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Stick to puro breeds.
Ducks aro easy to raise.
Dairy cows must havo salt.
Keep the dairy utensils clean.
It's
silos.
going to bo a great year for
That fall plowed garden works line,
doesn't It?
, Keep a little gas tar on hand and
apply for scaly legs.
Carry a pipe-wrench with you. It
s a general utility tool.
Tho Incubator never changes Its
mind. It stays on tho Job.
The finer tho soil, tho better the
vegetables, both in quantity and qual
ity. A cow appreciates punctuality In
milking, as much as a man does in
meals.
Bo sure there aro no lico on the
young stock when they aro turned to
pasture.
Tho supply of good 1,500 to 1,800
pound work horses Is always bobind
tho demand.
As a general rule, tho depth to
plant should be four times tho diam
eter of the seeds.
Sweet clover i seed hulled weighs
about 60 pounds per bushel, and the
unhullcd 33 pounds.
If tho fetlocks are clipped and the
horse's legs aro kept clean, scratch
ing will never bother.
Always water first, then a little hay,
and follow with grain; this gives tho
'animal a chance to digest.
Horses cannot bo grown bb cheap
as they wero when land was half tho
price and grain half tlio price.
Mate up the teams intended for
work in the spring at least a few
days before they aro needed.
Some men plow tho garden when
the fields aro too wet to work. So
much tho worse for tho garden.
Tho development of the young
horse requires the exercise of tho
best judgment in handling him.
The ground should never bo allowed
to become baked, as in this condition
a great deal of moisture is lost un
necessarily. In cutting eyes from potatoes leave
enough of the potato on them to fur
nish sustenanco until they can draw
it from tho earth.
Tho ccTrrect mating is 8 to 15 hens
for each cockerel. Tho smaller tho
breed tho' more lions may be allowed
with each rooster.
Tho smaller tho quarters tho great
er tho care. Crowded fowls are much
moro liable to become affected with
vermin and disease.
Grow early onions from sets but the
main crop from seeds. Onions from
Beeds keep better, grow larger and
aro of better quality.
Do you like to see a sick fowl? If
tho bird is not of moro than ordinary
value, and tho disease is serlouB, ap
ply tho ax with a steady hand.
When chicks spread themselves out
comfortably at night, part way be
tween tho heater and walls of the
brooder It Is a safe Indication that the
heat la about right.
It 1b Just as important to rotate
garden crops as field crops and It Is
certainly a great mistake to plant the
same crop on the same ground three
or four seasons In succession.
Tho average weight of a hen's eggs
run from 15 to 24 ounces per dozen. A
weight of 22i4 ounces may bo takon
as a fair average for good sized eggs,
although a weight of four ounces Is
not unknown for single specimens.
No need to buy prepared charcoal
for farm fowls. Rako up a pllo of
corn cobs or brush and set ilro to It.
When It is a mass of Hvo coals,
throw on water to put the ilro out,
and the chickens will do tho rest.
The covered milk pall Is ono of the
now Ideas that is being adopted by
progressive dairymen everywhere.
The extra cost Is slight in comparison
to tho Improved condition of the milk.
Tho milk goes through several thick
nesses of cheese cloth In most of
these covered buckets.
Flan to have some rapo.
Pigs must bavo good pasturo.
Hens require a variety of feed.
Bo careful with chemical fertilizers;
Spare somo of the skim milk for the
hens.
Market your grain and forago prod
ucts on tho hoof.
Get a noso ring for tho young bull
while you think of it. t
First clnss eggs should weigh about
1 pounds to tho dozen.
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Straw Is much too valuablo to bo
allowed to rot in tho stack. '
An occasional feed of oats will bo
valuablo Jor tho brood sow.
Tho ewes that arc suckling lambs,
should bo fed very liberally. " ,
In order to havo good-sized sheep
grow them rapidly while young. '
A variety In feeding is ono way of;
keeping the Hock In good condition.
Stinting In feeding Is repaid by stint-!
Ing In milk flow nnd per cent, of fat.
Buying pure-bred stock by mall Is.
coming to bo more and moro common.'
You can get no more power from,
your horse than you givo him in Ills
food.
