Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-11


aware of it. but the fellow who thinks
he knows 1t all is always mistaken.
High-priced feeds will return a prof
it II put into a good COW, not poor
one. No kind of feeding pays IN the
case of the poor cow.
Concrete construction on the farm
is receiving more and more attention
Strength and permanence in anything
built on the farm is a move for econ
omy.
One farmer who started with a ce-
ment trough for his pigs has extended
the use OF cement to the building OF a
silo, barn, and the next thing Will be
cement house.
Look carefully after the cows that
are to calve this spring. Don't let the
bright warm days that we get occa-
sionally delude you into thinking that
there is no longer need Of shelter and
care.
Before sheep are admitted to the
fattening pen they should be carefully
examined by an experienced person.
and If any evidence OF skin disease OF
yermin is found they should be dip
ped thoroughly.
Just one bare fact ought to be neces-
sary to prove to the person of open
mind that it pays to keep the hens
nests clean and in good order. Watch
a hen cluck nice things when she be-
holds a freshly strawed nest.
The best dairy barns are long, with
low ceilings. Ventilation is enhanced
If the ceilings are low. To keep the
stable free from flies at milking time
burlap curtains should be hung In the
windows and the windows should be
plentiful.
Some time ago Ohio established a
local agricultural school as an expert
ment IN certain section of the state.
1t has proved a splendid success. Ohio
farmers are all stirred up over 1t, and
II Is said that fifteen counties have
made applications for such schools.
A writer recently gave the follow
ing method of getting rid of quack-
grass: "Plow the ground In the fall
and SOW rye; the rye and quack-grass
will come up together and look nearly
alike; then sell the land" This sounds
like the advice formerly sold at 81
per.
Some people said when the phone
was introduced that neighDorhooo
gatherings of two or three families or
more would be discouraged. This re-
suit has not been alarming. On the
other hand "dates" for such gatherings
can be so conveniently and shortly ar
ranged that "at homes" are more con-
mon than ever.
If your hired man happens to ask for
A raise In wages don't snuo him on
by telling him that he ought TO De
mighty well satisfied to get what ne Is
getting and that IL he were working In
Italy. for example. he would nave TO
be satisfied with SO or 81 month, per-
hans. That is Just the kind OF logic
that makes good men tired OF working
OFT.
There are several kinds Of mean men
70 he dealt with, but the man stands
pretty high in the list who will try all
kinds of lodges and will lie or even
commit perjury In order to keep from
having taxes on all his property, then
complains because the county does not
furnish good bridges and roads for him
to travel on.
The German provef5 that the ma
nure pile is the farmers bank, de
ponds for Its truth good deal upon
the way the banking is done. Such
banks don't pay interest II every rain
Is allowed to wash away the best part
OF the manure The surest way to get
fur value for all the manure made
on the farm is to get It out on the
land as soon as possible.
This idea of figuring and figuring to
End how many bushels Of corn you can
raise to the acre IL you can get each
bill to yield so many ears Is foolish be-
yond description. Give your seed the
right care, give It the right prepare
ton, plant properly. and when the time
comes to harvest the crop you calI go
out and count the number OF ears TO
the hill and save all the figuring.
The moldboard pillow must be recon-
mended as able to do the best work "a
ali places where the moisture condi-
lions are favorable. In nearly all irri-
gated and humid sections, and often IN
dry farming sections. this type Of pillow
is much better than the disk The
disk pIow Is capable Of handling
ground that has become too dry and
hard for the moldboard plow. II is Of
somewhat lighter draft does not re
quire sharpening 30 often, cuts through
trash better and does not clog 20
easily.
Origin OF the Potato.
In consequence Of the outbreak Of
the potato disease In the nineteenth
century, botanists have for years been
seeking the original wild species OF
thig most useful plant. In order mat,
by crossing ii with the cultivated
forus. fresh vigor might be infused In