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L. T.:—Por household use, the most
effective and least dangerous of fly
poisons is theone-to-five per cent, solu-
tion of formaldehyde. To a pint of
water add three teaspoonfuls of coin-
inercial formaldehyde. It is not ex-
pensive, and can be bought at any
drug store. Take one er more thin
table tumblers ancl fill each one of
them half full, or more, of the solu-
tion. Cut a piece of blotting paper
into circular form, slightly smaller
than an ordinary saucer. Place the
blotting paper in the saucer and then
invert the saucer over the tumbler;
next, holding the hand on top of the
tumbler and the saucer, quickly invert
them, Then place a match under the
edge of the tumbler. That will break
the air seal and allow the fluid to per-
colate slowly into the blotting paper,
and to keep it moist, so that the flies
can drink from it. This solution at-
tracts flies, and usually kill them with-
in two or three minutes.
"Reader": -1. When a person re-
marks, "I am very gladi have met you.
Miss B—," after having been introduc-
ed to you, respond by: saying, "I am
sure the pleasure is mutual"; or, "I
am glad to know you." There is no
set phrase for such occasions. 2. To
remove tar, apply turpentine or kero-
sene, followed by soap and water. 3.
Almond meal is an excellent substitute
for soap for use on the face. 4. To
destroy roaches, dip slices of potato in
arsenic mixed with sugar. Gather
up every morning and drop into boil-
ing water, as some of the insects may
still be alive. But never allow poi-
son to lie around if there are children
in the house. Paris green is anoth-
er remedy, and Pulverized borax is
good.
"Subscriber": --1. The word "Argen-
tine" means "silvered," and is as-
sociated with the Plata River. Because
"plata" means "silver" in the Spanish
tongue. Thus the name given to the
great South American country took
another form th describe the land
through which the Plata flows. 2.
Mercury is the planet nearest to the
sun. 3. A pa.natria hat may be clean-
ed by scrubbing with cormeal and wa-
ter. 4. Red -bordered towels and
naphins will not fade if a little borax
is put in the water to set the color. 5.
It is said that the juice of an onion
will remove scorch marks from silk.
6. An, invitation to a church wedding
need not be acknowledged unless an in-
vitation to the breakfast or reception
is included. Wedding silver, linen,
and all gifts intended for the bride
should be marked with the initials of
the bride's maiden name.
Mrs. T. -4. To clean a greasy car-
pet, mix together whiting and corn
meal, heat R and sift it thickly over
the carpet; the cover with gasoline
and rub hard until the gasoline eva-
porates. Sweep clean and wipe with
a damp cloth. This should only be
done in the open, as the danger of fire
from gasoline is very great, Be
careful also in rubbing when the gaso-
line has been applied. If it is not
possible to clo the work in the open,
use only the powder, allowing it to
stand for several days then remove
and repeat the treatment until the
grease has disappeared. • 2. The red
paint marks may be removed from
your dark blue wool suit by rubbing
the spots with alcohol.
"Lil1m:-1. No matter how careful
one is when sewing, often en oil spot
gets on a dress while making, if the
machine has recently been oiled. As
your fabric is silk, cover it thickly
with powdered starch and leave for
twenty-four hours. After the staxch
has been brushed off the stain will not
be noticeable.
Mrs. D. P.:-1. There is nothing
that will take the taste of leeks from
cream or butter. The best way is
not to allow the cows to graze in
weedy places. It is an argument in
favor of cleaning up all the weeds on
the farm, isn't it? 2. A good style
of dress for a two-year-oldeboy is dark
colored knickerbockers buttoned to a
white or light -blue waist with large
pearl buttons. Sailor suits of white
cotton with navy-blue collar, cuffs and.
tie are also suitable. .,They may be
had readymade for $1.50 at the large
department stores, in sizes for one and
a half years and upward. 8. There
are two styles of hair -cut for little
boys; one being the close shave which
the older boys favor and the other the
Buster Brown or Dutch cut.
cal
Start&
The Daisy Month.
This is the best of all the months,
For school is ending soon;
And. that is where it gets its name—
"The daisy month of June"!
"0—M—E—Il." Dilly said the let-
ters over and over to herself, "0 dear!
I can never make you spell anything,"
she thought, as she looked down at the
black letters on their squares of yel-
low cardboard. "Aunt Hannah said
if I put you together right you'd make
a word, but I've twisted you and turn-
ed you and you won't spell a thing!
