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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1921-3-17, Page 2dlix g the Incubator. Regardless of how loig he lay be in the bus nes the poultrymen. eon never fergtt the pleasure and satis- faction of watching his firet batch of downy alleles :tome from an lent - baler. And ineubators are being made SO efficient that it is not difficult to obtain good results. Farmers who do not own iecubators will find more satisfaction in raising poultry by zurtificial hatehing than with a largo number of cad hens. This is a fact, because brooders have been improved to care for the chicks. The writer believes that brooders have been improved more than incu- bators, In. past years many failures with artificial incubation was due to poor brooders, Poultryinen could hatch ebiele,s which they feould not raise. But now that good brooding equipment is 19.vailab1e the incubatorsare baying little trouble in. proving their vorth. It pays to follow the directions of the maker of the machine. For the first hateh, mark on a calendar or snake a chart showing the work that should be done each day. The routine et maraging• a machine will be learned during the pracess of ens, .hatch. The eggs fot the incubator should he gathered often and stored where the temperature is between fifty •arid sixty duces. When eggs reach sixty- eight to aeventy degrees a slow growth will start. Then the temper- ature may be retineed, causing the germ to die. Eggs that are chilled will also fail to hatch. Eggs should not be held Imager than two weeks and the fresher they are, the better the chances of producing a large per cent. of livable chicks. The best location for an incubator Is in a cellar but a room -where the temperature is around fifty to sixty degrees will be all right. The tenap- erature inside the machine is eonstant- ly influenced by the outside air and if that is. frequently ehanging in temp- erature it -will be difficult th regulate the incubator. There is less vibration an a cellar floor than in an upstairs room. When the machine is upstairs much care is necessary to keep the temperature as uniform es possible and avoid heavy walking and banging ef doors. Care should be taken to level the incubator before starting. Eggs must be taken out and turned every twelve hours from the morning of the third day to the night of the eighteenth day. The time of cooling ean gradually increase as -more animal heat is produced in the eggs. Return them to the machine as soon as touch- ing an egg to the eye pro-ves it is tool. It is not necessary to turn each egg separately. Remove a few from the middle of the tray and roll the ethers toward the centre. Then replace, the eggs in the ends. This precedure eauses the eggs to be constantly changing their place in the machine. When the lamp wick is first trim- med cut it straight across and slightbr round the corners. After that do not trim the wick with shears but rub off the hurned portion each day with a match. A pointed flame is not desir- able, so have one that burne at an even height from one end of the wick to the other. The best grade of kere- atene obtainable will be the best in- vestment. ThlA give'S the most heat and the least soot and odor. A reserve supply shouldalways be at hand to avoid the risk of running out of fuel. When the machine is closed the night of the eighteenth clay it must not be opened until the hatch is com- pleted. When all hatching appears ilasished and the chicks are dry the machine can be opened.. Take out the eidcks and remove all broken shells., eggs that failed to hatch, and crippled chicks. Return the good chicks to the machine and hang a piece of paper in front of the glass door, if there is one, 3711, that the chickwill not peck at laurels other but rest e.amfortably while ayread out over the egg tray or the nursery. They do not need any feed until forty-eight to sixty hours old. Ibt fed before that time bowel trouble fa more apt to result. If it is hard to keep down the temperature in the ma- -dine, open the door slightly. Do not Itet the chicks overheat. We like to let •Me temperature drop to about ninety ttegrees -Rolm after the hateling is aanpleteci and -while the ehicilts are waiting to be removed to a broader. After each hatch, incubators should tat3 thoroughly scrubbed with one of the commercial d si ifectanbs QT with hot soda. \\*atm,. After a careful wash- ing it pays to dry the trays in the sunshine. The old wick can be re- moved ad the burner boiled in. soda water to remove gummy accumula- tions. A clean turner is easy to regu- late. te"orne risk is avoided by placing a new wick in the burner for each hatch. Sometimes hatches have been injured -when short wicks failed to reach the oil, causing the lamps to go out at aight. How to Introduce a Rotation of Crops. First consider the approximate