The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-03-15

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Is the spraying apparatus in order?
The work goes easier when you
keep ahead of your tasks.
Again let us repeat: Crowd your
work. Don't let it crowd you.
Remember cheap seed is the poor
est kind of economy.
Stomach trouble is apt to be caused
by feeding the froth on the skim milk
from the separator to the calves.
Where some kerosene Is used there
is a big saving in buying it by the
barrel.
The plants In the hot bed need
feesh air every day. Give 1t to them
or they will not be healthy.
Groom the dairy COWS regularly.
Use moist cloth on udder previous to
milking.
In pruning branches and twigs
should be cut as to give the bark a
chance to grow over the wounds.
Stick to your job. There is a de-
lightful relish in finishing it and fin
ishing 1t well.
With all your plans for the crops
don't forget that the grounds around
the house need attention and beauti-
flying.
Are you sure your hens are provid-
ed with the necessary grits, oyster
shells, dry bone and charcoal? All
are requisite for a healthy flock.
Animal food In some form should
be provided for the ducks used in
breeding. Without it the eggs are
not apt to be fertile.
Jacob was a rafting good stock
raiser, W. II he did not have the
benefit Of the training OF the modern
experiment station.
There is a delight In watching
things grow which is a compensation
to the farmer which cannot be esti-
mated in dollars and cents.
ways to be commended. The farmer
is only beginning to appreciate the
possibilities Of such methods.
The Oregon law in reference to the
San Jose scale is very stringent. 1t
eompels the destruction of market
fruit infected with the scale.
AS to the horse, it Is hard muscle
and not fat which counts. Fat looks
well, but 1t won't pull the load up hill,
or drag the pillow around that 40-acre
lot.
Bad as well as good traits are
passed on by both sire and dam, and
for this reason all points of the par
ents must be carefully considered.
The culls from the potato or apples
make good feeding for the hens, and
bring better returns than when fed
to the COW. Boil and mix with the
mash or throw a few raw ones into
each pen In the middle Of the day.
ooh, no, there are no lice on my
chickens" Well, now, just look and
see. Don't take too much for granted.
Begin to clean the fowls and hen
houses up for the warm weather COM
ing.
Under the present system Of hand.
ling grain the farmer is too much the
victim of the speculator. This is the
declaration of President J. ]. Hill Of
the Great Northern railroad. The day
of the cooperative grain elevator is
coming sure.
The care Of the eggs intended for
Matching has much to do with their
fertility and with the vitality of the
chicks which are Matched from them.
They should be protected from the
extremes of heat or cold. Dirty eggs
should be carefully cleaned. Wrap
in flannel or cotton and tnrn daily
until placed under hen.
Trout in the well Is the suggested
remedy for earthworms and bugs. II
the well is open to the sunlight, as It
should be, 1t is said that the fish will
thrive amazingly. True, but would
the water from such well be relished?
Better construct the well SO that bugs
and earthworms cannot gain access
to the water.
Our stock raisers will be Interested
In the report Of a new process for
treating meat which has been pat.
ented in Sydney, N. 8. w. 1t is
known as the oxygen treatment. Car
casses are placed in a sealed chamber
and charged with oxygen for six to
eight hours. 1t will keep fresh and
sweet for 10 days in the open air.
Cost ID s to 10s q ton, against 80 to
7Os. for freezing. and cost Of plant
snIy c~ne-quarter that Of freezing
plant
Prof. Hopkins calls attention to the