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severe freezing. Pine needles, coarse strawy manure, 

 hay, straw, corn stalks, etc., may be used. Forest 

 leaves often compact so as to cause injury. 



Poultry. If egg producing is to be made profitable 

 the fowls must be laying freely now while prices are at 

 their highest. Keep stopping up the places where cold 

 can get in but have as full ventilation as possible, with- 

 out drafts. Have a store of green food, gravel and litter 

 for use. Cabbages for the fowls may be stored on the 

 north side of the houses and when freezing weather 

 comes on leaves and straw thrown over them will 

 enable one to get them out readily. Soft heads of cab- 

 bage may be bought at from $i to $3 per load, accord- 

 ing to size. Paint roosts with lime wash and kerosene 

 for nits, and have plenty of dust for the fowls to wallow 

 in to keep down lice. 



Bees. Make all colonies snug for the winter. If 

 there are only enough bees in a colony to cover five 

 frames crowd those containing the most brood and honey 

 together and put in a division board. If they have less 

 than twenty-five pounds of honey, feed them enough 

 sugar and water in the top of the hive to make up this 

 amount. At the North the colonies should be kept in a 

 dry, cool cellar, or have a box cover lined with hay put 

 over them. Some only put a bag of hay in the super 

 chamber. 



DECEMBER. 



The Land. Work suggested for last month may still 

 be done if the ground is not frozen. Manure may be 

 drawn out even if the ground is covered with snow. 



Buildings. Continue to put the buildings in order for 

 winter. If frost works into any of the cellars bank up 

 with more hay or straw or use tarred, building, or roof- 

 ing paper. The latter may be put on neatly against the 

 underpinning either outside or inside. Have thermom- 



