serious tone, "we certainly are living

le woman," said the father of his kind. "And what do you propose to do about

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thin, and when such is the case a plan is to sow more clover seed in early spring and cut it in thoroughly with a dirk harrow. The thicker the clover

When Clover Fields Got Thin.

It sometimes happens that a clover field will run out, so to speak, or get

expenditure that positively must be ex-

grows the better, for this will keep the weeds out and the soil will be

rich and mellow.

aundry bils cut down!"

cultivated with these second crops will produce a surprising amount of vegetables. The surface only needs to be hoed, manured, and kept free from weeds, as if it were producing but one crop, though somewhat more fertilizer is required, nothing like the amount needed to produce the same amount of crops separately will be found nec-

Feed for Young Lambs.

As a feed for young lambs, that have just been weaned, it is recom-

mended that they be given at first about one-half pound of oats, and this amount gradually increased until the

lamb gets all it will eat. Grain feed of this kind, with fair pasture, ought

to produce a gain of anywhere up to

three pounds per week. Of course,

like other animals, the younger the

lamb the greater should be the gain for the food consumed.

Fruit will keep in cans but when opened and the air let in it begins to decay. The same with our soil. It is

canned up. The air can't get in to liberate the plant food. If you drive a nail in a board the rain gets in

around it and it rusts. In the same

way if we can let air and moisture

into the soil it causes the elements

to rust.

The plant feeds by throwing out roots in all directions. The dissolved

particles are taken up and the plant

thrives. If the soil is fine so the

roots can run in all directions they can get food. When we put the harrow on and pulverize the soil the

roots can run better and deeper. A current of air also comes into con-

tact with the soil and decays the ele-

"That's a new one," reoined the im-

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ments.

The trouble is we don't plow

enough. For this the grass crop is accountable. We sow grass seed and

Cost of Meat and Butter.

The same feed which is required for producing one pound of butter will make two pounds of gain on the steer. The Minnesota experiment station found that 100 pounds of grain mix-

ture with an equal amount of hay and

and roots fed to four steers produced

24.19 pounds of gain and an equal amount of the same food fed to four

cows produced 12.04 pounds of butter.

raise two tons per acre the first year, then one ton and then half a ton. We

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The type is not of so much signifi-

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short-icoted and weak because of a lack of food.

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Feed them grain nine months of the

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in attending them and keep in a good

warm stable in winter. Always be

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Keep good roofs on all your buildings, and as you can see that all other repairs are looked after. Keep a year's

Then we put on 500 pounds of plaster to the acre and the second crop came up still stronger. This time we plowed a little deeper, and for three years rotated the crops. The soil changed to a deep brown color and was loose and spongy. The land just over the wall was still hard and unproductive.—Professor Gowell, in

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came up in early winter night. The wind stripped the strawberry bed of

all covering, and the snow falling cov-

wood cut ahead. That gives you dry wood to burn all the time, which is economy and besides makes home more pleasant. Keep as many horses as you can make use of on your farm. Be

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the same right to be happy at his

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wind stripped the strawberry bed of all covering, and the snow falling covered the vines from sight. When the snow finally melted a cold wave came

Since then I have used as a combination tor strawberry mulch leaves straw and twigs and branches. When I

prune the orchard I save all the larger

of all kinds. Set out some shade trees. Keep all loose things picked up

limbs for the strawberry bed. The small twigs which the wind could

easily blow around are of little use. I first distribute the leaves around the

around your buildings. Sow plenty of wood ashes on your lawn, which will result in a good thick sod and keep it well mowed with a lawn mow-

er. See that the stones are kept out of the road in front of your house anyway, and as far as your farm reaches if you can, and you will have a place that people will admire as they pass by. —Thomas Davidson, in American Ag-

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small twigs which the wind could

easily blow around are of little use. I first distribute the leaves around the

plants and nothing is better than leaves for this purpose, and then

spread a very thin layer of straw

top. This straw helps to keep the leaves in place. Over the straw I next spread the branches and limbs of the orchard trees. Last season I went Into the woods and cut down a load of young bushes and saplings which I trimmed flat on one side. These I shall use for the next 10 years to spread over the strawberry bed. They fit fiat and snugly over the straw and leaves, and I defy almost any. wind storm to do damage to the bed. To

make the matter doubly secure I place a fence rail or log over the branches at wide intervals. This helps to add

weight enough to prevent the wind from drawing under the mulch and

The same crops - as is well known -

rotation of crops is an important matter to the farmer, as in a judicious ro-

tation every element in the soil is

taken up by the different crops. However fertile the soil may be, a succes-

sion of exhausting crops should not be grown upon the same land, especially as it renders them more liable

to the attacks of their particular enemies. Many .insects Injurious to vegetation deposit their eggs in the soil beneath the plants which they have infested, that their young may come

forth to commit their ravages upon

buckwheat or oat straw I buy several loads at the rate of $2 or $3 per ton. I consider this a good investment, for

the succeeding crops. But if this crop

is changed to another locality the in-

sects may perish for want of proper food.

differently upon the soil. Fibrous surface roots break up and lighten the

Perpendicular or tap rooted plants, with few side roots, receive most of their sustenance from considerable depth. Horizontal rooted plants find their food near the surface. Various plants by means of their roots act

and like rooted plants form a similar effect upon the deeper soil. The most exhausting crops are those in general which perfect their seeds, as they draw more heavily upon the ammonia, phosphates, etc. To obtain the highest results, there must not only be a general rotation, but "sub-suc-cessions" each year as main crops are removed. It is not always necessary to wait until the first crop occupying the ground is removed before another is put in. A garden that is well

the reason that it makes an excellent mulch and a good fertilizer as well. It adds enough humus to the soil to

pay for it. The mulch, no matter

what it is made of, must enrich the

soil more or less. The snow and rain of winter will wash away the best

part of the material and this leaching

in the soil must effect the future

growth of the plants. Leaves add less good humus to the soil than good

straw, but they do add quite a little. I should advocate fresh leaves and

straw every season. The old mulch

should be carted away to the barnyard and mixed with the bedding, or to a pit, where they can be buried un-

til they have decayed. Then in either case they will make fairly good fer-

tilizer for spreading over the general

Underground Transit. A marked change has come over the

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