Show 0 wc U x r. r Jr it I CARE AD AND USE OF STRAW Hew Haw the Farmer Farmer Can Can Make It Count for the Most In the care and use of straw the till first requisite la Is to begin caring forthe for forthe the straw at the proper time which Is when the grain is III I mature maturo enough to insure Its becoming thoroughly thorough dr dry In la lashock shock stack or barn before being threshed Having fug cut and shocked the grain at the proper season eason the tho next requisite Is to house bouse or stack carefully careful ly Iy housing being preferable to stacking stacking stack stack- ing of or course for both grain and straw Permit the tho observation in this connection that either straw or hay bay stacked out will soon be bo n a thing of ot the past After having baYing permitted d grain to remain In barn n a sufficient length of time limo to Insure a n right condition for threshing secure the services Cs of a thresher whoso whose work It will be to storo store away straw in shed and grain in granary or otherwise If It so directed I The straw is now In shed well cared and in good tood condition for tor feed reed bedding or for market If desirable but we would confine its uses fie 10 0 the farm as the farm from which the straw is marketed becomes in the tho course of time sterile Shortly after threshing Is done the season is at hand when the stock which has bas been roaming over the green pastures all summer will enjoy enjo having shelter over oyer them at night and anda a n nice clean dry bed whereupon the themay they may lie He Now the straw which hat ha been so nicely cared for in the shed will not only furnish the above comforts oom com forts for tor the stock but will afford variety In the wa way of food for change chang from the Hie more nutritious kinds of feed which are of course Indispensable After winter has set in and the weather has become severe It will become be como come necessary to havo have shelter forthe for forthe forthe the stock and feed within their reach I all tho the time The shed with the straw I therein will supply both of ot the above and will also keep droppings and bedding bed ding in condition to be spread upon the fields as fertilizer thus repaying the farmer for tor caring for tor his straw and stock The shed and stables In which the straw bedding has been used may be cleaned out at the farmers farmer's leisure when weather is reasonably fair fair It should be done however only when necessary for proper care and cleanliness cleanliness ness of stock as by permitting the fertilizer to remain in shed rots it and makes it tt all the richer when It is not nol exposed to washing rains and snows Many more moro uses for tor straw on the farm might be given but this article I is sufficient to convince all that straw pays for its care |