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Show WKtm t m J)?!Jknt?!nEnnnCsnBitaaHaaJ jannnt Plant lettuce any tlmo. Look well after hclfor calves. The best land for strawberries Is a lajidy loam. A cattle feeder should bo encouraged encour-aged by overy corn seller. Tho farmor can produce clean milk, but It means added oxponse. Tho harrow is an excellent tool for cultivating potatoes tho first time. It Is deemed an injury to lot tho iheep carry its fleoco Into the hot sea-ion. sea-ion. Scaly legs on hens aro caused by ft small parasite Insect working underneath under-neath tho skin. Tho colt should early be taught tho 080 of tho halter, and mado to know that his master Is his friend. All hog raisers know that corn will go twlco aa far In feeding hogs In summer tf tho hogs aro kopt on good pasture Unless ono Is gardening on a largo scalo it 1b cheaper to buy cabbage plants for tho early crop than to grow them. Tho weight of tho total number of eggs laid In this country annually nmountB to 970.3C8 tons, so someone has figured It out. Do not let tho manuro nccumulato In tho cow stall bo thnt tho animal .must wo with her hind quarters higher than her front quartors. Never buy a broo bow with short logs and Bhort, chunky body. Sho must havo big feeding capnclty in order to produco plenty of milk. In manuring land, spread It on thinly. thin-ly. It is much better to put eight loads of manuro on each of two acres than to put tho wholo 16 upon ono aero. As a rulo, tho averago farmor allows al-lows hfs hogs to got along on slim rations In summer, at n tlmo when they could mako most profltablo growth. Nothing la mora Injurious to tho poults than tainted or Infected meat of any kind, as it will disturb their bowels lu a very few hours and causo great troublo. Weeding out tho poorest cows Is tho best way to Improvo the rocord of any dairy In the amount of milk nnd butter produced In proportion to the number of cows kept So many fruit trees woro ordered (his spring tor planting In Urltlsh Columbia Col-umbia that tho nursery supply of stock suited for that region was not nearly great onough to meet the demands. Sunshlno Is a great purifier and natural nat-ural disinfectant and tho poultry houses should bo so arranged that tfiere will bo an abundance of sunshine sun-shine In tho buildings on fair days. Naturo's greatest purifying agents are sunshlno nnd air. Soils need thorough thor-ough aoratlon that aro frequently fertilized fer-tilized with animal manures; then they will not so soon becomo non-productive. In buying a bull for use In a milking nerd, look far beyond the animal himself him-self and eco what kind of milkers his dam and grauddams were nnd what kind of milkers his male ancestors were able to get Sow fodder corn' thickly, either with a grain drill or corn planter, at the rate of 30 to 50 pounds per acre, cultivate culti-vate one way, cut with a corn binder, chock In the field, allow to stand until fed or lifTuled to tho barn. Every ben that does not pay for her keep by laying eggs should be sold at once. Thcro aro thousands of bens in the poultry yards that are losing money for their owners. Ftud out whether you have such hens, and, If so, get rid of them. Keep records of all kinds. Cabbago has several Insect enemies Variety In tho ration Is necessary for laying hens. Tho application of lime to cabbage soil Is highly commended. Don't forget the ''dally water Bupply for tho hens at this season. j. The sucking lambs always do bet ter after tho mother Is shorn. - , i I The lambs shoudd nibble at grain i and hay before they are two weeks V old.. ' It Is sometimes said that a good , breeder always haa bis ideal animal . In his. mind. 4 Cabbago and all other plants of the cabbago family require a very fertile and cool, moist soil for good growth. Too often tho poultry houso la a- i filthy, unsanitary placo, full of stagnant stag-nant air and crowded far beyond Its ,"" capacity. It 1b a significant fact that corn ' this year at this season 1b going down, Instead of up, as Is tho usual custom in spring. What wo want to. do In working a horso for tho first tlmo Is to teach it to do things which it has nover dono before. When tho buttor is well drained It Is ready to salt and thU Is dono In tho churn when the buttor la in granular form. "T Begin to cultivnto muak melons as Goon as tho plants can bo scon and fa contlnuo cultivation till aftor tbff jf fruit begins to set - f Never uso a milking tubo If It can I bo possibly avoided as thoro Is much F dnnger of Infecting tho ontlro quarter J by tho uso of tho tubo. ! Cowpeas Is n crop that has been J"i growing In populnrlty In recent years, i and from present appearances, will E soon rnnk as a general farm crop. m It pays to paaturo pigs, but if tho j pigs root up tho paBturo It will pay to- IE ring them. PaBturo sod Is too valuable Wt to bo destroyed when It can easily . ho avoided. t ,. , --JB It Is true that n far r can, by ,V I a careful selection and .-unInntlon, j materially chango tho constituents of his corn, thus growing n corn that is of higher feeding value for his farm animals. ) Don't forget that tho temperature of tho cream at churning should bo Gff to 58 degrees Fahr. In summer and CO to 02 degrees In winter. Tho best churning results will bo had at these-.' E respectlvo temperatures. Ej A good hen Is expected to lay In a ffi year about flvo times her weight In 8 eggS. This means a reproductive 1 process on nn average, at least everj $, third day during tho year, or porhapa Ki in rare Instances, overy other day. fe. When doing tho tree planting, do not forget to put a few trees In n corner cor-ner of the pnsturo fields, If thero Is such a thing as a fenced pnsturo on tho farm. Protect these for a fow years, and they will protect tho stock for many moro. Tho Minnesota experiment station says barloy has the .advantage over flax for cleaning tho land of weeds, besides be-sides botng often fed on tho farm at a profit over tho market price. At present pres-ent prices, however, flax 1b In tho lead. I and good flax land will undoubted!) 1 return a good profit I After tho young turkeys aro sixteen 1 to twenty dnys old begin to feed light I ly on cracked corn, wheat, etc., and I occasionally baked, cornmcal or John- 1 nycake, which la simply cornmea! I mixed with either sweet skimmllk or I water and a very llttlo salt, and thor i oughly bakod. This Is moistened slightly before feeding. - I Drainage prevents loss of crops and I labor from stagnant water; permltf i air to circulate more freely througt I tho soil, carrying with It fertilizing I properties, making a warmer Boll thai can be cultivated early, for dry soli works easier than wet, roots go dowr deeper In It nnd get a greater supplj of plant food, and more moisture in & dry season prevents baking and crack ing. Seedling plants of all kinds shoulc be ready to transplant as soon as tin character leaf begins to form, whicr. Is about three weeks from time o planting seed. One hundred plants tc each flat is the usual quantity for hot plants for commercial use, but t choice plants are wanted they ahoulc again be planted to 60 in a box. tbui giving them moro room to'spread auc develop In proportion to their size. |