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Show IQEMjgRAL Rusty cans and palls are more useful use-ful outside the dairy. The more butter is washed the more it is robbed of its flavor. A good churning will not leave over .2 per' cent, of fat in the buttermilk. Cooling milk quickly after milking is one way of prolonging its sweetness. sweet-ness. One great secret of keeping butter in summer is to have It good to begin with, then keep it cold. Horses cannot be grown as cheap as they were when land was half the price and grain half the price. The development of the young horse requires the exercise of the best judgment in handling him. The destruction of organic matter, by cultivation and otherwise, is largely large-ly responsible for the depletion of our soils. Money that is spent for well-bred stock might just as well be thrown away if the stock is not properly taken care of. Goslings will thrive If fed on grass alone, but will not make such rapid growth, of course, as when they are given a little grain. Keep the cultivator busy. Don't let the weeds get ahead of you. Remember Remem-ber that they use the plant food that should go Into your crops. The farmer who uses his farm for banking fertility from his animals Is wiser than the man who sells off everything to swell the figures In his bank book. Every farmer should plant such crops as mllo, sorghum, kafflr and ihallu for his fowls. A small area of land will produce enough grain to feed a large flock of poultry. There is little danger of indigestion among the ducklings so long as the green food and the sand hold out. Sand In the drinking water prevents tipping, and is easily gotten by the birds. |