ASK POPPY GEORGE

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March/April 1975
By the Mother Earth News editors 
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NOTE: Please remember to put your complete address on any questions you send me. You'll be surprised to learn that almost 15 percent of my correspondents forget to mention what state they live in. I should add that I've had many requests for information on diseases of tropical fish and although I'd like to be helpful, that area is just not my forte.

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In this and following issues of MOTHER, I'll try to anticipate some of your needs and interests and pass along some further knowledge and information. Just for starters, now is the time to do the following: Order chicks, ducklings, goslings, brooder thermometer, fencing, seed corn, milk filters, baling twine. Clean and check over your brooders, chick feeders, and waterers to be ready for the arrival of your new biddies.

Seed or reseed pastures. Be sure goats, calves, cows, poultry, etc., are free of lice and mites. See that four-legged animals have trace-mineralized salt and salt blocks before them at all times. Check to be sure your planting and haymaking machinery are in good working condition.

A suggestion: Calves are selling cheap ($12.00 or less for good sized Holsteins). Vealers of about 200 pounds are bringing something like 500 per pound live weight. If you have extra milk, a couple of bucket calves might prove to be a profitable investment

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