Of course if you didn't have to make a
four-letter word, I could spell 'hem'
and 'me' and 'he,' but I can't think
what you can be when I have to use
all the letters!"
Dilly was bending over a beantiful,
thiriing mahogany table in a room
tvhere all the colors were soft and rich,
and where a silver -voiced clock struck
the quarter hours. Aunt Hannah's
mem was very still, even when she
was in it, and now that she was gone
Dilly longed to hear some sound.
She thought of the noisy nursery at
home, and how she wished she were
there! But Billy had measles, and
Dilly must stay at Aunt Hannah's
until he was well.
0—M—E---H the letters stared up at
her, and she looked back at them in be-
wilderment, for somehow they seemed
to be speaking to her in tiny friendly
voices.
The big eound 0 spoke first, mak-
ing Dilly a funny little bow. "My clear
Dilly," he began, just as if he were
TIIIS IS SPgAllig TIME
Methods of Combating the Enemies of Plant Life in the Garden
As soon as potatoes are well up
they should be sprayed. The little
flea beetle begins operations as soon
as the plantare four or five inches
high and so do the potato bugs.
Whether or not potatoes have been
grown in the vicinity before, the bugs
are sure to be on hand early in the
season and crops can only be protect-
ed by spraying. Then, too, blight
must be checked by a spraying every
ten days or two weeks. Cover the
plants thoroughly with the spray, the
'upper and lower surfacea the foli-
age. Vitrio is a good preparation to
use for this purpeee or arsenate of
lead and bordeau may be used. If
vitrio is used ten pounds should be
mixed with fifty gallons of water.
For asparagus, bens, other garden
vegetables, small fruits and rose
bushes, one pound of vitrio dissolved
in five gallons of water will produce
the desired results,
Place the required amount of Paste
en a pail and add cold water gra,duallY,
slowly sth•ring until sufficient water
has been added to produce a smooth
milklike liquid. Pour this mixture
through a fine wire strainer into the
spray tank, which has previously been
filled three-fourths full of clean water.
Cucumbers and melons should be
sprayed every ten days. Tomato
plants should be sprayed as soon as
set out and occasionally as required.
much older than she, "I have known
many little girls in iny day, and I
must say I never knew one with whom
I would rather play than with you,
Dilly, my dear. If it were possible,
my friends and I would rise from our
pasteboards and join you in some
game, but we are hard workers, herd
_workers. Ve must always be busy
in books and papers. Did you ever
think how very, very many tines we
letters are used in o. day? It is words,
words, words, until there is seldom
any rest for us. We should like to
tell you the word you are trying to
make of us, but that would be against
the rules. Instead, we shall tell you
some of the stories we make in books."
The big 0 began at once with Old
Mother Hubbard, told in a new and
wonderful way; then the big M fol-
lowed with a delightful tale of the
garden of Mary, Mary, Quite Con-
trary. The E had been used so often
in the story of The Old Woman Who
Lived in a Shoe that he knew the
names of all of the old woman's chil-
dren, and he repeated them so fast
that Dilly laughed merrily, At the
very last the H told Dilly all about
the hill where Jack and Jill had their
famous tuirible; he had been there
and had seen the well. Just as
Dilly was imagining that she was
looking down into its cool depths
somethitig seemed to touch her, and
there was Aunt Hannah lifting Dilly's
head from the table, where it had
fallen when she went to sleep! Aunt
Hannah's jeweled hand turned the let-
ters about until a beautiful word lay
before Dilly's wondering gaze.
"Yes, Billy is well, and you shall go
to morrow," said Aunt Hannah.
Dilly smiled, for the word Aunt
Hannah had given her was
H -0—M ----E . What friends those
letters had come to be!
Bruises of the heel will be indieated
by laineness, tenderness upon pressure
of the quarter of the sole, osually the
inside. In severe cases where pus is
forming there will be tenderness ex-
pressed when the heel is pressed.
Remove shoe, pare the sole of the
quarter well down to expose the corn
and allow escapef•ff pus if there be
any, apply hot poultices until soreriese
disappears, then get shod with a leaih-
er sole between shoe .and hof and no
pressure upon the quarter of the wall.
When breeding the mares, bear in
mind thai, it pays to have one breed in
a doinniunity. The greatest progress
in breeding is possible where farmers
cooperate to procluCe the best of one
breed.
