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Show MmmuM WlWa-JlliffMMMMWMaMIMMMaMailMlJHMair Namo tho farm. Tidy up the placo and then keep it tidy. ' ' ' Improve tho rainy dnyB. Kcop tho hoyx Intorafltod by lotting thorn own aoniothlng oftlujir own. Lohb acres better farmed would put many a farmer on tho ptoflt aide of tho lodger. Tho waBto land on your farm Ib worno than a dead lomi to you. Got It to work. Wool Bhould bo Btorod In olosoly tied packs "no that It will not become diiHty or Boiled. Tho wool buyer pays moro for clenn than for dirty wool. I low Ib tho wood lot? Havo you availed yountolf of tho oxcellont Information In-formation which tho government forestry for-estry department Ib roady to furnlnh you and which If followed will mako your tlmbor lots moro valuablo? Juat ono moro cultivation on tho corn than you think Ib nocoBimry and thou anothor ono for good measure Tho corn will feel bettor by aovoral bushols moro per ncro. Doob ovory cow in your herd return re-turn you n profit? you cannot know uuIobs you havo toBtod tho milk and koop a record of tho yield. Use tho Rcaloa mid tho Dabcook toator. It Ib tho only way. It Ib a good practlco to food tho calvos in BtauohlmiB. It is easy to break thorn to that method of tying. Havo tho food roady for them In tho troughs and they wilt soon learn to put their heads through and will get Into tho right' plncca. Do patlont with them. An abuued cow will not return a prollt. It Ib a Iosb every tlmo alio Is frlghtonod. To run a cow to paaturo lu like throwing money away, A cow In any way worried will not do hor boBt. Tho cow that la mndo a pot of will mako monoy for Ita owner. Tho milk of a frightened or nbuaod cow la polaouoiuj. .Tho average Amerloan mnrkot pro-fora pro-fora a brown ogg, whllo Now York olty la roady to pay a premium for Whlto-ahollod eggs. Tho brown-egg buyers ih particular claim that tho ogga aro ot a rlchor flavor. All this la Imaginary, whon wo como to under-Bland under-Bland that It la food and not color that flavors tho ogg. Ia It reasonable to Bupnotm tho blown egg of tho Brahma Brah-ma fed on outoua could bo w& sweet aa tho whito egg ot tho Leghorn fod on clovor? Why not a national puro food law to protect live stock. In aomo atatoa auch laws havo boon enacted and aro unforced, whllo In others thoy havo beeu enacted but aro not enforced, and Btlll othora havo no laws regulating regulat-ing tho sale ot feed. In aomo states all aorta of stuff la aold for food, and tho farmor has no nutans of knowing what ho gets for his monoy. Whon ho buys whoat bran, ho often gets ground cornstalks, Btrnw and oat hulls; middling-) or shorts are largely bran ground fine, and aomo of tho pro-tmrod pro-tmrod stock foods havo very llttlo fdlng value. What la nooded la n utttioiml puro food Ihw which will bo enforced tho same as tho puro food law. Tho practice of following wheat with wheat, whllo exceptionally fa-vornbl fa-vornbl to tho Increase of tho Hoaslan By. Is so geuoral la our largo whoat-growlug whoat-growlug counttos that tho "stops" In tty control havo boon aolootod and tented In accordance with this practice. prac-tice. Those doalrtng to uso rotation its a moans ot controlling tho fly and straw worm would do well to consult a more extended treatment of those Insects. Disking. Tho disk should follow tho binder or bonder Just as won as possible. This will throw out a largo percentage of tho flaxseeds that would othorwlso bo protected by lying In tho atubblo bolow tho &ur face, so that their parasitic onoiuloa ORU attRok them. The disking will eonsorvo ta,o soil moisture, roiulor tho plowing ouster, and start tho volunteer volun-teer wheat and tkt woods, Smllo oven tnoiigh tho buii doca not Summer boardors aro often profitable, profita-ble, but novor the boarder cow. Don't try to miurc all the profits your farm returns you In cold caah. A feed mill will provo a profitable Invostmont to tho frmor feeding ton or moro hoad of cattle. Water heated lo ISO degrees will kill cnbbRgo worms