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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-30
els. | was the only person In Bent
ord who bod cultivated racphorryes

tells. l was the only person In Bent.
ford who had cultivated raspberrieg
for sale. for instance, and the fact
that l could deliver them absolutely
fresh to the hotels was appreciated In
SO delicate a fruit. Stella and Peter
were the pickers. | also supplied the
inns with peas. caulifowers and toma-
ing me in cash or saving at least a
thousand dollars year-indeed. much
more. since we had no fruit nor vege
table bills the year through, Mrs. PiIlig
being an artist in preserving what
would not keep in the cellar. But we
will call it thousand dollars. and let
the rest go as interest on the invest
ment represented by seeds and nipple.
ments. To offset this. paid Mike $500
year, and employed his son Joe at
SI15 day for twenty weel,. This
left me profit of about two hundred
dollars on my first full season at Twin
Fires, which paid my taxes and bought
my coal. Out of my salary, then, came
no rent, no bills for butter, eggs, milk.
poultry nor vegetables. l had to pay
Mrs. Pillig her $50 month therefrom,
had to pay the upkeep of the place.
and grocery and meat bills (the latter
being comparatively small in summer
But with the great item of rent eliml
mated, and my farm help paying foI
itself. it was astonishing to me TO Goa
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-30
First, because the weeds which have

First, because the weeds which have
been started will be prevented from
seeding, and the weed seeds will be
brought near to the surface, where
they will terminate and be killed by
the frost before they have seeded In
the fall; and second, lhere is more
spare time for the work.
Late fall blowing is best for soil be-
cause:
1. 1t gives us the benefit of late sum-
mer pasture.
2. 1t is the best possible place to
spread the barnyard manure during
August and September, as there is the
least danger of washing or teaching.
3. The ground can be much better
prepared and with less work than when
plowed in the spring.
4. There is less danger from damage
by cutworms and other insect enemies
Spring Flowing Abused.
We often abuse our spring blowing
by turning the earth up to the sun and
dried winds to bake and dry out, de-
pending upon a shower to mellow the
ground before planting time.
With spring blowing it is good rule
never to leave the field at noon or
might without narrowing The newly
plowed ground. In my estimation no
ground can be properly prepared, Civ
ing good seed bed for corn, without
the use of the disk.
Deapth to PIow.
What is known as deep blowing is
not advisable in the corn belt.
There is seldom any advantage in
blowing more than six inches deep. On
heavy soils the bad effects of too deep
blowing are often apparent for several
years.
Too Deep Planting.
Too deep planting is especially bad
when the seed is weak Or the spring is
cold and backward. When the ground
is not well prepared or is very mellow,
there is danger OF putting the seed down
four or five inches when two inches
would be better.
Dry, Mealy Surface Bed.
On the other hand, there is no more
serious mistake than shallow planting
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-30
CHAPTER XVIII,
Roras Non Numero Nisi Serena

