THE EARTH'S BOUNTY 



at night so the water runs back and there is 

 none to freeze. A lighted lantern placed un- 

 der the kitchen sink next the pipes will save 

 Jack Frost causing trouble there. 



Examine the stores of vegetables and fruits. 

 Remove any that are commencing to decay. A 

 little lime sprinkled on the potatoes will assist 

 their keeping quality, and check sprouting. 



The weather has been so uncertain during 

 recent winters that it is safer to cut ice as soon 

 as it is eight inches thick, instead of waiting 

 for it to become thicker. 



Barn and Stock. If straw and cornstalks to 

 be used for bedding are chopped, they will ab- 

 sorb moisture better, and the manure will be 

 more wieldy to distribute. 



Cornstalks and hay, chopped, steamed, and 

 mixed with middlings and bran, make good 

 milk rations if you are short of ensilage and 

 roots. 



Be careful not to overfeed horses which are 

 doing little work. Try to keep all exercised in 

 turn, and at least turn out into the crew-yard 



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