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'^^^ PRACTICAL "DON'TS" 



small hand-press, would stand a poor show be- 

 side the new power presses. So with old- 

 fashioned, hand-gardening tools. You can do 

 more work with a wheel-hoe than with ten 

 hand-hoes, and it isn't so painful either. Get 

 only the tools you need, but be sure to get 

 them, and get the best of their kind. 



Don't let your tools stand out in all weathers, 

 and don't forget to clean them and see that they 

 are oiled. A dirty farm implement may mean 

 the spread of disease; unoiled bearings may 

 mean injury from rust or breakage. Save time 

 and expense by a httle care. 



Don't expect eggs from dirty or ill-fed fowls. 

 The natural returns from such conditions are 

 vermin and sickness; and you'll get them. 



Don't expect to take everything out of the 

 soil and put nothing back. The soil is Uke a 

 bank account, so long as you keep adding to it, 

 you may draw from it. But if it is all " draw" 

 and no "add," then you will soon come to the 

 end of your resources. Feed your soil and it 

 will feed you. 



Don't plant poor seed. You can't afford it. 

 The best is cheapest. If you have poor seed on 

 hand, throw it away — or perhaps it might do 

 for the chickens. No loss can be so great as 

 the loss of planting it. 