acreage of grain, hay, pasture and hoed crops which will be required; next consider the quality of soil which is on the farm. Then decide what ro- tation woulci be most suitable. The following rotations have given good results: A Four -Year Rotation: Hoed crop, grain, clover hay, timothy hay. This rotation has proved to be very Baia - factory although its acreage of grain is rather too limited for most farms. A Five -Year Rotation: Hoed crop, grain, clover hay, timothy hay, grain. This rotation gives a very good pro- portion of the various crops. It is very satisfactory. A Three -Year Rotation: Hoed crop, grain, clover hay. This rotation has a very large area of hoed crop and provides no pasture land. It is, there- fore, unsuited to most farms. How- ever, if the fertility of the sail is very poosa if additional pasture land is available, and if considerable stock are kept which -will consume the hoed crops, the rotation is very eatisfac- tory. There are, or course, many other rotations, but the above mentioned have perhaps the most general appli- cation. It is quite probable that por- tions of the farm, on account of being either too wet or too light and sandy, may have to be farmed under a sep- arate cropping system. Under such conditions if this areee, is not too large It is undoubtedly more profitable to lea-ve it undivided by fences and to reckon the entire area as one year in the new rotation. With such a system a field of poor soil may- be increased in fertility by a short rotation of crops and by larger applications of manure, A. field of low wet land may be left longer in hay. One consideration eheuld not he overlooked. The fields should be made large in order to reduce the_ cost of produchig crops and to decrease the depreciation end repair of fences. The rotation should be planned so that the horses would be kept busy as much as possible throughout the year, be- cause it costs money to have horses standing idle. While almost all farm- -ere follow some practice af changing the crops on their fields from year to year, very few have adapted a defi- nite rotation of erops. The adoption of a suitable rotation -will reduce the cost of production and will make more profit. 84 Weeding. Your grocer will tell you franlily that he mattes less ;profit on ed Rose Tea than otber teas. The only object he has in recommend= in.g it is to see that riOtt get e best quality TIOSSI 1 MARCH 20. Jesus on the Cross. St. Matthew 27: 33-50. Golden Text -Rol -nem 5: 8. Time and Place: Friday, April, 7, from the city bearing upon His shoul- A.D. 29. The Mount of Calvary out-, ders the cross upon which He was to side the walls of Jerusalen. be crucifia (John 19: 17). It 'seems Connecting Links: After the Last that He must have proven unequal to Supper follow the scenes in the garden the burden, for on the way they laid of Gethsemane, on the elope of the hold upon a stranger, Simon of Cy - Mount of Olives, to which Jesus went rene, whose' sons were afterward with His disciples after the supper-- among the followers or Jesits, and the long-drawn-out, agony and conflict made him bear the -cross. 13y the war of soul, which He bore alone while women who had known His good His weary companions slept, and the works, mourned and wept for Him, sudden and harsh interruption of be- acnodnaes:nne:dalitoere ip the crowds that trayal and arrest. gathered the disciples had been Jesus was led away- first to the with HIM in the night, f°11Gwed with house of Annas, a fo,riner high priest astonishment antdhfeeasrame eWdoeeatihnnkne.apist and a man of great influence, father- in4aw of Calaphas, the present high Him oomPanY priest. There, M the gray light of The site of Golgotha, or Calvaryais early morning, an informal hearing unknown, l'here is a tradition which took place, the story of Nvlaich is told aomes down from the t nhe of the been. tried to the uttermost, and like In John IS: 19-24. Next, in the hoUse EmPeror C.onstantine, which marks 4w included theiurci o Him they have died. It seemed as if inaoeent man, for be thus made it ap- pear that it was actually their king whe was made to suffer this shameful death. Ile did net know that the cross was the way by which his victira wthoaitildofritea"etsoar,a atfnhdrontoe hanigheErnitviliarter wider" than any of which Rome ever dreamed. V. 39, They that passed by reviled Hi'sra Peter, whose own heart was sore with the memory ef his passion, ate l v cod s of eni al in the early morn- ing, witnessed this scene, and wrote long afterwards urging men Who be- lieved,to follow the example of Jesue, for "He committed no sin; no guile was ever foiled upon His lips. He was reviled and made no retort; He suffer- ed and never threatened; but left everything -to Him who judges justly. Ile bore our sins in His own body on the gibbet, that we might break with sin and live for righteousness." The