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iiv Millions of Tea Pots Conducted by Professor Henry G. Bell The object of thit department Is to place at the aer. •Ice of our farm readers the advice of an acknowledged •uthorlty on all subjects pertaining to soils and crops. Address alt questions to Professor Henry Q. Bell, In eare of The Wilson Publishing Company. LImltud, Toronto, and answers will appear In this column In the order In which they are received. As space Is limited it Is advis- able where immediate reply is necessary that a stamped and addressed envelope be enclosed witti the question, when the answer will b9 mailed direct. Every Lea! is Pure . lEfV^ry irASusion is alike dcliciotisr Henry Q. Bali r.E.J.:â€" I want to plant a la.-ge ] Agricultural Collegre. This is closely acreage of corn next summer but have j followed by western ' rye and by Should I sow timothy. not sufficient fertilizer. commercial fertilizer broadcast, or put a handful In each hill when W.J.B.: â€" A sandy ridge crosses one of my fields^ The cultivator natural- planting? I use a marker and plant i ly sinka deeper there than on the rest with a hoe. Is a special drill needed j of the field. Does that have a bad ef- for fertilizer? i feet on the crop? What kind of fer- TmiSi""} ^^-^ ^^^^'^ ""'y- "« B 15 HIVING THE BEES FOU WINTER yor/f Cnuiuclad Jby /'Im 7Ce{&7i Jjiu/ Mothers and daughters of all ages are cordially Invited to write to thla 'epartment. Initials only will be published with each question and Its answar •« â-  means of Identification, but full name and address inust be given In eacn letter. Write on one side of paper only. Answers will be mailed direct If stamped and addressed envelope Is enclosed. Address all correspondence for this department to Mrs. Helen Law. 235 Woodbine Ave., Toronto. Answer :-If you are putting on I tilizer is best for this ridge? Is lime I °* wintering bees in cellars. Mrs. W. P. P.:â€" 1. One of the best then cut the cards diagonally , putting booka on the care of infants that wu half if each in one basket for the girls know of is Holt's "The Care and Fetd- to choose fi om anil the other half for ing of Children." The price is 7.0 the men . Each man must find the cents. 2. A doily holder is an uiiex- girl who has the remainder of his pensive Christmas present that can quotation. A birthday cake may be be made from two pieces of cardboard made of any good fruit cake recipe. and pieces) of bright-colored cretonne. Insert a silver coin, a wedding ring, a j^ „ , Your friend will value it as it keeps thimble, a button in the cake, which By U. )!.verett Lyon. ^^^ doilies pressed, fresh and un- ' denote wealth, marriage, old maid- I have tried every method of winter- less of newspaper^, it should be about ,.umpied. 3. For a boy's Christmas hood and bachelorhood. On the top ing bees, but the outdoor wintering ' »" inch wider on its four sides that it ^jf^ „ ,,qj. ^f gummed slips with hi=i have tiny colored wax candles to the , , , . ,, , may slip down and fit snugly, plan has every advantage over that .> ' ^ •' •^ JO newspapei' packing and the T"^ I name and address printed on them number of one's years. A good game Tn th.> ''"'"" '"" ° """ *^'^^f I (could be had cheaply at local print- would be ".In evening with the ages." Ill lilt, should reach down to within an inch er's) will be appreciated as he will Prepaie slips of paper with the follow- , from 400 to COO lbs. per acre of far- ; necessary? I first Place it avoids the task of carry- of the bottom of the brood body of g^j^y marking "his books and other ing: 1. The age we live in. 2. The tihzer, It IS good practice to apply} Answer:--Too deep cultivation al- ' ing each colony into a cellar every fall j the hive, leaving the entrance of the p,.opj,r,j. Or an outfit consisting of age of deliciency. ."]