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 ventilate all stables. Gull all pure bred animals. Keep the little pigs growing. Provide the chicks with shade. Pasteurization is universal in Ger
 man cities.
 Wash the calves pails as well as | the milk pails.
 Corn silage produces a very rapid l finish on the cattle.
 Equal parts of lard and kerosene Is l effective against lice. Have everything ready beforehand
 and start your matching operations. Do not uncover roses or other plants uulli 4cW sAO" LII ihdhCc II HCIcs-
 sary.
 Put your thinking cap on and don't let other work crowd out the l chicks.
 Don't allow broody hens to remain l on the sansa nests that are used sy 1 the layers.
 Farms that are lacking in natural | timber should be producing an arti- | ficial grove. There never will be too many good | poultrymen, but we can strive to be
 among the best
 A SOW can be kept too long, and l often many of us keep some old thing
 year too long.
 Do not give nitrate of soda to
 plants until well above soil, and then
 apply very sparingly. | Grass seed is quite the opposite Of | clover so the mixtures are very apt 1 to contain more grass than clover Imagine what could be accomplished 1 in the way of community breeding
 with fifty herds in the same commu- 1 nifty.
 If you have windows in the hen l ala no | need all the sunlight they can get these days.
 | Lay your plans to grow the bulk of I the feedstuffs on the farm this year.
 Buying much high-priced feed cuts
 into the profits. | If hog misses feed watch him; If
 he misses the second feed, remove him
 from the herd and thoroughly disinfect
 where be has been. Better run dairy without dog
 than have one that is irritable to the
 COWS. Many kicking COWS are caused | by the dogs nipping at their heels.
 If you have real love for the poul-
 try tribe, and do your best by them in
 any and all ways, you are certain to come out the winner in the long run. In mating be sure and mate even- | colored birds For instance, not
 dark male to a lighter hen. This
 kind of mating produces mottled | chickens.
 1 It has been proved many times that 1 the large plump, well-formed seed will give the best and quickest crop returns. Moral. Plant only large. we'll
 developed seeds.
 The three-year rotation is probably
 the best for average purposes, but the
 dairymen may find the fouryear rota- tion more convenient, on account or
 the pasturage it provides.
 The man who catches a sheep by the wool wouldn't like to have his 1 hair pulled every time a neighbor | meets him. Hurts a sheep just as
 bad as it would man to be handled i that way, though. | It takes from fifteen to twenty ears l of corn to plant an acre. If one ear | fails to grow, about 6 per cent. of the | stand is lost About fifteen minutes l of time are required to test enough
 corn, by the ear method. to plant an acre. | Where 1t is difficult to obtain
 stand of alfalfa, 1t is quite possible that sowing sweet clover year or two before seeding to alfalfa would | prove advantageous. Sweet clover VIII
 inoculate the soil and put it in good | condition for seeding alfalfa If thoroughly rotten manure is avail
 able at least part of it may be used
 to advantage as a top-dressing aIter blowing and before narrowing. ms plan is preferable to the use Of all
 the manure before blowing and this is especially true when shallow-roote0
 crops are to be grown, such as onions and celery.
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