and la not hot enough to Injure the plants. Urokon vehicles, tlrgtl teamB and small loads toll tho sad Hlory of many bad country rOadB. Ho moro t particular about tho first plowing, 'for If' caroloBBly dono lator cultivation cannot mako up for the -doflcloncy. m i Whllo cowpons will grow on poor Boll, they will mjiko a poor orop, and It pays to on rich tho ground for them Bb well as any other crop. During tho dry spell koop tho cultivator culti-vator going. It puts a dry muloh over tho ground and prevents inolatnro from being lost. There Is n tondency to lncreaso tho production of Binnll fruits, but tho production of apples seems to bo falling fall-ing off. A good wind-break for tho Orchard Ib a good thing. It holds tho bhow, protects tho orchard and Incroasca tho value of tho farm. Whon you boo a thing out of placo, put it up; whon you find something brokon, fix It, It will savo you tlmo lator on. Washington declared that agriculture agricul-ture wua tho most healthful, tho most healthful, tho most iiBoful and the most noblo employment of ninn. It la a good plan to throw corn on tho cob to tho ohlckons, but do not lot tho cobs nooumulnto to add to the other filth which coIlootB bo easily. Cloan up tho yards and koop thorn clean. Did you ovor Bit down nnd flguro how much capital you hail invosted In farm machinery? If your farm Is at all well-equipped it will amount to a goodly sum. This is Invostod capital which can bo mndo to return you good Interest only no you tako care of tho machinery. ( It tho animals aro dohorned In warm weather, It Ib well to apply bouio plno tar with a vlow to keeping files from tho wound. Somo oporntors do this In nearly all casoa, thinking that It faotlitatoa healing Tho dohornlng op-oration op-oration should always, when possible, bo porformod In cool woather, and upon up-on animals which havo at least attained at-tained tho ago ot two yearn. Good roaulta from mulching fruit trooa cannot bo expected unless a sum-clout sum-clout amount of miilch Is provided to prevent tho growth of grass. It should bo eight Inches deop ovor n circle tho dlamoter or which Is at loast two or throo foot greater than that of tho branchoB. Many of tho failures whore mulching hnB been tried havo boon duo to tho fact that tho mulch has boon packed about the trunks of the trees or spread bo thinly that It had llttlo effect upon tho growth of grass. In marketing fruit or vegetables always al-ways mako tho packages aa neat as possible and uso only uniformly good stuff. Tho trade demands quality In nil food products, and that which looka tho cleanest nml can bo exposed for sale In an appetizing mnunor will always al-ways command tho highoat price. Good gooda should always bo exposed for salo In now packages. Whon tho trado once learns that you produce foods of high quality you will novor havo any trouble In disposing of thorn. Sudden chango In tho diet ot any animal la bnd especially tho horao. Tho soft bran mash, by many advocated advo-cated aa a good Saturday night offer-lug offer-lug Is apt to causo colic unless tho horse has been accustomed to bran during tho week; similar sudden uso of green grass, roots, boiled grain or grain other than thoao montlonod Is apt to causo Indigestion of a sorlous naturo. and. taking all things Into consideration, the horso will do hotter on a stoady ration at fixed Intervals and In auch a way as to nllow sufficient suf-ficient tlmo for proper mastication All changes In feeding nnd In feed should bo made very gradually, and this applies especially to tho change from old to now grain and hay. Lastly, Last-ly, tho horse requires no medicines or stock food or condlmontal foods or .condition powders. Feed aud care for him sonslbly and carefully, work him ' properly, groom him well, seo that his stable is sanitary, nnd ho will thrive, work and oujoy life, Horsoa enjoying the luxury of life such as wo have outlined aro damaged and Insulted by ovory dose of dope mixed In their feed or squirted or poured into their inodtbs. |