It should bo remembered that a
horso can do moro than his feet wllf,
stand.
Your horso may
you but does not
wishes.
Intend to pleasci
understand youij
Good feed will put life Into a horso
a hundred times better than an 8
foot whip.
A runaway horso is only Bafo In thq
stable with a good halter and thq
stablo door latched.
Growing pigs should not bo crowded
Into close, filthy quarters, exposed to
vermin and disease.
Many a man blames tho Lord for a
poor crop, which was really the result,
or his own poor plowing.
Always water first, then a little
hay, and follow with grain; this gives
the animal a chance to digest.
A good spray to disinfect coops and)
brooders is a mixture of Vfc pint car-,
bollc acid In 2 gallons of water.
Lack of moisture in tho Incubator Is.
one of tho common causes of chicks,
falling to break out of the shell.
Don't bo tempted to sell your best,
birds unless you havo somo better
ones In view to take their places.
Nothing worse than damp brooder1
floor to start chick ills. Cover them;
with a llttlo dry earth or old carpet.
Fresh poultry manure is said to,
have about twice tho fertilizing valiroj
of cattle manure, pound for pound.
Another argument for tho silo it is;
a weed killer. No weed seed that,
goes into a silo ever comes out alive.;
A yearling tree is preferred by.
many to older trees. They nre thought1
to bo safer to transplant than two-ycar
trees.
A cement feeding floor for tho hogs,
can he built for closo around six cents,
a square foot. It is worth the lnvest-i
ment.
Cultivation is a moisture conserva-
tor, but if the ground is dry don't rum
tho cultivator teeth deep; keep tho.
top soil stirred only. 1
Truck crops suffer least from fungi.
in seasons that open with n cool spring:
and end with a very hot summer, with
rainfall below the average.
Often tho only difference between
a gcntlo cow and a kicker is that the!
first bad a little handling while ai
heifer and tho other didn't.
Ground limostono or hydrated limo
may be applied to a meadow with!
Boil that is acid. Lime may be ap-i
plied to tho meadow at any time, us-j
ing from one to three tons per acre.
Chilled eggs aro responsible for a'
good deal of "bad luck" with incuba-
tors, but as a general thing eggs in.
the process of hntchlug will stand
moro cooling than many people think.
A sandy soil can be cultivated much,
carlier'than tho heavier soils, and la
this there Is a decided advantage, as,
two or three crops can be produced In
a season, while only ono can bo grown'
on a heavy soil.
If your stablo floor is of plank and
In need of repairing, the laying or a
thin coat of cement over tho old and
then putting a new layor of planks on)
it will serve to make tho Hoor water-1
tightTand at tho same timo to prevent
dry rot.
An adult fowl Is supposed to pro
duce nearly 100 pounds of highly con-,
centrated manure in a year, but on tho
averago farm, on accouut of careless
methods In attondlng to tho poultry,;
the bulk of this manure Is ailowod to
go to waste.
MUCH ATTENTION NECESSARY
FOR SHEEP FLOCK IN SUMMER
Frequent Chango of Pasture Lessens Danger of Infection
ty Parasites and Gives Animals Chanco to Select
Things Most PalataMo to Them Water
and Salt Essential.
A Popular
(By E. n. STnOKTEK. Missouri.)
Summer care of the flock is easy
If you have plenty of grass, water and
shado. I always have good pastures,
being either legumes or grasses. Per
sonally, I prefer blue grass slightly
mixed with white clover, as legumes
nre apt to get tho owes too fat be
fore breeding time.
I never allow tho flock to stay
longer than three weeks In one past
ure without changing to new quar
ters. By theso frequent changes I
lessen tho dnnger of Infection by par
asites, which Is apt to come from too
close grazing of pastures.
A frequent change also gives tho
flock a chance to select tho things
most palatable to them.
My sheep always have access to
shade and plenty of fresh water. I
am of the opinion that standing water
is always more or less Infected with
dangerous parasites.
My only means of protection against
tho gadily 1b to plow a few furrows
where tho sheep stand in the shade.
A closo watch must be kept through
out the summer to keep all tags
sheared off and tho worms kept out
of tho wool, caused by wet tags. I
also note the general health so that
parasites will not get tho start of me.
