TRAP FOR SMALL GAME.

Bruce Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 179, 20 October 1903, Page 7

TRAP FOR SMALL GAME.

It Is Jnst as Good as the Most Expensive Contrivances. This trap can be made by any farmer's boy; a is a trap door held up by two cords attached to lever b, which rests on fulcrum c; c, a- trigger, is a short stick made as illustrated, and is attached to the end of lever by a short cord. The trigger passes through a smJall hole in, the top of the trap, and

ca tellies on the front edge. The sketch shows the trap set. Grain is used for bait, but carrots or cabbage are much [iked by rabbits. Place the bait in th<: further end of the trap so fhat it cannot be tr.ken out without touching thr trigger, which flies up and down drop? the door, caging the giamc. —G. L. Kuney, in Farm ami Home.

Early Potato Blijarbt.

Ihe en.rly blight of potatoes does not cause the tubers to rot. A more or less rapid drying and curling cf the leaves and stems marks the presence cf the disease. The edges of the leaves r.r<First visibly affected; the color oL;unc;of. to a yellowish brown, while the central parts of the leaflets gradually become lighter green, or even yellow, and more or less spotted. The ear! blight of potatoes may be treated with partial success by means of the Bordeaux mixture. The vines should be sprayed when about two-thirds grown, aud the application should bo repeated .as often as necessarj', the foliage at nli times being well covered with the mixt u re. — Western Plowman.

Clover Pasture Is Best.

The best pasture for celts, calves, lambs nnd pigs is clover, but it is still better to have a variety of pasturage plant f, such as blue grass, orchard <>t.-;s.s. re:l top, timothy and red clover. Let these seeds be well mixed and carefully I'O'.vn aud those best adapted to the soil will soon assert themselves and give largest and best growth of pasturage. Now is the time to scatter the seed. Plow well, harrow finely, sow the seed, let it become well establish --'d and you will have pastures that you v--ill be proud of. — liural World.

This Is Worth Remembering.

A wagon box ten feet long, three feet wide and 25 inches deep will hold 27.8 bushels of ear corn and 50.2 bushels of shelled corn. A crib ten feet •.vide, ten feet high and. 16 feet ;ong will hold 711 bushels of ear corn. Of ear corn, one bushel is contair.cl in :</. cubic feet. In figuring shelled ccr-n •>r grain the saane space will hold 1 4-5, times as much grain, as it will of ear. corn. A crib that will hold 800 bushels of corn will hold of shelled corn or of other grain 1,440 bushels.