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Poultry. Keep up the fattening and marketing of the 

 chickens. They will soon "eat their heads off" if not 

 kept growing and sold as soon as they are mature enough. 

 Pullets and fowls should have all the run possible and be 

 fed a variety of food, to cause early moulting, that they 

 may begin laying before the holidays. Don't let the 

 hens and pullets out of the houses until the air is warmed 

 up in the morning when there is frost. 



Bees. Watch the hives for moths, and robbing of the 

 weak swarms, as the supply of honey decreases. Bees 

 are like children, and even older persons; when idle they 

 easily get into mischief. 



SEPTEMBER. 



The Land. The last of August and the first of this 

 month is nature's seeding time. The seeds of grasses 

 ripen the last of July and early in August and fall on the 

 ground, and the rains cause them to germinate and get so 

 deeply rooted as not to be thrown out by the freezing 

 and thawing of the fall and spring. Weeds and brush 

 should be cut along the walls and fences, and carried 

 away, and not allowed to lie on the ground to smother 

 out the grasses. If trimming is done along the roadside, 

 the beautiful species of trees, shrubs and vines should be 

 allowed to remain and only the weedy and undesirable 

 be cut. When the surface of the roadside is rough and 

 stony, shrubs and vines make a more beautiful covering 

 than grass and weeds. 



Buildings. Plans should be made for repairs and im- 

 provements to buildings to put them into the best pos- 

 sible condition for winter. If they are leaky, look for 

 loose shingles, cracks between shingles, etc., which show 

 better in dry weather than after a rain. A slender spike 

 on the end of a pole will enable one below to locate 

 small holes so that one on the roof can see where new 