Salt is kept in the pasture all the
time. I do not feed salt alone, but
n mixture which I havo used and
found very helpful In combating para
sites, especially stomach worms.
The formula is: Salt, ono bushel;
nir-slakcd lime, ono peck; sulphur, ono
gallon; pulverized resin, two quarts;
copperas, one pound, unorougniy pul
verize nnd mix. Keep in a dry place
before sheep constantly.
Another good way to combat stom
ach worms is to increase tho woody
or fibrous content of tho stomach,
which can easily be done by turning
tho flock into a cornfield so that tho
sheep Will have tho greater portion
of their ration consisting of corn
blades. I have found this treatment
very efficient.
I castrate my lambs when from sev
en to ton days old, provided tho weath
er is suitable. Never allow them to
get larger than you can possibly help.
The docking is dono about the same
CORN CLUBS IN
NORTHERN STATES
Success of Movement in Soutii
EncouruKco Government
Otficiala Increuao
in Yield.
Owing to tho success of tho boyB'
corn clubs in the south, the depart
ment of agriculture has been asked to
carry thiB line of work farther, and
it Is doing so in organizing boys' po
tuto cluba In tho north, beginning with
New England. Thla work has been
placed in charge of W. J. Spillman or
tho office of farm management. Tho
first season's work will commence this
summer. The boys will bo given a
measured aero each, and will bo fur
nlBlicd with instructions from tho de
partment aa to growing and cultivat
ing the crop.
What the result will bo Is, of course,
still Impossible to foresee, but, judg
ing from the success of tho corn club
movement, It 1b likely to bo of value.
This corn experiment was the con
ception of tho lato Dr. S. A. Knapp.
In the threo yearB of work while he
waB alive tho number of boys In tho
corn clubs increased to C5.000.
The average corn crop of tho United
States is about 25 bushels to the acre,
but somo of the boys raised as much
as 228 bushels to the acre, at a cost
of about 40 cents a bushel, Including
a charge for their own work. Somo
of tho crops that ran moro than 100
bushels an aero cost only 8 cents to
produce.
Locust Is Duo.
Tho 17-yenr locust is said to bo duo
in tho mlddlo west this year. Super
stitious persons bellovo that If ho car
ries a letter P on his back it means
peace nnd plenty, but if he carries a
letter W wo will surely havo a Btrlfo
in somo other nation.
Mutton Type.
ago by means of docking pinchers,
heated red hot, so this does away with'
the bleeding. I prefer a tail docked
rather short.
At flrst I did not dock or castrate,
either, but soon saw that tho castratod
lambs did better; very often brought
moro on tho market, und then you
can hold them over if you wiBh, but
an uncastrated lamb must go to mar
ket rather early.
For the flrst ten days after a owo
gives birth to a lamb, I Increase tho
root and bran ration some, but there
after I gradually increase tho feed,
until I am feeding one-fourth pound
bran, one-fourth pound onts, ono-thlrd
pound corn and ono-fourth pound roots
(turnips).
I got tho lamb3 to eating grain as
soon as possible and havo a creep
In which I havo a ration of equal
pnrts of corn, oats and bran. Tho
roughness consists of clover hay and,
they also havo access to tho winter
pasture.
I also manngo to have about flvol
acres of early rapo, on which I finish
tho lambs in connection with tho'
above grain ration. I do not let tho'
mothers run on tho rapo.
I generally shear about May 1 and
uso the machlno clipper. Tho wool 1b
tied in cubical blocks by means of a
wool press.
Tho blocks aro nbout eleven inches
square and tied with wool twlno threo
times ench way. Tho thickness of
the blocks depends on tho sizo of
fleece. I am always complimented on
the neat appearance of my wool when
marketed. My owes averago about
eight pounds of wool per head yearly.
I never keep tho samo bunch of
owes longer than three years, as I
get hotter results by changing. I nlso
cull out barren owes, or owes that
raise poor lambs, every fall.
I fatten old ewes and wethers In
tho fall, up to about the mlddlo of
December. I usually fatten by turn
ing Into a corn field in which rape
and cow peas havo been sown at tho
last cultivation of corn.
