Show concrete on the farm here is a pimple simple of testing sand to find out ft bethel it has too much clay with it to make a desirable concrete put 4 inc es of the sand into a pint preserving jar fill pill the jar jax with clear water to within an inch of th the e top fasten the lid shake the jar thoroughly until the whole la Is well mixed set the jar aside and sad allow the contents to settle the me sand will go to the bottom the clay and loam will form a layer on top of the sand if more than three eights of an inch of clay cr loam loarn shows the sand Is not el clean elan an enough for making concrete either a new source of sand must be found ori or the sand must be washed to rid it of the surplus of clay and loam farmers bulletin 1279 F obtainable on application to the united states department part ment of agriculture washington D C gives directions for a simple arrangement tor for washing ashing sand and gravel grav ea as well u ell as other valuable suggestions gest ions relative to plain concrete tor for farm use in maike the products from their woodlands neighboring farmer will III do well to cooperate in order to insure carlots of ices legs or other rough products for shipment in well wooded rett ions farmers coope rathe associations cin call offord to lilie an experienced eap exp nan to the marketing mir such stich i min man would naturally advertise ad ortise and eccie competitive bids from purchasers it pays to investigate both local ind odside maikels it pals to use a written contract particularly when the cutting oil eting Is done by the purchaser A written Nr itten contract with ith provision for orbit arbitration bit ration preen prevents ts law suits D iring the winter minter it if dairy cons cows are it the stable they should be watered two to or three times a day drinking ups in tit the stable enable the cow to arink as often as she desires and nio ate by many farmers to be a raving investment it Is a good practice to winn aarin the tie water for the milking milk ing herd during oar coldest weather meather because I 1 Is probable pro babli cheaper to heat the water with wood or coal than for the cow to heat it in her body on the expensive feed this Is especially true with higher producing cows heat the water about 15 degrees or 2 20 degrees ee s F above freezing |