THE EARTH'S BOUNTY, 



SEPTEMBER 



Barn and Stock. It is time to feed a little 

 grain at night. Commence to fatten pigs. Small 

 potatoes and other unmarketable roots, boiled, 

 partly mashed, and mixed with middlings or 

 shorts, is good stable diet. Surplus fallings of 

 apples and other fruits will be relished by the 

 pigs, and are wholesome fatteners. Don't for- 

 get that clean cold water to drink, and a big pan 

 of wet ashes once or twice a week, aids digestion 

 and keeps the animals in good condition. 



Poultry. Look over the exteriors of poultry- 

 houses for cracks and holes; small draughts 

 cause cold and croup. 



Choose a bright, dry day to gather fallen 

 leaves, and store to use as scratching material 

 on the floor through the winter. 



Two tablespoonsful of oil meal to every 

 quart of morning mash will help the moulting 

 hens to grow new feathers. Ten birds well- 

 housed will give better results than twenty in 



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