I prefer this method, but corn nnd
clover hay havo given mo good gnlnB
and an evcellent quality of dressed
mutton.
Venctlun Hcd and Common Lamp.
bluclt. Should Not llo Unod
aa They Aro Llublo
to Fndo and Run.
The following mnterlalB for colored
concrete work havo been recommend
ed by an American authority, accord
ing to Cement Age. The quantities
given aro per barrel of cement, mixed1
dry with tho cement and sand. Tho
sand must bo thoroughly dry. In'
mixing tho colors should bo mado(
deeper than tho requirpd tint, as dry
ing results in bleaching. Venetian
red and common lampblack should not
bo used, as they aro liable to run and
fade. Tbo (schedule for colors Is as,
follows:
For brown, 25 lbs. best roasted iron
oxide; or 15 to 20 lbs. brown ochur.
For black, 45 lbs. manganese dlox-J
ide.
For blue, 19 lbe. ultramarine.
For buff, 15 lbs. ocher. (Thlo Ib
likely to considerably reduco the,'
strength of tho mixture.)
For green, 23 lbs. greenish bluo ul
trnmarlne. For grny, 2 lbs. boneblack.
For led, 22 lbs. raw iron oxide.
For bright red, 22 lbs. Pompellan or
bright English red.
For purple, 20 lbs. Princo'a metallic;
For violet, 20 Jbs. violet Iron oxldoj
For yellow, 22 lbs. ocher.
Hauling Manure as Made.
Cart away tho manure as fast as a
load collects around the barn. It Is:
bettor for tho soil to cart It out at,,
onco, and there Is less danger of In
door odors around tho barn during
tho hot wcathor, Aftor n small grain
harvest thcro Is generally a good
place to apply the manure on the
Btubblo field.
Boggng
RHODE ISLAND REDS IN LEAD
Heno Owned by Pennsylvania Poultry
Raiser Ahead of Eaatern Egg-
Laying Contest.
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Tho egg-laying contest nt tho Con
necticut Agricultural college, with its
500 pullets from 19 states of tho
Union, England nnd Cnnnda, repre
senting 12 distinct breeds nnd 23 va
rieties, attracted considerable atton-
Rhode Island Red Hen.
Hon nt tho Connecticut Poultry ns
soclation meeting held at Hartford re
cently, bb somo of tho speakers had
hlrdB entered in tho contest.
Following is tho report of tho lead
ing hens for tho twelfth week of tho
contest:
John A. Fretchory of Hnrrlsburg,
Pa., singlo comb Rhodo Island Beds,
24 eggs; Hownrd Steele of Philadel
phia, Pa., singlo comb Rhode Island
Beds, 23 eggs, Top Notch farm; Wal
ter Mills of Long iBlnnd, bnrrod Ply
mouth Bocks, 21 eggs; C. S. Scovlllo
of East Haven, singlo comb Ilhodo Is
land Beds, 23 eggs, 7 per cent, Notch
farm: Walter Hllla of Long Is
land, N. Y barred Plymouth
Rocks, 21 eggs; C. S. Scovlllo of East
Haven, Conn., roso comb Rhodo Island
Rods, 20 eggs; Woodsido Poultry
farm, Philadelphia, Pa., whlto Wyan
dottes, 18 eggs; Arnold Francis of
Oak, Pa singlo comb Rhodo Island
Reds, 18 eggs; F. G. Yost of Sayro,
Pa., singlo comb Whlto Leghorns, 18
eggs.
ELECTRIC .INCUBATOR IS BIG
Machine Built for New Orlenna Poul
try Raiser Has Capacity of 6,000
Eggs How Worked.
Ono of tho largest electric incuba
tors in uso nnywhero in the world was
built for a poultry raiser In Now
Orleans. It ia 40 feet long by 5 feet
wide, and contains 40 compartments,
each having 11 capacity of 150 eggs,
says tho Popular Mechnnics. Each
compartment can bo separately con
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Incubator of 6,000 Capacity.
trolled, so that any one, or all of tho
compartments, can bo operated, ac
cording to the number of cggB to bo
hatched. ''Tho controlling thermo
stats used do not completely break tho
heator circuit, but introduco tho com
paratively high resistance of a small
electric lamp when open, thuB avoid
ing sparking at tho contacts.
