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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-01-13


plate the fact that in just "a days the
Cubs will be headed for Tampa, Fla,
the spring training grounds, to pre-.
pare for the 1916 pennant dash. And
there is food for further happy cogi-
tation in the fact that in "a days the
pennant season will be shot open on
the North Side, with Cincinnati prob
ably the first National Lacquer to in
wade the former stronghold OF the
Federal league.
The contract Charley Thomas had
drawn up with the Tampa people for
the Cubs could not be broken and
Charley Weeghman says his squad
will start for Florida March 5.
Second base has been plugged by
the purchase of Steve Yerkes for
$500 from the Pittfeds. Steve made
an excellent record in the third
league, both as a fielder and batter.
His acquisition will leave Rollie
Zeider free for utility duty, and he is
capable of filling any OF the four
places on the infield.
Yerkes did we'll in the American
league for some time, Out was ABOUT
out of favor with the Red Sox man
agement when he leaped to the Feds.
He should have little difficulty play
ing in the National, and still has
plenty of speed and intelligence.
Jess Willard has at last connected
with a Freddie Welsh proposition.
Tex, Richard, who promoted the
Jeffries-Johnson fight, has offered
$4,000 for ten-round fight in New
York, March 3, between Willard and
Frank Moran, $4,000 to go to the
champion and the remainder to
Moran.
This is a swollen sum for ten
rounds OF endeavor and there is lit
tie doubt that the two men will jump
at it. Neither has signed articles yet,
but each has indicated a willingness
to do so if the money is actually put
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-01-13

hShI Nu6o al Wiling W pay 1OI IuOH
entertainment, even to the extent of
being stung considerably. The sum
is away too big for any man to get
for ten rounds.
Moran has gained large follow.
ing in New York through his two
victories over Jim Coffey and would
undoubtedly get a good play from
the betting public.
Tom Jones, manager of Willard,
says he will not match his man be-
fore April, but it is not likely Tom
will pass up crack at $50, 1000 if he
actually sees the coin
Packey Mcfarland and his assoc
ciates may stage a string of six-day
bicycle races, with or without sane
ton from the National Cycling assn.
Men from Milwaukee, Kansas City
and st. Louis have conferred with
Packey, with view to getting his
string of riders for their cities, fol-
lowing the week-long grind sched-
uled to start here Feb 2, in the Coli
scum.
A western circuit would thus be
formed and it would be strong
enough to successfully buck the
New York influence.
Alfredo De Orc trimmed LIoyd
Jevne, so to 25, in the first block of
play for the three-cushion billiard
title at Boston. The champion ran
his so points in 46 innings. Jevne
played poorly and frequently missed
his shots by feet.
Indoor Ball Scores
De La Sale IA, St. Cyrils 2.
McHale 8, La Rabida 1.
West Side fans will not be without
baseball this year, as a new club
known as the Garden City club will
have its home at fitzpatrick av. and
w. Lake st. This was the home of
the Tiger club for the last three
years.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-07-25
The Norm That Turned.

Just by looking at him as he sat in
the witness chair in the courtroom, one
could tell that he was harmless, but a
close inspection would also have re-
vealed that there lurked behind his
narrowed and apologize orbs, latent
fire indicative of a past when his life
had been bis oWnAa past now long
distant. His general air was that of
one having been detected by the min
lister while hoeing his garden on Sun
day.
Counsel for the plaintiff in the case
proceeded to ask him the usual ques-
tons:
please state your name to the
jury"
John Jones'"
'Your age?"
"Fifty-eight."
'Married?"
Then it was that John slid lower
into his chair as a flash of determine
ton came into his eye, and he an
swered in a voice that could be heard
distinctly, Eyes, very"
In the rear of the room a woman Of
$50 pounds glared at the timid little
witness as he was seen trying to con-
ceal a half-worried smile beneath his
struggling mustache.
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Where Reading Is Scarce.

