Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-04-13

Thrift in sheep is generally secured
when people think enough of sheep to
take care of them.
You need grit and so do the hens.
The right kind of grit in you will
make it certain that the right kind of
grit gets into the hens.
Do something worth doing and do
1t well and then feel proud of your
achievement, but don't get eheSty and
big-headed over the big things you
propose TO do.
Some dairymen talk quality, some
talk quantity. Few we think would OBJ
jee: to both quantity and quality COM
bined. The COW that yields rich milk
and lots of It is popular.
The Increase In the average yield of
corn per acre last year amounted to
only three-tenths of bushel per acre,
but in the aggregate it meant sa in
crease of hundreds Of thousands of dol
lars to the farmers.
The story is told that once certain
assessor taxed a goat at So, and, when
charged by the angry owner to justify
the high rating. the assessor directed
him to rule which read to the effect
that property a-butting on a certain
street should be taxed 81 a foot.
We meet with some rather paradox
cal conditions in life. For instance,
the blacksmith shoes his own horse the
poorest. and the carpenter lives in the
plainest house likewise. the farmer de
prives himself of the meat of the prime
bullock and the sweetest favored APP
pies.
Franking few tons of garden seeds
through the mails and then bowling
about the postal deficit has very hui
morous side If it were not so serious.
If even a small fraction of the seeds
were planted there might be an excuse
for this waste. but as the matter stands
the free distribution of seeds is fool
ish.
Some supporters of the dairy indus
try say that it's only matter of time
before we will all be dairying and the
beef COW will be a thing of the past.
On the other hand. the supporters of
the beef industry say that the strongest
nations are beef-eaters and in the end
beef growing will overshadow all other
farm industries. The difference Of opln-
ion kind of makes one doubt the cor
rectness of either assertion.
We must depend more on the silo
and proteinaceous forage crops and less
upon the heterogeneous by-products. The
results that have been attained by feed
ing tender pasture grasses show that
the animals need succulence during the
long winter months, and this should
convince us that the siic is a most val
liable means of preserving the cows
winter rations. The cost of dairy feed
can be very much reduced by a change
In the ordinary methods of feeding. We
must grow more feed on the farm.
BY killing insect-eating birds Amer
leans are robbing posterlty and per-
hitting an annual crop loss of $780,,
100000 according to William butcher,
president of the National Association
of Audubon Societies. If we permit
the heritage of wild birds chat still
exist to he further wasted and destroy
ed. we are robbing our children, de-
clared Mr.. butcher. The people. as
trustees. are in honor bound to pre-
serve these wild birds for those that
follow us. We do not wish our chill
dren to feel about us as we do about
our fathers, who permitted the wanton
and useless extinction of the bison and
the wild pigeon In the matter of bird
legislation there is no resting place
the only price Of satisfactory bird pro
lection is eternal watching of legis-
latures, for in an unguarded moment
an amendment may be passed that will
undo the work of years.