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Show NOTES eyaax MBlDCWBRdOK GKC FARM Feed alfalfa to the hogs. Keep the laying hens active. Qlve the colt needed exercise. It does not pay to send half-fat aheep to market Change of feed occasionally serves as an appetizer. Fowls In confinement, to do well, need a variety of food. Concrete floors in the barn help a great deal In saving manure. Sweet food for hogs is better than any that has fermented or soured. Only sound fruit and vegetables should be stored In the cellar for winter win-ter use. Red clover in bloom is not good for bogs, but when young it makes a fine pasture. An egg may bo fertile and hatch and still tho chick will not live because of lack of vitality. Strong brine, thickened with soft soap, makes a good mixture to rid cows and calves of lice. Do not haul waste products back to the farm from the creamery in the same cans used for delivering milk. , A calf from a poor cow Is a doubtful doubt-ful proposition, but a calf trim a good cow poorly raised is almost n crime. Animal feeding saves tho cost of hauling farm products to market; It creates a demand for the crops on tho farm. V ... Don't hurry the cows from tlio stable to tho pasture or vice versa.j Dogs have no place on a dairy farm tq holp in driving cows. . ' ' ' ?"OnO advantage in keeping sheep? tho farm Is that whenever they aro' kept tho farm presents a neater and cleaner appearance Never grease tho hen that Is setting, set-ting, as greaso getting on the shells of tho eggs will closo tho pores and smother tho chickens. Horse breeding requires more capital. capi-tal. Is moro profitable If succesful and Involves larger losses It not, than any i other kind of stock breeding. Coarse, masculluc-looklng pullets never make the best layers. Select thoso whose heads havo a distinctly I feminine appearanco and expression. Hearty eaters aro most to be desired de-sired for cows, and they mny usually bo selected whllo they are calves You will find a dainty calf to bo a dainty cow. Tho food properties of wheat bran , and high grado alfalfa meal are very much the samo, though it la best to UBe both when available for variety's sake. ... Every farm ought to be equipped with a crowbar and a ten-foot iron-' tipped wooden spike for moving heavy objects. They save time and take the place of muscle. ... Build silos, grow less acres of corn, but utilize the whole crop In Its best form, and grow alfalfa on the corn acreage saved for a cheap, palatable' home-grown balancor for corn. . Just becnuse an enr of corn Is large does not necessnrlly make It tho best for seed. Seo that tho rows rto straight from tip to butt, nnd that tho kernels aro all well formed and plump. ' . " ' ' Let us not wait until spring to mako up our minds about what wo aro going to do In tho way of poultry ralblng. Hut In our planning, lot us not neglect tho presont work in tho ' poultry yard. Tho perfect bird In any variety or i breed Is very hnid to find. Occasionally Occasion-ally wo find sumo very flno fipoclmona, i nut when wo go over tiio birds from 'lead to toe- wo aro euro to find thnt 'Something is not Ju&t as It should bo. Of course you havo saved your best Rraln for seed. Next Is to seo that It Ih elenn. Night hero In vhoro tho fanning fan-ning mill pays big dividends. It In. ;reasos tho crop, orovents foul weeds, and beat of njl makes butter seed for aext year. It Is not best to hoop the cblto tied ur day after dny, nor 1b It best to allow thorn to run with tho mothers whllo tho latter nro at work In tho fields Keep them In a lot that has gbod fences, whero they can run and i play nnd yet be In tho sunsblno. , |