Corners of the world still produce
men who live in ignorance of its
current literature. 1t was French
man on Aldabra island, 400 miles east
of Zanzibar, who, the only white man,
welcomed the papers and magazines
from the British ship. He didn't know
Turkey was at war-and he nearly
wept at the presentation of tobacco,
not grown on that .Irtle island.
In prison or such an island as Aida
bra you must become an epicure-a
glutton-of such print as available.
The Crusoe of Aldahra island had not
the best hundred books. Two maya
zines of two and four years old. And
by that time he knew them by heart.
With such a prospect before one
and the question of bulk man
should certainly go for Shakespeare
and the Eible. And If a third choice
were allowed for three years reading
it would be the dictionary of Walker
and Webster
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Navajo Therapeutics.

The Medical Council, medical
magazine of Philadelphia, in an article
by Dr. Basil A. Warren, who is in
charge of the United States govern
ment hospital at Leupp, Arz., de-
scribed some of the methods employed
by the Navajo Indians in the treat
ment of diseases. The NavajOs have
Il strong belief in demons or evil spir-
its and think that when body is bur-
led care must be taken to cover
up all tracks of those who left the
grave so that the demons attending
the burial could not follow them to
their hOgan-the hogan is the rude
hut of the Indians-and do them harm.
The chief measures used in treating
disease are singing, dancing and in
vacations. The singing idea is much
in favor and might perhaps be adopt
ed by civilization in some cases to the
exclusion of less palatable pOtiOns.
Certain songs are specific for certain
diseases, but the song to be effective
must be sung without single error.
These songs are not to be sung by
quacks or irregulars, and to keep out
such practitioners the regular profess
sion employs language which is not
understood by any but themselves, a
dead language which the Indians be-
lieve was spoken by 'the ancient holy
people"
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able, as they cost very little, clean UP
the weeds and transform much rough
age into money through the sale of
wool and mutton. He now has II ewes
and gets about ten pounds Of wool
at the average clipping. Before he
kept sheep, he had great deal of
rag weed in his pasture, but now rag
weed is scarce article on his farm.
Experience With Hogs.
Mr.. Lau has had many and varied
experiences with hogs. He raises from
70 to 80 head of Poland China per
year. In the 81 years he has farmed,
he had cholera three times In 1912
it broke out and from some SO or so
head he saved about 25. They were
not treated, as Mr.. Lau had no faith in
serum at that time, having made test
the preceding year with some So
called serum which was being used
in the county. He treated with this
two Of his hogs and put them in
neighboring herd where cholera pre-
vailed. In short time they contract
ed the disease and died and Mr.. Lau
nent for hogs was a failure.
However, the success of the treat
ment at the Iowa farms near Daven-
port soon set him to thinking again
and he secured three pigs in the fall
Of 1912 from the Iowa farms which
had been given the simultaneous
treatment and placed them in three in
fected herds in his neighborhood. All
three pigs weathered the storm sue
cessfully, although nearly all the hogs
in the three herds died. That put
new aspect to the subject and in the
summer Of 1913 Mr.. Lau gave all his
pigs the serum simultaneous treatment
without any loss, although cholera pre-
vailed in the neighborhood. He now
gives his hogs the serum-simultaneou
treatment every year.
Mr.. Lau raises about 100 head of
chickens each year, planning to sell
of the cockerels and old hens each
winter and keeps the pullets. He sells
them dressed at 20 cents per pound In
Davenport. He has had considerable
trouble with chicken cholera and with
blackhead in turkey, being compelled
to cease raising the latter fowl on that
account.
Gross Returns.
There are few farms in Scott county
which give higher gross returns per
acre than that operated by Mr.. Lau.
His gross returns for 1914 from his
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-07-25
Retaining the Sword.

