The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-06-02
Treat the cows gently.

The hog-tight fence helps keep the
mortgage off
1t doesn't pay to feed a duck after
1t is 10 weeks old.
Be sure that the male at the head
of the poultry flock is pure bred.
Eggs for Matching must be from
strong, healthy, well-fed chickens.
: Land that dries quickly after rain
Is well adapted for raising poultry.
Good Judgment is worth more to the
dairyman than his highest priced COW.
Keep salt and wood ashes before
the hogs all the time-but in separate
boxes.
A heavy crop of clover plowed IN
der, is one Of the best restoratives of
the soil.
Have the main part of your gar
den SO arranged that it can be cult
waited with a horse.
Watch the newly broken colt. If his
head begins to droop it's a sure sign
you are overworking him.
More feed can be stored in a given
space in the form of silage than in
the form of fodder or hay.
In its first few weeks Of life the
calf takes on weight very fast, and
will have a great appetite.
Nest boxes free from cracks and
crevices are best because such places
are hiding places for vermin.
When spraying do not work with
bare hands. They'll be sore if you do
Put on a pair of rubber gloves.
Corn, wheat and oats are the best
feeds for growing turkeys and dry
grain chick feeds for the little tur-
keys.
Dairying is rapidly becoming a
science. 1t is being studied more ex-
tensively than almost any other line
of farming.
Grass Is of little value as a feed
until a month after it starts in the
spring 1t must be supplemented with
grain or hay.
Chemical plant foods should be
used chiefly to establish grasses and
c1overs that shall form the basis Of
future operations
Provide the herd with comfortab BILE
quarters at all times Failure in this
will impair the usefulness of the ami
NAL and waste the feed.
The raising of poor horses is one
Of the most improbable of farm oper-
atoms as the raising of good ones is
one Of the most profitable.
One of the chief objects of a cover
crop in an orchard is to assist in
controlling the moisture content of the
soil during late summer and early
fall
The hens that are running around
no
that are more natural, and when as
well fed as the others they win pro-
duce more eggs.
Good garden work cannot be easily
done unless good tools are available.
See that all tools are In good condi-
ton and that you have those best
adapted for your work
An orchard with the trees planted
40 by 20 feet, and a few rows Of corn
planted between the rows of trees,
provides the most ideal place for the
rearing of small chicks.
Plan now for the silo. There is no
building on the farm that will pay
better returns to the farmer than
good silo properly built and filed on
time, and in the right way.
When chicks are taken from the IN
cubator or from the Matching nest.
they should be kept quiet most of the
time for the first 4S hours. Rest will
do them more good than anything
else.
The time at which cultivation in
the orchard shall cease and the cover
crops be sown is very largely a mat
ter Of judgment. 1t depends almost
entirely upon what soil moisture con-
ditions are during the latter part of
July, and what they are likely to be
during the remainder of the season.
Corn, clover, oats, peas, early-cut
hay and alfalfa. where it will thrive,
with only small quantity of concen-
trates. are what may be classed as the
essentials of balanced ration for
dairy COWS.
There is nothing better than alfalfa
to put the ground in shape to produce
corn and potatoes, and if we allowed
our fields to remain in alfalfa for a
number of years it would assist nature