THE EARTH'S BOUNTY 



explained in Chapter VII. Under the name 

 and birth or purchase, comes when bred and to 

 whom; date when due; to be followed by the 

 actual event, sex of offspring and name or 

 number bestowed upon it. Crops are kept much 

 in the same way: name or number of the field 

 heads the page; then date of plowing and har- 

 vesting. In pencil on the opposite page, sug- 

 gestions for catch-crops, and rotation of main 

 planting. Small note-pads, which cost three 

 cents apiece, are nailed up in the different barns, 

 chicken-houses, feed-house, etc., and notes of 

 all happenings are made immediately. Then 

 the sheets are torn off from each every Satur- 

 day and brought to the house, for the items to 

 be transferred to the different books. It does 

 not occupy half an hour weekly, saves innumer- 

 able accidents and mistakes, and furnishes an 

 accurately clear knowledge of each animal's 

 value. 



The Wood-lot. This is the very best month 

 of the whole year practically to test a knowl- 

 edge of forestry. Select trees and have a sup- 



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