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We  manufacture 
TANKS,  TOWERS,  SILOS, 
WATER  WORKS 
SYSTEMS 
Cypress  Tanks 
Any  size  or  shape  for 
Water,, Cider,  Vinegar, 
Spraying,  etc.  100-gallon 
size  for  .  .  .  $1  O00 
Can  also  be  sup-  JLO — 
plied  with  head  or  other  equipment 
500-gallon 
Cypress  Tanks 
and  20-foot  painted 
Steel  Tower  guaran 
teed  to  withstand  high 
winds  and  give  real  ser¬ 
vice.  Com-  $1  QOOO 
plete  for  .  .  lvO= 
This  includes  all  plans 
directions.  Other 
sizes  upon 
0.  Y.  0.  Self-Oiling 
Wind  Mills 
Operate  on  Ball  Bear¬ 
ings.  Built  in  all  sizes 
as  required.  30-foot 
Galvanized  Steel 
Tower  and  8-foot 
wheel, com-  wp 
plete  for  .  .  */0= 
Built  in  all  sizes  lor  all  purposes, 
Shallow  or  deep  well  sources  of  sup- 
p  1  y  can  be 
operated  by 
Hand  Power, 
Gasoline  En¬ 
gine  or  Electric 
Motor.  This  Hand  Power  outfit  for 
shallow  well  supply,  com-  $CQ00 
plete  for . 
( ARUNDCLl 
The  kind  that  look 
good  many  years  after 
they  have  paid  for 
themselves.  We  make 
300  different  sizes.  Our 
28-Ton$1Cfi00 
Silo  (or..  1 00= 
The  above  items  give  you  an  idea  of 
our  extensive  line  of  manufacture.  Our 
prices  are  the  lowest  for  the  high 
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U.  S.  A. 
NOTES  ON  RABBITS 
Green  Forage 
What  is  the  best  green  crop  to  grow  to 
feed  rabbits  during  the  Summer  mouths  ; 
something  that  can  he  cultivated  and  will 
produce  continuously  from  early  until 
late  season  ?  J.  r.  d. 
Ashley,  O. 
It  is  best  not  to  feed  green  feeds  to  rab¬ 
bits  until  they  are  five  months  old.  The 
best  cultivated  crop  would  be  chicory ; 
the  rabbits  like  it  and  the  leaves  can  be 
cut  to  the  root  and  will  grow  again. 
Parsley  is  relished,  too.  but  does  not 
(produce  as  much  as  the  chicory.  F.  D.  G. 
Taming  Jack  Rabbits 
Could  I  tame  jack  rabbits  just  like  the 
tame  rabbits?  Where  could  I  get  a  pair? 
Wading  River,  N.  Y.  f.  s. 
It  would  be  a  wraste  of  time  to  try  to 
keen  jack  rabbits  confined  and  to  tame 
them ;  they  would  simply  wither  away. 
If  you  want  to  keep  rabbits,  you  might 
as  well  buy  a  pair  of  tame  rabbits.  The 
Gray  Flemish  Giant  would  come  nearest 
to  the  jack  rabbit,  except  for  the  meat. 
Wild  rabbit  meat  is  strong,  while  tame 
rabbit  meat  is  like  ordinary  meat. 
F.  D.  G. 
Rabbits  Running  at  Large 
Will  the  big  breeds  of  rabbits  multiply 
if  let  run  at  liberty,  and  what  breed 
would  be  best  suited  for  such  purposes? 
Walton,  N.  Y.  a.  k. 
Domestic  rabbits  wTill  not  thrive  in  the 
open  on  account  of  their  many  enemies. 
They  have  not  the  instinct  of  the  wild 
animal  to  endure,  and  one  Winter  would 
kill  what  the  enemy  vermin  did  not  dis¬ 
pose  of.  If  they  were  kept  in  a  well- 
fenced  place,  with  somebody  to  look  after 
their  food  in  Winter,  it  would  work. 
Either  the  Rufous  Red  Belgian  or  the 
Flemish  Giant  would  be  best  suited. 
F.  D.  G. 
Feeding  Rabbits;  Rabbit  Manure 
What  is  the  best  food  for  rabbits?  Is 
rabbit  manure  good  for  the  garden.  G.  E. 
New  York. 
