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Healthy Hogs.

In most sections hogs have been gen.
orally healthy for the past two years.
During this time corn has been very
high IN price and farmers have been
careful in feeding 1t. We have not
seen many places where whole wagon
loads of corn have been dumped in the
feed lot or pasture for the animals to
eat at will.
Corn in itself is not an impure feed,
and there is no conclusive evidence
that it will directly bring on disease.
However, 1t is we'll known that hogs
fed on an exclusive corn diet are not
as healthy as those fed on a mixed
diet. The reason is that corn is not
a balanced ration, and the animal
takes on more fat during the early
period of growth than the frame can
well support. Consequently the sys-
tenn becomes weakened and the animal
Is not so resistant to disease.
The prevailing high price of corn Is
compelling stock growers to rely more
upon pasture and supplementary feeos
for growing their nogs. This is al
most sure to have general beneficial
effect in the physical powers and re-
sisting qualities of hogs. Pigs in pas
ture not only secure a variety of easily
digestible food, but the exercise in SCI
curing their food develops strong
heart and lung power, making them
less susceptible to the attacks of dis
ease. Also pasturiIg leads the AMI
mails over wider and cleaner grounds,
hence they escape the baneful effects
of overcrowded and more or less filthy
quarters where disease Is likely to
breed
The man who studies the question of
swine feeding will find that hogs will
eat and thrive on a wider range of
common farm crops than is usually
given them They will eat clover and
alfalfa either green or dry; they will
eat and thrive on variety OF grasses
and weeds of pastures; pumpkins and
most root crops are consumed with a
relish; and slops. milk of all kinds.
and waste fruits of the garden and
orchard are eaten by them as readily.
if not more so, than high priced
grains. With right management, pork
can be produced as cheaply as it ever
could. the hogs remain healthy, and
corn be fed only for finishing for mar
taf
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-28
The Man md the Cow.

No matter If it Is TO be sold for
cream or butter, milk should be cooled
as soon as 1t is drawn from the cows.
To make $40 clear from a COW every
year you must get at least $45 out of
her.
No other branch of live stock keep
ing can compare with the dairy ousi-
ness for enriching the farm.
Overripe cream means strong but
ter: overchurned and overworked
cream means soft butter.
BY actual chemical analysis quart
of milk Is said to possess as much
nutritive value as pound of beef
steak.
What is the use of weighing the
milk of each COW? Not much, only to
show exactly which of your cows are
paying their board. Isn't that
enough?
Keep the cows clean and allow them
only pure water to drink and you will
have little trouble with stringy milk.
A kicking COW has been known to
kick the boys clear of the farm and
into the city. If you have one, sell her
to the butcher
The frequent application of elbow
grease insures clean milk, clean sep
arators. clean butter, and generally a
clean Observation-Disclosures Herald
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-28

