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Show FARMJIOTES Single stalls protect the cows and help make them comfortable. A honey bee must visit 56,000 clover blossoms to make a pound of honey. If poison Ivy is troublesome, start an early campaign against it with calcium chlorate. Pasturing the farm woodlot is a poor practice. Trees and live stock do not mix. The trees are likely to suffer more than the stock. Damping off of vegetable seedlings can be controlled by treating seed or soil with chemical solutions. Ask your county agent about this. No planting is ever quite complete that is what makes gardening such an alluring adventure. What modern touches will you add to your grounds this year? Fattening cattle which get good legume leg-ume hay clover, alfalfa or soy bean and corn will make excellent gains for three or four months without the addition ad-dition of such feeds as. cottonseed meal or linseed oil meal. In general, shallow cultivation of corn is be.st. Tt does less damage to the corn roots which grow close to the surface. Deep cultivation may cut and tear out the roots, stunting the growth of the plants. |