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The "dry mash" system of feeding is very attractive, 

 and should be given a trial. If successful it reduces the 

 labor to the minimum. The best mixture perhaps has 

 not been determined by practice for ordinary condi- 

 tions, but probably equal quantities of shorts, gluten, 

 linseed, ground oats, and corn meal and scraps always 

 before the fowls should be given a trial, with whole corn, 

 barley and buckwheat, to be scattered in the litter. 

 Oyster shells, grit and green feed should also be before 

 the fowls all the time. 



Bees. We must look after the supply of honey in 

 the hives for winter's use, as little or no more will be 

 gathered this fall. It is generally thought that there 

 should be five or six frames well covered with bees and 

 at least thirty pounds of honey at this time to enable 

 a colony to go through the winter safely. The honey 

 should be iri such a position in the hive as to allow the 

 bees to get at it in the coldest weather. 



NOVEMBER. 



The Land. Work may be continued on the land as 

 suggested for last month. Clearing up of all waste 

 materials, burning the coarsest and composting the 

 finer parts is always in order. Compost may be carted 

 out and spread on level land, but on hilly land is best 

 put in piles until spring. 



Buildings. Repairs of the quarters for the stock 

 should be completed before extreme cold weather 

 comes on. 



Stock. Young stock should be taken in from pasture 

 from the first to the middle of the month. If the pas- 

 ture is near by, they may be let out a short time in the 

 middle of each day with advantage. 



Trees and Shrubs. Planting may continue during the 

 early part of the month if the soil will work up fine and 