broadening the intelligence of the
farmers and the growing value of the
lands is building up a land-owning
aristocracy in the West that is gaining
in political, social and economic influ-
ence. Theirs is an influence of con-
servatism.
On the magnificently productive
lands of Central Illinois, says an ex-
change. it has been found that a farm
er of moderate capital can make more
money by renting the land and putting
all his capital into its cultivation than
by owning the land This means that
the cultivation must be done intelli-
gently and by good business methods.
To what extent the system will go in
other States Is most interesting So
cio-economic question of the future
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-28
|H1 R1TIE6
XVI n Day
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When we consider that the people
were practically at the mercy of the
organized interests OF the country in
the framing of this new tariff bill we
are inclined to be thankful that we es-
capped as well as we did So long as
an unorganized and unsystematic way
and the big business interests of the
country are always prepared, always
ready, ever alert with brains and mon
ey and influence, the humble produc-
er and the meek consumer must take
what they can get and be thankful it
is no worse.-Iowa State Register
The blanket schedule is most as
founding piece OF S-tgandage. The re-
port of the Commissioner of labor,
Carroll D. Wright, shows that the cost
of the labor that enters il the max
ing of a blanket Is Is per cent of its
whole cost. The tariff is 165.42 per
cent.-Lincoln, Neb., News.
The tariff revision by its friends"
rs over and the expense of the tinker
ing paid. The general revision is up
ward, which will produce less revenue
on account of being prohibitive.-For-
mosa, Kan, Era.
Thus again less than half dozen
men in the national Congress are ena-
bled to hold up and rob the people
solely for the benefit of a few trust
sters.-Oklahoma City Advocate-Re-
view.
The Republican administration was
elected under the promise of revis-
ion which would enable the American
people, as a whole, to buy the neces-
saries of life cheaper, that is, prom
Use to reduce the tariff on these neces-
stiles. They have not been true to
their promise. The tariff question will
be the liveliest issue in the next cam
paign.-Milwaukee Journal
In the recent tariff revision the well
fare of the people, the ultimate con-
sumner was lost sight of, and there
will be a sad day of reckoning for
those who proved faithless to the trust
reposed in them-Hillsboro, n. D.,
Banner
Congressman Tawney is the only
Minnesota member who voted for the
Ubiquitous Payne tariff bill He is an
able man, but he should be left at
home next election, and man sent
in his place who will work for the peo-
pie, instead of the corporations.-Lon
Prairie, Mimi, Argus.
If the spirit Of opposition to frank
investigation of tariff matters is as
bitter in the Senate and the House as
has been intimated by the minority
who are anxious for better understand
ing in these matters, there is good
cause for wanting an unbiased, true
report from some committee that has
taken the time and pains to sift the
true state of affairs clear to the bot
tom.-Algona, Iowa, Republican.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-28

pert's illness and convalescence. Lit
tie by little, as the weeks and months
went by. Agatha's heart began to beat
loss of his memory was all in her ia
vor. She knew, by that unerring in
stinct that women have in such mat
tiers, that those months of oblivion
included a something that was very
near to Rupert's heart That sore
thing. she was quite sure. was a wom-
an
Well, Agatha did not wish RI wrong
any woman, or to come between a man
and the girl he loved-she would have
cut off her right hand sooner than be
guilty of such baseness; but was 1t her
fault If fate had stepped in and sew
cred him from a rival? Could she help
him back to his memory Of her, by
anything on earth that she could do?
After that fruftiess expedition to
Chatsweil. Carroll seemed to become
more resigned. Openly he was caimer,
and although lie had lost hts once
buoyant spirits. and was often plung-
ed into the deepest fits OF depression,
still he made a strenuous and not Alto
gether unsuccessful effort to resume
his ordinary cheerfulness Of manner.
Oddly enough. he took no steps to
return to his town life. He was now
perfectly well in health. but the quiet
of Harrington seemed to suit him. No
business claims called him back to
London. Carroll was an idle man,
whose income. although by no means
large, was sufficient for all his needs.
without any additional labor on his
part AS he had told Irene. he was
neither a rich man nor yet a pauper-
he had a competence.
(To be continued.)
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-28
FROM FAR AND NEAR.

