The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-10-06

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ration for sows that are sucking pigs
| You can hardly push pigs too fast
providing you use the right kind Of
| food.
| The cleaner the feed and feeding
places, the better the quality Of the
pork in ALL
Less grain is needed for fowls when
bone and vegetables are fed in
abundance.
| Sheep do notdrink much water, but
what little there is drunk must be alb.
solutely clean.
Aim to get the top price for the
best. and if prices are cut, let It
be for the cuttings.
Chilled or long.laid eggs will not
produce as strong chicks as fresh.
well-cared-for eggs
1t is conductive to health to feed
hogs when they can have the range
! of the pasture field.
The successful dairyman endeavors
to raise all the feed needed for his
cows on his own farm.
The dry season will emphasize still
more strongly the need of preparing
more food for the stock.
Turkey raisers find 1t profitable to
have Guinea fowls with the turkey
flock. They act as police
Feeding hay not will have tenden.
cy to increase rather than decrease
the milk flow next winter.
The fleece OF the ram should be
dense. even in quality. and of strong.
clear white fiber throughout
The farmer has not yet discovered
more efficient fertilizer and humus
for the soil than animal manure.
There is nothing like silage to keep
the dairy cows appetite on edge
throughout the long winter period.
The separator should be placed
where the light is good. Working in
dark place is always disadvantage.
Farmers will soon be feeding new
hay and new grain. Change from the
old to the new should be made grad.
ually. =
After the haying and harvesting is
completed 1t is often desirable to
change the sheep from the regular
pasture.
The shortage the tay crop in
many sections makes the silo all the
more needful 1t is now the mainstay
of the dairy.
There is only one time when a poul
tryman is justified in selling good
pullet, and that is when he is going
out of business.
The hen is admitted to be one of
the greatest financial factors in the
country today. and she is also one of
the most overWorked
Bacteria does not thrive in the cold
but in heat only If you keep your
milk below 40 degrees the bacteria
will have small chance.
Some good poultry men think bv
feeding sitting hens in the morning
Trey are more apt to remain content.
edly on their nests all day.
To secure the best results tho
speed of the separator must be mi
form and up to the standard required
for the make of the separator used
Now is a good time to observe what
was once the wet places on the farm
where tile was laid and see how il
compares with other parts of the field
The cream should be cooled inst I
as quickly as possible after separat.
ng this weather and it should be kent :
cool until it is delivered at the cream. ,
Try
Glover is rich In nitrogen, and in :,
soils it develops tuher. /,
lies which attract nitrogen from the =
'ir 9here it is stored in ineXhaustihle -
quantities. :
In large pastures the animals roam
rom one especially attractive match =
If grass to another. travelling all over y
he field. and trampling down mara =,
han they eat =
Gull the flock SO thattae sleep are
+ uniform type, and present an even =
perarance. Only such as show evi.
ence of motherhood and hardness
hould be retained. y
Some people assert that sheep do i,
OF drink water. at all but It NAV no .
ecause they do not have chance to :,
ct clean water and must subsist m :,
le dew on the grass. D