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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-06
LATE SUMMER WORK NOTES
BY E. VAN BENTHUYSEN.

| Watch the tender greenhouse plants
that are in the open and take them up
before the last days of summer have
passed.
Have the pots ready for the bulbs
which must be taken up soon.
Insects will now begin to attack the
scarlet runner and other flowers Of
chat nature and they must be watched
carefully.
The dahlias, gladioli and other rank
growing plants are likely to be blown
down by the wind and should be
staked.
Unless chrysanthemums are shaded
| will be injured by the sun.
Drench the ground around the tea
roses, but do not spray the bushes.
! Roses of all kinds should be thor
oughly MANFRED with weli-rotted COW
manure and mulched with lawn cut
| tings and leaves
Liquid manure should be applied
only when the ground is moist enough
| TO absorb it.
1t is fatal to some plants to fertilize
| them with rich manures when the
ground is very dry.
Never allow roses to remain on the
bush when the petals begin to fall.
All plants that are intended for win
ter boomers should have the buds
pinched OFF now
Pick p9nsies and naSturtiums every
day if you want to have plenty of
blooms.
When the liIacs have finished bloom
ing, all the seed clusters should be
cut away. If the seed is allowed to
develop on the lilac it generally has
few flowers in every other year
The best way to kill weeds now is
to pull them up by hand.
The redbug and other enemies of the
| rose. if not killed off last month should
be effectually removed now. An eX-
cellent spray for rose bushes is made
of one-haIf pound of laundry soap
melted in hot water to which is added
one cupful of kerosene When this
comes to boil, use about one part to
fifteen parts of water
Scrape up road dust and apply about
the roots of your plants during the hot
weather and keep the moisture in the
soil. Lawn clippings make an excel
lent mulch for the larger plants and
shrubs.
Save the grass clippings from the
lawn to serve as q mulch for the bed
of tea roses. These plants like to have
the soil about their roots cool and
moist. Spread the grass over the bed
to a depth of two or three inches.
When it withers, work it into the soil
to act as a fertilizer as it decays and
apply fresh clippings.
Cuttings from the geranium may be
made all through August in most eli
mates.
In dry season don't NOW the lawn
as often as in a showery one Regu-
late the frequency of your moving
by the appearance of the grass. Aim
10 keep it looking green and velvety.
Early in August is good time to sow
mignOnette for the window garden.
Sow in pots or boxes and water fire.
quently, but not too often.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-06

linen. 1t is edged with silk cord, and
the floral design which appears upon
the silk consists of three white bios
SONS and leaves worked in various
shades of green.
For suspending the calendar from a
nail in the wall, loop of ribbon with
a rosette bow at the top is attached TO
the upper part, and at the points where
the ends of the ribbon are sewn on
there are two more rosetteS.
Diagram B shows the way the back
of the calendar is arranged. Behind
each opening pocket is sewn on, and
into these pockets cards can be slipped
bearing numbers and the names of the
months. Both sides of the cards can
be used and it is an easy matter to
turn round the calendar and alter the
date each day.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-06

