Putnam patriot., 1913-01-17

& YSNA Nl gs Chickens enjoy free range Keep all sleeping places dry. Mulch the rhubarb with manure Clipping horses legs is not good practice.
 It is time now to prepare the ewes for the next mating season. It is bad policy to wean young pigs suddenly and put them on cows skim milk.
 Sheep ought to be kept because of the influence which they exert upon fertility. Try to arrange to give each horse on the farm a three weks' vacation on grass. The time spent in company of the 4 sheep will pay and success will crown your labors. If winter dairying Is to be the most proftable 1t must be planned for def nitely in advance. l The young pig wants to be got out S into the sunshine and on to the dirt as early in life as possible. & Sheep at six years of age lose thei, t teeth; hence they should be fattened < and sold before this period. This is a good time to put square q of tar paper in the bottom of each nest box for the benefit of lice. Do not neglect to provide clean 5 water for the poultry. Dirty water is $ dirty at any season of the year \ If the strawberries have been picked < two seasons. spade up the beds and S SOW the land for some late-planted i. . crop.
 Know whether plant requires a
 situation dry or moist, hot or cool
 sunny or shady to know where to put
 that plant.
 FT-t Ial hfrdn small turtle-shaped beetles which feed
 upon plant life in both the laIyal and
 adult stages.
 z Some plants cannot be thoroughly
 weeded with the hoe. In these cases
 every weed should be carefully
 plucked by hand.
 Plant & cover crop In the orchard
 Rye, barley, wheat and oats are good
 non-leguminous plants, but the le
 gumes are better.
 The farmers and fruit growers o
 this country are losing over one bll
 lion dollars annually by reason Of th'
 ravages of insects.
 dense fleece is valuable not alone
 for the increase in quantity Of wool
 but for the protection that 1t anord'
 the animal from the elements. :. Corn and alfalfa usually can be al tended to when the wheat needs nc 5 care, thus distributing the labor mort 3 eqlitably throughout the season. If lice and mites fail to pay enougi 3 attention to other treatments, ul burning them out with a torch, bu 5 don't burn down the house in orde to get the vermin ! As a rule, it will not pay to hol g the pig crop for prices to rise, ui 5 less they are being held. While E few feeders win out in playing tn 2 market game, many more lose. Ez Mushrooms. on account of tn
 amount of nitrogen they contain, al eS proach nearer to animal food than an nd other vegetable product. An anaiys
 made by Prof Atwood shows lh'
 mushrooms contain 3,5 per cent pr Ns teids.
 Anything that will destroy weeos -ui worthy of the farmers attention ah
 thing that will maintain the feTth sv- of the land demands his attenuo
 Sheep will do both, and are thereio "' entitled to the attention of eFe he farmer.
 Ike The dishonest poultryman m' ,rs palm a dozen bad eggs of on full lady of the house, but the COOK V
 expose the dishonest practice. b' ,ao ter keep on the right side or U las cook by marketing none but strle'
 fresh eggs, besides incidentally a ing some to your reputation.
 It has been demonstrated to pc yes almost universal fact that toppn s-, cotton does not do the work 1t IS
 tended-to check the growth or
 leafy upper portion of the plant ter stead, in most cases, it has tenceh - to cause the renewal of this grow he and in the very place where 1t VIII
 the most harm by shading the 10