmed alf1laria
(Erodlum cicutarium). This species Is
hairy, slightly viscid. erect or as
cending herbaceous winter annual from
six to eight inches high. ats flowers
are lilac or purple, and the plant pos
sesses generally a pronounced musky
odor. During the winter 1t forms a
to twelve inches In diameter, from
which the stems are thrown up during
the spring months.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-31
THE CONQUERED.

We who so eager started ON life's race,
And breathless ran, nor stinted any
whit
For aching muscles or the parching grit
OF dust upon the lips who set the face
Only more desperately towards the place
Where the goals altar smoked, if run
ners knit
With stronger limbs outran US; we
who sit
Beaten at last-for US what gift or
grace?
Though we have been outstripped, yet
known have we
The joy of contest; we have felt hot
life
Throb through our veins, tingling
ecstasy;
Our prize is mot the wreath with envy
rife,
But 10 have been all that our souls
might be;
Cur guerden is the passion OF that
strife.
Century.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-31
POOLING the Pennle.

rOoAtuG the FeOpIe.
The Republican leaders have the tar
IN revision issue all fixed I'D to their
satisfaction with the evident intention
CT fooling the people again. No sucn
dangerous method as a tariff commits
sion Is to be attempted, but the whole
matter is to be within the keeping of
the standpatters of the Committee on
Ways and Means of the House of Rep
resentatives and The Finance Commit
tee of the Senate. According to the
New York Tribune, which is undoubt.
eddy in the confidence of the Republi-
can leaders, the tariff program is to be
carried out by Congress giving those
committees authority to hold sessions
In the recess and conduct such examin-
alton into the tariff schedules as may
be deemed wise in view of the ap-
preaching revision" This Is the way
the Washington correspondent of the
Tribune understands the pins have been
set up. President Roosevelt is to "con-
tribute his share of this Republican
conspiracy for revising the tariff high
er by detailing committee, of apprais-
ers, collectors and "other treasury ex-
perts" to supply statistics and "sugges-
tons"
That will be what the Republicans
call revising the tariff by the friends
OF protection, and we have the assur-
ance of Secretary Root and the other
Republican leaders that the intention
Is to add to the present schedules, max
imum rates to be imposed on the prod
ucts of those countries with whom no
reciprocity treaties exist. What Is the
use Of promises OF tariff reduction IL
the revision Is to be in the hands Of
those who would revise the tariff
higher?
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-31
Industry of Bees.

When you eat a spoonful Of honey
you have very little notion as to the
amount of work and travel necessary
to produce it. To make / pound of
clover honey bees must deprive 62.000
clover blossoms of their nectar, and to
do this requires 2,750,000 visits to the
blossoms by the bees In other words.
one bee TO collect enough nectar to
make l pound Of honey must go from
hive to flower and back 2.750,OO0 times.
Then, when you think how far these
bees sometimes fly in search OF these
clover fields, oftener than not one or
two miles from the hi,e. you vii. be-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-31
Cutting BACK Tree..

In highly interesting experiments at
the Woburn (England) experimental
fruit farm in cutting back apple trees
when planted the ultimate result was
found to be that trees not cut
back until the end of the first year con-
tinued to form wood in subsequent
years, and the crop borne by them dur
ing the first ten years was only one
third of that borne by those which were
cut back when planted.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-31
A windbreak.

A windbreak consists of one or two
rows of trees planted primarily Tor
the purpose of checking the force Of
the wind. The term shelter belt' IL
applied to larger groups IF trees which
form forest conditions and serve
protective purpose. Any species which
Is adapted to the region may be used
for windbreaks. Where evergreens
will succeed. however, they are more
desirable, since they afford better win
ter protection than deciduous trees. A
windbreak consisting of single row
should be composed of densely grow
Ing species. with branches close to the
ground.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-31
Large EARNING. of a small Farm.

