Pithy Points For Farmers

Farm labor seems to be growing generally more scarce, and wages higher. Th Is will give the working ïarmer an opportunity to pay himfeelf better. (rood injid and good stock are pretty i.e.ivly tïunown away on a man who has not a natural liking for agriculture. See that your boy has some aptitude in that ilirection befare you insist upon tying Mm down to the farm. Tine farmer who is a good manager wil raot be idle all winter beoauee there 5s notlning to do. Th systeni of work should be such that there b eomething to do. SUia winter idleness often destroys the pro its of the Bummer's liidnstry. Every step in aidvan ,e in agriculture, Is tlie result of expoiion ■■. An agricultural paper makee the experience uf on? farmer known to all others, and so s a nnitual helper. If you do not want to keep up wïth your brother iaiiiiors, thn don't take an agricultura] journal. ' Sheds, tanks, vaults and compost heaps- or any one of tliom, will enable us to conserve the full value of the imunire. Yet most farmers preier to waste it in an open bnrnyard. Every proliu-t BOld from the farm Carrftee away somt' aniount of fertilIty. If jio systematie effort is made to restore tliln, you are siniply sellinii' tile j'arin by bits instead of doing ït in a lump. The time at whdch manare Ls applied to the land is of much, less importance than the land that gets it all. Delay in applyhig it usually means waste. It is a great advantage to keep ahead of your work, especially when harvesting late iall crops. To le oaught by a storm at thJa season usually means some loss. Farm-ers whose tablee are well supplied wifh fruit and vegetables have tow doctor's bilis to pay. This conSideration alone ehould induce you to have a good garden and orchard, If nothJng else will do so. Untan the corn crib is rat proof, it wiill hardly p-iy yau to hold your graiii ior hitgher priees. Whfii yon figure on holding corn and wheat for a better markot, both s.ihrinkage and lnaoranee into eonsideration. Jumping irom one erop to another d attemp&JQg to follow the market andgrow t;he one that pays best, usnïlly results in keeping you just a year behind. The best time to start in the cultivación of a new erop is wtoen the price for it is low. Tlien you won't M disappoiinted in the market, and will have a good chance of getting in for a Kse. Makc c-'hnnges jn yonr system of farming wiöh due deliberation. Don't get exeited, if tJiere is a boom In some larti.-ular line. Those who come in after the boom ie started ueually sufter. Anexhausted o!l is a striking commentary againet the intelligenee of the cultivator. The man who has worn out hi oivn farm may well be written down down an a.ss. STOCK. Wtaen corn fodider ís fed without beIng uit, alKrat hal! of it Is usually w.-isi.'d. Th-en It makes tho manare Iiífi uit to liandle. Save both the fodder and labor by usiimg a cutter. The micceMfal cattle grower radsea none luit good cattle ; keeps thom in growins, thrivinii; -ondition the year round, and markets them at from 20 to 30 month.s, weiglitog from 1,200 to 1,500 pounds. You eannot claim that you have your cattle up to the proper condition untü your poorest animal will sell at the top of the market. Aim at an even average as well as at individual excellence. Alvandon Uve oíd idea of growlng and feeding liogs for a certain market. Keep them in marketable condition at all times and sell whenever the prfce justifies, regardless of future possibilities. The poss-ession of good stock leads one to take an interest in it, and feed and care for it well. Tliis is one reason why good stock pays so much better than poor. It educates one In tlhe matter of stock keeping. HORSE SOTES. Tlie general introduction of electricity as a motive power for street cars, has hurt the market for small mules. But there is still a good demand for well formed anímala fifteen hands high and over. If you. breed a good mare to a comnion sire you may expect a common colt. A common mare and a good Bire ghould give one a little better. Iiut for a wholly satisfactöry result you. must have a gpood maj-e and a fiixst-tla-ss sire. The bnisli and currycomb are better than the best candi tion powders for keeping a horee healthy. Apply them, mixed with plenty of elbow grease, at least once every day. Gray and roan horses are the longest üved. Creams are deficiënt in staying power, especially in warm weatlier. Bays average the best for all-round good qualitics. The hoof is the foundation of the horse, botih in a literal and figurative sense. When the foot is spoiled the lwrse is done for. Black hoofs are stronger and tougher than any others. POULTRY. If yon feed hens properly they are bound to lay. They eannot resist the dictates of nature. Fo-wls are the best economista that we have. They throw into salable commodities many ot'herwise waste prodnctB. As soon as tihe flock becomes so large tliat the waste producís will not go very far toward feeding them, tbe profit begiois to lessen rapidly. Th,is is why Bmall flocks pay so much better than large ones. The tirst eggs laid by a mature fowl ín any eeason are thie best for hatehing. Tben the cock and hen are both "ra tiheir greatest vigor, and the eggs are most apt to be tertile and to prodnce thrifty chlcks.