Walter s. Bond OF New York has
climbed Mont Blanc from chamonix
in nine hours. breaking the record OF
nine and a half hours achieved by
Morehead in 1865.
During fight with four members
of the Black Hand al the Gentry
mines. near Fayetteville, Ky, Mike
Cells shot and killed Antonio Alton
zetta. Four men. led BY Mike Domin-
lex. demanded money from Cells and
tried to compel him to join In an at
tempt to rob a mine paymaster.
The United National Association OF
Postohice Clerks. at Atlantic city, re-
elected Frank r. Rogers Of Illinois as
president The next meeting will be
held in Saratoga Springs.
F. 3. Saylor, formerly superintend-
ent at Pittsburg of the Western Union
Telegraph Company, denied the
charges that he had tapped wires and
sold Chicago Board Of Trade quota
tons to bucket-shops.
At its annual convention in Blrm-
ingham. Ala, the Farmers Union de-
cided TO ask Congress to remove the
tariff on jute bagging, the union also
denying that minimum price Of IS
cents on cotton had been agreed upon.
The conference.-the been announced
at Detroit. Mich. - JShn P. Scripps Of
San Diego Cal, and Miss Edith Nc
Rae OF Detroit, son and daughter. re-
spectively. % E. W. Scripps and NIL
ton A McRae, long associated in the
publication OF Western newspapers
Lionel Hare, formerly a weal;by New
York clubmsn. has been held liable for
damages OF 900 and interest
amounting to $4,000 by Judge Wilbur
Of the New York Superior Court Hare
has been held in jail since June IS on
complaint Of r. T. Powers and other
New York men. who charge he swim
died them in Alaska mining transac-
tons.
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mot in many years has there beer
so light demand from the farmins
communities for loans as now" said
banker from the interior to a New
York Post correspondent THE coun.
try banker has long depended on the
farmer as borrower, and has re
ceiyed no small part of his dividend
earnings from this source. as it was g
steady and profitable one. With the
high prices Of grain and stock and the
gaining of the farmer In wealth, this
demand has fallen off steadily until to-
day the country bank has fewer loans
of this sort than ever in its history.
In its place has come the new form
OF handling products of a perishable
nature. the creamery industry. which
formerly had little to do with the
banks. has become important, and the
butter Shipments are enormous. The
egg shipments, which. when there
were no cold-storage facilities in the
country towns. had no meaning fer
the banks, now are important. In my
town, for instance. a little city OF
5000, 200 miles west of Kansas City,
there is one firm with forty carloads
of eggs in the local cold-storage house.
Other firms have been as large buyers
and the dealings Of firm In another
smaller town of the county will reach
larger proportions, both of eggs and
of poultry"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-28
PRESIDENT TAFT.
He Believes Religious Bigotry Has

No Place in Civilization.
In his address to the Catholic Sum-
mer School at Pittsburg, Pa, on Lake
Champlain, the other day, President
Taft said:
II am not a Catholic, but / have
had in the last ten years great deal
to do with the Catholic church. My
lot did not carry me into a part Of
the world that made me as familiar
with the French explorers, the French
leaders of civilization like Champlain,
as it did into the regions OF those
leaders that came from Spain-into
the Philippines where the same inf1u-
ence that carried Champlain here and
that same influence that controlled
him, controlled men equally brave and
in certain respects more successful.
'Legaspi, who came out to the Phil
ippines with five Augustinian monks,
converted to Christianity that entire
archipelago, now having some 7,000.-
900 or 100000 souls and then per-
haps 500,0O0-the only community of
people in the entire Orient that to-
day as a people are Christians. There
is ON the Luenta, the great public
square facing the ocean in Manila,
statue carved by the great Spanish
sculptor Querol on which there are two
figures, Legaspi, holding the standard
of Spain, but with his sword drawn,
and behind him Erdaneta, a monk,
holding aloft behind all the cross, and
there is in that statue such movement,
such force, such courage, that | used
to like, even in the hot days of Manila,
to stand in front of it and enjoy, as /
thought 1 could, the spirit that the
sculptor had tried to put in there Of
loyalty to country and faith in God.
Il think we are reaching point in
this country where we are very much
more tolerant of everything and every
body than in the past, and where we
are giving justice where justice ought
to be given We are no longer cherish
ing these narrow prejudices that come
from UNCONVENTIONAL bigotry and we
are able to recognize in the past these
great heroes in religion and Christian
faith and appreciate the virtues that
they exhibited and follow the exam
pies that they set for us.
1T fell to my lot, and l count it good
Vatican as the representative of the
United States to settle the disputes
arising out of our occupation Of the
Philippine Islands. l was the first and
only official representative to the
Vatican from this government, and l
had the great pleasure of being re-
ceived as such by that distinguished
pontiff and statesman, Leo XIII.
Il am gratified to say now that
every question between the church and
which were so closely united that it
seemed almost impossible to make a
separation of the two, as 1t had to be
made under our constitution, has been
settled fairly and justly to both sides,
and no bad taste or injustice exists on
either side with respect to those ques-
tions. Tolerance having supplanted
bigotry, the negotiations between the
Pope and our government were car
ried through with the full concurrence
of all religious denominations, nom
Catholics believing that the way to do
things Is to do them directly, and
when a matter is to be settled that 1t
should be settled with the head of the
church who has authority to act"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-28
wealth. in western Lands.