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OEWNOTE'
Nothing like a fow warm days
coax tho hens to(lay.
Don't let your breeders get too fal
or you will bo sorry for It.
Young ducks should always have
plenty of water and shade and grit.
Green cut bone nnd meat foods are
tho worms and bugs In the winter rn
tion.
No condition powder on tho market
is ai good as wholesome food and
plenty of exercise.
Turkey gobblers should bo mated
with tho hens as early as posslblo
certainly by tho first of April.
Tho best layers arc those lowis that
havo been bred particularly with a
view to increased egg production.
Inbreeding soon lowers tho vitality
of a Hock. That Ih why we should got
new males or settings of egga every
year.
Thero la genulno satisfaction in
owning thoroughbred stock und they
cost no moro to feed. Go in for the
best.
Havo you ever noticed tho hens fol
lowing tho plow nnd did you observe
how fast the grubs disappeared? ThlB
Is good for the heriH nnd tho land also.
Encourage them,
A bono cutter will surely pay for
Itself. Green cut bono supplies tho
hon with ability to produce .egga,
nourishes her feathors ancT keeps her
n general good health
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I lined to know tho names of things,
I know tho birds and (lowers,
1 know tho mystic charm that brings
Tho sunshlno or tho showers;
t knew how whistles should bo made,
How elm bark should bo pooled,
I know a hundred Raines wo played
In forest and In field
And O, to bo a boy again!
To know tlio slmplo joy again
Of yelling for an echo from tho Bide
of somo far bill,
To dive, and como up shivering,.
With lips nil blue and quivering
But to havo boon tbo "drat ono In" th
pond below tho mill I
Today I tako things solemnly;
Tbo wonder Is nil gone
No oerlo wblstlo could call mo
To go nllcld at dawn.
Two fingers V-wlso havo no luro,
I cannot tradu a ktiifo
With "cross-my-heart" jind "certain
Buro,"
Nor say "You betcber llfo"
And, O, to bo a lad ngaln,
To havo tbo fun I had again 1
To feel tbo spring sap rlBlng In tho
current of my blood,
To start tbo day all cheerily
And meet tbo night all wearily,
Half-brute, half-boy, to rovel In the
friendliness of mud I
NOT THE COFFEE.
Mrs. Foedcm (to now boarder)
You cannot find any grounds to com
plain against this coffee.
Now Boarder No, ma'am. I was
complaining about the grounds.
Some Statistics.
"Is it true that your bUBluesB is very
dull during Lent?" asked Dante, who
was gathering tho material for his
Justly celebrated write-up of Mephls
to's domain.
"Well," replied Mophlsto, "It dropa
off in eomo lines, but wo moro than
mako up tho loss wltlj husbands who
aro confronting tho spring bonnet
proposition."
As He Read It.
"1 call that downright Importimenf
of old Doc. Smudgers," growled Mr.
Meddergrass. "Of course, I know I
owo him his bill, but ho ain't got no
right to send all his prescriptions
around horo signed 'Smudgers, M. D.' "
"Why, paw, what's tho matter with
that?" asked Mrs. Moddorgrass.
''Matter? Don't M. D. Btand for
'Money Duo?"'
In the Spring.
In tbo spring a young man's fancy lightly ,
turns from thoughts of love,
For bo sees the costly bonnotM and knows
wbnt they're fashioned of.
And hn knows about their prices, so h
murmurs In despair
That ho must wait to get married till tho
women's beadH go bare.
Couldn't Tame Her.
Attendant Tho Hon tamor has been
Injured, and cannot perform tonight.
Museum Manager What happened
to him?
Attendant IIo tried to dlscbartro
his cook this morning.
One Good Thing.
"Thcro is ono good thing about thin
classical music," remarked Mr. Med
dorgrtiHB. "You can start or fltop
anywhere you want to without epoll
ing tho sense of the ploco."
To Restore tho 'Air.
Mrs. 'Igglns Wot' this' ero 'Air
Restorer they advertise bo much?
Mrs. Tollera Why, it muBt bd
something to revive drowned peoplo,
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