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Show U - ! ' . J Experiment, but do not speculate. A good road brings tho town nearer, and market day moro frequent Lousy pigs will not thrive. Got rid of tho llco by dipping. Shado for tho hogs, as well as othor. farm nnlmnla. Tho repair in season Haves tho un-soasonnblo un-soasonnblo delay caused by an un-.oked un-.oked for breakdown. First nolcct tho proper placo for a thing nnd thon boo that it is put In Its proper placo. Turnips or rutabagaa may bo sown broadcast and make excellent fall feed for tho snoop nnd hogs. Moro hawks and owls mean less field mlco and rats. Which do you prof or? Well, tako tho former. With hogs as with all othor stock, no Blnglo brood can rightly claim to poasess tho only good qualities. Every farm should bo a mlnlaturo experiment station. Every farmer should bo Investigating nnd testing out soma proposition which will Improve Im-prove conditions on his farm and mnko it remunerative. Ono farmor who has mado n specialty spe-cialty of pears has found that tho Unrtlott, Kloffer and Duchess responded respond-ed to cultivation and seemed to bo hardy. Thoy prove profitable for cold storago keeping. In caring for tho sheep remember that tho feed lot must bo dry, with plenty of cloan, dry bedding; tho nnl-mats nnl-mats must havo plenty of clean, pure wntor, and tho feed trouglm should bo kept clean. These should bo nrrnnged so that tho sheop cannot foul them with their foot. Another point Is to keep them from becoming excited or frightened. To this ond It Is bettor that ono person food them all tho tlmo. Ono-sldod feeding Isn't good for tho pockot book or tho animals. Alfalfa Is a one-sided feed in tho othor direction direc-tion from corn, and should not bo fed exclusively any moro than corn. Alfalfa Al-falfa cannot bo balanced by feeding bran, but can bo balanced by- feeding corn or comment. In roughngo, timothy tim-othy hay Is a balancer to go along with tho alfalfa. One-sided foods "are good if thoy aro properly combined when being fed. Tho great number of theso foods mnko It imperatively necessary that tho feedor educate himself him-self on tho constituents of tho different differ-ent klnda of plants and grains that aro used lu slock feuding. If tho farmer wishes to bo his own repair man, and ho can do so In most cases If ho Is at all handy, he will find that a vice and a set of tape and dies will como In handy. Got sizes one-quarter, one-quarter, five-sixteenths, three-eighths, Boveu-slxtcontha and onehnlf-lnch bolt8. Those sizes will cover nlmost everything common on a farm. You can buy blank nuts nnd you can cut tho rods any length you want with nn ordinary cold chlsol. You can put a nut on each end of tho bolt. This nn-swors nn-swors Just na woll na to havo a hoad on tho ond aud a nut on tho othor. A groat many farmors try to keep bolts of dlfTeront sizes, but it la much hotter hot-ter to buy tho round rod8 nnd mnko your bolts aa you want thorn. Plums roqulro tho same generous euro, cultivation and fortuity, aa any othor fruit crop. Xono will rospond moro quickly or glvo bottor returns for tho tlmo nnd money Invested than plums. It is uselosa to try to grow good plums without thorough cultivation. culti-vation. To conserve moisture, which plums greatly need in their growing season, cultivation should-begin In the spring na soon na the ground is in good working conditiou nnd continue until July, when cover cropa should bo sown. When conditions nre suitable suit-able wo prefer clovor, and havo had some very fine stands when sown about tho first of July, If not suitable for olover, sow peas, oats, barley or rye. 1 vv.ould rathor havo the ground covered with a big crop of weeds than nothing at all. (MBaaMHaiiinMmHnaii '"il'iim mini iimMn ml I i mmtmmm " " i ;' Fit trto collar to thehgrBo not tke horse to tho collar. I -,- '? .1 Going to tho fair this year? Can't M afford' it? You can't afford te stay away; - l Uneven traces nre moro than apt to II causa soro shoulders. De sure tho col- jl Iar fits. 1 1 Sore shoulders rcduco tho earning I capacity of tho horso at loast 25 to I CO per cent You can't afford it I The manure pile from its place back 1 of tho barn never fertilized a