USEFUL HINTS 277 



Are there any old apple trees in your orchard bearing 

 undesirable fruit? It is easy to graft good varieties 

 upon them. 



Give the hens plenty of lime and charcoal. A dishful 

 kept where they can help themselves is a valuable addition 

 to the houses. 



Money can be made from small fruits. The area is de- 

 creasing year by year, and this means the prices will keep 

 getting better. 



Cultivation is a moisture conservator, but if the ground 

 is dry, don't run the cultivator teeth deep. Keep the top 

 soil stirred only. 



Keep an egg record and do not fail to make entries 

 daily. The successful poultryman must be business-like 

 in every respect. 



The poultryman who fails to keep an accurate account 

 of his transactions is traveling over the road of uncer- 

 tainty that leads to failure. 



It is poor economy to feed spoiled food to the poultry. 

 They may contract disease or become poisoned. Burn all 

 decomposed food stuff at once. 



The old family orchards are rapidly disappearing, so 

 that in the future commercial orchardists will supply the 

 rural as well as the city population. 



Truck crops suffer least from fungi in seasons that 

 open with a cool spring and end with a very hot summer, 

 with a rainfall below the average. 



