Show I 1 TIMELY HINTS F ROM FROM THE I 1 U S DEPT OP OF agriculture lamaj are usually most profitable it if made ready tor for market when they are about 4 to 5 months old and weigh from 65 to 75 pounds dont let livestock pasture alfalfa too closely as the grazing down ot of the chowns crowns often kills the plants of all livestock hogs are least injurious to alfalfa in the work season the farm horse should eat only at regular intervals lie he needs concentrates to supply the energy tor for hard work feed large amounts of hages only in periods of rest excessive feadin feeding g of hay bay Is wasteful it is er pensive reduces the horses efficiency and may cause respiratory troubles close observance of the U S weather bureau reports helps in plan nn mcg haying baying operations and lessons the chances of injury damage to hay resulting from poorly built stacks uncovered piles of hales baies hauling and loading curing storms and baling rain damp hay can be minimized by forethought and good management dont leave any cereals in packages when shutting up the house for a vacation however short it Is better to give away small remnants than to combat weevils on your return weevils getting into one kind of cereals may spread to your flour or any other cereal foods not in tight glass or tin containers for success in home canning of string beang beane corn peas in fact all beget vegetables tomm loep ithe canner should provide the ibe ghigli high temperature emt pera ture of the steam pressure can ner troublesome bacteria are likely to lurk in these nonacid vegetables and unless killed by adequate groces sing they will cause the canned foods to spoil the U S department of agriculture with its ita nationwide nation wide view of the home canning question strongly recommends the steam pressure method tor for all nonacid non acid vegetables timetables time tables ire sent tree free on request from washington though cattle on the range should always be supplied with some salt the amount needed depends partly on the teed feed available cattle need from 2 to 2 ibs a mouth month on average range when the feed is succulent or when browse plants plant form the bulk of the forage for the remainder re main of the season I 1 to 1 pounds Is enough A fair allowance allows n ce tor for a yearlong year long iong range Is about 20 pounds a head there la Is less salt in plants when fresh and green than when dry and less in browse forage than in grass and weeds corn and cob meal is a good form in which to feed corn to horses that eo t 0 not have time to chew ear or shelled corn thoroughly or whose teeth are too poor to eat the whole geald cornand corn and ab cob meal has about the came feeding value pound for pound an aa shelled sh ellid corn it Is best to grind the meal only as needed as I 1 it may mold in storage |