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Show Bees and igp Fqpii Notes Stacking grain improves its quality. Remove the pumpkin seeds before feeding. i The cowpea should have a warm seed bed for best development. If preparing to ship potatoes see to ordering the cars early especially this fall. It is the work of filling the silo that is keeping it from being built on every farm. The first big need of the majority of the older corn belt soils is limestone and legumes. A shed of crotches and poles, covered cov-ered with straw, is cheap, warm and-businesslike. and-businesslike. The ability to produce profit is a standard by which' all farm stock must be measured. Muddy and unclean stable yards are always sources of loss because of their unsanitary condition. The farmer who is not raising legumes le-gumes has his eyes closed to some of the biggest opportunities in farming. Keep the stable yards clean. There is no place that is more prolific in breeding flies than a filthy barn yard. Grain that has been discolered in the shock will be improved considerably consider-ably by being allowed to sweat out or "cure" in the stack. Don't blame any one but yourself if your farm won't grow legumes. They will grow for the man who knows how to make them. Tile outlets should be covered with poultry netting or something of tbe kind to prevent rabbits, skunks and other little pests from getting in. A well built stack of grain will shed water like a duck's back and the knack of building one can be learned by any one who can handle a fork. The cement watering tank will improve im-prove the appearance of the farm and prove a great convenience and economy. |