Neither mare n�t. foal is bettered
When the colt follows the cultivator,
Reep the colt permed hi a roomy, well -
lighted and ventilated box stall. Do
not keep them apart for a half day
the first tinte.
Young celery plants should be spray-
ed in the seed bed and at intervals of
ten days with a mixture of ten pounds
of vitrio to fifty gallons of water.
Arsenate of lead spray should be
used for eodling moth, caterpillars,
flee beetlea, browntail moth, gypsy
moth, cucumber beetle and currant
-worm and cumuli°. If paste is used
three pounds to fifty gallons of water
ehould be used for codling nioth and
curculio. For cankei• worms, cater-
pillars) cranberry insects and leaf
eating insects in general use four
pounds to fifty gallons of water as
soon as the insects appear. Repeat
on later broods if needed. Arsenate of
lead is deadle• to human beings and
inust be used with care. Fruit and
vegetables that have been sprayed
unit be thoroughly washed before
they are used.
For cabbage lice take a lump of salt-
peter, the size of an egg, and put in a
eprinkler of water, Sprinlde the cab-
bage once or twice and there will be
no more lice on them.
Bordeau mixture is a fungicide and
a' plant stimulant also, preventing
blights and rusts during the growing
season.
During the growing season toma-
toes, celery, asparagus, small fruits,
beams, etc„ will be benefited by spray-
ing with bordeau mixture.
A good pasture is a pig's paradise.
If you want to get full value for
your skim -milk, whey and buttermilk,
let the pigs handle it for you.
The man who buys the stuff he feeds
his hogs has only the feeder's profit.
By growing the feed he has the grow-
er's profit, too.
If the corn drowns out, sow some
rape for the hogs. Forage helps to
put the gains on hogs at the lowest
cost.
Put the self -feeder where the piis
can help themselves. Let them do
the work until marketing time.
Pigs may be more important than
pedigrees, but it is a wise practise to
look after both in a pure-bred herd.
A pedigree is valuable at selling time,
Hogs do not elways use mud -holes
Long-legged drafts are not what the
market demands. Don't breed that
characteristic into the -young animals.
Select a low -set sire.
Let the mare rest several weeks
after foaling. Start gradually when
putting her to work again.
After feeding arid brushing the
horses, turn them out in the pasture to
rest for the night.
Disinfecting the stables with coal
tar dips wile go a long way towerd
protecting the horses from flies.
Clean the stables every day in hot
weather,
Condition in a horse is manifested
by keenness for work, brightness of
eye and bloom of coat A florae Is
capable of his greatest effort-- ,only
when in condition.
Before letting the colt to the mare
at mealtime, partly milk out the udder.
In hot weather let the mare rest and
cool off a few minutes before the colt
sacks.
Colic often results from working a
horse imniediately after feeding. Al-
low plenty of time at noOn.
as the result of choice. It is often a
last resort. A cement tank, sunk ten
or twelve inches in the ground and
filled with clean cool water, answers
much better.
Castrate the male pigs before they
are weaned, when they are about six
or eight weeks old. Choose a clear
dry day for the work.
All whey from cheese factories and
butter milk from creameries should
be pasteurized before feeding to hogs.
A mixture recommended for hog
-
pasture is barley and rape, the hogs
to he turned on when the barley is
starting to shoot. If not overdone,
the barley will keep the herd going
till odd heads began to ripen, then the
grain and rape make a good ration
until after frost arrives.
Hogs on pasture require grain for
greatest priifits in pork production,
but a full feed is not economical when
pasture is plentiful and grain high
priced.
Breed -the best to the best.
Raise the calves; quit eating val.
Type is not the real test of a cow's
value. The scales and tester are bet-
ter indications.
Keep all calf pails, and the uten-
sils with which milk conies in con-
tact, scrupulously clean. Scald them
with hot water and then expose them
to the sun during the day.
To make a real success at the fall
shows, begin now to care for the pro-
spective entries. It is no honor to
win on an untrain.ed, poorly fitted
ammal ust because competition is
lacking. Make your entry -worthy of
the red ribbon if it is the cnly one in
its class.
One farmer says that with silage
and clover and alfalfa hay he had
been able to bring a large herd of
dairy ccws through the winter in good
conditic.n, with fairly heavy produc-
tion and without much grain.
Where chronic dysentery is present
in a dairy herd, try washing the cows'
udders with a two per cent. solution of
coal -tar dishafectant before allowing
the calees to sleek.
