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4. Tankage may, with advantage, be used in rations for pigs, 

 and the better grades of dried blood, in small quantities, in 

 rations for horses, calves and cows. 



5. Molasses may, with advantage, be used, in moderate 

 amounts, as food for cows, fattening cattle, horses and pigs. 



C. Varieties of corn which mature in this climate are to be 

 preferred either for fodder or for ensilage to the very late 

 varieties. 



7. Wet brewers' grains, when they can be fed fresh, may be 

 used with advantage, in moderate quantities, under some con- 

 ditions. 



8. It is often possible to obtain a given amount of plant 

 food in desirable forms at lower cost by the purchase and home 

 mixture of materials than by the purchase of ready-mixed fer- 

 tilizers. 



9. Gluten feeds sometimes contain free acid and aniline col- 

 oring matter, but probably not in such quantities as to be 

 directly injurious, although manufacturers are urged to take 

 steps, to remove acidity and to give up the practice of arti- 

 ficiallj' coloring such feeds. 



10. Farmers should be on their guard against feeds which 

 contain weed seeds, whether ground or unground, although 

 they are especially undesirable if unground. Farmers should 

 also use great care in the purchase of grass seeds, which not 

 infrequently are imperfectly cleaned. 



11. Subjecting commercial samples or even home-grown lots 

 of seeds to a thorough process of separation, for the rejection 

 of impurities and light, imperfect seeds, insures more perfect 

 germination and stronger and better seedlings. 



12. Onion smut may be largely if not wholly prevented by the 

 formalin treatment. A machine with attachment for carrying 

 out this treatment is described and illustrated. 



13. A fungous disease of greenhouse radishes has become 

 common. This can be prevented by sterilizing the soil. 



14. It is probable that the injuries to greenhouse crops due 

 to eel worms can be prevented by abundant sub-irrigation. 



15. Xeither lime nor formalin ap]died to the soil have pre- 

 vented damage to greenhouse crops from eel worms, but sterili- 



