The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1900-04-14

i. find here and there hen laying O
a fat and ceasing to lay eggs. Evidentl
9 fowls show the same characteristic
> as breeds of larger live stock-th
l ability with some. to develop size an
fat at the expense of every other func
ton.
Pigs For the Dairy Farmer.
The best and most profitable way q
disposing of skim milk and buttermill
IS to feed them to pigs. Where but
! ter IS made extensively, or even on
small! scale, there is opportunity fol
keeping pigs at very slight cost. I
the required number. are not raised
upon the farm. they may be purchased
at six weeks old, or at weaving time
For few weeks at least after weaving
they will thrive best on sweet skim
milk. Buttermilk is also good, but
should not be fed undiluted, or scours
may result. With plenty of warmed
milk combined with bran, shorts O,
! other: ground -feed-of which corn
should form but a small portion, il
any-pasture if convenient, and pure
water at all times; pigs which have re.
celved good care through the mothe,
previous to weaving them'will grow tc
thrifty maturity. .'..
The practice Of keeping over pigs OF
shotes until year old or more is al.
most if not quite, out of date. Quick
returns make the profit in raising hogs
for market. 1t must be an exceptional
case which would warrant keepine
them longer than six to eight months.
AS fastsas: the pigs of one lot are
'fattenea and sold, Others should rhA
ready to take the places of those dis: I
posed OF: It is far better, in the
Writsr's, estimation, which is based
upon considerable experience, to feed
milk to pigs rather than. to calves, ex-
can+ = ~ --- &c l. -:r-----------L-. /
ceptionally fine; male, which it might
he tesifahe to- raise. A pig: at six
bring nearly as mrct, as q
steer at three,times that age. Atpes.
eft prices OF Fat cattle, no farlAor can
afford to false them for beef, whilean
six months the pig will be. in. prime
condition for sale and return good
Pfoht,: ,.si Z :.v.:- t:.
The hog is one Of the most prpfta.
BILE auinralssthe farner:has;. Consuming
IS it does the ..reidse* Of which
no e other. disposal could we'll be
made Upon the farm, looked upon
as theR lowest Of domestic an
mails, doomed too often to exist: I'M
filthy quarters and reesiye only thet
attention-as to :material COM
'erts,- set the pig repays his owner
,enfold;proft for his keeping. While
pigs undoubtedly thrive Better when
given d liberal supply Of sweet skim,l
milk for q tiihe after weaving, they
will do fairly. Well without it, if fed II
lp5oinf brdn aid mid dlings made into ..
lopeyith water. Whey from cheese :.
while sweet. is better than +
yatess fer this purpose: hut lis. h5t t
in many localitie s.4,+ X. = 7.
Farm and Garden Note.s 4 ii. =
Skim. uaiEE snass Indian mealiate The !
'erysbsst food for3pigsy : .ss LEE -
Flat stones whera aabHHnn daht aFe' thsI :
|rsasPsst ahd bfst R ll|;21 f5hhoor-
~ Plgpeps. s.s.si II. !: :s.-.l.:z rsr.z Il
, Rrvbabiy the best lice ezterminator
Or poultryads "a goods dust l,ox flied ,
With common road dust. :''ft.';4,:
Potash III tie cAief Fertilizer to he
pplied to fruit trees, nartieptarly af-l
a. q shess .aoms into bearlag ga; - f
a poandiU aneat scraps to twenty-.l ;
We hetsfs' a6boua tho right proper. .
pr. Ped syefy other. day. II,
il45sR Whsa ~ ,Ays net laying, a
alton of meat twice a week at this Fl
ms of gear wAh start them satw otktF1
In arranging :kapigpen,zgiso speciatE ,
ttention to afhe cons tfucti0h, 50 that
can ID sseasfy t!eanief a,fd suppliedI !
lEh ftsyh bed d ding rigpen should +,
Q cleaned ont every day. -
: FhereHis feyexy:- reason = tenhelieve
lat in order to have gbpta aaysrsit ii =
ecessary to haae good saying stock.
his IS the. rule applied 4f0 COWS. !
orsess shegFp and hogs, sotvfy SHOULD :
not apply to the poultry as well: / .s,- i
Drsftherees should yarey beadrivoni :
Ister than walk IN tajatagT exercise. .
hey require much less thani rpad- :; :
efs orarunain gethsf sesj no! draft I (
orses shoulf I a$e 4essg 41au,6re or !.
< miles a day and 'rohastefs can -eas- 4
= 60 to six to ten Miles. y I-d
The, moultngs psxiodsts oae that all {
aaltry4>havs.- to. goathrongh, and, at t
ks time they should reeei1e, = little b
ore attention than is generairg1ven. b
eEp Eda1ghts and feed i
II food. slch as stiii11oWcr seeds and II;
lseed oilmeal, and you will find it Ii
eat help to the birds. o
BOOSTERS in the majority of cases
9 Of no use to the farmer, and
ould he have any around that are
no value as breeders, the best thing y
can DO is to turn them into money. r.
lie hens Will lay just as well, if not o
tier, without them, though the eggs ii
e useless for Matching purposes.