Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-04-27

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Musli1 fronts for the chicken houses
are Winners. Try one.
Do good turn for your nefshbor
and you will find that it will do you
good, too.
The time is past when we can con
slider Fl mans success in swine grow
ing based upon luck.
Rural free delivery of mail is now
eleven years old. Uncle Sam has 10000
carriers on the pay roll.
Dispense with the old sour swill bar
lei. 1t IS disgrace on modern hog
farm. Even pigs do not naturally like
old, musty, sour swih.
The man who in the selection Of a
ram considers no question but that OF
first cost will never make much of a
mark as a sheep breeder.
In mixed lot Of sheep the best suf-
fer by being sold with the inferior In
stead Of the inferior being helped by
the presence of the superior.
When a clique of Spectators think
they have formed a corner In eggs the
old hen gets busy and demonstrates
the fact that eggs have no corners.
There should be no smoking about
where the milking is done or about the
milk at any time. Milk absorbs the
bad qualities Of tobacco smoke quickly. |
Many imagine that b. Ster that tastes |
too bad for table use is good enough |
to cook with, but the bad taste is mere
ly covered up without the cause being
removed
Put wheat bran and middlings IN a
box where the calf can get at it She
will soon learn to eat 1t and 1t Will |
be better for her to get it IL. this way |
than to give 1t to her In tie milk.
The right treatment will remove ring |
hone on young horses. If the animal
walks on the toe use a high-heeled |
shoe When Inflammation is active
adopt soothing measures, and then Sc
we're bllstering or even firing may be
resorted to.
If a good, practical cement mixer
suitable for farm purposes comes on
the market 1t will cut out lot Of
carpenterlng. Cement Is certainly the
stuff for making sidewalks, feeding
floors, pig troughs and many other
things of the same kind.
An automobile owner recently tried
to climb telegraph pole with his ma
chine, the result being that both man
and auto were the worse for wear and
tear. When asked why he didn't keep |
the middle Of the road he said he was
looking at some pigs in wallow on
the roadside, and he had a good notion |
to bring suit against the owner Of the
pigs for soaring his machine.
Few men CT ordinary capacity can
make a striking success of more than |
one thing be 1t in the professions or
various business pursuits, and the
largest measure Of success is usually
obtained by devoting ones energies only
to single phase of given occupation.
Such restriction Of attention and activ
ity permits Of closeness OF study and
applica tion that is not possible where
fellow tries to spread himself out
over a forty acre LOT.
Potatoes to produce the smoothest
and best tubers should be cut so as to
have two strong eyes to the piece and
planted to a depth Of four inches in a
rich soil which has been put in the
best of filth. If the potatoes to be used
for seed show signs of scab they should
be given the formalin treatment, sus-
pended In gunny sack and soaked for
two hours in solution made by mixing |
one-quarter of a pint of formalin In |
about twelve gallons OF water. This
treatment should be given the seed
after II is cut and a short time before |
planting.
There is a cure for milk fever that
may not be generally known among
COW owners 1T is simple but effects |
! cure always. 1t consists Of bicycle |
pump. a short piece OF small rubber |
| hose and a milking tube The hose is
attached to the milking tube and the
| bicycle pump. When the tube has been |
! inserted In. the udder OF the afflicted |
cow the udder is pumped full of air |
1t may be necessary to massage the |
udder to expel the air and then pump |
in more. The end Of the tube must be
irst dipped In boiling water and great
are be taken that everything used is
perfectly clean.
There are occasions when the taking |
or giving OF receipt for sum OF
money paid may seem to be unneces-
sary, yet 1t is wise to do 30 In every |
case. With the most honest and best
meaning OF people there Is possibility |
OF a failure to make proper credit for
an amount paid. and unless memory
serves there is likely to be ground for
serious misunderstanding As soon
as one receives a receipt or scknowl-
edgment he should file 1t away in a
place Of safe keeping. where 1t can be
found should occasion require The
saving OF all receipts may mean the |
aaving OF good many dollars in a |
period OF years.
Burning Ashes.
Referring TO the formal abandonment
Of the attempt to force the returning /
Of ashes upon the fremen OF The New |
York City school buildings, the En-
| cheering News says: 1T was found |
| that the great saving in fuei claimed |
Tor the ash-burning scheme did not
-oaT7- exfqf and the boiler repair bill /