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may be lessened, but the hay is not so coarse as 

 when a less quantity is used. A certain number 

 of plants are killed every year by frost, mechanical 

 means, etc., so that we prefer it thick rather than 

 thin. 



Alfalfa will grow and give a high return any 

 ordinary year without irrigation, but it attains its 

 greatest perfection when supplied with a liberal 

 amount of water water taken preferably from a 

 reservoir, the contents of which have been warmed 



by the genial rays of Old Sol. But we do not give 

 it too much water, or you may overdo it. Let me 

 illustrate. It is related in Japan that there is a 

 spring which when bathed in, one sheds the years as 

 one would shed a garment. A lady hearing of it 

 was directed there by a passing shepherd. The 

 next morning on passing the spring the shepherd 

 found a young babe she had overdone it. Do not 

 put too much water on your alfalfa, otherwise you 

 will retard the growth of your next cutting, and it 

 will possibly kill some of the plants. 



POULTRY NOTES 



New York will take poultry either 

 scalded or dry-picked. Boston wants 

 only dry-picked stock. Chicago wants, 

 for its own trade, only scalded stock 

 in chickens, ducks and geese, but pre- 

 fers turkeys dry-picked. 



Frozen eggs are sold by weight, 

 and are in demand in cities with the 

 large bakers and cracker makers. In 

 certain classes of restaurants frozen 

 eggs are used for scrambled eggs and 

 omelets. 



In testing eggs by lamplight the 

 object is to discern the size of the air 

 space in the eggs. When the egg is 

 perfectly fresh, the space is very 

 small and can just be seen at the 

 broad end. Each day this space in- 

 creases in size, and when it becomes 

 very large the egg is ranked second- 

 class. Cloudy eggs, or those which 

 rattle, are suitable only for cheap 

 cookery or manufacturing purposes. ' 



A very successful egg farmer once 

 said that in winter he always had 

 something in his coops for his hens 

 to pick at scattered grain, a cab- 

 bage hanging up, and even bones with 

 a little meat on them, always some- 

 thing to find in order that his flock 

 should not contract lazy habits. In 

 this he was humoring the natural in- 

 stinct of the animal. A hen let run at 

 large is almost always hunting, pick- 

 ing and scratching first at a blade of 

 grass, then a bug, then a worm, and 

 next a seed. 



Experiments have proved that 

 yarded hens are more prolific layers 

 than those allowed free range. It 

 costs more to keep them, but the re- 

 turns in eggs are larger. Yarded 

 hens are fed on food that will make 

 eggs, and naturally this food is con- 

 verted into the object for which it is 

 intended. - On the other hand, the 

 same food fed to fowls that are on a 

 range, is more apt to go to the mak- 

 ing of flesh, bone and muscfe, rather 

 than to the making of eggs. 



There is very little difference in 

 weight of chicks of any of the breeds 

 as compared with the others, for the 

 first six weeks. This is so even in 

 comparing the weight of Leghorn 

 chicks with Brahma chicks. There is 

 a gradual increase, however, after that 

 time, although not so very much until 

 after eight weeks of age. Naturally, 

 from then on the heavier breed chicks 

 show the greatest gain. 



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Solves the "Irrigation Problem" and affords rain when you want it, and 

 like you want it. at the minimum cost of installation and operation 

 Sample postpaid $3.00. Money back if you want it. Descriptive literature 

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Saves Seed 

 Increases Yield 

 Improves Grade 



Monitor Double Disc Drill 



"The Drill That Pays for Itself" 



Dropa 

 in front 

 of 

 bearin 



Bigger Profits from Grain Crops. You are not mak- 

 ing near all the money you can from your grain 

 crops if you are not using the Monitor Double 

 Disc Drill. For example with wheat it saves 

 one-fifth the seed and increases the yield 3 to 

 7 bushels per acre. The increase with other 

 grains is in the same proportion. Can you af- 

 ford to lose that much on every acre every year? 



Deposits Seed at an Even Depth. The Monitor sows 

 in front of the bearing. Other drills sow behind 

 the bearing. This particular feature of the 

 Monitor gives it a very great advantage. The 

 downward turn of the discs carries the grain in- 

 to the ground and deposits it at the bottom of 

 a clean, wide furrow, in two rows, one inch apart. 

 Every grain is covered wni/orm/ywithmoistsoil. 



Every Grain Grows. None of the seed is dragged 

 to the surface to shrivel in the sun, or be eaten 

 by the birds. Every seed germinates. Sow 

 one-fifth less and still get a better stand than 

 with the old style drills. 



All Come Up at the Same Time. The proper placing of seed and uniform cover- 

 ing with moist soil causes the grain to come up and ripen evenly increases 

 the yield and improves the grade. 



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