Horas Non Numero Nis Serenas.
But this story is, after all, an idyl,
and the idyl is drawing to it's close
Even as the Old Three Decker carried
tired people to the Islands of the Blest,
my little tale can only end with land
| they lived happy ever after"
That second summer at Twin Fires.
of course, showed us many things yet
to be done. Neither Rome nor the
humblest garden was ever built in a
day. Our ramblers did their duty we'll
but the grape arbor and the pergola
would not be covered properly in a
season. There were holes in the flower
beds to be filled by ANNALS, and mis-
takes made in succession, so that july
found US with many patches destitute
of any bloom. Out in the vegetable
area there were first cutworms and
then drought and potato blight to be
contended with. In our ignorance we
neglected to watch the hollyhocks for
red rust till suddenly whole plants be-
gan TO die, and We had TO spray madly
with bordeaux and pull off a great
heap of infected leaves, to save any
blooms at all. There were clearings
to be made in the pines for ferny spots,
and constant work to be done about
the pool to keep the wild bushes from
coming back. There were chickens to
be looked after now. also, and new re-
sponsibilities in the village for both
of us. We had neither attempted nor
desired to avoid our full share of civic
work. We lived a busy life. with not
an hour in the day idle, and few hours
in the evening. We lived so full a
life, indeed. that it was only by pre-
serving an absolute routine for my
own bread-winning labors. from a. NJ
till one, that | was able to resist the
siren cali of farm and garden. and get
my daily stint accomplished
The preceding summer l had made
about two hundred dollars out of nv
produce, which in my first naive en-
husiasm pleased me greatly. But ir
was surely poor return on my invest
ment. reckoned merely n dollars and
cents, and the second SEASON showed
different result. Having two cows
and small family, managed to dis
pose of my surplus milk and cream
TO a farmer who ran milk route.
This brought me in S13 a year. AS
further saved at least 500 by not hay-
ing to buy milk, and $50 by Peters
efforts at the churn. and could reckon
q further profit from manure and
calves. my cows were worth between
three hundred an. four hundred ,4oI
lars a year to me. Now that we had
hens and chickens, we could reckon
on another 500 saved in egg and pou,-
try bills. To this total l was able TO
add at the end of the summer more
than five hundred dollars received
from the sale Of fruit and vegeta bles.
not only to tac market but to the, ho-
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in lumpy, dry soil. The moisture is not
sufficient for rapid termination, much
Of it SourS or rOtS, and the remainder
comes up unevenly, with a large per
cent of Sickly plants. This conditions
is most frequently found where the
harrow the same day or where the disk
was not used in preparing the seed bed
and especially when these two cOndi-
tons are accompanied by a dry, cold
May.
Cultivation.
Cultivation should be level and fire.
quent when the corn is small. It may
be deep at first, but it must be shallow
later
Many assume that there is nothing
more to do after the corn is planted for
two weeks, or until it is up and large
enough for the first cultivation. There
are others who believe in narrowing
and even in cultivation before the corn
is UP, but on account of the pressure of
work neglect it. Where ground is left
foul with weeds, which take up the
moisture and plant food and also make
it difficult to work the corn. The
ground becomes packed by the rains
and baked by the sun until it is hard
and dry.
1t is especially important in the case
Of corn that it should not become
stunted when young, as it never fully
RECEIVERS even under the most favorable
conditions.
The time to kill weeds is before they
come up and before they have deprived
the corn of moisture and nourishment.
Where it is possible to do so it is a
good plan to cultivate the corn once
before it comes up, following the cult
vator with the harrow.
This practice of cultivating the field
before the corn is up following the
planter marks as guide, is a good
one, and especially on old and badly
worn ground or heavy clay ground and
land that has become foul
It is a common practice with some
to harrow corn after it is up but pre-
fer to cultivate and harrow as de-
scribed above, especially on cornstalk
ground. Even On stubble ground the
harrow does considerable damage to
the young corn.
1t is very common mistake to cult
vace shallow when the corn is small
and 'lay it by" with deep cultivation.
The reverse will be more profitable.
There is little danger to the roots from
deep cultivation the first time and
there is great advantage going deep
enough to secure q good mulch.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-30