The Turks allowed General Town
shend to retain his sword-the same
honor which the Russians paid to Sir
William Fenwick Williams when he
was compelled to surrender at Kars.
The custom is not uncommon in mod
ern history. When Lord Methuen was
captured by Delarey, his sword was
given back to him and he was re-
leased. The Spanish Admiral Cervera,
who surrendered with no boots and
very few clothes on, had managed to
bring his sword on board Capt. Bob
Evans ship, and he was allowed TO
carry 1t to a cabin that had been al
lOtted to him. General Stoessel at
Port Arthur kept his sword, and at APP
pomattox Court House General Grant
allowed General Lee to retain his
weapon. When Napoleon Ill surren-
dered at Sedan, Bismarck tainted him
with the question, "But tell me, your
majesty, whose sword Is this? Is it
the sword Of France or your own
sword?"
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a draft where 1t dries out very quick
ly. 1t is left until quite thoroughly
dried out and then taken to the base
ment under the house where the fur
mace completes the task of drying. He
tests for termination in the spring.
Mr.. Lau's. corn tested in the county
experimental plots at the orphans
home yielded at the rate of IS bushels
per acre.
From % to 80 acres of barley are
produced. Last year he threshed 756
bushels, or Sc bushels per acre, which
he sold at rs cents. For two years
he treated the seed with formaldehyde
and had no smut in the crop. No oats
are grown and only one acre of pota-
toes. Mr.. Lau has never been very
successful with potatoes, but his son,
Carl, raises from one-half to one acre
of popcorn and has gotten very salts
factory returns from it.
Careful of Manure.
The production on the rolling farm
which Mr.. Lau owns is maintained by
about 200 loads of manure annually,
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-07-25
IOWA ALFALFA FARMER CARRIES ON
MANY INTERESTING EXPERIMENTS
Owner of Magnolia Crest Farm in Scott County, Iowa. of Wide Ci
vesy of nteress-Beeves in Rotating Pastures Wherever
PossibIe-Careuy Selects and Stores Seed Con-NeVer
Was Successful With Potatoes--Prof in Sheep.

Mr.. Lau has IA Red Polled cows Of
to 5000 pounds Of butter annually,
which he sells on contract delivered at
35 cents the year round. In 1914 the
production was $3.50 pounds Each
cow returned him 1886 last season as
follows: 40 pounds butter, $50; A.
coo pounds skim milk at 10 cents per
hundred, Sc; calf, S., and Is pints Of
cream used in household, $3.50. They
are fed silage and alfalfa as the basis,
with small quantity Of corn grist con-
sisting OF corn and cob ground to-
getber. These COWS constitute the
largest factor in his total income every
year. He regards silage and alfalfa
az the very best feed
He owns one of the oldest silos in
Scott county, having had it for 81
years. 1t holds IS tons, has dimen-
siOns Of IA by 25 feet and requires from
to acres to i'll. 1t is constructed
of wood slaves and is built inside the
barn and has proved practically per-
manent there. The cost was $3.50.
MIR. Lau estimates the annual cost Of
filing at $50. He always adds water
to his ensilage in filling and finds that
he can get a good grade Of feed by
putting it in when just beginning to
dent. To prevent spelling on top it is
thoroughly sprinkled with water and
tamped down three different times.
He had never had any trouble from
feeding and values ensilage highly FOR
both cattle and sheep. In his opinion
every farmer should have a silo.
Cows and Steers.
He keeps, in addition to his COWS,
% head Of young cattle The steers
he sells as butcher stock. Purebred
Red Polled sires have been used in his
herd for 20 years, but the start was
made with common COWS Of different
breeds. Now their owner regrets that
he didn't use purebred dams as the
foundation
Seven horses are kept to do the
work on Mr.. Lau's farm. They are
fed alfalfa as roughage almost exclu-
sively. They are also given some silage
and oats and corn. Care is taken that
the alfalfa and ensilage be bright and
wholesome. No colts are produced
Mr.. Lau has found sheep very profit
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-07-25
ORKNEY ISLANDS IN HISTORY
for Security of Dowry When His
Daughter Married james Ill.