Large Earnings of n Small Farm.
The dairy department Of the Illinois
Experiment Station has recently pub
lished bulletin giving the methods
that were used, whereby a dairyman
In Illinois realized a gross income of
81, 100 from a ninety six-acre dairy
farm. The owner of this furn, Charlie
Foss, began dairying in 1900. His cows
the first year averaged about ITO
pounds of butter fat. The first four
years he received an average annual
income Of 500 from his cows, $500
from his hogs and $500 from his grain.
Last year his income from the same
farm was 5000 for hogs, S1,150 from
his dairy and enough from other
sources to run his gross income up to
81, $50. Three years ago Mr.. Toss
started out to follow the advice given
by the dairy department Of the ILL
nois station, and as result his four
teen cows that year averaged $500
pounds of milk, containing pa pounds
Of butter fat. while the following year
Che fourteen COWS averaged 7,106
pounds of milk. containing $50 pounds
OF butter fat; the third year the same
cows, during 1905, averaged SO57
pounds of milk, containing 307 pounds
Of butter fat per COW.
The increase in the yield of milk was
due largely to the better feeding meth
DDS employed, and especially to the
fact that siiage was fec during the
winter and solling crops were provided
for use during the Summer drought,
thus preventing reduction OF the milk
flow. BY weighing and testing the
milk, Mr.. Foss was able to sell the low
producers and by the use Ok the silo
he was able to balance his ration with
out greatly increasing the cost.
Three hundred and seven pounds Of
butter fat means 35S pounds of butter.
This means an income OF $3.50 per
COW when butter sells at an average
of 25 cents per pound. 1t is pointed
ont In the bulletin referred to that a
herd of twenty-five or more COWS could
easily be Kept on the same income
would amount to s2,S64. Adding to
this the value Of the hogs and other
products produced ON the farm, the to-
tai income would be S3,714 from the
nlnety-six acres, or 1856 per acre. A
pure-bred sire Is being used IN this
herd. the idea being to keep up the
number By raising heller calves from
the bes. cows.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-31
For PIC. on Pasture.

At the Iowa Experiment Station a
ration of corn alone on timothy pas
ture produced the cheapest gains in
weight of any of the rations fed to
pigs on pasture, but the mixed rations
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-31

Canadian manufacturers have appealed
TO Ottawa to prevent all American ma
terials being used in the construction OF
the Detroit tunnel. More particularly do
they take exception to American cement
and steel being used in the three quarters
of a mile of building and foundation
inland from the Canadian entrance.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-31
Her Hint.

He-when we are married we viii
live on bread and kisses. woG't we,
darling2
She oh, / don't Ike bread
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-31

Prof. Wiley Of the agricultural de
partment declares enough cornstalks
go to waste in this country from
which alcohol could be made sufficient
to drive all the machinery of our fac
tories besides furnishing the requisite
power for all the railroads and steam
boats of the country, run all the auto
mobiles, light and heat all our houses
and furnish light for the streets Of
every city in the union. VIII ever an
economical method of saving this
enormous waste be devised?
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-31
Word Derfvatfons.

disaster" is an astrological term
meaning ''unfayorable star" one of the
many words that astroiogy has be-
queathed TO the English language. "Pre.
dominant" ill starred, lin the ascend
ant" are other instances. not to speak
OF the expression My stars.' Even
influence is really astrological, signi-
flying the flowing in upon human affairs
OF the power OF some heavenly tcsy.
Petrol and petrol" both descend
from petra" rock. "Pefrol'' comes
directly enough through petroleum.
rock oil. hut petrol" through st Pc
ter. after whom the bhl was named
beoause it appeared TO walk upon the
waves
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-31
Sclhinr Doing

1t is nos likely that either the Aid
rich bill or the Fowler bill will pass
at the present session OF Congress. One
Of them seems TO be In the particular
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-31

Secretary Coburn of the Kansas agri-
cultural department, announces that the
growing Of castor beans and hemp has
been abandoned by the farmers Of that
State because they are Improbable In
1879 the castor bean crop sold for $780,
OOO
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-31

Many eastern life insurance companies
report net loss of business in South
Dakota during the past years. Western
companies have done better.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-31

The upper mines of Butte. Mont, have
reopened. giving employment TO 300
men, who had been idle Tor long time.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-31
"The Yellow Dog Fund"

The death of Andy Hamilton OF
life insurance fame at Albany, n. Z,
revives the exposure about the expen-
diture of the yellow dog fund" It
will be remembered that Hamilton Gre
ated sensation by charging that he
had paid Cornelius " Bliss, the treas
urer of the Republican National Com
mittee. $4,000 and exhibited the vouch-
er signed by Bliss. although Bliss had
denied receiving that or any other
amount. The Republicans will have to
rely upon the tariff protected trusts
and other corporations for their vel
lew dog fund this year, as the life In
surance COW is dried up as far as po-
litical contributions are concerned
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-31
Q AS xY
4 D6W CcYo

gin to get a small idea Of the number
of miles one of the Industrious little
creatures must travel In order that you
may have the pound of honey.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-31

