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Show CARING FOR A MANURE PILE Largs Prcntag of Value ef Fertil Iter la Waated by Not Keeping In Compact Heap. Did you ever drop a email coin when you were paying for something tbat you had purchased at tbe store? Picked It up, didn't you? You bet Then why don't you save those score of nickels and dimes tbst are being washed away from that heap of manure ma-nure down behind the stable? says the Pennsylvania Parmer. Every rain waahea away a large per cent of the value of manure that Is plied out In the open. Manure een tain a certain fertilizing elements that would be retorted to the field from which tbey are taken. Of course, you can recruit the soli by plowing under a crop. But that i very wasteful when compared with the plan of feeding tbe crop to the stock and then hauling tbe manor out to tbe field. Use plenty of bedding to absorb tbe liquids, aa a large per cent of the total value ia therein. Don't let tbe 1 manure pile spread all around, but keep It piled as compact as possible, 1 and always have tbe pile In tbe shelter. shel-ter. By all means save every bit of ' manure you can. and apply It to the 1 fields where It win produce dividends In the way of Increased crops. 1 Millet In an Emergency. , Common millet i an excellent emergency forage crop. It growl well In most condition of th farm and maturea for hay la from fifty to j eighty day from the date of tbe sowing. sow-ing. Live stock can be farmed on It a month after seeding. One-half t three fourths of a bushel of seed may be held to be right for aa aero. . kflllet seed Is liked by poultry, hogs ' and young cattle. Roller I Greet Aid. j The nee of the roller Is of very 1 great aid la securing a catch of clover by Increasing th rat at which mole- . rare I brought to th seed from th rabcoU. Honesty In Packing, Good looking fruit on top ef th ' kaaket will get yon aew customers, tut only honest quality lower (own ' BIO keep U. ' |