Short Chapters For Farmers

Have a field of clover growing every year. It is better not to stir a porou.f bou too Tnuch. (ro'w n little same tli ing else bcKiiU's whoat. Iton't keep animáis in close, dark tablee. Keep the "weeds oiut and the cruet broken. Doii't plant corn until th,e soil is well warmed. Boys and steers generalij' vork well togot lii'l'. sinail frurmo do beet beeause they are best, tilled. Plotw dcep, according to the charaeber oí tli,e soil. Cut your graos early; it s moro appetizing. Don't try to turn a lieavy furröw with, a light team. Wliat is best on one farm may not be best on anotlier. Immature párente producp nnfleveloie(l offsprings. Harrow alter plowing before the ground gets baked. Aim to secure tli.e best possible gwwtlh trom the beginning. Oats. peae, beans and barley all make good l'eed for sto','k. Difierent Hoils and conditions require ddlferent treatment In ui) iMs s-iiomld a lawn be close Biiaven tlie first year. Don't li.ill potatoes in a conical forra: leave them (lat. Alw-ays keep the face of the soil seeded with 6om kind of erop. Manuring in the hill is too narrow an applicatkxn of fértil i ze is. The valme af the dropping depende on the ralue of the food fed. Sec that your young trees do not mate too much growth of wood. Try t;o be ready for th.e market when the market is ready foir yon. .alt on ríoil .it ttaies works likp a diarm, according to conditions. Take }?ood care of your tools this season if you, never have before. GettinK erop in is only the begin■ning of the job. Consider the aftervwrk. Get as tnany varieties oí grasses in yiour pasture as you can make grow. Ftad out what it costs to produce an article before youi figure on the profit. The moon has ïts influence, but It oíinnot malvíe a good erop on a poor Buil. It payB to uise the rigfot kind of eofmmeroial to a reason■abl extent. The erop planted or sown in the best eondition is apt to yield the largest ■harvest. So'il, tto be fertilo, must haTe the action of sun, air, moisture and changos of temperaturo. In mnking experiments, either points are overlooked or conditions are Chlanged, in many cases. In cutting seed potatoes, leave enooigli potato in the piece to give the Voung gprout a good start. Soüie ingrediente render lnsoluble fertilizers available for plant food, ■a salt, brine and piaster. A Ktromr, Ivot solution of alum Water is said t'O cure chillblains. Rcpeat ií one soaking is not effective. The vitality of tli-e seeds of the stareliy grains is said to deteriórate more rapidly than tliat of the oily ones. Don't cali on youir neighbors for fa vors, il yon can avoid it; you wUl be niore kindly reeeived when you do. lnsoluble íertil:zers are oí no practical use. Plant deep in dry weatlwri; Khalïow in wet. Riiglit plaimiiiig íiavt'S both time tine amd labor. TUie isouroe ís u greart a UI In judgiïig oí mertt. i'ou uan,'t get your cellar too clean aittd sweet. A good iarmer is never id!e t'or wamt of work. W'hen de with a tooi, return it to its plac. One can plant more tíian he can cultívate. p Grow t-TX'h crops as are adapted tío solí. Do a litik' t'hnki'iig and contriving evwry day. Tíheire ai-e no wel weeds in. comHMsroial fertilliere. Poor leed aad care are worse than h'ard woi-k. Broad tires 011 Une farm save the moist tuirf. A i-ejüíai-ly well-fed animal is a conteuited one. AU ferbiifeere shoukl be well mixed witlii the soii. A tíliay ts'oil needts mucli care to keep it irom baking. It is a great mistake to stmt in amouait ftt graas seed. Very Bour kwí;i doos about as mucli liarm ae gooxl'. Judsment must be used as to the ööpth ,of pteurting. The the blaane the gentier (iliiio'uld bf the voitee. Letilng an animal run down to save towl s a doublé loss. You get á-o-m t'-lvu aaiimal -vhat was peut i:nt;o it - Midi more. Wc jivH'.st adapt seh'oals to teaching luu ie pfracfiïcal. Exerci.se breedíiig stock and keep iip bone nnd muscK. Maaiy boj's n.re bad because tlie sixe was aot well selected. . Vou a.niiiot have the best erop unIrss you use the best seed. Liparning to do one thing helps in kva,rniiig to do anot.h'er. ShaLlow rootins plaat m-e best adaptcd to j-lialluw saris. Siorg'h'iim ;i,s a iïndder erop stands liet icr tllvaiu corn. Do piot be aira M oí a little treeftt auid sinushine in the house. On the farm is where the laws of nature .an !je best tearnedi. Wh'O ever saw an, ear of corn. wirfch an uneven number of kernels ?