revilers' emoted words which filDES-WOOL-FURS laff "N,Thli pieces low, It Is neeessara , that aqa receive 'averse tient' pop- , table Tor vviait bidee ;gal, skins , you haae, make sure Veil get aame by sleeping US yoar lot whether. it is one hide or a hun- , area - WILLIAM STONE SONS LIMITED . . . • WOODSTOCK. ONTARIO ESTBLSIjEO 1870 Jesus had 'used long before but with an eatirely different. meaning from that which they put upon theni, Com- pare John 2: 19-22, Matt. 26: 61, and Acts 6: 14. • Save Tlayself. They taunted Him saying, He saved others; Hiniself He pcarnanisol'tngs,avHei.m yes citahuesyInen tto l ytheyw ere „ mock Rim, They were uttering that universal law of unselfish serviceethat those who would save ethers cannot save themselves, Wholly and enre- ser-tedly they give, as Christ gave" even te the giving of life. trusted ' In aoa, Yet, they thought, God does not deliver I-Iiin. How many a follow- er of Christ has trusted, as He did and has not been delh ivered! Teir faith, like that of their Master, has of appeareohe the site no eouncal for farrnal trial, and was conoi the Holy Sepulchre. The only other Caaaphas, Jesus d befre t clemnal, under false witness, for probable place -is outside Damascus temple. The council, however, had no, gate, on thediortherri side of the city, me low rocky hills treasonable designs where there are so ns against the authority to condemn Him to death and tandi's. - and so after mocking and abuse He -Vinegar to drink mingled with gall. was sent to Pilate, the Roman gover- The vinegar was a sour wine. Mark nor. Pilate questioned Jesus but says, "wine mingled vrith myrrh." Gall found no fault in Him. Then, to avoid was the bitter and, poisonous extract responsibility, He sent Him to Herod of some plant, possibly the poppy, but Anlipas, the sub -king of Galilee, who this is uncertain. It seems to have H happened to be in Jerusalem. erod had a etupefying effect and to have mockingly questioned Him and sent rendered one partially or wholly in - Him back to Pilate, by whom He was sensible to pain. Hut Jesus preferred at last reluctantly condemned, in view to retain His full conseiousness and of the persistent and violent clamor of the Jewish mob. Scattered, dis- organized, and totally unprepared, the disciples and friends of Jesus could do nothing to help Him, The Crucifixion. V. 33.. A place called Golgotha. The name means "skull," and the Latin word corresponding to it is Cal- vary, Weary after a sleepless night, worn by the agony through which He had passed in Gethsemane, and by re- peated hearings before the different courts' buffete , and bruised, and lac- eratedwith the thorns which they had bound upon His head hi mock imi- tation pf a crown, Sens was led forth Some lazy little fishes found A cove, all clean and cool, And then one day in truant way They ran off from their school, And Stayed away and played aWay- In inlets, creeks and rills, Until the strong tide took them heme Against their naughty -wills. They suffered heavy punishment (Though 'twas deserved, indeed): Their whole next holiday they spent In pulling up seaweed! Fowls do not need to be continually "doped!" with stimulating food or PIITS 'food, exercise and good care are the main requireinents. The nests TOT laying hens should be overhauled and renewed two OT three times during the season, the'boxes be- ing paind with coal oil to kill lice, while fresh nesting material should be abundantly supplied, The .nests for sitting hens shoulehe renewed every time a fresh batch of eggs is set. re.....**Wefirmer.Mnsmons ......Wer eamoneylk Pat* f:geoftwv nation of ix/AV- IV aitcl, c-toti.otay l made a "c Bald= It, ribwiele i cthe andar4 bait% owelet of Ciagadzi 1 si e0A3tallItit6 0: the' i,44021, distitestes.c, Its .we insure,$-Detfect t15ore 4hata -gal CoSti 'EMU, l'ifiadefflu Canaria .:w. GILLETT COMPAITif 17011e.ffrf 0,64N, f.re.sr-rrtitAt. would not drink. It is impossible for us to imagine the intensity and agony of the pain which He must have en- dured. They cast lots. This was, no doubt, a common custom,. The Old Testa- ment passage referred to is in Psalm 22, which was originally written of another sufferer, but the language of which in part seems to describe that which happened at Calvary. Jesus the King of the Jews. Pilate had these words written in large let- ters, in Hebrew, Latin and Greek, and set up over the cross where all could read. No doubt He intended it as an insult to those Jewish leaders wholad forced him to condemn to death an 1....