profit. The fact is that the time is
near at hand when we must give great
er attention to the fertility of our soil.
What is needed is more clover, bet
ter use of barnyard manure and less Of
the continuous cropping with corn, oats
and wheat.
Fall Flowing for Corn.
There is a difference of opinion re-
garding the merits of fall and spring
blowing for corn. Among the advan-
tages of fall blowing are the follow
ing:
1. The work is done at the slackest
time of the year, when both men and
teams would otherwise be idle.
2. Having the ground already plowed
in the spring gives us time to better
prepare the ground, and, what is of
equal Importance, to get our corn in
on time.
. 3. A better prepared and a warmer
seed bed, and consequently better
stand of corn.
(. Less danger from insect enemies,
especially in the case of sod ground.
5. Weeds are prevented from seed
ing and the seeds already in the ground
will mostly terminate and be killed by
the fall freezes before they have
seeded.
Some disadvantages of fall blowing
are:
1. Occasional losses from blowing
and washing on rolling ground.
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2. Unless the ground is disked early
in the spring there is a loss of moisture
and a consequent firing of the corn
during the latter part of July and Au
gust, especially in dry seasons.
3. The fall blowing does not give as
good an opportunity to spread manure
during the late summer and through
the winter.
The soils department of the Iowa
State college has conducted many ex-
periments with fall and spring blowing
in different parts of Iowa, and in every
case the Yell of corn was greater on
the fall blowing than on the spring
blowing.
The mistake is commonly made of
leaving the fall-plowed ground without
disking until time to plant. The ground
has become packed by snow and rain
and should be disked or narrowed as
soon as the Oat seeding is over. This
will conserve the moisture and lessen
the firing of the corn in August, SO
common to fall blowing.
Ground that is very rolling and like
ly to wash should not be plowed in the
fall.
Late Planting Bad.
One of the most serious losses to the
corn crop every year is due to late
planting. Experiments show that late
planted corn seldom yields as much as
that planted earlier. and the quality is
inferior. The ground becomes hard
and out of condition, the weeds have
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-30

template what a beautiful, comfort
able home we were able to afford on
an income which in New York would
coop us in an upper West side apart
ment. We had thirty acres of beauti
full land, we had a brook, pine grove,
an orchard, not too formal garden.
a lovely house, in which we were
slowly assembling mahogany furniture
which fitted it. We had summer soci-
ETY. as sophisticated as we cared to mix
with, and winter society to which we
could give gladly Of cur own stores
of knowledge or enthusiasm and find
Joy in the giving We had health as
never before, and air and sunshine and
world of beauty all about us to the
far, blue wall of hills.
Above all, we had the perpetual in
centive of gardening to keep our eyes
toward the future. A true garden.
like life we'll lived, is forever becom-
ing, forever in process, forever leading
on toward new goals. Life, indeed
goes hand in hand with your garden.
and never a fair thought but you
write it in flowers. never a beautj sul
picture but you paint it if you can.
and with the striving learn patience,
and with the half accomplishment the
divine unrest
HORAS NON NUMERO NiSI SERE-
reads the ancient motto on our dial
plate, and as l look back on the years
of Twin Fires genesis, or forward into
the future, the hours that are not
sunny are indeed not marked for me-
| am writing now at a table beneath
the pergola The floor is of brick, laid
somewhat irregulariy) by Stella and
me, for we still are poor, as the Eek
stroms would reckon poverty, and none
of what Mrs. Deland has called 'the
grim inhibitions of wealth" prevents
us from doing whatever we can with
our own hands, and finding therein
double satisfaction. Over my hea.
rustic the thick vines-a wistayia
among them, which may or may not
survive another winter
1t is June again. | know that
path now wanders up the brook al
most to the road, amid the wild tangIe,
and ends suddenly in the most unex-
pected nook beneath a willow tree
where irises fringe a second tiny pool
| know that the path still wanders the
other way into the pines-pines larger
now and more murmurous of the sea
past beds of ferns and a lone cardinal
flower that will bloom in a shaft OF
sunlight. Somewhere down that path
my wife is wandering, and she is not
alone. A little form lat least she saws
it has fOrmD sleeps beside her, while
she sits, perhaps, with a book, or more
likely with sewing in ner busy fingers.
or more likely still with hands that
stray toward the sleeping child and
ears that listen to the seashell murmur
of the pines whispering secrets of the
future. Is he to be Napoleon or a
Pasteur? No less a genius, surely, the
prophetic pines whisper to the listen
ing mother
My own pen halts in its progress
and the ink dries on the point Aud
bark. from the pines tiny cry! Can
he want his father?
THE END.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-30
ADDING to Frencr, Wealth.

