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J LR Teach the calf colt to drink at once Spring plowing for oats is usually desirable Rant not eating Insects birds do their best for farmers The drag system i is is rapidly forging to the front in good roads work worle There are over acres under un- un und d der r wheat wheal cultivation in the world Corn Cornwill will give all the tho elements for fat and heat t to meet the young growing growing growing grow grow- ing needs It Is not possible by any known method to make malte dirty milk into clean butter There Is Is' Is Isan an an average of about one cow to every five persons persons' In the United States Fresh seed you must have to be good and good seed is n necessary to get et a satisfactory crop Regularity rit In n milking helps the flow during the present and all ll subseQuent subsequent subsequent quent lacteal periods The exports tro from Australia of rabbit skins to the United States have nearly nearly nearly near near- ly doubled within a year Much of the success of a farmer depends depends depends de de- de- de on the proper and economical management of his live stock To the farmers birds are chiefly val valuable valuable vat val as Insect destroyers as mouse mouse destroyers and as weed destroyers A powerful microscope Is recommended recommended mended by the th department of agriculture agriculture agriculture agri agri- culture as a kitchen utensil to detect adulterants Have a supply of at good milking stools in the dairy barn but use them for milking purposes and not for beating the cows I A restless hen will wiIl never answer to use use as a hatcher early In the season when steady warmth Is an imperative condition of success A large proportion of the so called so-called called Roll Holland nd flowering bulbs Imported into t country every year in reality come tom from the south of France Fiance If IC a farmer has the tools with which to work ork h he can repair the I wagons and the different farm implements Implements implements i ments during rainy weather The hand hand fed fed calf d for dairy purposes can be made a much better animal than the one allowed to feed from the cow caw in the natural way Once or twice during the season it will be necessary to go over the field with hoes In order to stir sUr the th soil and kill the weeds between plants In the rows Now is a good time to plan for next years year's garden and truck patch Select the seeds and order them early that you may have them on hand for early planting Asparagus sells at high prices es In Inthe Inthe inthe the grocery at all times but ut especially especial especial- ly y very early in the season therefore asparagus is a profitable crop to grow f for or market Rats steal eggs by passing them along along from tram one to another like the bucket bucl brigade and and- andIn in this manner they can transport them safely up nn and down steps f Wheat screenings having more mare protein protein pro pro- tein are superior to the plump grain for laying hens and when they are aregood aregood aregood good and clean are very much cheaper than good wheat Do not allow Inferior Interior cabbage potatoes potatoes potatoes po po- po- po and beets to freeze store them for the hens The time is near when they will need such feeds as add suc sue succulence succulence to the ration Timber Is protected from dry rot and Insect attacks by boiling It and allowing it to cool in and absorb a saccharine solution by a new process that comes from Australia Legumes such as clover peas alfalfa alfalfa al 01 al- al falfa etc are especially important because because because be be- cause of the fact that with the aid of certain soil sail bacteria they are able to draw their supply of nitrogen from tho the air It is a sad mistake to feed laying hens any sort of stimulating food tood That Is one of tho the old fashioned the ones orles that does more harm than good Do not do it because it acts like whisky whisk on a man The reaction 1 Is sure feure ure to come and leave the bird in awO'S a 11 urn wO'S rendition than before Eliminate the tho middleman Cleanliness in a dairy Is de desired The best location for an incubator ia t ta n. n a cool dry cellar The milk yield of tho the average cow Is gallons per year Onion sets should be set out Just at ae t early as ground can be worked True scientific farming consists i largely of good common sense Gense A hot bed and cold frame enable you to get your plants started early The trimming of a foals foal's hoofs isan Ian Is I Isan an easy matter if It It is done o on owe ona e a I month I Profits come from the tho grown thickens thickens thick thick- I ens ons not alone from the number Dumber hatched latched Analysts sa say th that t butter Is the most nutritious article of diet and that ba bai baicon con comes next Successful efforts to reclaim waste marsh lands by raising celery are b being beus be be- log ing us made in Bermuda Egypt's land Is for th r most part divided di dt vided into small holdings of from half halt haltan an aero acre to five acres Every Everyone one who has ro rosin room m on which to raise more poultry s should by all means plan to raise more Once settled indoors Indoor the houseplants houseplants house plants must be sure of regular re ular atten atten- attention attention tion lon if the they are to be a success Sow oats on fairly fertile ferUle land but not too fertile because t the e crop may lodge odge when grown on very fertile land A pure bred bull on the farm will double the tho value of a scrub or low grade herd of cattle ID la a n very short time ime A sheep that is in guw order at the beginning of winter will come out in inthe inthe the he spring with Its head up and on all fours Cauls ours I Commercial fertilizers can be used to to o advantage as a rule in the grow grow- growing ing ng of oats by direct application to the he crop Well Well bred bred heifer calves may often be purchased cheaply of at people who who've I live ve in town and kep but one cow for family use As a rule the tho most money is made from rom the production of eggs and the Income Income is continuous throughout most must of the year year A queen bee lives from two to five years ears workers from forty-five forty days to six ix Six months and drones seldom more than han five weeks No man can select good cows with unerring for there are many internal defects of which there Is no outward evidence Every good farmer knows that a n abard hard bard and lumpy soil will not grow growl good crops no matter how much plant food It may co contain If pigs destroy more than they are worth r-orth business rules command that hey they be dispensed sed with as too teo ex ex- for the farmer While It Is not absolutely necessary to o have the heaviest horses for the farm arm arm It is essential that they weigh prom from rom 1400 to 1500 pounds The shredded stover is much nicer to o handle than cut fodder and if shredded fine there Is but little that thatis is s not eaten by horses or cattle By ny generous application of bara j yard manure and good cultivation sugar beets may be grown with good results for many years on a giver field I One of the most Important considerations consider of the present time with muc mud muck of our land lanel worth and more pe acre Is the maintenance of soil fe I Careful and Intelligent handling at al atall atall all times Is as Important to the success sue site cess of the small sheep grower as as' the selection and breeding of his foundation tion stock Oe of the most most- general methods adopted for cooling milk Is to place the cans In a vat containing water which reaches a point slightly above surface of at milk mille The secret of success in wintering the fall pigs lies In the ability of the theman theman theman I man who has the pigs In charge tc make malte the conditions favorable for fOl s Ii constant growth Scattering manure by hand hanl Is la a B slow and disagreeable task and this Is one cue recon reason rea on why many of us have not done our best toward getting it onto the laud promptly prompt In addition to increasing the number number num num- ber her of domestic animals on farms farmers must pay more attention tc leguminous leguminous' crops crops and to other crops which h provide a supply of humus foi for forthe the soli soil Probably in no other othor business bra are bramen r men so persistent in sticking sUcking to th the opinions practices and habits of the past generation as os the average farm tann farmer er and It requires more mor than one on-I generation for tor his adjustment to tho the change of condition and requirement Incident to modern progress |