The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1911-02-10

A loose board too often squeaks
loudly OF loose methods.
All sorts Of odd jobs are dn order
now; and get the whddewash brush
ready to flop.
Sow clover seed twice to be sure
It will take. ard don't forget .hc al
silxe along with the red.
1t is too late when the stack has
tumbled and snothered your best COW
to regret not having fenced it off.
Get any extra plow-points or other
fixtures you may need, before you
get out the pillow for the spring work.
Never nun for an office; better to
so .depont yourself and so conduct
your affairs that your neigllbors will
set the office running af err you.
II you have any iron or osher metal
roofs take a comfortable spell and
paint them. Get all such jobs out
of the way before something else be-
gins Ito crowd you.
The proposal to confine parcels post
to mural routes If made into law, will
work in the interest of the express
companies and not of the rural popu-
lation 1T is foolishness,
Are patches in the yard bare of
grass? After the first thaw sprinkle
some Kenncky blue-glass on them
and rake in when ground gets dry
enough. A little white clover too.
Are you really in the harness for
business now? Many folks are
Buckle the straps good luck in the
ends and let the other fellow do the
kicking. Keep your own legs inside
the traces and pull true all the time.
Frost, and digging post-holes, do
not go together very well; but as
soon as the earth does soften up,
you will have the very best time of
all the years to get ready for the
fence. 1t isn't nearly such hand work
then as it is later when the earth ds
as dry and hard as bone.
To renew worn meadows without
blowing it, give it thorough har-
rowing so that the carpet of sod Is
we'll torn to bits, then top-dress heavi-
ly sow grass seed, and harrow and
brush smooth. This especially true
OF land that is shallow and stony and
hard to pillow, land that is full of
knobs and hollows. The process lew
els and improves such surfaces.
1t pays to go down to the city and
work up trade for the farm products.
Hunt up customers for the butter,
eggs, apples, potatoes cabbage and all
such stuff. Have a regular market
day when you can always be found
there. Folks will expect you and de-
pend on you. They will pay you cash
and as good prices as they would hav e
to pay at the store, because they get
better weight and measure and fresh
er produce.
For water-pipe burst by the frost:
Get at a drug-sbore, of-from your doc
tor, plaster bandage two inches
wide. Hold it in a bowl OF water till
the bubbles stop rising. Then at
once wrap it around and around
the broken pipe, smoothing with the
hands as you go. Thus you will make
a splint similar in shape to the wip-
ed joint which the plumbers make. 1t
will last long and will not leak.
We see no logical reason--do you?-
why prosperous Trainer should put
all his money in the bank and let the
repair of farm buildings fences, etc,
be neglected. Money and time are
we'll spent in keeping up farm build
ings. and fences. It's all hight to save
something. as we go along, for a rainy
day; but there is more pleasure for
the whole family in smaller bank
account, and in having things neatly
kept-toN improve rather than to de-
eriorate.-Febnary Farm Journal.