of the year the chickens live on grass,
clover, surplus garden stuff, gleanings
from the grain fields, litter about the
barn and feed lots, and more important
than all else, they consume weed seeds,
insect enemies to crops and other pests.
Record of Eighteen Ohio Farm Flocks.
Two years ago the Ohio experiment
station made a study of the. profits in
farm poultry. Records of Is typical
farm f1ocks were carefully kept.
These f1ocks ranged in number from
SO to $40, some were purebreds; others
were mongrels. They were kept, fed
and tended just as the farmer had been
caring for them before the experiment
station asked him to keep record.
Here are the results of the investiga-
ton. For the sake of comparison, we
have figured the profit from each flock
on the basis of 100 hens in flock.
The best five fiOcks yielded respect
lively $247, $154, $153, S1O7 and S1O4
per hundred hens, while the poorest
five fiocks yielded SGT, $66, $63, $62 and
S15 respectively. In no case was there
loss. The average profit per hundred
hens of the Is fiocks was $S7.
Poultry Profits.
One hundred hens are worth a hun
dred dOllarS-juSt about the price of a
good dairy COW. Records of the cow
testing association ia Iowa show that
the average dairy cow makes a profit
Of $33. Which would you rather do
milk two or three COWS or take care Of
Il hundred hens?
Most of us fail to realize that poul-
try is profitable-the wife pays the
grocery bills and every now and then
gets a new piece of furniture or a new
dress with the Chicken money" But
probably not one farmer in a thousand
could tell just how much his chickens
are paying.
You probably have about a hundred
hens-thats the average size of the
farm fiocks in the United States. How
much profit are they producing? Ara
they above the average or below? ARR
you getting $247 or SIS?
Produce Eggs When Price is High.
Sixty per cent of the eggs are pro-
duced in March, April and May. Then
the number drops gradually until only
one per cent is produced in November.
production remains low during Janu-
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-06
Non-Siippino Shoes for Babies.

One of the first difficulties which at
tend babys first lessons in walking is
the slippery nature of most little shoe
soles. To safeguard the little fellow,
there are made shoes which have nom
slip disk-protected soles. The little
rubber insets insure non-slipping con-
the further merit of being shaped to
fit the foot without cramping or dis
torting the toes. They are made in
several kinds of leather or of a combi-
nation of materials, such as black pat
ent leather bottoms and white calf up
perS.-MOthers' Magazine.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-06

Why not take better care o. your
hens and have them working for yon
during the winter instead of keeping
them at a loss during this period?
You can produce winter eggs. Put
your hens in a warm comfortable, we'll
ventilated mouse. give them nitrogen
Gus food and furnish water, grit and
oyster shell.
OF course, it will be some trouble to
increase your egg production. Don't
expect results if you go at things spas
medically, doing one or two things and
letting the rest go.
Fowls need animal protein food.
Bugs and worms furnish this in the
summer; buttermilz and beef scrap
make good substitutes in the winter.
This chart gives the results of an
Ontario experiment. twenty-five hens
receiving buttermilk in their ration
made 81 profit in eight months;
similar flock fed beef scrap made $40
profit, while flock receiving no meat
or milk was kept at loss of So.
A similar experiment in Indiana
shows that hens fed skim milk or beef
scrap made profit of 81 per hen an
nually, while those receiving neither
beef scrap or milk were kept at a loss
of four cents per hen.
If you feed beef scrap, get good quail
ity, testing go or 65 per cent protein
Be careful not to feed too much
Few people understand that eggs are
almost as perishable as meat or milk.
They belong to the same class Of food,
but just because they are inclosed in
a hard she'll, people think they will
stand almost any kind Of treatment.
Government experts estimate a loss
of $45,000,000 every year from bad
eggs. This loss can be prevented by
better handling and marketing.
Loss From Shrinkage.
Five per cent Of the eggs in the
United States are lost through shrink
age. The shell of an egg is porous. 1t
is made this way so the developing
chick can get air during the incubation
period.
Seventy-four per cent of an egg is
water. Whenever an egg is in a tenn
perature above freezing, this water is
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-06
MONEY IN COTTAGE GARDENS
BY LIMA r. ROSE.