. The age we about 300 lbs. of this broadcast, " in ways is a serious detriment to hoed ! and out again in the spring. Then. | hive open for the bees to come and K„xes of tan and black shoe polish, , carix -1. The "age that carries us. preparing the com field, and work it : crops. Keep in mind the fact that again, bees wintered in special re- ; go. | flannel rubbing cloth, and velvet pad 5. The sea.soned age. «. Tlie thoroughly into the soil. If how- , the roots are the trunk lines carrying ' positories are liable to suffer from; The hive entrance should be con- ; f^,. p^iighing; a small fla.shlight or a matrimonial age. 7. The unciviliz- ever, you are not applying more than up the food to the plant leaves where dysentery, not having the opportunity j tracted to ahout three inches for the \ ^et of puzzles. 4. A new way to salt ed age. 8. The age we cook. 9. The 200 to 250 lbs. per acre, you will prob- , it is digested. Deep cultivation cuts ; for an occasional cleansing flight, | winter. This can be done by revers- 1 ,,„ts jg to use white of egg instead of stamp age." 10. The age we drink. ably got be.-it results from sprinkling fertilizer into the row after you have opened it up with a hoe, and then draw in a light covering of soil before you drop the corn seed. Many corn drills are built with fertilizer drop- ping attaijiments . This would certain off these trunk lines and insofar as it ' which comes on warm days, even in ing the hive alighting board and using ' Gutter' Place the whi'te in a pan ! II. The profitable age. 12. The injures the plant, it reduces or starves February, to the bees wintered out- 1 the small entrance^ in place of the j,„j j.^;,. „ytj. ^.^und in it until they i sanguinary ago. Ki. The feathery the crop. It is impossible for me to of -doors. larger one used for the summer. are thoroughly oovered, sprinkle on age. 14. The salt water age. 15. say what kind of fertilizer is best The double-walled chafl'-filled hive is i These alighting boards are made with t^e salt, and place in a medium oven | The age of slavery. IC. The age of f^ this ridge, not knowing the crop [ the proper hive for outdoor wintering. ; entrance strips nailed on both sides, j ^, brown. communication. 17. The age of for which the fertilizer is to be used. ' It is a cooler hive in summer, and a ; and the side with the .smaller entrance I j^^,] (;,.„j.g Worker: â€"Wash clothes \ plunder. 18. The age we give as a ! Keep in mind always that sandy soils j warmer hive in winter, than the i should be used for the winter. ^nd mufflers are simple to knii and \ pledge. 19. The rough and tumble* ly save time ajid labor in applying the 1 are relatively weak in nitrogen, ' single-wall hive, as the chaff acts as a j If the colonies have been strength- 1 qyjj^e „.[(},;„ the powers of the small [ age. 20. The age of hemp. 21. fertilizer and would deposit the fer- phosphoric acid and potash. If it is ' non-conductor of heat and cold, and ened by bees and food, then the bees ' gj^i „,. i,„y ^^j,,, cannot manage a ' T]ie governing age. 22. The search- tilizer and the com seed at the proper i a grain crop that you are planning to the only difference in its use lies in ; are nil fi.xed for the winter and need .^^.j^ „,. sweater. For the wash cloth, ing age. 23. The heroic age. 24. 'lepth. - jgrow upon the land, add 200 to .'JOO the fact that when it is prepared for j give us no further concern until next ugg medium weight cotton and steel The mint age. 25. The -'done up" F.S.:â€" 1. Would brome grass seed lbs. of a fertilizer carrying 2 to 4 per ; winter the trough of chaff is set on ; spring when the time comes to go over needles No. 10. Cast on 70 stiU-hes, age. 20. The age of proportion. 27. be suitable for sowing on a barn j cent ammonia and from 8 to 10 per | top of the brood nest. This is laid them. I ^^j^ ij^.j^ y„j fy^th plain until the â-  The wandering age. -8. The weighty bridge where a sod is wanted? 