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Show STORING FOREST LEAVES. By jr. A. Covcrdcll. If farmcra only understood tho many uses to which leaves could be put, moro of them would bo stored. Some may think it takes too much tlmo and labor, but they aro easily ard quickly galhorcd In various ways. Ono good plan 1r to havo cheap barrels handy, nil them with leaves, and set them away whero rain or snow will not reach them. ' Another method by which tho stor-ago stor-ago of leaves may bo accomplished is that of using common gunny of burlap bur-lap sacks. These, also, may bo stored away without emptying tho sacks, and thoy will bo in convenient shapo to use a fow at a time during the winter. If ono has only a small number of sacks, tho leaves may bo carried and emptied from the sacks Into some outbuilding out-building not in uso; but where ono desires de-sires to store a considerable quantity, we find that bed-sheets, or similar pieces of cloth, aro excellent for tho purpose. Simply spread them on tho ground; rako up tho leaves with a common garden rako and pllo them on the sheets; catch hold of each of the four corners and draw them together. A large quantity can be carried in this manner, and when It is desired to empty tho sheets, let go of ono corner and allow the leaves to roll out. There aro numerous uses to which the stored leave may bo put. They mnko a Fiiitnblo and economical lining for the storage pits. The poultry scratchlng-shcd Is anothor placo they may bo utilized to a good ad vantage. Wo also havo used thorn for nesting. They are excellent for bidding purposes pur-poses in the dairy bnrn. tho hog house and tho horse stalls. Then, after they havo been used for any of these purposes, pur-poses, they form a fertilizer that Is hard to equal, they having absorbed all tho rich liquids and Juices wherever wher-ever thoy havo been used. These are deposited with the leaves when they aro scattered over the soil, and tho rejuvenating effect is thus greatly enhanced by tho combined influences in-fluences of the liquids and rotted manure. Tho pnstor of a large Catholic church In Kansas City, Kas., who mado a three months' trip to Northern Michigan, Minnesota and Montana on inlssionory work declares that the aggressiveness of tho Canadians Is drawing homeseekcrs away from the United Stntcs In largo numbers and hundreds are still leaving this country never to return. Ho has advised tho Government officials, at "Washington, of tho conditions found by him In his recent Journey, begging them to take steps to offset tho movement to Canada. Each County Agricultural School In Wisconsin receives support from tho Stato amounting to $4,000 a year. |