When l lived in the country we used
to send scores of nosegays to market,
priced from five to ten cents. We
could not supply them fast enough,
| and if people cared to grow common
flowers or pot plants anG sell them
outside railway station, for instance,
they could do well with them now.
Make your own leaf mold. When
sod is removed from the ground for
any purpose, shake out the fine soil
that adheres to it for future use, or
slice off the fine roots with a sharp
knife just below the crown of the
grass.
This is known as fibrous loan and
in combination with leaf mold, old
manure and fine sharp sand makes the
very best potting soil.
Throw the top of the sods in a heap
in some Out-of-the-way corner, and add
the rakings of the yard in fall and
spring, all weeds pulled during the
summer, all refuse of vegetables. pota-
to parings, apple Feelings, corn husks
and berry hulls, anything that is vege-
table matter and will decay.
All dishwater and Stops that are not
needed on the garden should be thrown
on the pile, which should be turned oc-
casiOnally during the winter.
BY the following spring you will
have the finest kind of leaf mold.
Not all the pile will have decayed.
but along the edges and underneath IL
will be found ready for use
Add to it every bit Of available veg
etable matter during the year, includ-
ing the annual flowers pulled up after
their season of bloom. Add tops of
such root plants as cannas, caladiums,
gladioli, and you will soon have q sup
ply quite adequate to the needs Of the
ordinary garden.
Where there are waterworks the
hose may be turned on frequently to
hasten composition.
If it is impossible to replace all poor
soil in the garden with better, by the
addition of leaf mold and manure
much may be accomplished in the way
of building up and rendering it suit,
able.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-06
Dress Hints.

Collars, have grown bit shorter
over the shoulders and q bit longer
down the back; in fact, they are some
thing like sailor collars, but just
enough different to be new
The girl who can braid cleverly and
neatly will have ample work to do, for
the garments of milady of fashion are
to be braided or embroidered over
many an inch at the juncture of diff
ferent materials and for bands aud
Ornamentation in general.
That skirts are to be longer will be
Ii great relief to many and a sad blow
TO the woman with trim ankles. Yes,
they are to be but a paltry five incnes
from the ground, and after the ten
we have grown accustomed to they will
make us all appear most unusually
modest.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-06
Glazed Kid.

Woman would wear anything in the
way of footwear that would make her
rs the glazed kid boot, with its high
buttoned or laced top, it's dashing lines
and its graceful Louis heel. These
boots come in various shades of tan,
fawn, gray, gunmetal, dull blue, green
and coffee brown. Other shades may
be ordered to match special costumes.
Sometimes two shades are combined
and many charming boots have vamps
of darkcolored glazed kid with tops
of washable white kid.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-06
IS ALWAYS USEFUL
PERPETUAL CALENDAR MAKES A
DAINTY PRESENT.
Scrviceable and Decorative Little Ar
ticle May Easily BE Made in ODD
acknowledgements Directions
for Its Construction.

perpetual calendar always forms
a useful possession. We give a sketch
of dainty and decorative little article
Of this description that can be easily
made in odd moments. circular piece
of stiff card five inches in diameter is
cut out, and in the upper part a cir
cular hole is cut away and in the lower
part long slit. This is shown in
diagram A on the right of the illus
tration. The card is covered in front
with pale pink and at the back with
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-06
POULTRY AND EGG CROP

Almost every farmer keeps some
poultry. The trouble is he doesn't
make the poultry keep him. Too many
of them are ROSTERS. a lot more are
old hens that lay but few eggs and
then want to set. Whenever the price
Of eggs gets high, the old hens go on a
strike. They lay in the henhouse when
they please, but too much Of the time
prefer to lay their eggs out in the
fence corners. That means they are
not gathered until they are stale and
I'm consequence a low price for the
eggs.
The average farmer considers pouI-
try raising a "side ISSUE" a job for
women and Children sort of neces-
sary nuisance in order to provide fresh
eggs and toOthsome roast or fry. But
nfter all, this "side issue" branch of
the farming business, poultry, nets an
annual return in the United States of
over $6O0000,00O or enough money to
build two Panama canals every year
The Panama canal has been written in
TO the pages of history as one of the
greatest achievements of modern times.
In its construction our greatest minds
In the science of engineering, art and
medicine were employed. Yet the farm
hen with little or no care closes her
yearly account with q balance of more
than half a billion dollars. Only a
very small portion of this vast sum of
money is earned by the well-cared-for
commercial hen. Ninety per cent of it
goes to the credit of the much neglect
ed fiocks ranging at liberty on the
farms of the country.
Hen Not Appreciated.
None of us half appreciate the
money-earning possibilities of the hen.
For example, the cotton growing states
during q recent slump in the cotton
market due to the European war,
Joined other cotton producing states in
an appeal to congress for federal aid
to tide them over the financial diff
Guilty. The appeal was for $150,00O,OOO
to be distributed in the South through
the medium of the federal reserve
banks. If these one-crOp states had
reckoned with the farm hen they
would have saved themselves the hui
initiation of asking Uncle Sam for help.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-06
USE FOR HOUSE Stops

