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charcoal they want there will seldom
be any occasion for ringing.
It Is possible for the breeding SOW
to be too fat, but more farmers make
the mistake Of keeping them too poor.
The Babcock test Is all right. but
some dairymen need something to test
their ability to properly feed their
calves.
1t takes courage to adopt new meth
DDS OF farming In an old fogy neighbcr-
hood, but success will soon change pub
lie sentiment.
Because sheep will make a better use
Of a poor pasture than any other stock,
do not try to raise them on n that Is
absolutely bare.
Because the heIs are not allowed
free range In the summer months is
no reason why they will not become
infested with life.
Small chicks are great bug eaters.
They will do a great deal Of good In
the garden until large enough to
scratch vigorously.
The growing OF irst-class, high grade
dairy heifers to sell 10 he best dairy
men affords an opportunity for the
grower to make a good profit
1t is so easy to Neglect the fowls
during the summer months that one
must have a special interest In order
to keep them up to the mark.
II we all stopped for a moments
sound thinking before starting out on a
new enterprise 1t would save some of
us the trouble Of retracing u steps.
If you are going to sell Off the old
fowls, pen them up in small coops and
stuff them for u week OF two before
Summer-laid eggs car be kept for sew
eral weeks by dipping them In a water
glass solution. This IL a preparation
which is supposed to make the shell air
tight.
Good wool. as we'll as good mutton,
depends largely upon the quality of the
feed. Succulsnt food makes the best
wool, cleanest. brightest, softest and
strongest.
II alfalfa IL sown with q nurse crop,
II Is best not to SOW too much grain,
and II 1t is the intention to remove the
crop before 1t natures, it Is better to
seed with oars.
Some OF the finest apples and peaches
In the world come from Idaho TIC Ore
gon. They are entirely free from worms
The growers are extremely yigilant In
fighting insects.
a flock OF lively chickens in an or
chard will pick up thousands OF in
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them. Scatter grain occasionally 10 en-
courage scratching.
Don't let the workday drag out to
fourteen and sixteen hours. Ten hours
OF field work is enough aud will ac-
complish as much in the long run as
q longer day. Try Ii and see.
Up ia Minnesota, where they raise a
great deal Of barley. II IS fed to the
cattle with fairly good results, but
there Is nothing on earth hat will put
fat Ola a steers ribs like shclled corn
and alfalfa.
Use sifted coal ashes Instead OF plas-
ter for striped squash bug. They are
cheap, easily handled and are not In
| furious to tender foliage, though ap
piled In large quantity when the dew
Is upon 1t.
The boys may not say much when
they are forced to work sixteea bo..rs
u GHs NIthVul a oHIic III tAr PRINTS
but they suddenly u off tn the city.
1t shows they have been doing some
strong thinking.
A s-traw-coyered shed open TO the
south makes an ideal shelter for cat
| tie In winter. More Of these sheds
are seen throughout Iowa than any
cther State. Snow Is a mighty use
Su thing ~ . covering for winter