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Show Keep tho feed yards clean. Pure water for tho animals must bo tho rule. A dull sytho is poor encouragement to rapid work. Breeding from tho best Is tko surest way of having tho-best. When pastures nro short give tho sheep a small grain ration. It will pay you. Tho tlmo to harvest the onion crop is when tho tops wither and turn yellow yel-low and fall over. Sponge the back of tbe horse after removing tho saddlo and you will havo no swellings or sore spots. One pound of tobacco steeped In two gallons of vinegar fs said to bo n most excellent remedy for llco on cattle. Scatter tho fertilizer well away from tho trunk of tho trees, for it is there that tho feed roots will bo found. A bnlky horso may offer good opportunity op-portunity for tho cultivation of patience, pa-tience, but that Is about all. It won't pay to keep him. Thoearly frosts are tho foretaste of tho weather which will Boon bo upon us. Take a look ahead and be sure that you aro ready for winter. Next the -fair, then tho fall plowing plow-ing and sowing and finishing up upon the harvesting and then the winter tlmo of reading, studying nnd planning plan-ning for the next year's work. What you put into your farm rather than what you tako out determines how good a farmer you aro. Ex-Gov. Hoard of Wisconsin put it about right in a recent speech, when ho Bald: "Tho way wo look at farming Is nil wrong. Our philosophy is fnlse. We do not seo that wo must build up rnthor than destroy If wo hope to add to our fortuno In tho end. I must do two things on my farm and do them constnntlx: 1. Build up my soil; spond money, time and labor on it. 2. Build up tho efficiency and productiveness of my hord by wlso breeding, feeding and caro." Average milk of good quality should contain about 87 per cont. of wnter and 13 per c6nt. solids. Milk contains con-tains bactorla of many kinds and In varying numbers. They cause the souring or milk ns well ns tho ripening ripen-ing of croam and cheese nnd produce many other chnnges In tho appearance appear-ance and flavor. Tho number present pres-ent In freshly drawn milk varies enormously enor-mously with tho conditions of milking, milk-ing, nnd, as they nro greatly Increased In-creased with dirty and careless handling, hand-ling, cleanliness In f nil mnttors per-taining per-taining to tho milking and marketing of milk and keeping It In the homo cannot be too strongly insisted on Dtseaso germs, notably those of typhoid, ty-phoid, diphtheria, scarlet fever and tuberculosis, may also bo carried in milk, so that tho purity of tho supply sup-ply Is of vital Importance to every family nnd community, Karly and late blight on potatoes aro common in most sections. Effective Effec-tive treatment Is preventive rather than curntlvo and must be begun early. If your fields have suffered this year oltber from early or late blight study tho conditions carefully nnd then plan another season to spray thoroughly. Tho vines should be sprayed every two or threo weeks, or oftener If rains have come and wuBhed tho coating of Bordeaux off. Late potato blight is often responsible respon-sible for wet rot of tubers In tho bin. Its progress on stored potatoes is checked by dusting them with air-slaked air-slaked lime. The cost of spraying potatoes is about -i per acre and the gain from five to six' sprayings amounts to an average ot about $25 per aero. When potatoes are thoroughly thor-oughly sprayed they not only pro-due pro-due much more of superior tubers but tho tubers are less llablo to rot tnd future Infection ot tho potato soil Is reduced. Good machlnory is well wo.h u H ing caro of. K A wrong date on nn qgg does not V change its contents. "' B Dry sholtors and beds for the hogs K are cssontial to beat results. Bj Now is tho time to cull your stock H and get the flock In shape for the win- B; tor run. H Don'ts as well ns'dos aro a conven B lent aud proper thing to have around V tho farm. V Never bo jjo busy that you cannot B bo friendly nnd lend a helping hand to a neighbor in trouble. Rotation of crops gets tho fields out of the rut of deterioration and makes K for enriched soil and greater crops. Yes, It 1b too Into to build and fill B silo. Let, your disappointment atyout lack spur you on to better deeds next I season. If the colt lets its tonguo hang out I of its mouth, you may bo sure there I Is some reason for It. Find the cause I and remove It. I A Kltle spray on tho cows tho past I summer would have given you many a I pound more of milk In the pall. Spray ft is cheaper than milk, After a "day's work or a long drive over the roads sponge out the horseB' mouths nnd noses with cold wnter. Also rub down tho legs and body well- Boll tho smnll potntoes and feed occasionally oc-casionally to the chickens. That they enjoy them Is only too ovldent from the manner in which they go after them. ty will not hurt tho beets to bo left In the ground until freozing weather comes. Then they should bo pulled, packed in moist sand and placed In a cool collar. Watch tho hired man when ho is tonding to tho stock. If ho is rough and brutal you can well dispense with his Bcrvlces, for the animals will not thrive under his enro. Tho National dairy" show will behold be-hold at Milwaukee October 14 to 24. B. II. Rawl, chief of the national dniry division of the agricultural department de-partment of the government, will cooperate co-operate with Manager Van Norman of tho Dajry association in making tho show a success. ; Tho bureau ot unlmnl industry, which has boon conducting experiments experi-ments for the past threo years, has concluded that better butter can bo mado from cream pasteurized and not ripened, that Is, churned sweet, than by tlio old processes, and bettor than from the new process of pasteurizing: and ripening with a pure culture starter. start-er. New butter mado in this way, without the addition of a starter and unsalted, has too mild a flavor to please most dealers; but It undergoes fewer changes inBtorngo than whon made In tho ordinary manner, nnd may bo sold, after being hold in artificial artifi-cial cold Btornge, as hlgh-grado buttor. The Ontario experiment station has been treating winter wheat In different differ-ent ways to kill the stinking smut, nnd tho results havo been very satisfactory. satis-factory. Untreated seed produced an. average of 3.6 per cent, of smut in tho crop of last year and 9.3 per cent, of smut In the crop of this season. Seed wheat which was immersed for 20 minutes in a solution mado by adding ono pint of formaldohyde (formalin) to 42 gallons of water, produced an average yield of grain per acre of B0.4 bushels, and that which was untreated produced only 4C bushels por acre. The treatment here mentioned was eaBlly performed, comparatively cheap, effectual in killing the snltit spores, and Instrumental in furnishing tho largest average yield of whoat per acre of all tho treatments used. Look out for weovlls In the grain. Thresh as soon ns possible. Fresh grain should not be exposed to attack by being placed In bins or granaries with that already infested. Before-storing, Before-storing, the old grain should be removed re-moved and tho floors, walls and ceilings ceil-ings of the bins thoroughly cleaned. If tho granary has been badly Infested, Infest-ed, It should be fumigated. Cleanliness Cleanli-ness is very important in preventing Injury by these insects. Dust, dirt; rubbish, refuse grain, flour nnd menl serve ns breeding places, Frequent agitation or handling of the grala will destroy many of theso moths, because be-cause they are unable to free themselves them-selves from a mass of It and perish In the attempt. The simplest, most effective ef-fective and Inexpensive remedy for all insects Infesting the farmers' grain stored in tight bins, is careful fumigation fumiga-tion with carbon bisulphide. Use about one pound to 100 bushels of grnln. Four the bisulphide Into shallow shal-low receptacles and place them on top ot the grain; then close the bin tightly for 36 hours. Do not breathe the vapor nor allow lights or 'fire near. |