The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-03-24

Get a few hives of bees.
Guinea fowls relish insects.
Straw should be conserved just the
same as other things
Roosts that can be moved are best
for they are most easily cleaned.
The gardeners ability is pretty well
judged by the neatness of his garden.
Denmark sells to Great Britain
about $5.000,000 worth of butter every
year.
A farm cannot be properly conducted
without live stock production and soil
fertilization.
Churning should be stopped when
the granules of butter are about the
size Of kernels of corn.
Unless you are handy to a good mar
ket don't dabble very heavily in mar
ket crops like potatoes and cabbage.
Do your odd jobs around the apiary,
and in getting ready for the busy sea-
son, before the rush of work is upon
you.
1t is estimated that a good crop of
sweet clover when turned under will
add as much humus as Is tons of barn
yard manure.
1t is natural trait of mankind to
do things which are convenient Con-
venience in our daily routine tends to
make our work more enjoyable.
Lime does not need to be plowed I'M
der. 1t goes down naturally. 1t is
better to broadcast it on the surface
of plowed land and thoroughly harrow
it in.
Very often trees that have passed
through hard winter show no indi-
cations of freezing in the bark, but an
examination may show that the wood
is injured
Sunlight is the best germ destroyer
known, cleansing the parts of the
house where it shines. It also adds
warmth and makes environment more
congenial.
Deep-rooted crops, such as alfalfa
and sweet clover, have a tremendous
value in improving soils, to say moth
ing Of the nitrogen they store up for
other crops.
Home improvement can be made
most effectively if the young folks are
taken into confidence and are given
an interest and encouragement to help
with the work
In the hope of introducing it into
the United States an expert from the
department Of agriculture has been
sent to Manchuria to get specimens CT
a peach that weighs pound
The Italian inventor of new steel
windmill which has only five vanes
claims it will withstand the strongest
wind and that it works equally well
in the heaviest and slightest breeze.
The grape leaf hopper is sometimes
incorrectly called t'thrips." For its
control spray the vines with tobacco
extract or kerosene emulsion while the
insects are young and before they can
fly.
It is estimated that there are about
100000 farmers families in the
United States, today, taking the word
farmer in it's broadcast sense and in
GLIDING all persons living in the open
country.
garden, much will be gained if 1t is
thoroughly decomposed, as then 1t is
more quickly incorporated with the
soil, and the plant food 1t contains is
most readily available.
The business hen is an old stand
by, after all, when it comes either to
laying eggs or Matching of the chicks.
Except in cases when you want to
hatch a large number Of chicks in
short order the hen is pretty reliable
incubator just the same. Then give
her a fair show and she will come
pretty near making good.
Powdery scab of the potato affec
the soil for an indefinite time, and
may be introduced by the use Of dis
eased seed potatoes, and may be trans
containers, or garbage waste used as
fertilizer.
It. is no longer necessary to sepa-
rate the sheep from the goats, because
in many of the western markets
little Angoras and it is said nobody
can tell the difference after they have
been served on the table.
Arkansas rice grades so per cent,
higher than rice grown elsewhere, &C
the yield in the state is said to be
from 20 to 25 bushels more per acre
than is grown in any other state
A farmer of Kansas is reported to
have obtained s1,624 worth of alfalfa