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Show Not many apples selling at a quarter a bushel now. The garden and orchard will look better if it is cleaned up. Butter should always be put up in a dSinty and attractive package. An orchard neglected for one year virtually puts it back three years. Look out for those cold rains; put the cows up. This applies to calves as well. Fine corn meal for the skim milk calf is a good substitute for the more expensive oil meal. To double the amount of milk per acre and cut the cost of milk production produc-tion in two build a bIIo. Time and care spent in the orchard is almost sure to pay for Itself and a good rate of Interest besides. Spanish experiments show that 600 pounds of skim milk equal in feeding value 100 pounds of corn meal. Lighting, ventilation and cleanliness cleanli-ness must be practiced before best results can be secured in the dairy. The heifer bred too early always remains stunted in growth and her milk flow Ib shortened for all time. Young fruit trees that were planted in the autumn of last year, or In the Bprlng, should be examined carefully. care-fully. No breed of' dairy cows can continue con-tinue as first-class dairy animals If the calves are allowed to run with the cows. Two pounds of niixed shorts and bran per cow per day Is sufficient for cows that are expected to give liberal flows of milk. Poultry and fruits are closely allied. al-lied. Both" do well together, and they readily thrive on the same land without with-out hindering each other. At no season of the year should water stand around the trees and vines. Their roots will not stand It-There It-There must be proper drainage. One advantage of succulent feed 13 the fact that it not only provides the cow with more moisture, but at the same time Is more appetizing. |