•••••••••••••••••• Running Water in Every. Far Home In the past, water -systems had to be designed by our farmers. They had to buy the engine from orie company, the pump from another, a tower had to be built and a tank placed upon it. This procedure was expensive, confus- ing, and often entailed a lot of errors. Not mach wonder that many farmers were content to uso the old pump, and. and carry water to the house to supply the many, many needs. The errors in the design and installation Of the water -system were many. Too often the engine was several times the nece,asary size, the pump was often placed incorrectly, the pipes were too small and the tower Would not withstand. the storms. In recent years unit water-syst.egns have been developed and placed an the nuarket; they are exact ine power equipment, Pump and tank capacity, and nray be installed without the least trouble if the instructions are follovv- ed. Each piece is the right shape and size and does its part efficiently. The manufacturers of the standard water - system equipment maintain engineer- ing departments to take care of "ascii various farm needs and they also are conducting servtce departments, whose duty it is to supply the agents with n,eceststary repair parts to keep plants in proper operation. Such ser- vice develops confidence in the minds of the consuaner and reduces advertis- ing to a leasissof education. There is no piece farm equip- ment which has the constant usage that the water -system has: The de- mands are daily and hourly. Water is necessary in the preparation and serving of each meal, washing the dishes, cleaning the house, bathing, sprinkling the lawn and garden, flush- ing.the stables., washing the autonso- 'bile, and is an asset for fine protec- tion. In fact, the water-ssrstens has no idle periods; wheri it may be res paired, such as the tractor; spraying machinery, etc.; have. Thus the manu- facturers of farrn vviar-systems real- ize that an efficient service depart- ment means future business by creat- ing a satisfied consumer. Several Systems In Use. There are several ways of securing wafter under 'reassure in the home and 'about the fartmetead, whether by ele- vating the water or putting it under aix-pressucce, The first system might be called the gravity system. The Viraheir is either pumped to an eleva.bed position for'is elevated by nature, as in tho case of a spring on the roam- taineide. Many farmers aro blessed with abundant supplies of Water which ean be piped directly to tlie farm. This is ideal, for it is eheap in operstioe and almost never gots out of good condition. - Te elevated tank: has many clisad- antagee. It is affeetcd by extreme; Q.0 tcnipoiaturc, oft:..e leaks, )11ay be wreeked by siorale and is unsightly. This s em l'-eonaparatively simple, except for rreazing. The pneumatic system was one of the first deviatio:n.s froan the elevated - tank method arid has been highly suc- cessful. It consists of a tank which contains a gauge and necessary at- tachments for the hrtake and. outlet of ,the water. The tank contains air at atmospheric pressure. The water is pumped either by electric motor or gas-engirre (occasionally by hand) into the tank. When. the tank is about two-thirds full Of water the prtessure is about thirty pounds Per square inch. This is equal rcre to the gravity piressu of water in a tank about seventy feet high. This sy,stem works very much like a steam boiler. The air under compression forces the water to the, various buildings where water is needed. There are two pneumatic systems, one in -which theffank is large enough to store sufficient water 'for the arm for several days, and. another in, which the tank holds onlY a few gallons and is operated by an electric mator. In the latter case, wheal a faucet is open- ed, the water begins to flow and re duces the pressure in the tank. This works an auternatie diaphragm which throws on the current, the pump be- gins to operate ands in this manner, delivers fresh water from the vrell or cas ern. This systerrr consists of a tank into whieh air is pumped.. There are two eets of pipes, One to conduct the air from the tank to the well, spring or cistern, and the other line of pipe to deliver the water to the house or barn. m This is sometimes known as the fresh water -system. With this type of vrater equipment a pate.umatic pump is neces- sary. The 'manufacturers of the sys- tems furnish the pumps. Eleven Cents Per Day. If athe watesasystem should -coat $450, the interest would be $27. As t,he equipment th is esed 365 days in e year,' the daily cost would be about eight cents. Toethis must be added about three cents a day for gas anfd all, which brings the daily cost to the low figure of eleven cents a day: Of course, conclitions and size of farm will make this coat vary. No one would Object ta, elea-en cents day for fall the water. An experiment was conducted once in a -western college to determine the capacity of a man at work. A pump was rigged up and it was found that the largest ands ira skiee t eootbailif Pia sr- er was able to dovelop only one-tenth fhorsepower for a short time. This means that a one-tenth horsepot,ser motor will do more than a inan can do This men would