Putnam patriot., 1913-08-01

%SSESlsss;As s;s 4MIE MGs Swine relish milk. Look after all details. Watch all farm implements. Experience is a valuable asset Let the poultry have a share of the sour milk
 It is no easier to keep poultry than any other stock In housing the little chicks give | them plenty of room Always test the hen on china ar nest eggs before setting. In fighting weeds, starting early ia three-fourths of the battle. For strong fertility there should be & change of male birds once a week. If several hens are set in one room. it is desirable to confine them in good nests.
 If COW is not worth good feeding she is not worthy to be a member of your herd.
 Gather and burn the brush; and blow the orchard not deeper than three or four inches
 Toe-mark the chicks as soon as they are matched. This enables one to tell their ages later. A paste of COW manure and clay bound on the wound of a girdled tree will often save it.
 Frst-class fruit in first-class shape will probably create an inquiry for more of the same kind
 Don't shut the chicks too closely at night. as they must have air and lots of 1t in order to do we'll.
 Young chicks should not be fed wholly on concentrates. They should have generous allowances of green foods
 iO 4a raising of chickens, but do not give too much. as that is worse than not any at all.
 A chicken that ceases to grow In the growing period has disease waiting on it at every point, which will soon at tack the weakest spot
 Keep a flock of hens, a good COW or two, prepare for a good garden this year, and you won't have to complain of the high cost of living.
 Take great care when manuring raspberries not to fork too deep as the raspberry. being a surface rooter. its roots can be easily damaged.
 Better feeding means the growing of more home crops. The palatibility. and nutritive value depends largely upon the way in which they are cured.
 It is very foolish to go to the cost and labor of shocking corn then leave 1t out in the field until wind has blown dirt into it and weather has ruined 1t as a feed
 Breed from the hens that retain their color after molting By this means you will finally get even col ored chickens. This applies to all buff and red breeds.
 With veal at it's present high price there is a big temptation to let some of the dairy heifers go But the care ful dairyman does not let this tempta tion get the better of his judgment
 Good farm implements are neces- sary these days for successful farm ing. It is not economy to make out without implements that are badly needed on your farms. Invest in need ed equipment.
 Sweet clover does the best when sown upon sod, but any soil unless acid, will grow sweet clover. Sweet clover likes limestone soil. In fact 1t will grow upon gravel beds which are rich in limestone.
 There are a few soils in the Unite States where an application of com plete fertilizer-one containing niIe gen, potash and phosphorus-wi re turn sc much profit as the application of just the elements that are needeo Few soils are exhausted in all three elements.
 According to Professor S J. Huntes of Kansas, the best way to get rio ol grasshoppers in the alfalfa fields IS the use of the disk harrow. frofesso Hunter has been carrying on expeir ments for several years to ehmiha'e the destructive hoppers and rom u results of those experiments ne ha, learned that disking is not only la' to the grasshopper. but that a greatly increases the yield of aiisns