Putnam patriot., 1913-01-24

The cry is for hogs.
 Use only pure-bred sires.
 Turn the sheep in the orchard
 Scrub COWS appear in every herd
 Excessive sweating in a horse indi- oates weakness.
 A pasture arranged to include few shade trees Is 25 per cent. better.
 If the potatoes are beginning to l sprout in the ground, dig them at once.
 Exposure to dampness makes the wool harsh and brittle and the fiber weak.
 The growth and feeding value of the soy bean is quite like that of the cowpea.
 Get a die and stamp your initials on the cream or milk cans. Paint will rub off in time.
 If you want a lasting cement use melted alum It hardens at once and water does not affect 1t. 1 The pigs will eat up slick and clean the corn and stalks of that field which is soft and not fit to crib.
 Oil meal is greatly relished by lambs, and helps greatly in obtaining fine finish for the market
 The work of lice Is often mistaken for disease. When a fowl seems to be ailing look for lice first.
 The development of the young 1 horse requires the exercise of the best judgment in handling him.
 One advantage in keeping feed al- ways before poultry Is that they do not have to hurry to get their meals.
 Fruit growing and poultry raising | either will do we'll to consider the 1 other
 Got harness punch? It costs only quarter and with a package of copper rivets breaks can be mended 1 fin jiffy.
 l The silo today furnishes the most | economical, the safest and the best means of storing the corn crop for feeding purpose. Wheat bran Is an excellent feed for dairy cows and calves, but al $30 per ton or more, 1t is little rich l for most feeders, | Although certain pessimists claim | that the dairy market will soon be oyerstocked, present prices give no in- dication of the sign As result of the activities of the reclamation bureau, 14,O00 farms are now being watered and million acres are being put in crops Cabbage will sometimes cure slob- Der in horses caused by eating white clover; but it is better to keep the clover away from the horses.
 Try putting pinch of copperas in ! the watering trough once or twice a month. Better still, scrub out the trough and spray thoroughly with 8 copperas solution.
 The Iowa experiment station has discovered that feeding mangles and sugar beets to cows Is dangerous, and If continued for any considerable period will prove fatal. l Will you feed the hogs in the mud this winter, or build a feeding floor which may cost s10 or s100, accord ing to the size of your herd, but it will pay for itself every time.
 Red raspberries do not thrive in the west as well as we could wish. They seem to like moister, cooler climate better. They are also more likely to winter-kill in the west than the black | varieties.
 The best care for a well-developed case of roup is the ax Better lose the individual bird than endanger the entire flock. If we nip the slight colds In the bud, We need not fear the ap- pearance of roup.
 The dairyman may have plenty of chores to do. but he is getting an in- come every day in the year. He isn't like the exclusive grain raiser a mill honaire three months in the year and pauper the rest of the time. Although summer will soon be over there still remain 30 days in which summer heat will at times prevail l While this weather continues remem- Der that the hotter the water the cleaner the milk things can be kept