2. i cent, available phosphoric aci(f If aside for the summer. After the j All surplus extracting combs should cloth is about 10 inches scjuare. Bind age. 29. The unravelled age. 30. What seed sown neat will make the • it is a hoed crop, such as potatoes, : chaff box is placed on, it is covered be placed l)eyond the reach of rats and „ff_ j,,,,) j,p„. „ |„„p „f j^p^. ^^ „„e ^.j,,.. | fhe moving age. (Jive a prize to the earliest pasture? | mangels, or turnips, I would advise with the regular telescope top, and all mice, and occasionally examined to|„ei.. The muffler requires 5-8 lb. of ' person who has the most correct ans- Answer:â€" 1. I would not recom- ; adding from .SOO to 500 lbs. of a fer- , 's snug and warm . The same tele- ^ .see that the bee-moth is not destroy- , ^v„„| (-.jj-f ^^ jy stitches or about ' wers . The answers are in part as mend brome grass for the purpose you ; tilizer carrying from 3 to 5 per cent. } scope lid is used in summer as well. \ ing them. To keep these combs safe , j^j in^.i,i.j;. Knit plain fur 08 inches. â-  follows: 1. Cottage. 2. Shortage. 3. â- miention. Possibly the best grass you ammonia, 6 to 8 per cent, available If one does not care to go to the ex- through the winter take the bodies^ Inquirer:â€" The Christmas card is a Baggage. 4. Carriage. 2. I have could u.se for this purpose would be ' phosphoric acid and 1 to 2 per cent. ' pense of buying these chaff hives, the j containing them and tier them up i" comparatively modern idea. It mav not vet lieen able to obtain the in- Kentucky blue grasij. This forms a ; potash. It is not likely this sandy ordinary single-wall hives can be , piles of about six. Underneath, [ ain,y_.;t j,^ aj^ij tij^j. j^ ^^.^^^ .,nj ex- ' formation you require. When I do solid thick matting about the third i soil would be sour. If, however, it made warm for winter by covering : place upon the floor an empty hive p^nd^j ^,.i,|, ^he po.st office. The iirst ' I shall write to vou. .!. Without half card was designed about seventy years knowing something of your year, and if the ground is fairly rich, i should show signs of sourness, the ad- them with many thicknesses of news- i body. In it. sprinkle ab»ut ^ ^^ it provides a substantial pasture. 2. | dition of ground limestone at the rate ' paper, tied securely around the hive | pound of tar balls. The odor going n^„ '^1,^ custom ol' the Christmas is hard to answer "h: Tall oat grass has been found to give i of one-half a ton to a ton per acre hody and over the top, and a home- up through the combs keeps the bee- the earliest pasture at the Ontario j would be of benefit. j made deep telescope case can be moths out. I made and covered with waterproof , Late November is the proper lime Three and a roofing paper, the case being made of to put the hives in the cellars, if you Feed and eggs will probably be higlfcr this winter than they have ever been known. More than over then it will be necessary to make every pound of feed tell in eggs or flesh. To do this, it will require vigorous culling of the flock, good housing and care, and business methods in buying the feed and selling the product. Mature pullets best. In a test covering three years at several branch Experimental Farms during the months of November, December and January, early pullets produced eggs at a cost per dozen, for feed, of 18.3 cents; late pullets, 56 cents; one- ability it question. box is traced back to the Romans. In ; Some girls have made money at home every village an altar was erected, by making fancy cakes and selling and tins people dropped money into a them in the city, or candy, or fancy box." The box was usually of pottery, work, or in bee-keeping and poultry- pay to sell thin birds „ - - - , -._ half pounds of ground grain will pro- \ wood, and the waterproof paper tack- prefer that method of wintering. The Qn Boxing Day the boxes were open- ' raising. Doing mending oi- sewing duce one pound .f flesh. Don't .