Putnam patriot., 1914-02-13

the crops that follow.
 Notice which hens are most active. They are the best layers. Sometimes it is a good plan to leave i the stubble to catch the snow. Only 25 per cent of the land area of
 the United States is improved farm land.
 Cut alfalfa or clover hay are good 1 green feeds for hens at this time of i the year
 load of corn Is more cheaply trans ported when converted into animal | products.
 The man who neglects to water the I poultry does not deserve any profits | from them.
 Give hens good care, and 1t goes ! without saying that they will play fair.
 and keep on laying. Don't keep a horse going after it be- ! gins to show signs of exhaustion. You
 will save time by resting bit. It is hard to choose between poor | ventilation in a barn and too much | air. Better find the golden mean.
 
 Dairymen can we'll give a little con- | sideration to several of the types of | milking machines now on the market Early bullets and young hens up to | two years of age are the kind from which to get liberal supply of eggs | in winter.
 To realize how you are coming out, l you must know what feed is costing | you, as we'll as how much butter fat the COWS are giving. The best way to mend straps Sh common framework harness is to rivet l with copper rivets. They never rot,
 and hold better than wax-ends.
 
 Experiments and investigations have proved that the milking qualities of a COW depend almost as much on her sire's mother as on her own dam. Unless the relation between protein and carbohydrates in the ratio is about right either one or the other will not be used at it's fullest advantage. According to a report recently is sued. the total value of our agricul- tural products in 1913 will be S5,0O0,- OO0000, or $296 6,00O,000 more than 1912.
 An American patent has been grant | ed to an Englishman for process Tor preserving eggs by dipping them first | in gelatine and then in a solution Of amyl acetate.
 Washing and drying cows udder before milking has been found to keep about 90 per cent of the filth out of the milk that usually gets in when an open pail is used. Cover crops are used for the pur- pose of preventing the soil from wash ing during the hard rains of winter and spring. as well as for the addi- rion of fiber to the soil. Two acres of cornstalks placed In the silo are worth in feeding about the same as five acres of stalks cut and fed as fodder This shows how the corn crop may be utilized. A tractor for farm machinery that is driven with reins is a novelty, two reins doing the steering and third controlling the motor, while fourth may be used on the brake if desired. The manure spreader and the silo are two things that point the farmer towards a better bank account, and 1t is not going to be so very long be- fore we will add to this the milking machine.
 post that is well set may last long or than one which has been made smaller by sharpening so as to drive if easily. but it is seldom as solid as the driven post. When the soil IS water soaked the set pot is more eas- ily leaned by stock pushing on the fence.
 Sweet clover is great soil builder, if is A great feed and it is a great crop but it is only a few years since sweet clover was looked upon as the rankest sort of a weed to be guarded against and fought under every circumstance Hen Foliage. A voune Boston college woman was following the suburbanite about his place and doing her best to show her full appreciation of the semirurai beauty of the establishment. On visit- ing the henyard she became enrap- tured. One hen was unusually well marked. "Oh." the you voman eA- claimed. enthusiasticall hat pea~ tiful foliage that hen hr Lcssenina the Shock A Cleveland surgeon is said to nave found q way to rob surgical opera ] tions of the shock A good way wouio Il n0fie0J