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Show t Around the Farm I j Careful attention should be given turkey eggs which are to be used for hatching. A portable brooder house Is an aid in preventing chick troubles. The brooder bouse and chick range should be on clean ground. It is always essential to maintain an area immediately around the young trees free from competitive vegetation vegeta-tion which would. If present, slow down the growth of the trees. If a patented silo Is to be built, do not accept lumber having loose knots, any sapwood, or pieces with hark. Sapwood. as a rule. Is less durable than heartwood and will nearly always al-ways decay first. Protect all planted fruit trees from injury by rabbits and field mice, especially es-pecially during the fall and winter. One-inch mesh poultry wire, old newspapers, news-papers, or gunny sacks torn in strips six to eight inches wide make satisfactory satis-factory protectors. The grape Is attacked by a number of insects and a few diseases which are capable of causing heavy loss. However, on the average farmstead, grapes of fair quality are sometimes grown without any spraying treatment treat-ment being given them. |