Tensas gazette., 1911-08-11
Gun your chicken flocks often


Alfalfa is the best soilins crop
known
Broom corn is marketed wholly in
the bale.
1t does not pay to be careless with
farm machinery.
There is nothing equal to mothers
milk for young foal
The honey bee is necessary in the
polarization OF fruit trees
whitewash is a cheap aid to the
keeping Of a sweet and sanitary stable.
This is the time of year when 1t is
necessary to keep the cultivator going
overtime.
After cooling, milk should in all
cases be held at the lowest available
temperature
Good ventilation is absolutely es-
sential. but drafts must be prevented
in the lambing shed.
The best way to get rid of mos
quitos. like the balance Of our troubles.
is not to raise 'em.
The Guernsey, when 1t comes to
butter fat. holds distinguished place
as record breaker.
The cost of 100 pounds gain in
calves is about s4.10. while it is nearly
$3.50 for two-year-olds.
The cultivation Of beans should be
along the same lines as OF corn. and
If possible more intensive.
Spray the first time for the special
purpose of filling every blossom on
the tree with the poison used.
Breaking broody hens is not hard
task. A little care in the feeding and
housing is all that is required.
The United States produces one
fifth of the wheat and three-fourths
Of all the corn grown In the world.
Do not wait until the broody fever
hen becomes chronic, but discourage
Ter as soon as she shows signs Of 1t.
All animals produce stronger young
when both sire and dam have a rea,
sonable amount Of exercise each day
Alfalfa is one of the best plants to
furnish green food for chickens, but
ordinarily it soon kills out IL over pas
tured-
Shorn sheep sell at a discount be
cause the wool cannot be pulled until
1t has q growth of three-quarters Of
an inch.
Brush the udder and surrounding
parts just before milking. and wipe
them with clean damp cloth oI
sponge.
| Keep small turkey poults out Of the
long. wet grass In the morning and see
that they are under cover during
heavy showers.
Butter from fresh and properly
ripened cream not over one day ole
keeps better than does butter made
from sweet cream.
An important feature in the sue
cessful management Of the sow ant
litter is to get the little pigs to fee'
as early as possible.
Milk that is properly pasteurize'
and then kept at low temperatur
will keep much longer, as rule, thai
that which Is not treated.
II is found that success in dairyini
depends as much on the kind of car
and management bestowed on tn
herd, as upon the breed.
When you weed and thin out tn
family garden don't forget the poul
try; they viii relish the garden vast
and put it to good use.
Plan to raise fine flock Of geners
purpose standardized birds this SCI
SON. They will yield much more satii
, faction and profit than a mixed hocl
II man has Jerseys, give them Isl
Of Jersey care and feed. for they cal
not succeed on scrub fare and fodde
! They were not intended for that 2u
, pose.
, Cows must be kept clean an
healthy, have pure air TO breath
and then they viii return volum
r Of rich. nutritious milk in paying qua
3 titles.
: TIE COW that wanders over bal
pastures and looks wistfully at gro'
ing crops she cannot reach. Is M
4 happy nor contented and win not pr
d duce well.
: BY two or three paintings Of swe'
corn two weeks or so apart, one ca
have tender juicy corn on the tab