Show THE FARM WORKSHOP belld shop hay tool abil slake and you need A farmer who thinks that tho point baa been reached in labor prices where alia producer of chopa must either go without skilled labor or do it himself writes on the subject as follows in a communication to rural new borkor the prices of all kinds of raw materials are low almost in proportion with farm produce the partially finished merchandise of the stores and asu is low and reasonable the only thing that bars the farmer from having all the comforts and many of the luxuries of lifo is the high prices demand ed by skilled labor so called winter work on tha farm is getting very scarce now why not hire a cheap hand for the winter to do he necessary chores build or utilize a good sized building for a shop make it warm and comfortable buy the tools and go at it to make or mend those things yon need go ahead with n strong will to succeed when in boult on any subject buy a technical work on the subject in hand the knowledge you need is to be had in book form and the beauty of knowledge in a book is that you can have it on the bench when yon need it tho kits of tools that wo have bought and found alio most constant use for are of value to us in abo order named carpenters blacksmiths masons and plasterers painters glaziers plumbers harness makers and shoemakers my rule has boon for the last ten years when wo were not pressed for tine ti ne when a job camo up that required skilled labor to put a day laborer in my place buy abo tools and go at it I 1 generally did a job that was strong and oftentimes just as good as anybody could do and I 1 always bad the experience and tho tools left and the job seldom cost half what the skilled artisan would have charged there are comfort and independence derived from a job done by oneself that havo to be experienced to be realized and the increase of ones power of observation is wonderful we are constantly obtaining knowledge from unexpected sources very of ten a choro band will have a knack at some kinds of work totally unexpected the advice of neighbors often saves dollars the constant thought of bow to make better and beautify gives new zest to life make friends of the master mechanic of any large factory and go to him for advice the bosses always know the trade better and knowing more are not afraid to tell what they know barley with cora at the wisconsin station barley meal was compared with cornmeal fed with and also without milk in one trial there were five bogs in each lot the ono receiving barley meal and the other cornmeal the experiment extended over eight weeks and during that time the first lot ate 2833 pounds of barley meal and gained pounds while the other lot ate pounds of cornmeal and gained pounds showing that the cornmeal wag the most profitable food to feed as it required only pounds of cornmeal to produce pounds of gain against pounds of barley meal for pounds of gain these results indi cato that it took 8 per cent more barley meal than cornmeal to produce pounds of gain it might be eaid that both feeds were soaked with water the barley requiring three pounds of water to each pound of barley meal to soak it properly while the cornmeal required two pounds in another trial in which barley meal and skim milk was compared with cornmeal and favorable to abo corn to the same extent as in the previous experiment that is there was a difference of 8 per cent in favor of the corn comparing the foods as to alie amount required to produce pounds of gain it took pounds of barley meal and pounds of sweet abo same gain was produced by pounds of cornmeal and pounds of sweet skim milk these results show that barley is a better food for feeding hogs than it is usually credited with being it can bo fed best by being thoroughly soaked and in a mixture with such food as corn cottoned Cotton wd deal as at the connecticut station it has been decided that cottonseed meal Is the cheapest supply of available organic nitrogen now in market experience demonstrates on strates that it is very prompt to act and quite odorless its use as a fertilizer seems to bo mostly at present to tobacco but it is equally valuable for other crops and at present rates deserves to bo used extensively to replace the higher priced nitrogen of dried blood and ground bone HOT to kill the food preferred by moles is animal there is but one way of killing moles in an economical way and that is by trapping them using tha modern trap rural new yorker gave the castor oil beans a thorough trial and found them no more effective in driving moles away than other beans would be poisoning moles was found to be impracticable another interesting discovery was that bome dogs and cats became expert mole catchers odd and enda montana it is reported has shipped more than cars of cattle this year the kansas state board of agriculture has completed tho census of the state for 1895 and finds the population to be on increase since 1885 of A recent estimate placa the popular tion of arizona at being an increase 0 during the year 90 per cent of the immigrants locating in tho districts of yavapai county and the agricultural ri section of Marico pd county plant memorial trees ou abo birthdays and your children will always a monument chave only intensive huiking pays under irrigation |