Evey heifer calf killed means one
less cow. Without any resteiction,
the sale of calves and cows for mea':,
can preceed so far that there will be
a serious shortage of cattle. Already,
good cows, never were ,so scarce and
high.
Any falling off M the production of
live stock will be noticeable in grain
farming. Withottt plenty:of stock,
soil fertility is difficult to maintain
ard high prices for foodstuffs coming
from the soil are more likely. It is
apparent that something must be done
to keep the productive animals on the
farm.
A new floor brush, which holds
water in its handle, and is constructed very much on the order of a fourie
tain pen, permits any desired amount
of moisture to reach the bristles.
Teacher: "Tell me -what are the net-
tional flowers of England!" Class:
"Roses." Teacher: "And France?"
Class: "Lilies." Teacher: "And
Spain?" Small Voice: "Bullrushes,
ma'am."
INTERNATIONAL LESSON
JUNE 24.
Lesson XIII. The Purpose of John's
Gospel—Review—John 21. 15-
25. Golden Text John 20. 31.
1. A social faith. Both at the be-
ginning and end of 'his Gospel John
makes it clear that he is not writing
sirnply a human record. Just as
the prophet backed his message with,
"Thus said the Lord," so John sets
forth the eternal sanction behind the
life and the teaching of Jesus. Here
is "the Word made flesh." Here is
the everlasting truth working itself
into character. Have we anything
to add to that record? Is there any
other body of evidence than Sohn pos-
sessed which has come to us? Has
the 'Spirit led us in these twenty cen-
turies of Christian development into
more truth? What John gave us has
now been tested by the' Inman eon -
science through twenty centuries. It
has been further confirmed by the
social struggle of that period. John's
affirmation is' increasingly the con-
viction of the human race. Most of
its leaders turn to -day to Jestie for
guidance. The development of hu.
man life is not away from his princi-
ples, but toward them. With all the
cross -currents, the drifts, and the ed-
dies in the stream of human progress,
it yet moves clearly forward in the
direetion of his teachings. With an
increasing number of people outside
of the church developing a clear faith
in the leaderehip of. Jeeus, it is no
time for the people in the church to
question the practicability of the ser-
mon on the mount,. They • inust
develop a faith that shall t'riernplient-
ly apply the principles of Jesue to the
whole of life.
2. Whybelieve? John was not iri
i -
terested n developing faith for the
mere Sake a faith, The belief that
he wanted was no mere reptition or me,
words. He was not trying simply to
secure assent to an historical Christ
and stop there. For him the purpooe
of faith was that people might have
life. Unless faith transforms life,
individual and social, it is not faith
at all, but a mere imitation. ' To day
we need a conviction of the social
vitality of Jestis's teaching,s. We want
no mete applause for his leadership,
but a faith that -will transform his
.
principles into social living.,
3. What kind a life? John is not
talking simply about life eternal as
the end •of faith, but of eternal life
that begins here and now. The kilid
of living he wants is the kind that
Jesus taught' and 'showed. In his
epistles he makes it clear that it is a
pure and brotherly life. Those who
profess to believe in God and do not
love their brothers are liars. Those
who do not love do not know God: they
are infidels, no matter what faith they
may profess. It is an axiom with
John that a man who does not love
his brother cannot possibly love God.
This is to be no vague emotion: it is
to be manifested in gifts. It us even
to go as fo,T, in case of necessity as the
laying down of life. Here is the
test' of faith; it must produce a pure,
brotherly, serving, self-sacrificing life.
Thee live§ must be joined together in
a social order, in etates and nations
endei world life which is organized in
justice and righteousness and peace,
. 4. The challenge. Is the purpose
of John in his Gospel being fulfilled to-
day? This is the responsibility which
the 'Gebel puts upon those •whci hear
it. This was Jesus' stera test. Well
he kriew thefatal facility of humanity
to pass tes�hutioris and then forget
them. What happened -tte those who
listened to his teachings and did them
not he set forth'irgthe parable of the
sower and of the men who built their
houses on the roek a.nd On the sand.
Ile requires of those who believe in
him that they translate his words
into life; how else 'shall the kingdom
of God come? Thisxt his challenge:
"WhY call ye me Lord. Lia7:00 and do
not the things wilier: L say r' lilither
we accornplish the social living that,
he taught, or we fail of fellowship, and
the end is, "Ye did it not; depart from
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Conducted by Professor Henry G. gen.
object of this department 1, to Place at th4
itervice of our farm readers the advice of an acknowl r
edged authority on all subjects pertaining' to soils end
crops.
