THE DIVERSIFIED FARM. 



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When You, Sell Hay off the farm you 

 are selling its crop constituents; when you 

 feed it and make good use of the manure 

 resulting, you may sell the animal prod- 

 uct and yet add to the fertility of the 

 land. 



A Big Crop of Weeds, if properly util- 

 ized, may not be a misfortune. Plow them 

 under when they are making vigorous 

 growth and before any of them have gone 

 to seed, and they will prove a valuable 

 fertilizer. 



The Value of the Farm i s enhanced 

 by keeping the roadside clear of brush and 

 weeds and trash, not only by tidiness in 

 appearance but by the destruction of weed 

 pests. 



Canning Establishments. The West- 

 ern canning establishments are driving 

 the French peas out of the American mar- 

 ket. By more skillful packing the quality 

 of the home product has been materially 

 improved. 



Tree Cultivation. Trees do not differ 

 in any fundamental method of living from 

 vines and crops that are always cultivated. 

 Cultivation is as necessary to the one as 

 the other. 



The Pruning of an Orchard should 

 be practically done before the trees are 

 five years old from planting, and with 

 proper care and attention it may all be 

 done with the thumb. 



The Waste of Wood Ashes is almost 

 criminal, as there is hardly anything in 

 the way of a fertilizer which returns so 

 much of value to the soil according to the 

 weight. 



Printer's Ink [ B better than tar to pro- 

 tect seed corn from the birds. Stir a little 

 ink with the corn and then dry by rolling 

 the corn in fine dry sand. 



Trees and Plants need food and water, 

 and they should be as regularly and intel- 

 ligently supplied as the animals on the 

 farm. It is only a difference in kind. 



Warm Stables Building paper, forest 

 leaves or sawdust between the boards to 

 keep the stables warm are much cheaper 

 than grain and hay to keep the animals 

 warm. 



Stock that has paid during this long 

 and severe depression will be the most 

 profitable when the good times come 

 again. This is worth remembering and 

 thinking about. ' 



Tree Planting Plant the different 

 kinds of trees with a view to separate irri- 

 gation. Some kinds need much more 

 water than others, and they need it at 

 different seasons. 



The Costs of Transportation and sale 

 are as large for a poor as for the best 

 article. All the advantage in the way of 

 profit lies with the best product. 



Horses are so cheap now and there is 

 getting to be so little for them to do that 

 the farmer can with good grace use riding 

 machinery wherever practicable. 



Present indications are that the horse 

 industry will be first to recover from the 

 depression which has characterized the 

 live stock markets. 



Good sanitary conditions are the best 

 preventive of cholera or other diseases, 

 and this applies as to men, animals or 

 poultry. 



The essentials for summer cultivation 

 are to kill the small weeds and keep the 

 surface loose. Cultivate shallow and 

 often. 



A horse's collar in harness should be as 

 carefully fitted as we fit the shoes upon 

 our feet, or the coat upon our back. 



You must cultivate your small fruits 

 and trees the same as any other farm crop 

 from which you expect to realize profit. 



The commercial demand for horses is 

 growing, and it is getting to be a ques- 

 tion how it can be supplied. 



A Massachusetts fruit grower estimates 

 the cost of spraying his orchard at ten, 

 cents per tree for the season. 



Save the best for seed this applies to 

 colts, calves, lambs, pigs, pullets, grains, 

 fruits and vegetables. 



A good rooster is better the second year 

 than the first. Don't make a mistake in 

 killing or selling it. 



A cow cannot give full returns in milk 

 unless she receives full feed every month 

 in the year. 



