The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-05-02
Wisconsin's Dairy Production.

dairy and live stock interests increase
their output this year in response 10
national demand, they will excel rec
ord for production which has already
run into staggering figures
Men with a liking for arithmetic
haev just compiled from the records
of the state dairy and food commission
and the Wisconsin Live Stock Breed
ers' association an astonishing state
ment regarding the 1915 production of
| WiscOnsins milk and meat business,
which shows on good authority that by
| keeping up steam" the farm factories
of the Badger state can turn out a
huge part of the food needed for civil
liam and military use.
On the basis of an eight-hour day
every day of the year, the total produc-
ton in dairy and live stock lines was
summarized as follows: production
every mnute-butter, 756 pounds
CHEESE, 1919 pounds; condensed milk,
1884 pounds; meat, 1856 pounds. The
meat listed includes everything except
! poultry-veal, pork, beef, mutton. Poul-
try statistics show 100000 dozen
eggs year and 100000 chickens
raised in Wisconsin"
! Estimates for 1916 have not been
worked out but 1t seems likely that the
! increase oveI. 1915 will be markedly no.
! ticeabie.
| Increase in Taxes.
Upwards of 10000 people in Wiscon-
sin may be called upon TO pay an in
creased tax TO sustain the war. The
assembly passed q war resolution de-
| claring that the cost of the war shall
be paid out of the income taxes.
Speaking for the BILL Assemblyman
| William T. Evjue Of Dane county de-
clared that the resolution would be fol-
lowed by a bill providing for an in
creased income tax on all incomes in
excess of $4,000.
The report of the tax commission just
! issued shows that during the past
year there were 1000 people in Wis
| consin who had an income between 3d.
600 and $500 973 people who had an
income between $4,000 and $4,999 !;
!, $40 people who had an income be-
tween $1,000 and $1,000; 345 people
who had an income between $1,000
anw S14 500; 214 people who had an in
come between $4,000 and $24, 999; and
| 10 people who had an income between
$4,000 and S45 1893; 81 people who had
an income between $4,000 and $74,-
800; IL people who had an income be-
| tween $4,000 and $4,000, and IA
people who had an income of over
100000 annually.
| To increase Wheat Yield.
| The second emergency poster has
been issued by the agricultural de-
| partment of the University of WisCOn-
| sin. 1t is headed America Needs
| Wheat" and after reviewing the food
! condition facing the world, it goes on
to urge wheat production. Here fol-
! low extracts therefrom:
| Wisconsin can yet SOW spring
wheat. In the western and southern
| states it is too late. Tens Of thou
| sands of acres of winter wheat in Kan
sas and Nebraska are being plowed up
this spring because of winterkilling
Wisconsin Can Raise Wheat.
Wisconsin was once the second
wheat-producing state in the Union.
Rotation of crops and the liberal use
of barnyard manure have again made
! 1t possible for US to grow good crops
| of wheat. Spring wheat does best in
the eastern and northwestern portions
of the state. 1t can be grown, however,
on any good clay-loam SOIL but does
poorly on light sandy land.
How to Get Good Crop.
| What to sow: Use good seed. Mar
quis, Fife, and Blue Stem are the best
varieties.
Where to get seed: Get seed from
your local dealer or the large seed
firms, or inquire of the secretary Of
the Wisconsin Agricultural Expert
ment association, Madison.
Sow Spring Wheat Early.
When to sow: Sow spring wheat
! just as early as you can get the seed
| bed prepared. Fall-ploWed land is
| the best
How to sow: Sow one and one-half
| bushels to the acre. The properly pre-
! pared seed bed should have a dust
mulch on top which will warm the
soil and prevent the evaporation of
the moisture. Working with the disk
| spring-toOth harrow, or cultivator,
| followed by a smoothing harrow is
usually sufficient to put the seed bed
in good shape.
Serve Nation by Growing Food.
The greatest and most important
service that is required of farmers I'M
| der the present conditions is an en-
larged production of staple food crops.
In view of the world scarcity of food
there is no risk in the near future of
over-production such as has in the past
resulted in Improbable prices to the
| farmer. There is abundant reason to
expect generous price returns for all
that can be produced.
| Loyalty does not confine itself to the
shouldering of musket. 1t is just as
| patriotic q service this year TO till the
soil better than ever before, to save
waste, to stop losses from disease, and
to utilize every acre that the reduced
labor supply can handle. More food
this year is patriotism"
Woman Suffrage Up to Voters.
| There is every possibility that the