Putnam patriot., 1913-03-07
Ruild a siIo.

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 Build a siIo
 Keep the calves dry.
 Hens are mortgage filters
 Good ground is needed for apples.
 The well.drained garden is an early one.
 Farm tests are worth more than laIl the theories
 Sugar beets are most valuable ad dticn to the pig ration
 The back te-tbe1and movement is bound 10 attract many failures to the farm.
 4 hopperfHl Of bran. handy al all times. helps to balance the wintea ration.
 Cream 24 to 2s per cent richness yields about pounds Of butter to the gallon
 The first lime the ground is frozen hard enough. cover the berry patch with straw.
 When any other income oB the farm has stopped you can still depend on the cream check
 Other things being equal tho larg. est gieide of milk usually represent the largest profits
 Better make two ehuruinga than have the churn too full Half full should be the limit
 Don't put the manure spreader in fhe shed This is just the kind Of weather when II works best
 II is possible for the hens to lay when shedding their feathers, but zot when growing the new crop.
 II pays to take plenty of time 10 in vestigate the standing Of nurseries be fore placing orders for seed or trees Raspberry tips from young. vigor- ous plants. should always be selected sn preference to those of any other kind.
 No plant or tree Is At for setting out unless t has made A normal. lhsaithy growth. Neither extreme Is aasirable
 Good looking fruit on top Of the bas- iset viii get you new customers, but <only honest quality lower down will Keep them
 h she commercial orchard of POO farees fl is better to have 40 trees. each Of five varieties. than five trees 'of 70 varieties.
 Trees and small fruits generally like applications Of ashes and bone dust. hy fertiiizing liberally. good crops AMia3 tse assured.
 One of the best ways of managing t5sspberries is to set in rows six feet apart. and the plants two feet apart in the rows
 COW that will give milk right up lto the time Of coming fresh again. and not dry up on her own accord is "a persistent milker.
 Entirely destroy those old rusty cans and pails or else use them for some other purpose than holding sweet milk and cream.
 In grading up dairy herd remem. ber that the characteristics of the sIre and his dam are very apt to be repro. dueed h the female offspring.
 It seems 8 pity to feed high,prieed corn Co scrub hogs these days when A prime full bred animal will take on 'onefo1rth more flesh at the same cost
 f the young orchard contains grass or weeds YOU may be sure that the mice will cause great damage un- sess the trunks of the trees are we'll protected
 Good timber Is still in good demand an spite Of the largely increased use of steel and cement in building ana the authorities are urging people every where to plant more trees.
 The repulsive looking scaiy legs fin chickens can be improved in appear. nnce A whole lot by rubbing them At intervals Of few days with a salye made of equal parts of lard. sulphur and kcrusene
 1t is not pleasant to be kept awake on cold nights by the Tapping of loose boards or doors on the outhuildings \ pound of nails and couple 2. s..z-s screvs and . half days time will nahe everything snug and tight for ahe winter--just the kind of job for . bright. sunshiny day.
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