St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-04-26
tive to insects than any other OF the
feathered tribe.
VALUABLE REFERENCE BOOK.
Of Valuable Items From Their
Farm Papers.

Farmers who take farm papers find
it quite difficult to keep them on file
for future reference. Every me;nbcz
of the family must read the paper
and by the time it has passed all
hands it is hardly fit 10 lend 10 a
neighbor who can't afford to take a
paper. But shall the many useful
facts contained in ffty-two numbers
of the paper be merely laid away on
the dusty shelves Of memory to be
soon covered with the cobwebs OF
forgetfulness? The remedy for this
is good scrap-book, in which should
be pasted every article locg or short,
that is worth preserving. Every use
full table, every valuable recipe, every
statement Of valuable fact that
might otherwise be forgotten. For
this purpose q plain blank book can
be purchased for IS cents that will
answer the purpose perfectly. It
should not be smaller than 10x14
inches, as many of the best farm pa
pers are that size, and columns, or
entire pages clipped will fit in q
book of that size. If the book be-
comes too full, as it will if there are
many pages in it, simply cut the COW
ers loose at the hinge and paste to-
gether again with strip of strong
cloth SO as to make the desided thick
ness. For ten or IS cents, one can
have an additional 100 pages of blank
paper cut to double size and folded
in the middle, and these may be in
serted in the scrap-book by simply
passing strong cord along the fold
and making both ends fast to the
backs. All clippings relating to farm
ing should be placed in one part Of
the book; those relating to live
stock in another part, and these may
be sub-divided into cattle, horses,
sheep, goats, hogs, fowls, etc. In an
other part put all clippings of inter
est about fruits and vegetables. All
the different crops, may for convent
ence of reference, have a separate
space in the book. There should be
few pages set apart for useful ia
bles; and another for formulas and
recipes. As the scrap book grows, an
index may be made and when the
book is full another should be Sc
cured and filled. In this way all the
most valuable information found in
a paper or papers may be kept in
permanent and convenient shape for
future reference. A well-kept scrap
book is the most valuable reference
book q farmer can have. He wants
to make a spraying mixture but has
forgotten the proportions; or he
wants to know when to expect .
calf OF q colt or a litter Of pigs, but
has forgotten the CESSATION period;
he wants to measure the corn III the
crib, or the hay in the stack but has
forgotten the rule: he wants to or
der the seed of some crop he is not
familiar with, but has forgotten the
number of pounds per acre. If he has
a scrap book properly kept, he can
turn promptly to the page that con
tains the information he wants
Texas Farm and Ranch.
Desirable Points In Brood sows.
She should be something approach
ing the rangy order. She needs to We
long and broad, and yet in every re-
spect well proportional, and, in a
way, approaching the blocky form.
The sow wants the square hips and
full shoulders, and short legs that
give evidence of capacity to carry u
heavy body. AS the framework for
the whole, one needs rangy, bony
frame, not course and angular, but
well and closely compacted, capable
of carrying plenty Of flesh and show
ing it at good advantage
The sow should be q good sucker.
There are good milking sows and
poor mixers. Some will suckle
dozen pigs and make them grow bet
ter than another with half as many.
This is point that is hard to de-
value of sow for suck
ling, away from what one may deter
mine from the probabilities of ances-
on what she can do. It
is not difficult, however, if one has
an opportunity to observe pigs. Con-
the Importance of being
careful ic to find a good sucker and
hold tn her for hreedinp-Ex