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For the garden, if possible, choose 

 ground having a gentle inclination toward 

 the south. Give it thorough drainage, 

 deep cultivation and liberal fertilizing, 

 and you will get good results. 



Bubach, Crescent, Haverland, Warfield 

 and Greenville, among the pistillate varie- 

 ties of strawberries, stand in high favor 

 among members of the Missouri State 

 Horticultural Society. 



Professor Bailey recommends a large 

 increase in the area of land planted with 

 apricots in the State of New York, and 

 believes the tree there will prove as hardy 

 as the peach. 



Tests prove that grain fully matured 

 and properly cured does not shrink if held 

 during the winter. If not protected from 

 vermin there may be waste, but there is no 

 shrinkage. 



In any kind of farming for profit, the 

 problem is to get the largest return from 

 the smallest outlay in the least time. 

 This cannot be accomplished without 

 thought. 



The appearance of the corn shocks in 

 the field after a harvest is a pretty good 

 indication as to the character of the 

 farmer, whether he is methodical or a 

 slouch. 



There is a big saving of labor and horse- 

 flesh if you can make one acre produce as 

 much as five usually does by intelligent 

 treatment and 'care, and you can with irri- 

 gation. 



If crops of any kind are planted be- 

 tween young trees, the irrigator must de- 

 cide carefully the quantity of water neces- 

 sary for each and apply accordingly. 



Animals and fowls enjoy a fresh, cool 

 drink as well as you do. It is not the 

 best policy to permit their water supply 

 to become warm and stagnant. 



"Baby pork" from pigs not more than 

 eight months old and weighing from 150 

 to 200 pounds to the carcass is now in the 

 best demand in all markets. 



Keep accounts with your fields, your 

 animals and your poultry. It is just as 

 necessary as for the merchant to keep ac- 

 counts with his customers. 



A duck lays large eggs, and nearly 

 every day. It should have an ample sup- 

 ply of animal food in connection with 

 grass and ground grains. 



The dairyman need not see his lands 

 run down in quality and productiveness 

 unless he is inexcusably neglectful and 

 shiftless. 



Cement floors are the best for barn 

 flooring. They are hard and smooth, are 

 easily cleaned, save manure and are rat- 

 proof. 



Don't feed the pastures too closely. It 

 is for better to divide and use the lots in 

 rotation. It saves vitality for the grass 

 roots. 



Spraying should be done effectively. 

 Both sides of every leaf and twig should 

 be thoroughly, wet with the mixtures. 



The walk is the gait of a horse that 

 should be cultivated and improved. It is 

 especially so as to draft horses. 



Ventilate the stable and the poultry 

 house as carefully as you do your dwell- 

 ing. It is equally necessary. 



As you cannot change your climate it is 

 the best judgment to study its conditions 

 and conform to them. 



A sound and healthy hen will lay be- 

 cause she can't help it, if you feed her the 

 right sort of food. 



No good neighbor will allow weeds to 

 go to seed that may be scattered on the 

 adjoining farms. 



Ducks can be raised without a pond if 

 you give them plenty of water to drink 

 and to waste. 



Discuss your methods with your neigh- 

 bor farmers. You will get as well as give 

 good ideas. 



When you cannot twist any drops of sap 

 out of clover stalks, it is safe to put it in 

 the barn. 



Irrigation will double the production of 

 melon and cucumber vines, if judiciously 

 applied. 



A fat hen is a poor layer, and her eggs 

 will either not hatch or will produce weak 

 chicks. 



Big corn cobs are not objectionable if 

 there is big corn on them and plenty of it. 



The younger you feed a pig, and the 

 faster, the more profit there is in him. 



Are your tools in good condition ? If 

 not, you may waste time and money. 



Droppings left under fowls or animals 

 are the breeding grounds of disease. 



