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tincture of iron or a few rusty nails to the 

 drinking-water. 



Ducklings and goslins should have more 

 oats and green food than corn. Add bone 

 meal to the mash a tablespoonful to the 

 quart, and add a tablespoonful of lime-water 

 to every quart of drinking-water. Keep coops 

 dry, and provide shelters to protect them from 

 the sun. 



Don't neglect the half -grown chickens, for 

 if you do, it will materially aifect the egg- 

 basket next fall. It is better to steal the first 

 eggs from the turkeys' and guinea-fowls' nests, 

 and set them under common hens. 



Farm Crops. Sow the ground prepared 

 last month for carrots, in rows eighteen 

 inches apart, and later thin plants to six inches 

 apart. 



Mangel-wurtzels are a staple root-crop for 

 cattle, and should not be neglected. Sow in rows 

 twenty-four inches apart, and thin plants to 

 nine inches apart. Corn, both for grain and 

 silo, should be in by the 15th. Cow-peas for 



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