Any house Stops that are free from
grease or acids may be poured around
the roots of plants to their advantage,
pushing aside the mulch for this pur-
pose and replacing when done.
Water the ground literally, always
rubbish corner in which to dump every
thing that will make plant food, and
pour the house slops-all kinds-on
it, forking it over occasionally, and let
ting it decay.
Add to the heap any sward from
the roadside, Feelings and parings from
the kitchen.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-06
ChemiSe Hint.

feet in chemises, you will appreciate
this way of obtaining it. Make your
chemise as usual, either the straight
kind or the envelope variety. Crochet
neat little beading around the top
and then make about twelve or four
teen inches of beading insertion to
match the edge. Sew this across the
front of your chemise at the high
waistline and run ribbon through it.
tying in a bow at the front and sew
ing the ends where the insertion
ends, just to the front of the side
seams. You will have the high
wasted effect and a decorative one as
we'll
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-06
ChumS.

evaporating through the shell. The
higher the temperature and the more
circulation of air there is the faster
the evaporation takes place, Eggs
grow stale in warm poultry houses, in
hot kitchens, on the farm or in the
cupbOards Of the consumer. Egg deal
erS count that three stale eggs are
equal to a rotten egg and pay accord
ingly.
Gather your eggs daily and keep
them in cool place. Market them as
often as possible-at least once
week-better twice week.
$15,ooo,OOO Annual Loss.
Fertile eggs cause a great Ioss--a
loss estimated by the government ex.
perts at $15,000,000 year.
Two years ago the United States
government experts conducted an ex-
pertinent in Kansas to compare the
loss from fertile and infertile eggs.
How Experiment Was Conducted.
Ten thousand eggs, collected from
different farms, were used in the ex-
pertinent. Half were fertile and half
were infertile, and every egg was alb
solutefy fresh when it entered the ex-
pertinent.
These eggs were kept on the farm
under ordinary farm conditions. Some
were stored in parlors, some in kitch-
ems some in cellars and some in pan
tries. Some were put IN nests, some
under laying hens and some under sit
ting hens. The same number Of fertile
and infertile eggs were always put I'M
der exactly the same conditions. In
week the eggs were collected and sold
to the local grocery store where they
were candled. They were then shipped
to st. Louis, where they were again
candled.
Results OF Experiment.
While on the farm % per cent of the
fertile eggs were spoiled for food, as
compared with only Is per cent of the
infertile ones. On the way to market
IA per cent Of the fertile ones were
spoiled as compared with per cent of
the infertile. This makes a total of
43 per cent of the fertile eggs unfit for
1Oou DIS GU Will OulS per cent
OF the infertile OneS-a difference of 10
per cent. Notice that the greatest loss
in both fertile and infertile eggs is on
the farm.
Fresh air is as good for hens as it
is for people. If you have an open
front or partly open front poultry
house you need not worry about the
ventilation.
Fresh air does not hurt hens, but
drafts are injurious. The north, east
and west sides of the coop should be
tight to prevent drafts.
Get the habit Of cleanliness and you
need not fear lice and poultry dis,
eases.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-06
Yoke Collar.

Collars are the decidedly new char
acteristic of the dresses. They might
be termed yoke collars" They are,
as rule, Of white satin, and stand
about two and one-half inches.
The neckband is elongated, so that
the collars are almost as large around
as those wide standing collarettes of
the furs. Some of the collars round
down almost as far as the end of the
''V" in the average waist. They are
kept soft. The top is not even pressed
carefully to make a straight edge.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-06
Detachable Rufhes.