The great crops Of 1903 are making
themselves felt in freight eongestions
at some points. in upward revision of
estimates of the money value OF the
years farm products and in a quicken
ing OF the pulse of industry and trade.
That they viii bring the country a
year of unusual prosperity IS doubted
by nobody. Next year or the year
after the crops may not be so album
dant. but there is never total crop
failure. Even in the drought year.
1901. the short corn crop had it's com
pensation in an immense yield OF
wheat. Diversified farming and i'm
proved cultivation lessen the probabili-
ties Of failure in any considerable per
centage Of the crops
TIE increasing yields ami the grow
ing average of prices are baking az
fluent the landowners and tie thrifty
farmers who few years ago had
cause to complain OF poverty. The
improving comforts of rural life and
the greater financial independence are
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-28
Wire Worm. In the Corn.

A Michigan man writes that he
cleared his ground of wire worms after
he, as well as several of his farmer
neighbors, had lost their planted seed
entirely and had to replant two or
three times ON account of the pests.
He never had any more trouble with
them
His method requires hard work and
time. but better leave the ground idle
than plant garden crops to feed to the
wire worms and grubs.
AS soon as crop is removed from
the ground cultivate Immediately by
spading. or blowing If the tract is a
large one.
Roll, drag and roll again to hold the
moisture, so all weeds will at once
start to grow.
IN September give 1t another very
thorough working. which destroys all
the weeds that might grow in the next
spring.
Wire worms thrive in weedy, dirty
soil, but after following the above
plan one may plant anything and have
no fear of the worms getting the crop.
Farmers and Drovers' Journal.
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worth Reading.

Pure milk. when frozen. preserves
its original properties unchanged for
weeks
Nohammed was SO abstemious that
a handful of dates and a mouthful Of
water was all he required after day
OF hard riding.
six thousand feet below the level
Of the ocean the water is OF a uni
form temperature. just above the
freezing point. irrespective Of the lat
itude
The inventor OF meiinite has Of
fered the French ministry OF war a
new high explosive. which he claims
Is equally as powerful and safer TO
handle
Pungent and acid tastes are per
ceived by the tip Of the tongue; ths
middle portion tastes sweets and BIT
ters. while the back and lower part Ia
fitted 20 taste fatty sabstances-but1sr
and the like
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Taft,s Defense.


1t is highly significant that Presi-
dent Tafts western trip will find him
entirely on the defensive in tariff ex-
plantations
1t is also noteworthy that the last
time President Taft was on a western
tour he was not on the defensive He
was making promises He was telling
prospective voters throughout the
West that the Republican party
pledged itself to tighten their tariff
tax burdens by a downward" re.
vision
Western farmers and business men
have as high regard for the presiden-
tial Office as any other class of Amer
leans. They will give President Taft
respectful hearing But they are
grimly in earnest when they look for
satisfactory explanation of why Mr..
Taft's ante-election pledges were NOT
literally kept.
There are advance indications that
President Taft will adopt an apologize
tone He will probably admit that
Republican pledges have not been com
pletely redeemed. He is already init
mating that the West should give the
tariff a chance" before becoming too
severe in its structures.
That is a small recompense for the
hundreds of thousands of western
votes that helped to make Mr.. Taft
President on the strength of his tariff
reform pledges. The West is com
PEELED to accept tariff that it knows
is plain robbery, and to make the best
of it.
President Taft will have much to
say about the Vests bounding pros
perity. But that prosperity is in spite
of the Aldrich-Taft robber tariff, not
because of it.-Chicago Journal.
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The old Hens.

