Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-02-02

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During the past year the exports Of
Jersey cattle from the Isle Of Jersey,
the home of this grade. have almost
doubled
The mare with foal should be liber-
ally Fed nutritious feed. Moderate ex
ercise for her is better than to be idle
most of the time.
We have known farmers who are so
conceited that they never realize their
success was entirely due to the good
sense of their wives.
A farmer can no more keep his apple
trees in bearing condition without
spraying than he can keep himself
healthy without bathing.
Concrete blocks make good pillars
for barns, sheds, cribs and all out
buildings, They are cheap, mechanical
and as durable as time.
The man who keeps his boy out of
school TO husk corn is paying a price
for his labor that can never be made
up. Give the boy square deal.
Horses that are of a nervous and
fretful disposition will be more salts
factory In buggies' than when hitched
to plows. The pillow horse must be
steady
| The farmer who has learned some
thing new In his work and tells his
neighbors about it at the institute is
good citizen and power in the COM
munity.
No doubt the birds do destroy their
share Of the bugs and worms, but it
takes deal of optimism to view with
complacency our cherry trees stripped
clean by the feathered friends.
The men who are prone to belittle
the work of the women folk make the
biggest fuss If they are left to shift
for themselves for a single day while
the wife and daughter go visiting.
The farmer Of to-day canrot succeed
If he shuts his eyes to the progress
that is going ON all around him. He
must keep up with the procession or
the steam roller will fiatten him out.
| When your pet theory has proved
a failure, hasn't worked out as you
expected, and there is no reasonable
chance for its doing so, be man enough
to admit your mistake, and give it up.
A horse needs a wider and more exs
elusive stall than does a COW. II should
be wide enough so THAI tho horse can
lie comfortably and stretch out Its legs,
but not So wide that he can roll In 1t.
The appetite of a sheep is something
that requires watching. Feed them
only such a quantity as they will eat
up at one time. To feed more is no
advantage 20 them and is a loss to the
feeder.
While we are securing the whole
world for markets for our products
there Is not week but what English
mutton is being eaten on the tables Of
our richest people, because we are
neglecting this trade.
And we want to urge the impor-
lance of beginning early In the ham
ding and training of the colt. Get
him used to the halter, handle him
frequently and break him to driving
by putting a pair Of lines to the halter
and walking behind him. You VIII be
surprised to see how soon he will learn
10 obey the commands to stop and to
start and to stand still.
The eastern farmer cannot compete
with the western farmer in the grow
ing of grain, and the feeding Of beef
and pork on a large scale, but there
never has been q time when he could
not ind profit In the growing and mar
ketilg of the best quality OF mutton,
although there have been years Of low
prices and slow markets, but not I'M
less other meat products were selling
comparatively low.
Refrigeration for Small Places.
A writer In contemporary describes
simple method of refrseer alton for
small places. He arranges two watts,
cue a little lower than the other, In
each Of which he fits n platform some
distance from the bottom, and lays
heaps Ct ice on these platforms. lie
first runs the cold water into the upper
vat. and scatters 1t over the Ice by
means Of a rose fitted to the pipe.
The water runs over the Ice, and by
gravitation finds its way to the bottom,
whence 1t is run of to be cooled In
similar fashion into the lower vat.
whence the now doubly cooled water
is pumped through another pipe TO cool
the milk or cream cans, as the case
may be. He states that pasteurized
milk can thus be reduced to about "a
degrees Fahrenheit.
Keep Working I'm Orchard.
Apples and some other fruits have
been almost total failure this year.
Do not allow this to let you neglect
the farm orchard. Set out and care
for the fruit trees just the same. Our
fruit crop has not been a large one,
yet we worked with the orchard last
year and this spring, and have been
selling apples, peaches. grapes and
pears all summer and fall at high