-ell ed on with tin cups. | cellar should be absolutely dur|i, the; ^^ j,nj ti,y ^oney was distributed. ' for busv mothers is protitabie. Make all at th-! same time, sell those that . S'nce this telescope case is to cover , hives placed one upon the other, and ; o,.a:_]. A good way to arrange i a specialty of the thing you can do couples for the birthday party is to i 1)^1. Best wishes for success. write verses or proverbs on cards. Write again. are ready first, spread the sale over l^oth the hive body and the inch or i the cellar ventilated occasionally several months, keeping if convenient, some of the cockerels till after Christmaji. Sanitary well-ventilatt-d house. Be^ fore the pullets are put into winter quarters, see that the house has a good cleaning and a coat of white- wash. Stop all cracks, but open the south side. Don't be afraid of plenty of fresh air and sunshine. Don't excite the pullets. Pullets should be housed before they start to ' lay. When nearing maturity they should not be excited. Keep the dog away. Every time they are frighten- ' INTEKNATIONAL LE.SSON DECEMBER 2. Lesson IX. Nehemiah Rebuild.s the Wall of Jerusalem â€" Neb. I. Golden Text. Heb. 1.1. G. year-old hens, 78.2 cents and old hens, I ed means a loss of money, $5.73. j Keep accounts. Start with Decem- Late pullets not good. There are a j ber 1st to keep track of the receipts lot of pullets this fall too late hatch- Verses 12-14 describe the prepara- ' tions made to meet the attack. The thought of verse 12, as translated j above, seems to be that some of the | Jewish workmen living outside of the j city, near the gathering places of the I enemy, brought reports that the ene-j mics were gfithering for the attack. Immediately Nehemiah took proper defensive measures. The general sense of verse l.T. another ob.scure verse, seems to be that Nehemiah on receipt uf the reports arranged h's forces so as to meet the attack. Be not ye afraid â€" When he saw that the people were still downcast and full of fear he sought to arouse them by ap ed to keep for laying, at the present price of feed. Any pullet that is not nearing maturity by November will not pay to hold. Feed such with the cockerels, and market. It does not pay to feed a pullet till February be- fore she lays. Don't keep old hens. \ two-yea r- old Leghorn hen may be worth keep- ing but a two-year-old Rock hen is usually a loss. If all these old hens were not sold in the spring or during the summer, get rid of them now, The late moulter best the breeding, pick out the ones that moult I the mash S/o/res The Happy Tadpole. llippety hop. Thiee men on a top. One was red and one was blue .\nd one didn't know just what to do. Little Timmy Tadpole was singing pealing to their (ouiage, religion, and ' to himself when along came Mister patriotism. | Trout and wanted to know what all Verses 15-18 tell that the enemy the happiness was about. Ver.ses 7, 8 narrate Sanballat's plans to attack the city. Sanballat . J ,. , . . . Tobiah â€" See comment on lesson and expenditure. Write Poultry Divi- , for Nov 18, verse 10 Arabians sion, Experimental Farm, Ottawa, re Ammonites-The adherents of "Tobiah ^"^'^ "^ '""^ attack and that the work j ..j ,1^,,.^ ^^^ ^^^^ [ ^.^^^ („ „„,, niy forms for this. I (Neh. 2. 10) and of Geshem (Neh. '2. "fjL/^lT''! L J.'If h. 1"?^'"^ song and tell vou wiiy I am happy. Selling produce. xNow is the time'lS*-. Ashdodites-Inhabitants of the ; ^'^'^.^...^^..^^X.'^ ,^^^'.''\^, ♦'^^ '^^^^^^^ What's the idea'."' asked Timmy. to look up a new-laid egg trade. Those f'" â- ;j|-'"f '2of mttfk.l^r-.r" ^ <lesi»ted Tom an actuaritUu k This ' "I 'l""'t «- why you are happy-in who have fresh eggs now will get ::::;:;tTthe'prog;ess*of t hH. s ored ^f^ '', ^T^\ '- t"V^-"^-«. 1°=' '.'"'^' "'n%^''""' '"'l "r' '"•' '""^ good prices and can .secure customers ^.^j^^^j^j^y Wrothâ€" Bec4ju»e in snite ' " ''''• ^ '^'â- ^«^-'' ^''"l^ "'"' y"" W'H be an ugly Frog, said for the whole .year. Sell all pro'duce ' „( ..,, .