field or I mado a crop to grow. Get It on tho I land. Put it to work. I taluy an Iden is picked up at tho I Btato and county fairs which will put gold into tho pocket of tho farmor who uses It wisely and woll. Tho hnrd milker Is tho result of an abnormal contraction of tho Bphinctcr muscle rcgulnting tho flow of milk from tho Inner glands to tho teat H Tho scalo should havo a place on every farm. Know what gees off tho farm and be suro you keep tab on tho weights of stuff brought- onto the farm. Dip for ticks. If your owes are not rid of tho oxtornal parasites, you can rest assured that tho lambs will suffer, suf-fer, for they liko tender skins to work on. A few yenrs ago tho silo was considered con-sidered valuable only for tho dairy farm, but It has been found by experiments ex-periments thnt all stock thrives on tho succulent feed whon fed in the right pro'portlons. f Stock raising and specializing In J crops will not only glvo tho farmor re- 1 muneratlvo employment at all seasons I but tho rotation of crops and feeding llvo Btock will keep up tho fertility of the land. . - 3 Tho robin enta Insects largely. Tho I farmor can afford to give him tho lit- 1 tlo fruit ho oats Jn consideration of the service ho renders in eating bugs, ; worms and so forth. Dr. Forbes hns I I Investigated and found robins eating 1 ' cut worms extensively in tho spring. It Is a good rulo In fnttonlng hogs I never to feed quite as much as thoy I i want, or not onough so they will 1 wnsto any. They will tako tho noxt j feed better and do bottor. At the ' snmo tlmo ba suro to keep pens and ''"""1 stooping qunrters well cleaned buL,"", ' "if There aro two methods of maintain- ift ing soil phosphates. Dy tho pur- chase of feeding stuffs containing Wi phosphates, and by tho purchase ol j phosphate fertilizers. By buying bran yt for feeding, phosphates may bo largoly maintained on dairy farms. Dy tho in- I telllgent use of Important phosphato fertilizers also, such as ground steam jL. bono moal, raw rock phoBphato, and acid phosphate, tho phosphates ol f most boIIb may be absolutely main- talned nt a modorato coat. 9 Cut received by animals should ro- 4 i colvo prompt attention. Wash the f wound out with warm water to" remove i" ' dirt and germB that might cause in- , fection. Disinfect tho wound with a f , solution or cnrbollc ncld in ton to - ! twenty parts of water, and then bind ? j up or grenao tho wound to keep out germs. An nnlmnl that is somowhat ' wild may havo to bo tied for tho first two or threo times, but most any anl- ' ' mnl will soon learn to know thnt you ; nro working for Its good and will like the trontment nnd become tamo thoro- I after, especially whoro tho wound must bo dressed dnlly for several weeks. I Anyono can raise' ducks successfully. successful-ly. Tho brooding tlmo is only half as i long ns thnt for chlckons, nnd the ' ducklings do not need nearly as much 3 boat in tho brooder. Tho proper food 15 for ducklings is a bulky one. Tho I. following mixture is good: Ono pnrt I bran, two pnrts cornmonl, one part I .beofmoal. This last must never bo left I out, as It is esBentinl to make duck- 1 lings thrive and grow big, To this I mixture Is ndded nbout llvo per cent 1 sand. Water must be nvnllablo at all K times, but not deeper than tho duck- ft lings' bills, and not cold. It must also B bo protectod so tho little fellows can- It not got In It. During tho warm K weather provide plenty of shade. For ft' old ducks nlmost nny shed will do If K dry. Always uso plenty of bedding. M. For nests havo ten-foot boards placed ft ono foot from the wall and Jeft opon M at both ends, so tho ducks won't pile K up and break the eggs. Partly filled Bf with straw, In which tho ducks will bury tho eggs. When moro than one m Hock is kept the birds Bhould bo W mated about January 1, Just as thoy SI nre planned to be kept; that Is, no jBI changes should occur after once B mated. If allowed to bo together thus K for two or three weeks and then an B attempt Is made to unite the flocks, B it will be found that each will sep- B nrnto from tho other as soon aa not flf watched. On this account It Is ovl- fl"jj dent that no changes should be made JB after once mating lip tho flock. fe H B |