The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1905-12-15
THE LIVE STOCK

THE LIVE STOCK
Every man who own a hilly .lm
should find profit in sheep
Use more Lamb and mutton on The.
home table. II is a most economical.
and heaIthful meat fooi
Do not eonfouhd Nervousness and
sensitiyeness with bad temper
The highest strung. mos, sensitive
horse ever owned vas absolutely
safe in a tight spot
In matching up the ploE horses Tor
spring blowing ami other WORK i's
sensible TO regard size. strength a.il
gait
Never discourage a Young horse by
asking him 10 pull load 100 hea,y
for him Then. too. there is danger
OF spelling the horse by overirsviug
Rub the legs well and bel eith
clean. dry straw II horses are bed-
ded with damp or wet straw .3I
will quite likely have cases Of rhsu-
matism and scratches.
Corn-stalks are wastsful for sheep.
as they only eat the leaves from ne
stalks The leaves are very good
for them. however. ana the hast
thing possible for young lambs
Farm Journal.
The Department OF Agriculture. So
bulletin Just issued, says the
Washington Star.announces a growing
market for guinea fowl as table birds
and suggests that they might well
be bred in the United States more
extensively, either along with other
poultry or in larger numbers by
themselves The report, which gives
summary of what is characterized
as heretofore meager and scattered
data on the feeding. management and
uses Of the bird. says there IS Teas-
on to believe that the improvement
in guinea varieties will continue and
that their breeding VIII become an in
creasingly important branch Of The
poultry industry.
The birds do SO well with COM
paratiyely little care. the report
says. In spite OF the half-wild hab-
its which they retain when allowed
10 range, they may be trained 10
more domestic ways and readily led
and fattened like Other poultry. They
are exceptionally hardy. Their noisy
and quarrelsome habits are common
ly thought to give warning OF hawks
or other intruders in the poultry
yard. Gnineas eat such large num-
bers Of insects that they are often
useful in helping 10 destroy tnese
.pesrs-They also eat many wild weeds
and in this way are of value
There is already fair demand
for guinea fowl. especially in NeW
York and other cities in the Eastern
United States, cry young birds Tor
broiIets bring good prices early in
the session in city markets. while
the. oider ones are easiis-s5lG through
out the autumn and winter, They
may be prepared for the table Ike
Ordinary fowl or like game biris.
have very much the same food kalz
ue as chicken and are as. economical
when bought at about the same
price per pound Al moderate. prices
they furnish the body with abou;
as much nourishment for a given sum.
as medium cut OF beef aud mutton,
land at higher prices correspond ia
value with the more expensive cuts
and such poultry as turkey. green
goose. etc. Guinea eggs are also con
sidered very choice eating
A small farm well titled Wir pay
better than q large one cared for in
the ordinary way The European
gardener viii take Few scres Of oar.
land and make it produce wonderful
~ with the increase In mining coal
and iron in this section there viii
be more garden produce consumes
than win be produced near here.
Truck farming can be made 10 pas
and social life is much plsasanier
where there are many small farms
we'll TILED
THE SCHOOL AND THE FARM
To become a successful farmer 1e7
luires a broader knowledge Of Istts
md principles than is required 10 be-
ONE a successful banker. a Few
Tears ago P. C. Holden. pablic
iehOol teacher in one of our north
western states, introduced some sud-
es bearing upon the increased produc-
ion of corn As a direct result Of
he intelligent methods thus evolved
he value of last years corn crop in
he single state OF Iowa was iu,rsas-
d sSO.O0O.OoO.