-^J.' „fr„,.t„ ,v,„ k„;ij:, , ' K've an idea of the as.dgnmerits given the Trout, as directly to the consumer as nractic- I â-  I • uT "^ i? ^"''^ "(I enter- t,> Jiirerent classes of the population: as directly ion.sumt. as practic- ^ p^.^e went right on Unless the people, (j, N,.|K.miah's immediate followers; ! could be stopped they would soon be /•>, ,hp nrin.iw -iml ion, I,.,..!, i-w tlJ Feeding. Wheat f5t for tnilling pur- ' in a position to withstand all outside ^ lru!lder:;'r;T tL^'allrts'^ b.^nlen" poses should not be used for poultry attacks. Coiifusion-Or "panic A; (5) the trumpeter; (»i) Nehemiah him feed. Oats, buckwheat, barley, corn, P"nic would disorganue the work and ggif Servantsâ€" The immediate fol screenings, "Tut, tut!" began Timmy Tadpole. "That is the very thing which makes me so happy. Tliink of iti I have something to look forward to, while you will always be a Trout â€"nothing buckwheat screenings, | "lake the people an easy prey. I lowers of Nehemiah; half of iheso but a beautiful Trout." Feed a mixture of . Verses 9-11 portray Nehemiah s feel- were to assist the builder-, the others In selecting i etc., can be used. . , one-year-old hens to keep for i grains in litter morning and night. In ' '"«* 9" discovering the seriousness of dry or moist, use bran, ^^'^^ ?'^"S.1'°"- P'.*^-«': , • • , • ^- , . . ., _,, ,, , â-  I 1. » 1 I ^ ,.â-  .,,' watch- Though Nehemiah and the late in the year. Those that are in | shorts, ground oats, etc. tiive milk ...-". either starve to death or are caught," .â- ^aid the Frog. "By the time you get through listening to advice, you will lie deaf and dumb, and then you will get caught for sure. Look! There's another fly." They both made a grab for it, but the Trout was too ijuick for the Frog. "Thank you," he said, us he swam away, while the Frog'.- mouth closed with a pop! on nothing at all. .^ When Vou Have- a Cold. 1. Keep away fi<u)i places where people congregate. 2. Do not use the .â- <ainc drinliiiig cup as other i)cople â€" yo.i shouldn't do so at any time. ;i. Do not kiss people, and shuM too close contact with them. 4. Destroy your mouth and nose .secretions by boiling or by lire. 5. If you have fever or aches go to bed ami stay there until ymi feel bet- ter. 6. Always remember that you have no more right to give anyone else a cold than you have to give them diphtheria or small-pox; and that you to furnish urotection. Rulersâ€" They ' y^u are uglv enough now, but good ^m«n^t Z I ,l,>n'.Hon Tlf""l ^"''""'â- "^r ! ness knows a Frog is the ugliest thing m_ent and direction. The closing words ;,„ „„ ,^^, ^^,,,,.,j,, „„,we,,.,, Mister ire very fooli.sli to "take a cold" from Of course, I am beautiful, while j anybody else if you can help it. ♦ *y Wintering Sheep. Shelter, proper feed, and good management are the requisites in bringing sheep successfully through the winter season. While some shelter Is necessary, close housing is not ad- visable, especially with ewes in lamb. Large, dry yards in which the .sheep have plenty of room for exercise are the first re(iuirement. Seven or eight square fact of floor space in a shed is necessary for an average-size sheep. The fleece afFord.s sufficient warmth in dry weather, and for this reason the main need for a and a half bu: hels per head per year. breeding ewes. The number that would do well to- Newfoundland's jiotato croii this .1. I-,, ,,u, ,„.u people had full confidence ill. Jehovah oK^Vse'iirshoTii'd be Vornw^^^^^^ "^'^ world." answered Mister I .years is e.stimated at two and a half full new feather in November are not to drink and table scraps and if there | they did not neglect to take proper , J 7, "the whole house of .ludah both ' Trout. million bushels; a supply per head of the layers. is no milk, use beef 8crap,s. Give , precautions, so as not to be taken by ! those who were building and ' i "Oh, but you forget! Vou are so the population for the year twice as Crate-feed before