Sixty families of the Naisons Alfort
sukGfb of Paris have received assign
met is of uncultiratej land for plant
ing potatoes and Other vegetables. the
action being under (. deer re by the
French minister of agriculture. This
is the first practical application of tie
measures adopted ror the utilization
of all previously ancultivated las.ds.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-30

A silo roof is not a necessity, but
certainly is convenience worth the
expenditure. AS it will keep silage
from spelling quite so deep on top
and in cold weather the silage will
freeze less. Last, but not least,
silo with roof presents finished ap-
pearance.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-30
Control Corn Root Lice.

Corn root lice suck the juices from
the roots of corn, grasses and weeds.
They depend on colonies of small
brown ants for protection and trans
portation and may be controlled by
crop rotation, fall blowing, and early
spring cultivation to destroy weeds
and grasses.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-30
Confidence of Horse.

If ashorse shes at an unfamiliar OBJ
ject, never strike him with whip; it
is cruel. Stop, show the horse that
the object is harmless, and you will
gain his confidence.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-30
Start Slow With Dairy.

Start with a few dairy cows then
increase the number and quality as
fast as possible.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-30
Fit for the Part.

Wifey-What do you think baby Will
become when he grows up?
Hubby-Well. he's had experiences
enough to be q towncrier-Town Ton.
les.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-30
Cause of Many Fires.

Smoking in barns and outbuildings
has been the cause of more farm fires
taan most people realize.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-30
Keen Farm Accounts,

Keep farm accounts. 1t is just a
important as to spray 7our orchard
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-30
Keep on CuItivating.

Keep the cultiyator going. Weeds
are unsightly as well as injurious to
tho crop.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-30

drawn upon the moisture and available
plant food, the crop comes to the dry
spell in a more critical stage, the pro-
portion of barren stalks is greater and
it natures more slowly, contains more
water and is much more likely to be
caught by the frost
Every year thousands of farmers
of these are good farmers, but are I'M
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-30

expectedly delayed with the spring
work, by combination of bad weather,
sick horses and scarcity of help.
1t is generally advisable to pillow
stubble ground early III the fall.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-30
LESSON FOR SEPT. 3
PAUL, THE HERO.

LESSON TEXT-II Cor. IL :21-1210
GOLDEN TEXT-My grace is sufficient
for thee for my power is made perfect
in weakness.-II Cor. 1919
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-24
If BACK HURTS
TAKESALTST TO
FLUSH KIDNEYS
Says Backache is sure sign you
have been eating too
much meat.
U-:c Acid in meat clogs Kidneys
and iFritates the
bladder.

Most folks forget that the kidneys,
like the bowels. get sluggish and clog
gcd and need a flushing occasionally.
else we have backache and dull mis-
cry in the kidney egion, severe head
aches. rheumatic twinges, torpid liver,
acid stomach, sleeplessness and ali
sorts of bladder disorders.
You simply must keep your kidneys
active and clean, and the moment you
feel an ache or pain in the kidney
region, get about four ounces of Jad
Salts from any good drug store here
take a tablespoonful in a glass of
water before breakfast for a few DAYS
and your kidneys viii then act fine
This famous salts is made from the
acid of grapes and lemon juice. com
bined with lithia, and is harmless to
flush clogEed kidneys and stimulate
them to normal activity. 1t also neu-
tralizes the acids in the urine so it no
longer irritates, thus ending bladder
disorders.
Jad Salts is harmless; inexpensive:
makes a delightful effervescent Iithia-
water drink which everybody should
take now and then to keep their kid
neys clean, thus avoiding serious COM
plicationS.
A well known local druggist says he
sells lots of Jad Salts to folks who be-
Geve in overcoming kidney trouble
while it is only trouble.-Advertise-
ment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-24

