Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-09

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OF Agriculture and Domestic Economy
and the College of Agriculture of the
University of Wisconsin in the court
house Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
day, was not as well attended as il
should have been. Notwithstanding
the liberal amount of advertising done
by e. A. Crosthwait, principal of the
| school, those farmers who should have
been Interested were few in number
1t was one of the best educational meet
ings which our farmers could have at
tended. If the attendance had been
what it should, it would have assured a
similar meeting next year. Under the
I circumstances similar meetings will be
held in some other county than Mara
thon next year
DIR. A. S. Alexander of Madison, on
the morning of Wednesday, handled
the topic, "The Horses Foot and its
Humane Treatment" He showed how
the average horse shoer does his bust
ness, caring little for results. He stated
that the shoeing of horse was very
important factor in it's uti.Ity. That
horses should be shod properly is one
of the requisites which farmer should
see to. Prof. d. H. Otis of Madison,
gave talk on Making the Most of
Our Common Cows by Good Feed and
Care" This was a very interesting
lecture. In illustration of his subject
he used photographs showing scrub
cows as they were in the care OF careless
farmers and how they appeared after
ward in the hands of experienced peo-
pie. By proper feeding, he claimed,
and showed by illustrations, the worth
of scrub cow could be greatly i'm
proved.
'"The Conservation of Good Blood in
our Live Stock" was handled by Prof
g. G. Humphrey of Madison. His mis-
sion was, he said, to educate the farm
ers to raise better herds. By selecting
the best COW in farmers herd and
breeding her with pure bred stock and
inter. breeding with the progeny, in the
meantime killing off or getting rid of
the scrubs, will result in the betterment
of herd. This was advocated for the
farmer of little means, who has not
the money to invest in pure blood
stock.
Prof, E. j Delwiche of Madison, spoke
on Corn Growing in Northern Wis
consin." His advice was that, to Sc
cure best results, instead of changing
seed, the best seed each year should be
selected. In this way. he claimed,
uniform grade of corn can be grown.
He mentioned different systems of
planting corn and advised that every
farmer plant certain portion of his
land in corn each year. Corn, he said,
rids the land of weeds and for this rea-
son alone it should be planted
The Farm Separator" was the topic
of Prof. 4. H. Harrington of Madison.
He explained the different methods
used in extracting the cream from the
milk, and showed which method was
the best.
Prof. T.. A. Ocock of Madison, spoke
on Principles of Silo Construction"
The stone silo, he said, was nsed as far
back as the Egyptian era. He explained
the different methods of siio construc-
ton and told which materials have Civ
en- the best satisfaction.
Prof. G. p Norgord took the place of
Prof. r. A. Moore, who was unable to
be present, and he spoke on Corn I'M
provement as Adapted to Wisconsin
Conditions" This was a most interest
ing lecture for the corn grower. He
advocated the setting aside OF certain
portion of ground for the growing of
corn, to be used the next year as seed.
This corn should be carefully watched,
only the best plants preserved and only
the best ears selected. To secure best
results a seed should be taken from
each ear, before the planting season,
soaked in water and covered with saw
dust, each seed being numbered to
correspond with the cob it was taken
from. BY observing the termination
one can easily tell which cobs to select
as seed.
'Preventable Sickness was treated
by DR.. Margaret Trevitt. Her plea was
plenty of fresh air in the treatment of
cases. In substantiation of her plea
she cited the fact that some years ago
when sick soldiers had been placed in
tents, on account of the overcrowded
condition of the New York City Mill
tary hospital, they recovered far quick
er than those indoors.
With the aid of the lungs of diseased
cattle which were shipped here, ID. L.
Russell, dean of the College of Agricul-
ture, gave most interesting lecture on