Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-03-01

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Give only half rations on Sundays
when the team is idle. A little grass
then is a good tonic.
Worms are most frequently seen in
young horses, and in those that are
weak and debilitated.
To protect the apples from bruising
run a rim OF old rubber nose around
the edge of the sorting table.
A piece of sheet lead put on each
side of screw will fill up and hold
the threads in too large hole.
A horse which rears backward is
never safe for riding. One can never
tell when he will fall over backward
An oil stove, or even an oil lamp
kept burning in the cellar or storage
room on bitter cold nights will keep
things from freezing.
Let the bride bits lie in a pail of
water for few moments to let out the
frost, or warm them before putting
them in the horses mouth.
Place the windows in front of the
stall at least three feet above the
horses head. The sun should not
shine directly into his eyes.
Radishes need lots of potash, and
for this reason wood ashes sprinkled
on the soil where they are grown will
give them large and rapid growth.
Look after the horses teeth care
fully. If defects are developed it is
easier to fix at once than to let them
develop into serious conditions.
To keep tools from rusting take one
pound of lard and lump of rosin
half the size of an egg, melt slowly
and apply in thin coating. Renew
when necessary.
The business of the strawberry
grower is to supply favorable condi-
lions and to direct the energies of the
plant in such directions as will best
serve his purpose.
There is a vast difference between
commercial orchards and family orch
ards For the latter the variety should
be greater to meet the tastes of the
various members of the family.
The herd of swine should be of uni
form color, and the lots of swine for
market should be as near uniform size
and shape and color as possible. The
packers pay more for this kind of hogs.
Roots are indispensable in the intel
ligent and economical feeding of sheep.
They should be put through root cut
ter to prevent choking. The grain and
roots should be mixed and fed to-
gether.
Some poultry keepers fed their
chickens three times a day while 9th,
ers find that twice is sufficient For
the inexperienced breeder it probably
would be better to feed three times a
day.
1t is said that cut flowers will keep
fresh if a small pinch of nitrate of
potash or common saItpeter is put in
the water in which they stand. The
ends of the stems should pc cut off
a little every day to keep open the
absorbing pores.
If the sheep drops the angle of its
ear a few degrees there is something
the matter demanding immediate at
tention. The owner should see the
sheep each day The ram should be
allowed with the ewes only at the
breeding season.
Wheat has greater feeding value
for hogs than barley, but in order to
get the best results should be mixed
with barley or middlings. The screen
ings ordinarily given to the elevators
in the form of dockage may be profit
ably utilized in this manner.
What skim Milk Does for a Hog.
Where dairies or butter factories
are, or where the milk COW is factor
for other purposes than the sale of
milk as such, the pig is most useful
and profitable adjunct. Upon the skim
milk, judiciously used with other and
grows and fattens, utilizing by-prod |
uet of tremendous volume which with !
out the pig would represent little of
available value. 1t is said that the |
skim milk from the butter factories |
of New York alone amounts to nearly |
a billion pounds in single year. Ac- |
cording to Coburn's Swine in Amer |
ica," the use of this skim milk does |
much to give relief from monotony so |
common in the hogs feeding. besides |
adding to the returns from the other |
or main foods with which it is given |
and every hog raiser is glad to have it, |