1t is almost impossible to insist too
often upon the snowy dust ruff1e Of
lace or null. In some of the Paris
frocks this ruffle is fastened to de-
tachable band inside the skirt by
snaps. But the best models have a
drop skirt of organdie or thinnest silk
fastened to the skirt at the belt and
upon this drop is the plated frill often
Of finest lace, but also of picot-edged
null or organdie.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-06
GARDEN HINTS

Tea, hybrid, prairie and other roses
are easily rooted if the following pre-
cautions are taken. Prepare sandy
border that gets the sun in the morn
ing, and which is we'll drained and
sheltered in the winter
Late-blOoming plants will be great
ly benefited if given q "tonic." A tea
spoonful Of bone meal worked into the
soil about a strong dahlia is about the
right proportion. One pailful Of fresh
COW manure to a barrel of water
makes a good liquid tonic.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-06
Citron a Modish Shade.

Citron is the shade of shades in
Paris just now. 1t is a grayish-green
tan with which certain pinkish-yel-
low harmoniZes smartly and one sees
much of this salmon pink also on
young women-to the middle-aged it Is
sadly trying. CitrOn topcoats of gabar-
dine are accompanied by little hats of
salmon pink silk, and black straw sail
ors are banded with citron crepe, a
tiny salmon pink flower resting against
the brim in front.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-06
Summer SachetS.

Don't forget to save your rose leaves.
Yti can do much with their fra
ggrance after they have been dried and
treated to a potpourri mixture. They
boxes, without a lid, and tied into a
colored silk handkerchief. The per-
fume will sift out through the soft
silk, and the whole may be laid in a
bureau drawer, hope chest or linen
closet
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-06
Ornamental Towel.

Quaint and pretty was bath towel
noted recently. 1t had yellow sunfiow-
ers worked in satin stitch across the
bottom, which was scalloped IA big
square scallops of white. These seal
lops were outlined on the inside with
blue. Blue tassels were hung be-
tween the scallops and the effect
achieved was exceedingly quaint.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-06
FALL CARE OF THE SHRUBS

Clear away the soil about the shrubs,
etc, and supply top dressing of
some good commercial fertilizer.
Sprinkle this about the tree or shrub
to width of the spread of the
branches and be sure to give the soil
a good coating. Rake it in lightly and
the spring rains will do the rest.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-06
Pauuin Wrap of Rose Taffeta.

A Paquin wrap is of the Thanh"
red taffeta, a new SHADE of rose. The
brown velvet collar is like those
brought out by Premet during the last
season, trimmed with embroidery in
front and back. The wrap is shocked
in the back directly below the collar
and has a reticella and fringe of
beads at the sides. The hem is of
small gold beads.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-06
Suits for Early Autumn.

Wool velour, cashmere velour, serge,
gaberdine, velour checks, silvette cloth,
velour de Iaine and duvetyn will be
used for early fall suits. Later In the
season velvet Is to be used for both
dresses and suits,
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-06
Select True Breed TYNE

Always keep in mind the true breed
type and never select an animal, either
male or female, that does not conform
to the type.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-06
Red or Blue coIorino.

Cochineal is harmless for red color
ing matter. Crushed BURBERRY juice
makes the blue shade. This serves for
icing and Ice creams.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-06
Corn for Houoino Dow,

An ideal variety of corn for hog
ging down should have a small stalk
and with ears set low down. Here is
an opportunity for corn breeders.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-06
Dipping Is Recommended.

Dipping with a good dip tightens
UP the wool. thus preventing dust and
rain penetrating too far down the
fiber.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-06

Keep hedges trimmed back, as neg
lect in this regard will ruin the ap-
pearance of the hedge.
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Learn From Observation

Take day off and visit someone
else engaged in your line of work. Per
haps you can learn something from
their methods.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-06
Sow Rape in Corn.

Sow rape in the corn at last cult
walton if you would have good late
hog pasture.