No other territory in the British en-
pire has more tragic significance to
Englishmen today than the Orkney is
lands. off whose shores the most dis
tinguished victim of the world war.
Earl Kitchener. lost his life when the
cruiser Hampshire was sunk.
These islands, 80 in number, of
which only 80 are inhabited, are sep
arated from the mainland of Scotland
by the Pentland Firth, from six and a
half to eight miles wide. They were
selected as England's North sea naval
base not only on account of their
proximity to the field of operations,
but on account of their semi-iSolation
and the advantage of the superb har
Dor of Stromness, in the largest island
Of the group, Pomona, which has an
area of 200 square miles.
While the original inhabitants of
the islands were Picts, whose round
towers and chambered mounds are
among the interesting ruins of this re-
gion, the Morse pirates secured
foothOld here during the early centuries
of the Christian era, and carried on
their depredations against all naviga
tors of the North sea. In the last
quarter of the ninth century Harold
HaarfagT put an end to the rule of
the pirates, and added both the Ork-
neyS and the Shetland islands to Nor
ways domain. In 14GS the OrkneyS
came under the sway of the Scottish
crown, Christian | of Denmark giving
them as security for his daughters
dOwry when she became the bride
of James III. AS the dowry was never
paid the islands have remained q part
of ScOtlands domain ever since.
The OrkneyS, which are the OrcadeS
of classic literature, furnished the set
ting for many of the episodes in Sir
Walter SCOTS novel, THE Pirate" the
character of that romance being John
Cow, the notorious freebooter born in
StrOmness and captured off the is
lands in 1925. Another literary as
ISOLATION of the Orkneys and one of
especial interest to Americans centers
in Shapinshay, the birthplace of Will
liam Irving, father of Washington Irv-
ing
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By C. H. AFFORD, state Demonstration

(By G. H Afford, State Demonstration
Agent, MaryIand.J
G. W. Lau, who lives on the
Magnolia Crest farm, six miles from
tho city Of Davenport, in Scott county,
Iowa, is a man of such diversity OF
interests and carries on so many inter
esting and valuable experiments that
we can learn much by study Of his
methods. Mr.. Lau owns $50 acres Of
land Of this 120 is tillable, while 40
is left in permanent pasture and car
ries about one head Of cattle per acre.
This ground is low and has very
troublesome ditch running it's entire
length, making it difficult to maintain
fences and impracticable to cultivate.
He believes that he can double the
carrying capacity OF this pasture by
disking in the ground occasionally ard
sowing in a mixture Of grasses. He
will try mixture of timothy, blue
grass, white clover and sweet clover
seeded in a two-year-old alfalfa field to
produce pasture Of this sort next sea-
son. Mr.. Lau believes in rotating pas
lures wherever this is possible.
First Success With Alfalfa.
Mr. Lau maintains a rotation of two
years OF corn, one year OF barley in
which alfalfa is sown, followed by two
years of alfalfa. He can rightly claim
the distinction of having first gained
an unqualified success in the growing
of alfalfa in Scott county. He now
has on the place some 80 acres de-
voted to this crop. So firm is his faith
in the alfalfa plant that he has dis
carded red clover entirely and expects
to follow rotation in which alfalfa
has a prominent part. He also has
placed his seal of condemnation on
timothy
Charles Lau says that one years
seeding is five years wedding. To pre-
vent this he clips his stubbles with the
mower before the weed seed ripens.
This is better than blowing early and
exposing the land to parching suns
and teaching rains.
From 40 to so acres of corn are
grown and the average production is
about SIS bushels per acre. The seed
is gathered early and the ears placed
in ricks in the open doorway Of his
barn loft. In this way it is located in
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-07-25
EXPERT KNOWLEDGE
is PRIME ESSENTIAL
Farmer Should Not Attempt to
Manufacture Concrete Fence
Posts on the Farm.

