The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-07-07

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Ducks eat many bugs.
Goslings must have free range.
The quickest returns are from BABY
beef.
| Exercise Is essential to the bes
| growth Of the foal.
You have some things to learn aftel
you get an incubator.
The best time to cut the lambs tai
and castrate is at one week old.
Calves make more gain with a giver
amount Of food Than does older stock
Too much emphasis cannot be lait
upon the use of cover crops in oul
orchards.
Giving water at irregular times Il
Injurious not only to chicks, but t
old fowls.
1t is seldom that the very earl,
varieties of potatoes yield so well a
those a little later.
Mans object in fruit growing is thu
production and Improvement of the
edible portion of the fruit.
Good ventilation is essential; but Il
should be so arranged that the COWS
shall not be exposed to a draught.
Everybody knows that in July
weather cows give larger amount oil
milk than in cold and wintry weather
Build a good shed to shelter the
tools; it is doubtful If you can make
80 1.S per cent. profit in any other
way.
There is a best temperature fol
each individual lot of cream, but this
can be determined only by expert.
ence.
Are there any old apple trees in
your orchard bearing undesirable
fruit? Easy to graft good varieties
upon them.
Keep on good terms with the ewes
so that you can catch and handle
them without causing undue disturb.
ance in the pens.
There is no phase of the dairy bust.
ness that needs more study or more
careful management than does the
breeding Of the COW.
AS the time draws near for calving,
the COW should be put into comfort.
able box stall, having plenty of bed.
ding to keep her dry.
The open swill barrel standing BY
the kitchen door is a direct invita-.
ton to typhoid, diphtheria and like
diseases to enter the home.
When live stock prices drop It is al.
ways the man who knows how to
make meat at the least cost per pound
who realizes the largest profit.
When the fruit buds come yery
thick most people take it as a sign
of big yield, but when fruit grows
too thickly it must necessarily be very
small.
If the udder becomes hard or shows
tendency to garget, apply unsalted
lard and give 1t a vigorous rubbing.
after which give the eve a good dose
Of salts.
Skim milk, which is whole milk
minus part of its fat, and which costs
only half as much as whole milk fur.
nishes protein about four times no
cheaply as beef.
When the COW is comfortable and
contented, she responds with flow NJ
milk far in excess of that which sho
gives when she has been uncomfort.
able and irritated.
Cherry rot or brown rot affects al,
stone fruits. including peach, apricots
etc. 1t is by far the most serious and
battling OF cherry diseases to the com.
mercial cherry grower.
Barley meal, low grade -four and
white middlings added to the mash arc
useful in preventing summer diar.
rhoeas. Keep granulated charcoal he.
fore the birds for the same purpose
Never feed hay, or sweep or IN any
way stir up dust just previous to milk.
Ing time, for this will contribute to the
Introduction of bacteria, which con.
teammates and Injuries the quality Of
the milk.
Gull your flocks often and market or
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