Address all questions to Professor Henry G. Ben. I"
tare of The Wilson Publishing Company, Limited, To.
ronto, and answers will appear In this column In the)
order In which they aro received. As space Is limited
It is advisable where Ithrnediate reply is necessary that
a 'tamped and addressed envelope be enclosed with the
question. when Of answer will be mailed direct.
Question—C. K.:—I have a field of
about forty acres of heavy June grass
sod. The land is mucky, with clay
sub -soil. I would like to know if buck-
wheat would be of any use to subdue
the June grass on this land? I have a
good crop of beets ott\ this land seven
years ago. After the beets I had
oats, but they grew rather too rank
and lodged, thereby killing out part of
the seeding which caused the mune
grass to take a start and it has been
left in that way ever since, so that
it...is now almost a solid Tune grass
sod. Now if you believe that buck-
wheat would grow on this land then I
would like to know what kind of buck-
wheat to get and how much to sow
per acre.
Answer:—The soil that you describe
shoultleproduce a rank growth of buck-
wheat. The crop, however; is better
suited to a clay loam. If you seed
buckwheat on this soil, it should make
sufficient growth to overcome the
June eass, if the seed -bed is well pre-
pared. In vier,- of the"fact that your
grain lodged so badly, I would advise
you to apply at least 200 pleunds per
acre of acid phosphate, which supplies
phosphorus the kind of plantfood that
gives strength to the straw of the
grain. This will give strength to the
buckwheat vines and will plump the
buckwheat kernels. Silver Hull buck-
wheat is considered a good variety and
requires about five pecks of seed per
acre. Another good crop to use under
the conditions you describe would- be
rape. This can be sown broadcast in
rows. Rape requires aboilt five or
Henry G, BIL
analyzing 2 to 3% ammonia, 8 to 10%
phosphoric acid and 1% potash. This
will start your corn crop off strong
caanldvevsi.gorous, jut the same as whole
rnilk gives a vigorous start to your
Question—A. C. :—I have a five acre
field which has,a heavy sod about four
yeas old which was turned down and
plaited to beans last year. On ac-
count of wire worms I did not plant
to oats or corn this Spring. I have it
plowed again and intend planting to
beans, but some of my neighbors said
they would take the beaus. Will
they? If so, is there anything I can
do to prevent jt? I do not find many
now. Would the dry weather effect
them any? The soileis a clay loam
with a heavy clay bottom.
Answer:—The wire --worms which
effected your crops last year found
a suitable home in the sod which was
plowed under. You are planning cor-
rectly to plant this land to a cultivated
crop this year, since through cultiva-
tion it seems possible to get rid of the
wire worms. It is impossible for me
to say whether the wire worms will
take the beans or not this year, how-
ever, thorough tillage of the soil M
preparing the seed bed will do a great •
deal to drive them out, as will also
the application of 200 to 400 pounds
of fertilizer per acre when seeding
your beans. The late Prof. Smith
of New Jersey, who matle a careful
study of the life history of the wire
worm, strongly recommends fertilizers
as a means of getting rid of the wire
worm. The wire worm does not like
six pounds of seed per acre if sown fertilizer, and beside fertihzer gives
broadcast, and three pounds if sown in added strength to the young growing
drillcrop and hence helps it to withstand
Question—A.J.W.:—We expect to light insect attacks. For your con-
eci. a silo 10x32 feet Have six and ditions, I sotild advise a fertilizer
a half acres, about half of this field is analyzing 1 to 2% ammonia, 8 to 12%
sand loam and the other half is clay phosphoric acid and 1 to 2% potash.
loamWe plowed down a heavy June This should be worked thoroughly into
. •
grass and timothy sod last year and it the soil before you plant the beans,
was partly covered with manure. We by scattering it on the senance of the
have covered it again this winter and plowed land and harrowing it in
want to plant it for silage. How thoroughly or by drilling it in, if you
should we drill the gorn and how much havea grain drill with fertilh:er dis-
seed per acre? Would it pay to use tributing attachment. Cultivation
some commercial fertilizer, if so how
much and what analysis would you re-
commendj
Answer:—In planting corn for sil-
age, both drill and check -row systems them.
are successfully used. The check- Question—R. W.,:—We want to use
row system, which is really the hill commercial fertilizer ox our bean land
system, allows of cultivating the corn
Doth ways. If the land is not very
weedy thedrill system is satisfactory,
drilling it in rows about 30 inches
apart. In drills it requires about 10
quarts to the acre.