A complete shutdown Of the eoel mines
in Iowa. worked BIZ 5000 miners, is
threatened.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-31

interest of Morgan and Rockefeller,
and the other, of Carnegie. The peo-
pie have no lot or part In either.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-31

Andrew Carnegie and John ID. Rocxe- (
Teller are said to have fallen out over the
score Of golf game.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-31

Some Of the leading growers prefer
to trim fruit trees this month rather
than early spring.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-31

Buttermllk saved from the last
churning makes good starter for the
cream for the next churning.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-31

The best way to make the farm
profitable is to keep animals and soil
In healthy, vigorous condition.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-31

Five Million dollars have recently
been spent in Australia on fencing to
keep the rabbits from agricultural land.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-31

Ringbones on horses are often caused
by letting the toes grow too long.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-31

According to the most recent returns,
there are in Switzerland about a quar-
ter of a million beehives, or one to
every twelve inhabitants. The yield
of a scientifically constructed frame
hive often reaches 100 pounds of honey
per season. The yield from "skep," or
old-fashioned straw hive, is much
smaller. The honey harvest may be
taken at some four pounds per head of
the resident population.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-31
rho clarrrmen Of New YORK bay,

The clergymen OF New 1Ork have
sent TO Congress a petition remonsfrat-
ing against the further increase of the
navy. Ii is pretty hard TO reconcile
Christianity with the Big Stick Hy-
pocrisy is the only way ont OF the
dilemma
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-31

There Is one crop which is produced
in weedy field that most people fail
to take into account. This Ia a crop
OF rabbits.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-31

Let the sheep do their own grinding
when it comes to feeding oats.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-31

The bast way to stop a waxins
tongue II p stop your ezra
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-31

Then worst of 1t for others means
the best Of 1t for the undertaken
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-31

Here is a good idea for the hog
breeder Put a peck of sand in tight
bags and sew UP, then If the sows far
row on cold Or wet days you can put
the chilled pigs into a blanket lined
basket on the sand bag which has
been previously heated in the kitchen
oven. The little pigs soon dry off in
this way.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-31
SSSSSSSSSSS

Good feed all the year improves good
blood.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-31

The winter time is the busy season
for getting ideas for next season work.
Do lots of reading, lots of thinking,
lots of planning.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-31

person in the country never real
ICES how smoky the city is until he per-
chance spends day or two there The
dense atmosphere of the metropolis al
ways recalls the story of the English
man who lived in a certain seaport
that was extremely foggy, and once in
shingling house the fog was so dense
he shingled right over the peak on into
sDace.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-31

Be up-to-date in your farm methods.
Know what manufacturers are doing
for you in the matter of improved ma
chinery, and study the best of the farm
literature to know what agricultural
experts are finding out about the cult
walton and growing of crops.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-31

If you did not have garden last
year begin to plan for one this. year,
and if you had one last year, plan for
a better one this year.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-31
Pyle Of TIE
N Sss
Prslc

Seems as though Mrs. Vanderbilt
might do better for the money.-Phil-
adelphia Ledger.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-31

Do you know whether your logs are
getting heavier or not? Don't guess at
it Have some scales and drive them
Oh them once In a while so that you can
know about 1t. That's the way to find
out whether your money is counting or
not.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-31

The prospect is that hogs will grow
into money fast again for at least an
other year. 1t may be doubted whether
they will ever go very low again.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-09-10
LOCAL HAPPENINGS

r. Stephens, the ink man, went
to Blackjack last night on business
for the Sanford Ink company.
B. Malone of this city went to
Bladkduck last evening on business
and returned to the city this morn
ing.
We welcome you to our fall milf
merry opening September 18th and
18th. Mrs. Hetland .Fallon, 3l3
Minnesota Ave.
Charles Scheu was a Blatkduck
visitor among the business men of
the city yesterday, returning home
on the ever ing train.
Mrs. John C. Tenstrom and
children. have returned from
visit with friends at Cumberland,
Wis, and Duluth, Mimi
O.G. Eickhof of Crookston arrived
in the city yesterday noon and left
on the evening train for a short
business visit in Blackjack.
Miss Martha Williams of Lake.
side spent yesterday shopping" in
the city and returned home on
the NJ. & I. train in the evening.
J. w. Stewart of Cass Lake came
over on last nights train and left on
the freight train this morning for
Big Falls on business for the Bemidji
Lumber company.
Superintendent Strachan, of the
Nj. & l., arrived III the city last
evening and spent the night here.
Mr.. Strachan left this morning for
an inspection trip over the Bemidji-
International Falls section of the
M. & I.