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Show FARM NOTES. Cull out tho litters closely. A case of egs holds SO doze. The right kind of a hay loader Is as good, or even better, ttan a hired man. Itenew all broken panes In the poultry poul-try house and see that the door works snuKly. The calf, too, like aalt as well as older cattle, although only a email amount I necessary. Sowing barley with winter wheat as a means of protecting It lor winter ha proven unsuecesaful. A couple of waxed ends kept handy will save many a precious foment when the harness breaks at the wrong time. If you wont to drive the birds away keep a lot of cat around the place-but place-but remember that the cat do not tat many Insect. - Do not wait until the bolt on the buggy begin to rattle off, but keep them tight all the time It may save a bad accident. A hive of bee will supply all the honey the family need and beside pollenlze the fruit. Nothing pay better bet-ter In a small way. If you will allow tagnant water to stand around the place sprinkle the surface with kerosene once a week. It mill kill the mosquitoes. If you must use the wagon harness ror field work take ofT the bnckband and substitute a broad band of plain leather for comfort and light'.iesM. No use to put a mortgage on the place to buy an automobile. Two hundred hun-dred hens will furnish the. money, though you will have to wait a year or 1 two. Duck do not like whole grain, but 1 prefer oft food. When v Inter ap-(iroache ap-(iroache they may be fed twice a day, 1 it night adding animal meal or 1 ;ooVed meat. It 1 not necessary to drain the silo 1 proper, but It should stand on dry ground and It a wise precaution to 1 run a drain tile around It two or three reet from the foundation. |