geography, geology and geodetic eur
vey.
The expedition was financed for the
most part by large gifts from persons
interested in polar exploration, Funds
amounting to more than 100000 were
raised. including $4,000 from the
British government.
In Two Sections.
The expedition left England in two
sections about six weeks after the Eu-
ropean war began, but it was not TN
til early in January, 1915 after delay
due to unfavorable ice conditions that
the party headed by Sir Ernest him
from South Georgia, an uninhabited
island in the south Atlantic ocean.
about 500 miles due east of Cape
Horn, for Ross sea, on the other side
Of the South Pole.
From Tasmania, on the New
Zealand side of the Antarctic, the
second section meanwhile had sailed
also for the Ross sea, there to meet
Sir Ernest's expedition with supplies
necessary for both sections to return
to New Zealand.
Nearly a Year Late.
Sir Ernest hoped originally to come
out of the antarctic by April, 1915, but
conditions far from propitious made
necessary a change of plan The sec
ton which started from Tasmania was
obliged to spend the winter of 1856
at the Ross sea to await Sir Ernests
arrival which had been expected some
time this month
Sir Ernest sailed in the Endurance.
a three-master, with auxiliary engines
which gave her a ten knot speed.
This vessel of $50 tons was built with
wooden walls two feet thick of al
most solid oak Oak and paint pitch
pine were the only woods used. Her
accommodations were for 80 persons
and the party which sailed included
fifteen officers and scientists The
Ross sea party sailed on the
Aeneas Macintosh, r y. R, who was
in charge also Of the chronometers
and meteorological instruments.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-24
A CLEAR COMPLEXION
Ruddy Cheeks-Sparkling Eyes
Most Women Can Have.
says DR.. Edwards. a welI-Known Ohio
Physician

DR.. F. NJ Edwards for II years treated
scores of women for liver and bowel all
ments- During these years he gave to his
patients a prescription made of a few we'll
known vegetable ingredients mixed with
olive oil. naming them DR.. Edwards Olive
Tablets, you will know them by their olive
color
These tablets are wonder-workers on the
liver and bowels. which cause normal
action, carrying off the waste and poison
Gus matter that ones system collects
If you have pale face. sallow look dull
eyes. pimples, coated tongue. headaches. a
lfstless. no good feeling. all out of sorts, in
active bowels. you take one Of Dr. Edward s
Olive Tablets nightly for a time and note
the pleasing results
Thousands Of women well as men,
take DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets now ana
then just to keep in the pink Of condition
DR. Edwards Olive Tablets the success
full substitute for calOmel-10c and DC per
box. All druggists
The Olive Tablet Company Columbus. o.
advertisement -=
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-24
BRIDE IN POSSE CHASE
Pursue HadIey and Wife for Shoot
ing Sheriff.

had been received at Checotah today
from pursuers of Paul V Hadley and
his bride, charged with shooting Sher-
if Giles, of Beaumont, Texas, aboard
the Katy limited, which left Kansas
City yesterday Three posses are
searching for the couple
Beaumont, Texas, March 24.-Sher-
iff Jake Giles left here recently for
Oklahoma to apprehend Paul V. Had
ley, who is charged with assault to
murder, theft and two cases of theft
by conversion Hadley was in the
automobile business here until a few
months ago
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-24
TO SAVE ITS LIFE
PuImotor Brought Into Use in Case
of Sick Child.

In an earnest endeavor to save the
life Of the little two year old child Of
J. NJ. Galloway at Seabrook early this
morning, the pulmotor, used by the
city fire department, was rushed to
the bedside of the dying child
For two weeks the little one has
been battling with pneumonia and at
an early hour turn for the worse was
noted and a call was made on the de-
partment for the use Of the pulmotor
which was promptly complied with
For a few hours il appeared the oxy-
gen. which the pulmotor contained
would be effective and save the life of
the child but it passed away at seven
o'clock this morning. three hours after
The application.