be wor'h day, The motor would cost about $20, or a daily cost elineat too small to calcalate--about one -t o a cent a day. God had forsaken them. But had Ile forsaken or forgotten? Assuredly net. The lesson of -the C-rass is clear. Whether in life or death Gad never forsakes His own. Even Jesus, in His hour of egony, criedout, in the words of Psalm 22, Why bast Thou forsaken me? Hut God raised Him from the dead., Application. Into tliF mystery ,of our Lord's heartrending cry it as impossible to enter, yet there is comfort in the fact that these words were found on His lips. How often have they been the expression of others' agony. A little babe is taken from a home which had joyfully settled itself to be a nest.A father is -called from the head of his household, a mother passes beyond the reach of her -child's tearful search. We are overcome with the sense of loss -lose for which we can see no reason. Like our Lord we cry, "My God, why?'' There is no answer yet but it surely strengthens ns to rem- ember that Jeaus felt as we do. that in His case though calamities .more crushing than curs came upon Him, theregwas no mistake; that our suf- fering, like His, has somehow a place in the wise order of Providence.,that some day our severest agonies will he remembered only as wb to -day rem- ember the griefs of our childhood. The railing priests saw in his unrelieved agony proof thatGod, had forsaken Him, and -would net "have HinareThe oposite was true "The Father's de - ISSUE so 11---t21. P • Vagolable,Farnafiowee, new Improved Strains Ali tested, stiee to draw tferril Carttiog light in 'His Son reached its highest point when He became' obedient unto death." Surely there is -a lesson here foe us. . 5. Get ricl of the egg -eaters and the feather -pullers if you haVe scane in your flock or they will soon teach tbe habit to others. • • Crowded chickens won't pay any better than anything else'that ie aVer- croWded. It paya' to have quarters that are fperfeetly commodiouS and comfortable. The droppings are one of the im- portant adjuncts of the poultry bush neess on the farm if carefully mixed with dry earth and kept as fertilizer. No manure is richer than hen drop- pings. It never pays to expect two -hundred - egg pullets from one -hundred -egg hens. Remember that "like begets like."-' Improve the quality of your flocks by purchasing some good fowls or eggs from a heavy -laying strain of purebreds:. It will be money well spent. The farmer -who says chickens don't pay is the one who neglects them or does not keep an account, and hence does not know how much revenue the fowls really dO bring in. Keep the drinking vessels of both the chicks and the fold fowls scrupu- lously clean. Wash them eut every evening and scald then out at least once a week. Replenish the water suPply several times a day. Don't pour fresh water into the vessels, but throw out all the stale water and then put in the fresh water. The way to break up a hen that wants to sit is to begin the first time she is found to be sitting. Put her in a -cage with a slatted bottom, which is a few inches off the ground. Usu- ally a day or two in such a cage cools off the sitting fever. BRUCE'S HIGH -GRADE FARM SEEDS Barley. 0.A.O. No. 21. 61.85 Ger?, Brucnie'sktp. Learping DV1t 525,1 " White Hatless, 2.50 Beakstheat Silver Hull, 1.75 " Wisconsin No.?, 2:5 e 0 Ry 2.25 °' White Cap Dent 2.50 Oat?, Early Silver Mine 1.20 • " Giant Enrico. 2.50 ' Brtice'n Leader, 140 Select Learning 2.60 s. Conqueror 1.20" .Giant Red Cith 0 " 0.A.C. 50. 72, 1.20 " " 'White ' ..... .... .. ....... . . . ill, 'i American Banner 1.20 Tara+ SPeng Pea% Golden Vine • 5.00 Emmer or Sneltz ..., - ,„ . . . - . - .. ... .. , 1.60 " Canadian Beauty 3.75 Clover, Maitre, Regal No. 1. 0 9 • - • 22.50 Rye, Spring, 2.75 " Alfalfa ' " ' ... ..... . 10.00 'N'i2VidTIOgks5. 3.00 - " Mammoth," " " 21 00 . 2000. COrn Comptons Yellow Flint 5.22 " Sweet. :. „ ' •• •• •• • 8.00 " Longfellow " ' .. ........ 3.00 'Timothy, _ ' " " .... . . ..... 7.50 " Dakota White, -: .. 3.50 No. 2. 0. 5. of above Clovers and Timothy ° AustrananWhite 9.50 5I.80 ner bushel less, and No. 8. 0. S. of above " King Phillip Red " " - ' 8,00 62.80 per bushel less than above prices, PriC08 aro per bushel here,. cotton bags Useiljaa., flow 60a. pada estra, and Stibiect to being unsold Free -Write for our 128 page catalogue of geerls, Plants, Bulbs, Garden Implements, PottRrY Supplies etc,. Special Orals List issued every two weeks. -Free on application. JOHN A. .BRUCE & COMPANY, LIMITED 239 Seed) hierchants. Established 1850 I-IAMILTON„ ONTARIO /MOW MARBLE -FIE FLOOR FINER If your floors are hardwood, USe Marbie-Ite The Mar .finish with st ' • money -hack guarantee. It weans and icars end walre. It will not mar nor aerate h wIhtt and Ls not at. ftetettby water worn floor -spoils the look of your home and' imposeibie. to -repair, bot if you keep 'your Iffoors painted, feet cannot touch , Let IL11,3,..e paint wear but 'save the wood. 