marketing. Even grit and shell, green feed, and keep ; surprise. Outposts were placed be- j laded them.selves," better, with a beautiful and sc. tasty that men are ' great as is ordinarily consumed. The at the present cost of feed, it does not ' birds and houses free from vermin. \ yond the city wall where they watched slight change in the text, "were arm- â-  hunting vou all the time, while a Frog noimal consuniiif ion i.s given as four â€" ' - I ;^ "^^'. "'f ^- Verses 10 and 11, ed" ! weH. they are only hunted for their quarters mainly for a large number of y^"'*^^" '''^"'''''•"'•t' ««*''V'',.'-"'''.""""i V,«rses 19-21 describe the provisions ,uj,,,j \^„^ jt ^ust be terrible to tion, on the one hand, to tht discour- made fur collecting the forces quicklv. J. / r • r ii .i, ;^"'"" '" agement of the Jews; on the other, to \ Large-Or. "extensive." Consequent- ' ^'•''« ^" 'l^'^'" {^'"7" ^^^ '""'^V, ^"^ ,, . ... ,. , , „, i the bold confidence of th.. enemies. My, onlv a few men were at a given ^"^â- *-' '^° '""'^ closely at every fly be- gether vanes with the breed. Sheep Judahâ€" The Jewi.sh community. • Not point; in case of att<ick they had to fc.re you eat it. while I gobble them will usually thrive better with not ; able to buildâ€" The strength of the ' l)e brought together quickly. Trumpet up with a snap! and so does a Frog. more than 40 or 50 in a lot. i workmen wa.s exhausted, and yet j â€"There wore probably several trum- Swim up stream and let me sing my The aim in wintering breeding ewes much remained to be done; no wonder peters, but one was ahvays by the side song. Good-day." is to bring them to lambing time in ' ^^ Jews became disheartened. The of the commander-iii-cllief •" the two Mister Brook Trout did not w-iit lor good vigorous condition and in only ; ^JX"";**"' "n"?.!^^ f,^"'' ''""'*' ^7''\'^"»- ' "1'^''^ always be found at the point „„; n,„re talk from Tinimv Tadpole, naent. I heir plan seems to have of danger. Morning . . stars " . i . be.(yi. to take the city by surprise, slay -The speedy comnletion of the walls the workmen, and thus bring the build- , was of the utmo.st importance; hence ing enterprise to an end. i the long working hours. HIGHEST PRICES PAID For POULTRY, GAME, EGOS <& FE.'XTHERS I'leafle writo fur pailliulurs. P. poujcnr & CO.. 39 Bouscooure Market. Mostmal medium flesh . This can be done by giving plenty of exercise and the right ; kind of feed regularly. i Wit.h plenty of roughage, such as • rod clover or alfalfa hay, sheap can j be carried until nearly spring with lit- ' tie g^ain. Corn silage can l)o used to j furnish succulence, although some ' losses and a good deal of trouble have ! for he knew that the little fellow had the best of him, so he went away up stream where there was a deep pool and sat there thinking over what hail I suits in permanent malformation, not been said to him. \ only of the feet, but also of the legs By and liy a fly came floating along I of the animal, with the eflfect of had on the top of the water. | , action produced. | "There, 1 don't dare eat that fly , No domestic animal has greater i Even bearing of the weight on the ' after what has been .said to mo," resulted from improper feeding of need of absolutely good feet than the ; bottom of the walls of the feet is thought Mister Brook Trout. He HIGHEST PRICES PAID Kor K.