A  good  ration  for  rabbits  would  be : 
Morning,  one  handful  of  oats,  whole  or 
ground ;  evening,  two  handfuls  of  moist 
beet  pulp  mixed  four  to  one  with  bran. 
Keep  hay  and  a  salt  spool  before  them  all 
the  time.  You  may  change  either  of  the 
rations  occasionally  with  carrots  and  tur¬ 
nips  (roots).  Feed  no  green  until  five 
months  old,  if  fed  at  all.  Rabbit  manure 
js  fine  for  the  garden,  but  should  be  used 
in  combination  with  acid  phosphate. 
F.  D.  G. 
Loss  of  Young  Rabbits 
Can  you  enlighten  me  as  to  the  cause 
of  the  trouble  I  have  experienced  in  the 
past  six  months  in  the  breeding  of  rab¬ 
bits?  I  have  lost  approximately  GO  to 
75  youngsters  during  this  period,  due  to 
neglect  by  the  doe,  either  by  the  failure 
to  provide  a  nest  for  the  young,  thus  ex¬ 
posing  them  to  wintry  drafts,  or  by  eat¬ 
ing  the  young.  Very  often  I  find  a  num¬ 
ber  of  the  young  that  have  been  partially 
eaten.  The  feed  I  use  is  composed  of 
Alfalfa,  ground  oats  and  oatmeal ;  this 
is  fed  in  the  morning.  Alfalfa  hay  being 
used  in  the  afternoon  feeding.  They  have 
fresh  water  before  them  at  all  times,  and 
about  two  or  three  times  a  week  they  are 
given  carrots.  A  week  or  so  before  the 
doe  is  due,  I  feed  a  pan  of  bread  and  milk 
daily,  and  a  few  days  before  parturition 
a  piece  of  salt  pork  is  fed  daily.  On  a 
few  occasions  the  doe  has  made  a  wonder¬ 
ful  nest,  but  upon  investigation  I  have 
failed  to  find  any  young.  t.  h. 
Copiague,  L.  I. 
I  have  never  heard  of  such  a  loss  of 
litters  before.  It  happens  that  a  doe 
has  only  one  or  two  young,  and  that  they 
are  born  dead,  in  which  case  the  doe  will 
throw  them  out  after  birth.  Thus  do  we 
find  occasionally  a  well-built  nest,  but  no 
young.  There  is  no  reason,  however,  why 
a  single  litter  born  alive  should  be  lost, 
and  the  fault  of  this  lies  with  the  breeder 
instead  of  with  the  rabbit.  A  young  doe 
is  liable  to  destroy  her  first  jitter,  but 
seldom  loses  the  second  one.  Even  the 
severest  cold  is  no  reason  for  losing  the 
young.  There  should  he  plenty  of  hay 
or  straw  in  the  nest  box.  and  if  the  mother 
does  not  carry  enough  herself,  put  a  hand¬ 
ful  in  while  she  is  eating.  The  hay  or 
straw  may  be  put  in  the  nesting  box  as 
soon  as  you  find  that  the  doe  is  breeding, 
but  usually  on  the  eighteenth  day,  at 
which  time  the  doe  starts  to  make  the 
nest.  Keep  the  surroundings  quiet  just 
before  and  after  the  young  are  born,  and 
be  sure  that  there  is  water  on  hand  then. 
The  fact  that  you  lost  such  a  great  num¬ 
ber  of  young  would  give  the  impression 
that  your  hutches  are  not  rat  or  mouse- 
proof.  If  a  rat  has  access  to  a  nest  it 
will  kill  and  eat  all  of  them  during  the 
night.  I  would  not  give  salt  pork  to  a 
rabbit,  for  if  they  indulge  at  all  in  canni¬ 
balism,  that  teaches  them  to  do  it. 
F.  D.  G. 
Mrs.  Newlywed:  ‘“Why  did  you  tell 
the  neighbors  that  you  married  me  be¬ 
cause  I  was  such  a  good  cook,  when  vou 
knew  I  couldn’t  even  boil  a  potato?” 
Mr.  Newlywed :  ‘‘I  had  to  make  some 
excuse,  my  dear.” — The  l.yre. 
Tslsiantmiu 
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21,000  miles.  I 
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miles  or  better 
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the  present  time 
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