To make sure of the germination,
you would do well to buy the seed on
the ear and test the ears for germinae
tion. This can be done by taking out fertilizer analyzing 2 to 3% ammonia,
six kernels from each ear, two from 8 to 10%phosphoric acid and 1 to 2%
the tip middle and butt, numbering potash. This should be worked theeoughly into the soil when you ere pre-
paring the seed -bed at least a Week
to ten days previous to planting. It
can be spread with a lime spreader or
if you have a gTain drill with fertilizer
drilling attachment, it is well to apply
it that way. The important point is
to see that the fertilizer is evenly dis-
tributed and thoroughly worked into
the soil. It is rich available plant
-
food if it is worked into the soil where
it can dissolve so that the plants can
make use of it. It is not best practice
to drill the fertilizer in with the beans.
Broadcasting has been found to give
best results.
and fertilizers are about the only
things that you can do to combat the
wire worm- I donot believe the ,dry
weather has had very nauch effeet on
this year and we don't know just how
much is best to put on per acre to get
best results out of beans- Also, which
would be best, to sow fertilizer broad-
cast or in the hill with beans? Our
land is practically clay land.
Answer:—For fertilizing beans on
clay soil, I would advise the use of.
from 200 to 600 pounds per acre of
the ear and placing the kernels on a
square of blotting paper or cloth, num-
bering the square the same number as
the ear. Place the cloth in a pan or
large plate where you can keep it
damp and warm, and inside of a week
the kernels should have germinated
sufficiently to tell you whether,.the ear
is strong, weak or dead. Take the
medium and strong ears and shell
them out togethq and discard the
ears that show very weak or dead
kernels. It would surely pay you to
fertilize your corn. For this purpose
I would recommend the use of 200 to
300 pounds per acre of a fertilizer
As long as the teeth of a sheep are
strong and in good working order, it is
reasonably safe to keep her.
The safety of the flock may be
greatly insiu•ed by calling up the
sheep every night and shutting them
into a tight /fold. They soon get
the habit,and are also More docile the
year around. A flock of eheep can
not be made too tame. A wild flock
is of less value and makes less growth
and shorter fleeces than a cpaiet one.
Unless you intend to keep the lambs
for home use, let the bucks go the min-
ute they aee big enough. More money
in them now than there W'ill be after a
while.
You are smarter than most folks if
you can tell, what t'ne wool rharket
-will be six months from now. Nine
,times out of ten it is well to sell your
'clip soon after shearing. .e,
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Damp and filth are the two prime
(auses of disease among poultry. Idle-
ness is a disease breeder, busy fowls,'
as a rule, keeping in good health.
Filthy drinking veseels breed undesir-
able germs about es quickly r.s any-
thing, geems often hiding in the scum
that is allowed to accumulate.
Keep the houses thoroughly ventil-
ated during the month; 'for June has
some very hot days and nights. -
Stine is a good month for canonizing;
the 'yOung cockerels.
To keep in good h.,‘...)th, a hen, in
proPeition to ite size, requires almost
,aoven times the amouet �f fresh an
that a horse needs, The horse sweats
through his skin, but the fowl must
Keep the little chaps that are thrifty
and have a good, thick -set ii•owth of
wool on their backs. '
If you want to see the lambs grow,
give them oats to eat often..
There are less than ten per cent of
all Weeds which 'sheep will not eat.
Cattle and horses eat only about half
the different weeds.
onialopimeara
get rid of the Waste of the body by
means _of the lungs, end therefore
breaths seven'times as fast as heated,
sweating animals.
For winter green feed there is noth-
ing better than Invert clippings. The
grass should be gathered as soon as
cut i and spread out on a shed roof so
both ,sun and air can ...strike it. As
soon as it is thoroughly dry it should
be raked up and packed in barrels for
the winter. Care must be taken that
it does not dry too much, or it will
los o its strength and bleach out con-
siderably. should, however, be
perfectly cured before storing away,
or it may heat and spoil.
, In feeding, soak the geese in luke-
warm water foe about twelve to eigh-
teen hours, after which either mix the
mash or squeeze out the water and
feed in troughs by itself
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