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The average city laborer has been taught that it will be 

 detrimental to liis health to work for more than a few 

 hours in the middle of the day, and all outdoor work must 

 be completed before the five o'clock whistle sounds, includ- 

 ing the watering of the lawn. 



The consequence is that many of our best lawns are in- 

 jured and some actually burned up by watering with a hose 

 pipe and sprinkler while the sun is still high above the 

 horizon, each drop of water as it stands on the blades of 

 grass Ijecomes a prism and concentrates the rays of heat 

 so as to actually burn the grass to death. Also at this 

 hour of the day the evaporation is so great that very little 

 benefit accrues to the roots. One hour's watering after 

 sundown is worth two in the morning. 



If you must water during sunshine take off the nozzle 

 and lay the hose on the ground, moving it frequently from 

 place to place. 



STOCK FEEDING. 



The farmer has two objects in view in his business of 

 feeding live stock. The first is to produce at the least 

 expense the largest quantities of animal products, such as 

 beef, pork, mutton, poultry, eggs, milk, butter, cheese, etc. 

 The second is to make the most and the best manure pos- 

 sible. The selection of stock feed is to be determined by 

 considering each of these objects. Those feeds, ;that con- 

 tain the largest proportion of protein, or elements in which 

 nitrogen figures largely, make the best and quickest ani- 

 mal growth, as well as the best manure. Usually stock 

 feeds, containing the most protein, are really the cheapest, 

 when their nutritive matters are taken into consideration. 

 The economical feeding of live stock is mainly a question 

 of the cost of the various feedstuffs. 



