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Show aw-mi-u- iiu mi ii i SUGGESTIONS POR rjARMZR3- Whan you make potnlo frn'.p "r buy them, seo to It that the slats aro not so far apart that small potatoes will nllp through. Whore there Is a spot of quark grass on your farm, cover It with straw and burn It. This will do much toward killing the rootn of tho grass Portland cement Ib. good for stop ping leaks In n wnter plpo when the latter Is under tho ground. Shut orf the pressure, pour grout over tho leak let it harden, nnd all Is well. If a tooth Is out of a rake, or If any other tool needs mending when Its work Ib finished for tho season, make it a buslnoss to replace the missing part beforo you put tho tool away Then It will bo ready when noxt '0U need It. A narrow strap tacked to the handle , ot tho corn knlfo in tho form of a loop, will rcllovo the hand greatly when you nro cutting corn. It Jstjret-ty Jstjret-ty hard work to grip n bare handloiull day. Hurts tho wrist and iriakes' It latno for days and days. Some things that every farmer should have: Old fashioned glue; a soldering Iron and good soldor; a few small cans of paint of different colors, - irnnri nnlr nt nlnr.liArn! ft sham knife; some sewing thread and noodles, together with a bit of sewing wax, nnd last but not least, tho dlspo sltion ip learn to use theso things. Did you try cultivating part of yqnr corn shallow and part deep? If so, you have found out that shallow cultlva tion pays best. Tho big folks of the experiment stations agree with you In that. Hut your Investigations are worth much, because they nre yours; and what wo dig out ouselves we know and have faith In. Farm Journal. |