Putnam patriot., 1912-08-02
Guard against rabbits.

All animals must have fresh air.
 Bran beats corn meal as milk feed.
 Missouri raised s1.oOO,ooo worth of cotton in 1910.
 Too early calving stunts the heifer for dairy purposes.
 Coal ashes are good for dusting over the dropping boards.
 Poultry keeping is decidedly healthful occupation.
 The more active the hens the more water they will drink.
 Watch the yards and don't leave any slippery or icy places.
 Don't be too ready to take sellers word for what his COW can do. E A few Jumps of sugar will help wonderfully when training the colts.
  give her good food and plenty of eK- ercise.
 Nearly 30000000 acres of wheat were planted throughout India this year.
 Eggs from older hens are better for matching purposes than those from bullets
 Plenty of scalding water on the milk utensils is needed in winter as well as summer
 It is better to give the orchard clean cultivation than to try to raise crops in it.
 The way to judge the value of a breeding eve is to examine the quality of the lamb.
 To gather a pound of honey bee has to make nearly 23,000 trips to and from it's hive.
 It is poor policy to plan for nearly chicks unless you have a good place to care for them.
 The hog is pretty nearly all bum dle of money, and he should not be neglected in any manner.
 The chief aim of a wide-awake farmer is to produce as much as pos- sible of what he consumes.
 Cover the winter onions with coarse manure from the horse stable to give them an early start in spring.
 A 50-acre farm paid for will give peace of mind. and if properly worked a good profit at the least cost.
 The amount of land under cultiva- tion in this country has not kept pace with the increase of population.
 Still time this month to put in some bulbs in the ground-hyacinths, tu- lips, daffodils. Gly-of-the-valley, etc.
 One of our dairy folks found neglect ing to salt the cows the principal cause of his winter churning troubles.
 drove of hogs of all colors and sizes brings as much money as drove of the same breed, color and size
 You may feed all the food your hens can possibly use but if you are short on grit the result will not be satisfac- tory.
 Cold storage men claim that brown shelled eggs, being heavier and thick CT, preserve better than white-shelled ones.
 One green feed a day should be the rule Scalded alfalfa, sprouted grain, cabbage or root crops are all good.
 If one of your hogs gets grudge against another. put them in sep arate pens. They will do better and grow faster.
 While good pasture and forage crops will cause ewes to take on flesh rapidly. they are run down in nesh ana Vltallty.
 Bright sunshine helps to clean dairy utensils. but it should give only the finishing touches. It's sure to shirk the rough work.
 Clean the GOODS thoroughly before you put them away Get them un- der cover, too. if you can. They will last so much longer.
 Plenty of corn will keep the hens from freezing to death, but it isn't likely to stimulate them to break any records in egg production.
 It is not too early to make up your list of fruit trees needed for next springs planting and to get the order in. That will avoid delays during the spring rush.
 All kinds of schemes have been rec commended and tried as preventiveS against rabbits gnawing young trees but we still believe there is nothing that does the work better than a bunch Of corn stalks tied about them with