Putnam patriot., 1912-07-12

There are more rabbits than sheep in any state in the cornbelt-
 Either alfalfa hay or bran will bal anee a corn ration for the cows.
 A tablespoonful of oilmeal day to each eve will be found profitable.
 Limestone land and red clay land under good culture are most profitable
 A little pig loves sunshine and needs it almost as much as he needs food.
 Ventilation is a good thing if proper Y done but drafts are not good venti- lation.
 Some feeders advise giving the l hogs medicated salt to drive out the worms.
 New South Wales is said to contain more kinds of towering plants than 1 all Europe
 1 The man who makes a success of 1 poultry is the man who starts with the right aim.
 The duck raisers on Long Island use 1 large quantities of fish to feed their breeding stock.
 With five or more cows hand sep srator ought to pay for itself the first year of it's use.
 The weak sheep should be kept in separate pens and the lambs separate from the old sheep.
 The hen that makes a good record for herself in eggs for the whole year is the hen to keep.
 One sign of a good milker is large milk veins on the underside of the mody It doesn't often fail
 A heavy covering of manure over the outdoor vegetable pit will give frost less of chance to get in. 1 The COW should be studied individ- ually, and food supplied according to each animals consuming capacity. With only three horses to every 100 person, Switzerland has the smallest equine population of any country. | More bushels to the acre" is an 1 exceedingly good motto for any farm CT. even if it should mean fewer acres.
 Two Paris department stores use storage battery driven electric tri- cycles to deliver purchases to custom i CTS.
 Paint your tin wash basins on the inside with good white enamel paint i if you would prolong their useful ness
 Many flock owners make a serious mistake by disposing of the ewes that are in rundown condition at wean- ing time.
 Soft-shelled eggs can be caused by one of four conditions: Lack of suffi- cient lime in the food; indigestion: overfat; fright
 Dairy farming is good business, but Is exacting as the cows must be fed, watered, milked and cared for every day in the year. The ability of the ewes to feed and nourish the lambs after birth will de- 1 pend upon the care and feed given them during the winter. It pays to have the farm fenced in- to small fields and to have plenty of yards to keep hogs of different sizes and ages separated.
 Those who are feeding bundle corn | to their cattle must make arrange 1 ments to have hogs follow them or l the waste will be too great. 1 Breeding ewes and store sheep will winter well on good. bright, wheat straw and stubble grasses and half l pound of corn given to each daily. l The best location for a new peach l orchard in this latitude would be I north slope. There buds would be later in starting and not so apt to be 1 caught by frost. The number of pounds of food ele- ments we buy in ton of linseed meal are: 564.4 muscle makers: e5.s fat forming; 1920 pure fat. In a like | quantity of bran We have 2234 muscle makers; 10Ss fat forming, and 704 1 pure fat.
 The dairy farmer who has any re- | gard at all for his reputation ought l to be especially careful about his wa ter supply, for it is a matter of rec | ord that serious outbreaks of typhoid l have been traced to an impure water supply where the milk is made. 1 CASTORIA 1 For Infants and Children.