The ordinary laying hen seldom
pays her keep after the second or
third year. and to say the least old
hens are not as profitable as young
ones. Now Is the time to weed out
undesirable specimens Beginning
shortly now, for several months the
molt will practically stop egg produc-
ton. and so, of course. the birds will
return No profit Consequently It is
better TO sell the dead weights at once
than to hold them for the cent or
two advance in price they viii obtain
in the fall or winter.
Old hens can not. in the very ma
ture of things. be expected to return
a very fancy price on the market
Still. IL they are properly fartened.
they will bring from so TO 50 cents
each. according 10 the market. and
that is an amount that certainly can
not be desplsed If ore has enough OF
them 10 sell.
Even though thef bring less than
the figures mentioned. It IS still ad-
visahse to let them go at once, for
the room they occupy Is needed BIZ
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-28
Gas from Crude OIL.

A Swiss experiment for the transfer
nation of crude oil into liquid gas Is
reported by the American consul at
Zurich to have met with great sue
cess. The product Is transportable
liquid, which is simply evaporated as
used. and can be used for lighting,
heating, cooking, soldering and weld
ing purposes. The gas Is nonpoison-
GUS, while its installation cost is said
to be low, and manipulation simple
and without danger. The new gas Is
competing successfully with coal gas
and electricity.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-28
Feeding Grain to Cows.


There is wonderful sight Of specu-
lation as to whether or not it pays
to feed grain to cows out on grass.
Many of the states have thought 1t
worth while to conduct experiments
for the purpose of settling the ques-
ton. The national government has
brought the results of these trials to-
gether and published them in bulle-
tin we may any Of US get. The gist
Of it is that it does not pay to spend
money for feed to use while cows are
out on pasture unless prices are high
for butter and cheese.
But while this II, so l know of some
farmers who do feed grain right along
through the summer months and End
1t profitable These farmers bug the
grain feed and pay big price for it.
too One farmer l know of, and a
woman. too, has for years kept up
that practice. l have talked with her
more than once about it, and she is
sure 1t does pay. She gets her money
back and more, too.
The point seems to be with those
who follow this practice that If they
can keep their cows from falling off
In milk and can hold them in good
flesh they are on the winning side.
| believe there Is something in that.
Where we miss 1t Is In letting our
cows get thin, so that they fall off
both in quantity and quality of milk.
Grain prevents this, and in that way
brings in a profit.
The best way to settle this question
Is for all to do little investigating
on our own account and keep careful
records Of everything done-cost of
feed, money taken in and all about It.
That will be something we can depend
upon, no matter what others may
think.-Agricultural Epitomist.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-28

Jack Bachelor-That is remark
ably handsome and intelligent-looking
baby.
Mrs. Newlywed-Ah, Some say he
looks like me. and some say he looks
like Fred.
Jack Bachelor Nonsense, He don't
look a bit like either of you.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-28
Gett,nu Back.

Captain. what time does the boat
start?"
1T starts. madam. when l give the
word"
Then I've always had the wrong
idea. l thought it started when the
engineer pulled the lever. Thank you
over so much
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-28
Canxe md Eject.

II want to exchange The hat
bought of you last week for another"
said the lady, as she entered the mil
liner shop. Everybody - :. zoos
MT look good on me"
"I'm not at all surprised-if you
wear it as you are doing now" re-
joined the milliner. HYou have it on
upside down.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-28

Jimmie giggIed when the teacher
read the story of the Roman who
swan across the Tiber three times be-
fore breakfast.
you do not doubt a trained swim
mer could do that do you. james,"
NO, sir" answered Jimmie; but /
wondered why he didn't make Il for
and get back 10 the side his ell "a
were on.'-Success.
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Generous.

How nicely you have ironed these
things. Jane" said the mistress ad-
miringly to her maid. Then. glancing
at the glossy linen, she continued in
tone of surprise: "Oh, but l see
they are all your own"
YES" replied Jana "and I'd do
yours just like that If I had time"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-28

aIsr't your climate rather change
able?~
YES" answered Farmer Corntossel.
Il reckon We have about every kind
of weather there is. except good
n.sather. Washington Star.