tu Year ‘Round 
. these reminders just might help some jim- 
With everybody so busy these days. . 

portant job getting done, instead of slipping by. How about keeping this book 
where you can refer to it often? Maybe one certain night each week—as your 
“memory checker” for those seasonal chores you have in mind. 
wakes Set definite plans for farm’s 
operations this year. . Keep records— 
KNOW what’s what. . Budget a certain 
sum each month for War Bonds. Isn’t 
this the time to roast (or sell) ALL roosters 
not actually needed for breeding? Prepare 
ewes for lambing—treat for parasites. . . 
Mate turkeys. . Top-dress wheat field 
with manure. 
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Repair brooder house. 
Overhaul tractor, mower, other machinery. 
. Set and sharpen saws... . Rush spring 
plowing. ... Sell saw logs. .. . Feed brood 
sows legume hay. .. . Estimate fertilizer, 
spray materials and order them. ... Rush 
pruning in orchards. ... Are the plows, har- 
rows, cultivator shovels all in good shape? 
Lime pastures. . .. Are all seeds ordered 
now? 
Finish spreading manure on crop- 
land. ... Top-dress alfalfa. ... Spray peach 
trees. . . . Clean up remains of corn crop, 
cobs, fodder, and burn it to destroy corn- 
borer. ... Fix fences. ... Repair and grease 
harness, making sure each set fits the ani- 
mal to wear it. ... Feed ewes more grain. 
. Is the garden ground all ready? Keep- 
ing up all those account records? 
Sow oats with Canada peas for 
early green feed, spring cow pasture. 
Creep-feed early ‘lambs. ... Sow emergency 
poultry pasture. ... Feed bees soy bean 
flour. . . . Check corn-planter—everything 
O.K.? Paint, whitewash. ... Set strawberry 
plants early. ... Apply superphosphate or 
a complete fertilizer to pastures. ... Is silo 
ladder in shape? 
Don’t plant that corn too aes 
Check lightning rod connections. . . Spread 
pasture droppings with harrow. . Move 
bees into orchard. ... Get hogs on pasture. 
... Use a good dairy disinfectant. ... Cows, 
sheep and pigs might well use some iodine. 
. - Kill weeds in corn field and potato patch 
before the corn and potatoes come up... . 
Use weeder and spiketooth freely. 
Cut milk stage oats for hay. . 
Scatter poison bait for cutworms ipece 38). 
. Plant sudan for quick pasture. ... Creo- 
sote the empty wood silo. ... Kill worms in 
sheep. ... Cultivate corn only to keep down 
weeds—always shallow. Deep working loses 
moisture, severs the young hair roots the 
plants need badly. ... Sprinkle superphos- 
phate on manure pile. 
Put pullets on pasture. - Rape 
sown now, 6 to 8 pounds per acre, makes 
fine fall pasture for breeding nee and pigs. 
Overhaul the silage cutter. . Plant 
sweet corn for fall roasting ears. . Salt 
hay in the mow. . Provide salt in the Bes 
ture. ... Treat stunted pigs for worms... 
More eges if chicken lice are killed (page 32). 
' Everything in shape for filling 
the silo? Fumigate buildings for moth and 
vermin. ... Haul lime... . Fertilize berries. 
: Avoid overgrazing pastures. . . » SOw 
rye for fall pastures—rye grass very fine, 
too. ... Seed next year’s poultry range.... 
Keep ‘salt before stock. . Kill the rats. 
Get fine seed bed ready for barley and 
wheat—order new Hoffman Seed. ... Are 
all your cost figures and records up to date? 
Sow cover crops early. . . 
Patch thin spots on lawn. . Spray for 
flies; avoid fixing cows’ bots next winter. 
. . . Late cutting and pasturing of alfalfa 
will hurt next spring’s stand. . Wean 
lambs. ... Mark trees in wood lot to remove 
next winter. . .. Disinfect the dairy now. 
. Drilling fine limestone does better job 
than broadcasting same amount. 
Orchard clean-up time. . 
Check all chimneys. Pick milkweed 
pods. ... Store all corn silage possible. ... 
Ever investigate emergency snow fence silo, 
or trench silo? Set bait stations for mice 
(page 33). . Treat peach trees for borers. 
Zhe sk garden—put on a green overcoat 
(page 6).... Any field need lime—still time! 
Butchering tools all ready? 
Tuck bees in for winter. Put rabbit 
guards on small trees. . . . Drain low spots 
where corn drowns out. . Saving scrap 
for Uncle Sam? Kill poison ivy (page 37). 
. . . Grease and Oe all machinery; order 
needed repairs. - Cull undesirable ewes. 
. Pruning time. . - Mulch berry bed. 
Prepare income tax return. Aren’t those 
records helpful now? 
Ventilate dairy barns. ... Is 
all machinery under cover? Antifreeze pro- 
vided? Feed legume hay to brood sows... . 
Walnut logs are worth real money now. 
Remove chill from all the livestock’s 
drinking water. - Clean dust from chicken 
house windows to get all vitamin D possible. 
. Spread manure soon as formed. . Are 
all ‘broken window panes replaced now? 