Fence posts are one concrete prod
uct that the farmer should not at
tempt to make on the farm, insists r.
w. Crum, concrete expert of the en-
cheering division at Iowa state col
lege. Making a fence post that will
really last as long as a post should
requires an expert knowledge of mix
ing and curing that the average man
does not have.
When ordering fence posts from
the manufacturer, Mr.. Crum recon-
mends a post with a steel re-enforc-
ing strong enough to act as a post
itself" 1t should be at least seven
feet long.
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tomatoes and all market vegetables or
snall fruits will do well in an orchard.
These crops will help pay for the use
of the land when fertilized literally
and what is not utilized by these crops
from year to year will supply plant
food for the young trees. Such crops
also serve the functions of cover crop
and prevent the loss of moisture and
fertility. The more attention you give
to cultivating and fertilizing the crops
that are grown in the orchard the bet
ter care you are giving the trees.
One fundamental error in orchard
planting is setting out the trees too
close and putting out too many varie-
ties. Of course, 40 feet seems a long
distance apart for little trees, but
few years is sure to bring many
changes, and if we succeed in growing
fine trees we must give them plenty of
room to spread. Pears, peaches and
plums may be planted between the
trees and by the time the apple trees
come into bearing they will be ready to
remove.
Trees Headed Back.
Trees should be headed back when
they are planted. The modern medium
headed type is to be preferred. If we
get a tree headed from three to four
feet it must be suitable tree to begin
with. Select trees with a stem of
moderate height SO that when it comes
to be the proper size you can have a
good bearing capacity on the trees.
When the trees are planted, prune each
little branch back to within a few buds
in way that will make a good frame
work in the air. Try to build a frame
around an open center. If the tree
makes good growth the first year
head it back about one-third of the
years growth and continue the same
heading-back methods as long as it is
possible to reach the limbs from the
ground, so as to secure a solid and
compact form of a tree. Winter and
spring pruning will give the best re-
suits.
One mistake made by many growers
is that of not spraying the young trees.
Dipping the nursery stock in mixture
Of sufficient strength to kill every trace
of San Jose scale will do no harm and
it may do a great amount of good.
Limesulphur is the best remedy, and it
will do the business. Mix barrel of
the mixture and dip the trees down to
the roots before planting them and get
started right. After that give the trees
an annual spraying with lime-sulphur.
1t not only destroys the San Jose scale,
and all other scales, but it is good for
all forms of Disagreement and discolor-
alton on tree and makes it healthy
and vigorous. If we keep ahead of the
numerous insect and fungus pests we
must get right after them at the very
start.
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various sales are given herewith: DE-
Quoting four acres for roads his gross
receipts for 1914 were 1929 per acre.
Record of Sales

1t is interesting to note that Mr.
Lau realized $1,000 in cash from hia
1914 crop Of alfalfa. There was NO
better field Of alfalfa III Scott county
last year. He put up over five tons.
per acre from these cuttings. In 1919
he cut five tons per acre and was Of
fered $40 per ton for all of it, He es-
Inmates that it costs $3.50 per ton tor
put it up. The first cutting in 1914
he kept for feed and it carried 40 head
Of cattle, Is sheep and horses
through the winter, while the second,
third and fourth cuttings returned him
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-07-25
SELECT EGGS FOR MATCHING
Never Use Those From Entire Flock
Observation-Disclosures Breeders
in Separate Pen.

Never set eggs from an entire flock
indiscriminately, but select the best
birds and give them separate place,
or pen up the flock and let this pen
run at liberty during the Matching
season. The latter is the better plan
because the eggs will be more fertile
and hatch better
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A duplex outfit is needed for an or
chard of from 10 to 20 acres and
triplex outfit for 20 to 80 acres. Keep
the chemicals in your solution well
stirred. A curved-bottom cypress tank
is the best. A belt connection from
the engine to the pump Is better than
q chain. A 35-foot hose is the most
convenient length.
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BEST OUTFIT FOR SPRAYING
Hand Sprayer Is Sufficient for Two or
Three Acres-keep Chemicals
Well Stirred.

Size of orchard, nearness to water,
and size of trees are big factors in
determining the size of a sprayer to
buy. Generally the following sug-
gestions hold good A hand sprayer
Is sufficient for two or three acres.
For three to ten acres Ct full bearing
troes . small power outfit equipped
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For POLISHING Furniture.

The polish generally used on mis-
sion furniture is the dull wax finish.
If, instead of applying only wax, alter
nate coats of boiled linseed oil and
wax are used, a polish will be obtained
which is brighter and more durable
than the ordinary finish.
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Value Of Simplicity.

Simple creatures, whose thoughts
are not taken up, like those Of edu-
Gated people, with the care Of great
museum Of dead phrases. are very
quick to see the live facts which are
going on about them.-O. w. Holmes.
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Protect Water Trough.

Why does not every farmer erect
neat shade of some sort over his water
tank or trough? An opening only on
one side is all that is necessary. Such
protection keeps out snow and sleet
In winter and the hot sun in summer.
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spread at the rate of six loads per acre
on the corn ground. The hills are
given an extra dressing of manure
every two years. Mr.. Lau is very care
fui to conserve all his manure He has
built a concrete cistern to receive all
the liquid drainage from the cow
barns. When the manure is to be
hauled out, it is heaped up in the yard
and then this liquid is pumped over
these manure heaps and hauled into
the fields in that way.