The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-08-20

Often 1t is better to set broody hen
than to break her.
1t is good economy to feed poultry
well from the start.
Very many Of the losses with young
turkeys are due to lice.
It is not good plan now to keep
chickens in tox, " snail yard.
If necessary to con6ne young chickens
in COOP with 4 board floor, cover well
with soil.
- "a, ducks and geese are picked reg
llarly during the summer and fall they
win not moult.
Scalded milk in good remedy for di-
arrhea in summer; give the fowls all
they viii drink.
Brahmas and Cochins feather very
slowly, and it is not safe to condemn
them until they are four months old.
When young chickens are shedding |
their second feathers they should have 4 |
small quantity Of carbolic acid in their
drinking water.
After young turkeys have passed the
period OF shooting the red, " which oe-
ours when they are about ten weeks old,
they can be gwen free range.
Either fall or spring planting may be
adopted, but for the strawberry spring
setting is surest and safest. Do not let Il
a strawberry bed run over two years. d
New varieties Of strawberries are year, Z
ly introdR but they should be tried
oRl~ I'd extent, as the varieties i
sN Actions are worthless ID 10
CataA caused, nv xp,.-...- i j
10 dannj ldfall rains. A reme1
1y for It INTO the nostrils sol
luton of ON carbolic acid to 6fty
parts warm W
In setting strawberries put them threl
and half by one foot apart. Black
raspberries six by three. Blackberri@ !
eight by three. Plant only old and tried r
varieties and lee Hnsvsities sc. ~,
Put large shovelfuI Of manure around
zach young raspberry plant, and you
will derive the benefits thefefrom next
ieason. Any attention given young
always rewarded the folIo;xs
ng year.
If you wish to haul out your coarse !
manure, put it on field intended for
yreen manurial crop, so as to pillow the
'rop under and thereby more intimately
nix the manure with the soil as well as
o destroy weeds. :
The best butter makers are the great. !,
st readers OF dairy literature and thus
,eep posted about the methods Of others,
nd do not depend too much upon the
they have inherited from
heir grandmothers.
Dwarf Lima beans may be planted In ,
ows in the same manner as string beans, {
nd they will need no pales or supports
I any kind. Though the beans are small l
7lAthan the pose Lima, yep they are mo
ifc and easily hartestgE 1
II is well to test your cows--know }
xactly which are paying, both in quail 5
" and quantity. Keep record Of
our profits and expenses, and you viii /
bus be enabled to know Just what your 5
landing is at the end of the season. 0
Spraying the trees is something of re- '
emit introduction. When the work of i
praying begins there should be no ces- v
ltion until the fruit is safe Much de- t
ends not only on how tho work of
praying the trees is accomplished, but \
SO upon performing the work at the &
roper times. &
The oils Of the dilfsnfht kinds Of Q
rain fed to dairy cows1kve very much q
, do with the quality Of the butter. :
otton seed, while giving an increased :
DIV Of milk, rich in butter fat, makes :. !.
lie butter greasy and sticky. Oats and :
ran give good oils for butter, but the ?
sst Is the oil of corn, To the general n
Ie Of corn in feeding dairy cows N the =
Test is due to a great extent The fne
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