\W I I RS and GINSENG N. SILVER aao St. Paul St. W. ManUeal. P.Q. Iturci'enre, riiion Kit. of i.'ana'i;L shed or .sheep barn Is protection from silage. i horse, and yet, owing to the fact that j necessary if the upper structure of waited a little longer and the fly float the storms. On dry nights the sheep | Sheep are peculiarly susceptible to | his feet arc u.sed .so persistently, ho j the colt's limbs is to be maintained i ed over toward the bank and" before prefer to be out of doors, and will injury from moldy feed. Poorly kept ! meets with trouble in this section of j in good form, therefore any disposi- the Trout knew what had happened silage is therefore to be avoided. A | his anatomy to a greater extent than ; tion to go on the hocla or on the in- I a huge Frog had gobbled up the tinv ration of oats and bran makes an ex- 1 any other being, except the human. ' side or outside of the foot should bo ! fly and Mister Brook Trout was sorrv cellent feed for ewes with lambs at I Just as with children, the foot of a counteracted by trimming the less- 1 very sorry. winter better if allowed to be there, It is usually more convenient to have the feed racks inside, but some Ship T roughage should always be fed out of their side. The flock should have i colt should receive attention from ; worn hoof to the level of the more' After a' long time, the Trout .swam J- doors. With breeding ewea toward lambing time there is danger of injury in their crowding through narrow season, the object is to feed them as gates. It is well to provide a pasture j cheaply as possible but at the same on which they can run during the ' time keep them in a thrifty condition days in dry and seasonable weather. In wintering sheep to the best ad- vantage, the owner should sort them by age, sex, and condition lnt?> various lots, otherwise some are almost sure to get more feed than they need, and others less; It is economy to diapose of the I access to water and salt at all time.s. j birth, and every sign of a disposifion , worn point. This leveling can be ' over to where the big Frog was sit In feeding rnms during the winter; toward malformation or weakness : done with an onlinaiy jack-knife, but' ting and asked, "Was that fly good'.' should be met by a correction which i as the hoof increases in hardness with "Whv do vou ask, you don't have t. in many ca.ses can bo provided by the the age of the animal, the use of a ' digest "it?" "said the"Frog. pair of cutting pinchers becomes' "Curiosity." ventured the Trout. ^'J OatB, bran, and imjal may be relied upon to meet all the reciuirements of a grain ration. One-half toT5ne pound a day of this mixture, along with plenty of rough- age, should be sufficient. Lambs that are being wintered, whether ewes, rams, or" wethers, re- Ihe uBslstance of an owner without export . Of course, the endeavor to ensure necessary, and it is often the best J "Well, if you spent more time catch plan to take tho horse to a good black- ing flics and less time being curiou; asking foolish ((Uestions, wether lambs and cull ewes early In quire the same general conditions â€" the fall, and ur.^ the winl»i; feed and I adequate shelter and feeding. and asking foolish world would be better the md you would good foet in tho colt should start a] smith and if he has to do any con long time earlier than thi.^ that is to :,8idernble amount of traveling on hard -. say, his parents should be selected | ground or on the road, .â- ^uch as is en- ' be fatter. principally on account of their good , tailed by showing, for in.stance, the| The Trout sighed and .said, "Well, if formation and soundness in this re- young horse should bo lightlv .shod for I I were fatter, more fishermen might gard . the occasion; that is, if tho travel is want me." To neglect the colt's feet during the likely to be sufficient to wear down I "There you first six months of its life often re- , his hoofs unduly. are! Trout who are! afraid what to eat and when to eat ©ot Highest Pric .'B From tho World's ' Biggasi Ttio Tur si'fiw BIggttst Fur House . , .rsi'fison is nuwDt itgJitiohl* ^^ Mnmifaf'tur'rn are In the nmrVot. ^V Vv« w»nt Kltutik, coon, mink, imi«k- , .^^, rflt. fox, W'.if-wvarythlrtji- ^nd pay h**t prieM. Don't wHt! St;,[t tocJrtK wliil*^ the market itgood. "Vourrlieck.-unii^hy .. urn niuU ^ wwTK FOR rnet book Ttapi.^/. (Jam. U>v.. VuWl 3 lM>»i* l« «.. t rti hoi*. whan, wli«r NocMrc*. .r*^.: lion (<j (i ^"^^3 Pantton Bids. .t«Bt Kiir S»rkei Rep«rta â- fUNSTKN WIOS. Ik CO. ta «o3 ibV w •t. Lauli. Mo.