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On many farms they are left to provide largely for themselves in the fields and round the etacks, ten months oat of the - year. A little care and attention to, feeding after the fall freezes havo killed most of the vegetation, hdar- - ever, will be well repaid in the thrifty' condition of the sheep that can ho - maintained eup to lambing time. Late winter is really harder on the - ewes than the early winter days, be- cause they have by that time lost some of the flesh and fat that was put. on them dining the summer. Any farm breeding animal is the better far the good flesh it carries, esPecially if it is bearing young. It the ewes are - put into a good thrifty condition, or kept in 'that condition "during the win- ter theY will be more likely to bear strong lambs. On the other hand, if they must shift for themselves most of the winter, picking up dead stuff in the nieadows and existing on the straw stack, the owner 11 likelyto ineev- disappointed„in the lambs that arrive! -- with all theflabbieess of a wet dish. rag and about as useless, for Often they will not last more than two or three days, if that long. --A ewe is a cheap animal ta keep. Give -her good elo,ver, hay of some kinci. once or twice a day, a little oats encb. corn, and -she will bear as good lambs as any flockmaster coul' expect. We have fed silage in place of clover hay and linseed meal with the grain in. small quantities. These feeds will put starch into the lambs which will ar- rive perfectly formed and make the owner feel lie has gained something worth while. Too much corn is fatten - ling to a pregnant ewe, so it isbetter I to utilize more oats and clover hay and only enough corn to iniprove her flesh and keep her appetite sharp for it. Our ewes enjoy, a daily feed of good corn silage also-. It is not advisable to keep them in close confinement even during cold and snowy weather. We usually let ours run into the stalk pastures and clover fields, where they roam about and perhaps fincl'a little something to eat, -while getting plenty of exercise. The natural habitat of the sheep is on the range or open field or wooded knoll and I recall years when because, _ f I k of barn room we usecl to feed our flock outdeors during most„f the , whiter, and our lambs were s'tlorig thrifty as those we raise to -day tin er better shelter conditions. As lambing- , time approached, we hurdled the ewes in the barn, but this practice was not as convenient as feeding under cover. Time is an important element to the present -clay farmer, and everywhere that we can practice economies it will pay to do So. Strong lambs are the re- sult of good care and feeding, and tof get them started on the right road re- quires a little tinie. If he is vigorous after the first few days he needs' prac- tically no more attention other than that of being watched. Weak lambs require lots ef close care for several days if they are to survive. A few' weak lambs will just about keep one busy looking after them, and this means attention well into the 'night. So proper feeding of the ewes will prove to be an economy at lambing time. -J. L. J. *".". In the Tunnel. Two English lovers were returning, from a sentimental Saturday after- noon at the seaside and they had been compelled to occupy the0sanse com- partment as a. roistering crowd of costermongers. They had passed through a tunnel. "D'you know, darl- ing" he...whispered as they emerged, "if I had realized that tunel was so long I should have kiSsed, you!" "Great Scottl." she gaSped. "And didn't You?" • No man should do a job by hand that can be done by ina.r.hinesy. A hay -loader is indispensable as a labor-saving device on ,the farm. Legumes improve soils directly iTt two. ways -by adding organic matte and by increasing the nitrogerecontent. IStnek will eat a considerable am-. ount of !straw if it is bright and crisp. That's the reasen they nose into the stack. Horses should always be watered before they are fed, as there is some danger of working the pats into the gut if the proceSs- as reversed. The main. object in the first few months of a pies life is. -to produce beneohuscle and growth. Sort of get him in sha.pe to carry a big load of corn to market. During the mild Weather gates and fencemay be put in shape, which work eave,money and worry ir1. a few aaoriths when the yotaig crope have commenced to grow. Far too iamb well-curecl hay is ruin- ed by improper storage. Ono fre- quently sees low, fiat- Whicla have encefourth or more d their contents exposed to the weather. The best way of determining whethor cows aro profitable or not is to know hew much mill< and fat each animal produces, am; , what ilia herd will average, one ye'fkr r;ith an° I' .