Show FEW EXCELLENT FARM NOTES Thousand injurious I 1 may be destroyed by raking the place other odds and ends put up new shooting forbidden signs one can destroy thousands of insects one cannot see by raking and burning all rubbish on the place an inspection of the chimneys now and a little mortar may a bad alre this winter cut scions now for grafting next spring pack in sawdust or sand very lightly dampened fasten down the tops of the hay stacks or better still cover them it aya big open up and clean out every drain ditch on the place rush the work oa the ice house but do not put in the first ice that comes mulch the strawberry bed after the ground tre eias not before push the turkeys tor three aweeka just before selling keep some of your best turkeys and chickens tor the christmas market and send them in early to avoid the glut keep the paint brush going until every implement on the place Is covered it will take a few hundred feet of tiling some grading and a little elbow grease to make the feed lot dry during the winter but it will pay big in the added comfort to the animals which always means added flesh it we cannot afford a silo we can certainly afford a field of homed turnips or mangels they are not equal to a silo of course but they do help to make dry feed palatable and therefore increase its value the teed cutter should be in use on every farm the corn shredder Is an excellent thing but why not put all of the corn crop in a silo as the best probable position to get every pound of value of it |