St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-08-13

Feed all of the hens all they will
eat of wheat and other nourishing
feeds.
A very important part of dairying
is to make 1t profitable all the year
around.
Preventive and destructive meas.
ures are both necessary in combating
hog lice.
In order to keep fowls healthy we
must breed for health just as we
would for any other desired quality.
When the young poults begin to get
their long wing flight feathers, they
require extra care and attention.
For feeding lambs to be used for
breeding purposes preference should
be given to bran. oats and linseed
meal.
A wellventilated and light and dry
cellar is the best place for the incu.
bator in operation, as it is less sub.
ject to change Of temperature than
any other part of the house.
For two or three years after plant.
Ing, the ground among ornamental
shrubs should be spaded and the sur.
face cultivated to keep down weeds
and grass and to conserve moisture.
Some states prohibit the importa.
ton of dairy and breeding cattle until
they are tuberculin tested, but permit
as yet unrestricted sale of stock with
In Its boundaries.
Rape is especially valuable for
the pastures begin to fail, as the sue.
culent feed keeps up the supply of
milk for the lambs.
| Never -overfeed or feed pepper or
other condiments to the hens you ex-
pect to furnish eggs for Matching. If
you do, infertile eggs and weak chicks
! will be the result.
The. Wisconsin experiment station
finds lime is deficient in much of the
grain ration fed to dairy cows and
hogs. Hogs fed on phosphates and
bone mash, made consistent and profit
able gains
The table value of both lettuce ana
| radishes depends largely upon quick
growth under moderately cool condi-
tions. For this reason the soil should
be very fine of texture and fertile to
stimulate the most rapid growth.
A grape vine to bear well must be
cultivated and carefully pruned each
year, cutting back to two, three, or
not more than four canes, and care
fully pinching off surplus young
shoots during the summer
There is something In suiting the
corn to the soil. Trying to suit the
soil to the corn is tough PROPOSE
ton, as many man who has tried
corn adapted to bottom soil on thin
ner upland has found to his sorrow.
The poultry products of the United
States are just on par with wheat
and hay The combined value of the
three last year was around two bill
lion dollars, an average of over GIL
millions each.
A mixture of salt, two parts, and
ashes, one part, should be put In the
sailing box at least once each week.
The ashes should be rich in charcoal.
The cows require a great deal Of
charcoal and cannot do their best
without it.
Where manure is accumulated in
stables and lots, and is properly saved,
it goes on the land more evenly, as
rule, which is an important considera-
ton where man Is endeavoring to |
keep up the lands fertility and get as
much out of 1t as possible at the same
time.
The floor and walls of the dairy
barn where the COWS are MIXED must
be free from dust and dirt; the cows
must be brushed and their udders
sponged off with damp cloth pre-
vious to milking and the mixer him
SEW must have clean hands and
clothes.
Always market your butter regu-
larly at current market prices. Give
your customers pure, sweet, fresh
butter and your reputation as a good
butter maker will soon be established.
When your butter is held until it Is
Did and stale 1t is not wanted and
your reputation suffers as well as
your pocket.
A foal may be raised on cows milk
f the latter is sweetened with sugar
'r molasses at the rate of two tea
'poonfuls per pint and three table
'poonfuls of lime water are added at
irst. Give cupful every hour at
1rst and gradually increase amount
Ind decrease meals to six and then to
our feeds a day.
At the present time open-front
poultry houses are very popular and /.
re giving very satisfactory results. ,
'uch buildings have part or the whole :
f the south front covered only by !.
ne mesh wire netting and open at all ,