The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-07-28


Keep the tools In shed.
Keep a small flock of sheep.
Only level floors for separators.
A good farmer Ia good fighter-of
the weeds.
Cow-Deas are also fine supplement
tary pasture for pigs.
Don't forget shade and cool, clean
water during warm days.
During the first two days Of a
chicks life it should rest and be kept
warm
Grade and pack your product 30 that
you can afford to put some kind Of a
guarantee on it.
1t pays in hard cash to keep the
and after narrowing.
Arsenate of lead is replacing paris
green in spraying potatoes because 1t
adheres to the foliage better.
The early Matched pullet is the one
that begins to lay early In the fall
when eggs are high in price.
Fresh, clean, cool water for hens
and chicks and all other kinds of poul-
try is very essential in hot weather.
Never put horse up dirty or mud
dy for the night At least brush his
legs and belly, and straighten his hair.
1t is important to have lettuce spin
ach, peas, snap beans and the like
reach the market In clean, fresh con-
dition.
Good sheep require more care to
maintain their excellence. Poor sheep
are always a burden upon the rest OF
the flock
Give the hogs salt and ashes, espe-
cially hard coal ashes, and an occa-
sional dose of copperas and sulphur
In the slop.
Sun-scalo Is death to trees. Valu-
able young trees can be protected by
cylinder Of heavy paper; not much
trouble and 1t pays.
Apuho1v ri,,to- 49,
town can do a fine business in sweet
corn by delivering 1t fresh every
morning to customers direct
small sewing outfit to place In the
travelling bag when going visiting will
be great comfort and convenience.
1t can be made of linen or silk
In all soils the gases and acids pro-
duced by the decay of vegetable mat
ter are the chief agents in setting free
the plantfood locked up In the soil.
Spraying vegetables should be COM
menced the very moment the insects
are seen. Every day thereafter makes
the work Of observing them more diff
ficult
Above all things, don't change the
collars of the horses from one animal
TO another. How would you like to
wear some one else's shoes If they
did not fit?
In hot weather, and In all weathers
IL the horse Is hot, sponge his eyes.
nose, dock, the harness marks. and
the inside of his headquarters when
he first comes in
When pasturing rape employ hur-
dies, giving hogs a small strip at a
time TO feed on. This plan means less
waste and aids In obtaining a second
growth of the plants.
Keep the tools sharp. Don't let
your team work with any machine that
needs sharpening. Dull tools dull the
work. and If anything will make a
slave OF a man it Is working with duu
tools.
Do not forget that in the comDosi
ton Of egg there is a great propor-
ton Of water, and the laying hen
cannot produce eggs unless she has
all the water she wants, and at the
time she wants It
Raise your own teams and one oc-
casfonally for your neighbor So long
as men use improved implements they
will continue to use good teams. And
the best way to have an efficient team
on your own farm Is to raise colts for
this purpose.
Where there is no danger from
skunks or foxes or other animals dig
ging under, coops without floors are
healthful and are cleaned by simplv
moving them to a fresh location eyerv
day. It Is necessary, Of course. to
keep them on dry ground
GOOD time now to cut that patch of
brush In the pastures. Cut close to
the ground, pile the brush neatly and
leave them until they are thoroughly
dry and then burn them. II any start
up knock of the young shoots with
the ak. You just can't afford to pay