Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-04-12

Sheep are exceedingly fond Of tur-
nips. Harvest the largest and leave
The remainder for the sheep.
If you cannot afford to buy pure-bred
mares at the start, buy the best you
can, then trade and buy until you can
get the real article.
If the horses name is heavy and
inclined to work under the collar, thin
it out, because it will almost certainly
cause sore spot.
1t is easy to teach a sucking colt
how to drink milk. and a quart of
warm cows milk in the morning will
give it a good start.
There is more profit, considering the
investment and the time and feed re-
quired in flock of sheep, than any
other animals raised on farm.
Ducks and geese may be raised just
as easily away from pond or run
ming water as with it. Plenty of
| drinking water is sufficient for their
| needs.
A well-matched pair of pure bred
draft mares ought to be worth. in spite
of the autos. $1,000 apiece and proper
ly bred stations will bring even more
than this
Colds induce bronchial troubles in
| fowls as they do in people. The re-
spiratory organs of poultry are sub
ject to the same troubles as those of
the human family.
Keep the hens in the best possible
condition, clean the houses often, feed
carefully of good, clean feed. spray
| for mites and lice, and you will be as
apt as anybody to get eggs.
The chickens should be encouraged
to run and scratch in the garden in
the winter after the frosts have de-
stroyed the tomatoes and other vege-
tables the fowls might damage.
Farmers and stockmens' meetings,
college short courses and farmers in
stitutes are important educational OPP
portunities at this season of the year.
1t will pay to make the most of them
If some of the brooder chicks are
not quite thrifty as the others they
should be put by themselves if possi-
BILE, where the stronger ones will not
run over them and rob them of their
feed.
The thrifty farmer pays strict at
tention to the breeding of his animals
They are carefully guarded as to en-
vironment, diet, air and cleanliness,
so that the best market value can be
reached.
The production, care and application
of manure is given the least considera-
ton of the three, in this country,
caused, no douGt. by the boundless ex-
cent Of virgin soil, found by our fore
fathers.
Farmers with silos are inclined to
feel and show greater independence
than their neighbors without them.
They, say they don't care so much
what the season is, they are sure of
lots of good feed.
While the effect of the cow-peas in
maintaining the fertility of the soil,
where used as a catch-crop with
wheat, is clearly shown by this expert
nent, the practice can hardly be rec
1 ommended in general farming.
In feeding milk right to young pigs
only fraction of a teaspoonful must
be given to each at time, yet from
Eve to seven feeds must be given dur
ing the day, gradually increasing the
amount after the first day, but never
giyingkthem all they will drink.
Nitrogen is contained in great guam
i Titles in the air above us, but it can
aot be purchased and used with profit
N farming, except under special condi-
ions. Glover and other leguminous
plants can draw all they require from
he atmosphere by means OF bacteria
hat live on their roots.
Water is as much a necessity for
stock as in the warmer days of sum
ner, if you would keep the stun thrift
" and comfortable. Some people for
get the poultry water supply, even Il
hey are careful about the tanks and
.roughs that afford water for the
arger animals on the farm.
Parasite of Poultry.
The worst external parasite Of poul-
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