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mulgated by an experienced bee keeper,
and is one of the best in use.

and is one of the best in use.
FEEDING sKIM-MLK.
Quite number of dairy farmers in the
United States are trying the experiment
OF feeding the skim-miik, when sweet,
back to the cows, and, without exception.
SO far rs we have heard. they are greatly
pleased with the result. one thing we
90 know, and that is that the village COW
lnat gets all the waste milk and slop from
the kitchen can usually double the
amount she gave when she was a country
cow.-Hoard's Dairyman.
IMPROVEMENT IN TOMATOES.
A wonderful improvement has been
made in the varieties of tomatoes during
the past i've years. They are now smooth
on the surface, and also are very solld
compared with old varieties. If i'm
pfoNement progresses as rapidly in the
1uture as IN the past, with tomatoes. they
VIII at some day contain but few seeds
ana be as solld-heshed as apples.
WASTES On a FARM.
The little wastes on farm that are so
often never looked after could be turned
to very profitable account by utilizing
them Tor poultry food. Small potatoes and
other root crops that are not considered
worth botherlng with would make excel
lent additions to the cooked poultry food,
and the hens would soon show their APP
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yield.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
Buckwheat is good grain to feed to the
laying hens to help Out the variety.
handful of sunhower seed twice a
week Is good to feed during molting.
Scald oats at night and then feed the
next Gay; they will be better than raw.
Eggs should be cleaned as they are
gathered, or the dirt may taint the meat.
hitewash as a lice destroyer will be
improved by the addition of little car
bolic acid.
Lambs, wool, mutton and manure are
the 1our items Of income with sheep, and
they ought to be profitable.
Prepare to give the sheep good care in
winter, as to neglect them in winter is a
very Improbable thing to do.
Laying hens will always give better re-
suits when supplied with plenty Of sharp,
srtty material with which to grind their
food.
We don't make half enough butter, in
view OF the number of cows, and what
we DO make is not nearly as good as it
ought to be-
Three factories in the United States
consume over Boz, ,000,0 eggs per year in
making albumen paper, extensively used
IN photography.
Even II you know your eggs are fresh,
don't take them to a customer with the
shells dirty. 1t does not help to inspire
confidence i'll their quality.
Let the flock out in the stubble fields
daily. They find plenty that will go 10
waste or other birds use which they are
entitled TO, and will yield a good return
for it.
Whole wheat is better for fowls than
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considering the number of eggs that can
be secured by using it, is altogether q
more economical food.
The largest number of sheep held by
one owner il New South Wales is 55O. coo
mead, and there are 330.0O0 owned by the
Momba Pastoral Company. There are
nine owners who each hold more than
2OO,O00 sheep.
A farmer will get up at 4 o'clock. clean
ont the stalls, feed, milk, ship his milk
daily and Sunday, too, make up the
beds and milk and feed again, with q
bare profit, If he has dairy herd. but it
is hard work to even clean out poultry
house once a week.
Harness is cheap or expensive, accord
ing TO the length of time it serves safely
good purpose, whatever its cost when
bought. Its term OF life depends on the
care given 1t almost as much as on the
quality of the leather Of which it is made.
Rarely does harness wear out. Most Of
them are spoiled by abuse or by neglect
10 keep them clean and waterproof.