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Show ft 'For Believers In Signs i t i An Agricultural Paper Interprets Signs And Gives Some Pointers in General. Seven marts of manure scattered on an aeie of l,u d in the dark of tlio moon will inc case Its productiveness 1 time fold. If ou sec the full mcon over vonr f Icllshuulner while woikhiK In the Held it Is a sitfii of Industi). 1 It Is .i b.id .i!n to see a farm irate hanging b) one hliine on Friday. li lli potatoes should be planted on I St. I'.itilck's day In the morning. I Monda) S a lucky day to subscribe foi Tiik Ui:i'imi,ican:so Is Tuesday. Wcrineirt.iy, Thuisday, Fuday, Saturday Satur-day .mil Sunday. A hoi m- thlverluK In the lee of a seven wire fence on Christmas day Is a IsIrd of haul luck for the horsealso j for the i wiuT. Hollow tail and wolf-ln-thc-horn nia.v mo, in that the animal is bewitched bewitch-ed 'I lie ii'iucdy is to tack a horseshoe over the b.'rn door and Rive the cow a Rood feed of bran mail) and keep tier dry and warm To fall oil a load or hav backwards on the l.'lrh of the month is evidence of impel diiiR mlsfoitune. To have UulitniiiR strike you twice in the same place IsaslRti that you should mote into anotlici neighborhood. neighbor-hood. A doR howlliiR at nlRht portends trouble if you aim stialght. Poultry snuawkhiRon a dark nlRlit is a sIrii of death. "liees". sajs Horbl', "can embalm as successfully as could the ancient Egyptians It often happens In damp weather that a sIur or snail will enter a bee hive. This Is, of course, to the unprotected sIur i case of sudden death. The bees fall upon hi m and stiiiR him to death at once Hut what to do witli the carcass becomes a vital question. If left vh6re It is It will breed a regular pestilence. Now comes In the cleverness of the Insects. They set to work and cover It with wax, and there jou may see it lyhiR embalmed, Just as the nations of old embalmed their dead. When It is a snail that is the Intruder, liu Is, of course, Impenetrable to their stlnR; so they calmly cement his shell with wax to ttic bottom of the hive. Imprisonment Imprison-ment for life, with no hope of pardon." par-don." Youiir chickens .should l.e fed a little at a time and often. If they are r'vcii r round alone there Is a Rreat daiiRcr of overfeeding. Good results re-sults may be obtained by Ihc fecdhiR entirely of cracked grains from the time the chickens aie hatched until they reacli maturity. Cracked corn, cracked wheat, hulled oats, etc., arc iccommcndcd If the chickens cannot Ret Rrass some kind of Rreen feed should be provided. Lettuce and cab-baRc cab-baRc are very Rood for this purpose. Some kind of meat should be provided, such as Rreen cut bone or meats scraps. Finely cracked Rrlt should be kept In a box where the chickens can help themselxesatall times. Clean water should be provided from the start and should be placed In such a dish that the chickens cannot Ret into It and Ret wet. |