. Prairie Farmer's directory of Stephenson County, Illinois. h end to bespliced will be unlaid back only one-half these distances. The same dis-tances can be safely used for repair-ing broken strands where new strandsare laid in. If you wish to take the twist outof a new rope before puting it intothe hay rigging, tie one end of the rope to a light wagon and drag therope about a meadow for twenty min-utes or so, drawing it sharply arounda tree or post if possible. This treat-ment will lessen objectionable twist-ing and snarling, so troublesome withnew ropes. Do not drag the ropeout on a dirt ro
. Prairie Farmer's directory of Stephenson County, Illinois. h end to bespliced will be unlaid back only one-half these distances. The same dis-tances can be safely used for repair-ing broken strands where new strandsare laid in. If you wish to take the twist outof a new rope before puting it intothe hay rigging, tie one end of the rope to a light wagon and drag therope about a meadow for twenty min-utes or so, drawing it sharply arounda tree or post if possible. This treat-ment will lessen objectionable twist-ing and snarling, so troublesome withnew ropes. Do not drag the ropeout on a dirt road, as is often is hardly necessary to caution thewise driver to turn his fork team al-ternately to the right and to the leftto avoid twisting the hay rope. H. G. Brunning of Mason county,111., who has had considerable experi-ence with alfalfa on sandy lands, saysthat when he seeds alfalfa again hewill not use a nurse crop, as on light,sandy soils the young alfalfa plantsneed all the plant food they can getand should not be robbed by the rig-. 9. starting the Iiong- Splice
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