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Show FARM NOTES. Crude oil Is almost a cure all. Silage Is rapidly becoming a factor In feeding operations. plan to have plenty of shade about your place, next year. Hotatlon Is very necessary to the growing of profitable crops. If you have any metal roofs, It Is policy to ground them. It can be done at very slight expense. The storago of celery on a large scale Is only practicable by the aid of special houses for the purpose. On most farms, several acres of ground might bo saved by a better arrangement ar-rangement of the fields snd fences. Always clean out the yards before winter begins. It Is far easier to keep them In condition when this Is done. A Frenchman has Invented a machine ma-chine for mowing weeds and other under un-der water growths In streams and lakes. Hundreds of farmers are hogging down rye. (let ween rye and corn we have two mighty good crops to turn the hogs Into. An aftermath of grass In a cornfield corn-field Is not a bad thing for the field, especially where ai! the fodder growth Is In the shock. Alfalfa and clover hay cut when It ,ls greenest and cured In the cock under cape will help wonderfully to ke p the milk yellow. Ion't forget to plow the field where the 'hopper has laid Its eggs. That field. If left undisturbed, will hatch out trouble next year. The dog question Is receiving a great deal of attention In many farm publications. Many dogs are valuable valu-able while many more are not. (trick and cement are about as ( heap as lumber, and last many times as long It Is certainly a waste to use much wood for floors or sills. From now on. silage will have to be reckoned with In fattening operations, opera-tions, and the sooner you get In the band wagon tbe better off you will be Itetter plan on ssvlng the manure now. Thousands of dollars worth of fertility leaks away each year on account ac-count of Improperly located manure piles and barn yards. Grasses In permanent pastures or meadows require more care than those that are grown In rotation with other crops. It Is advisable to reseed permanent per-manent pastures occasionally. Hollow tile building blocks are becoming more popular each year They are cheap, costing but little more a square foot than lumber, and If of good quality will last lodafinltely |