The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-10-20
Look out for roup.
Give the COWS salt.
Mules are easily raised.

A small fat sheep Will pay better
nan a large poor one
oupd hay and one pound grain pei
lay per hundred weight
,esumes should be included in
very well planned rotation.
Sometimes the best live stock in
he bunch are none too good.
When two years old the mule
hould be used at light work.
Remember that blow in the eye
3 very liable to blind the horse.
Corn fodder, either shredded or
whole, is a splendid feed for horses.
The corn shredder Is quite as valu.
,ble as the corn binder for the stock.
men.
Storing cauliflowers is not feasible,
Tor growers at least, except In cold
weather.
second.crop alfalfa is fine for the
pigs, but if pastured too closely 1t Will
soon run out.
The time of watering celery. with
any kind of sprinkling device. is an
important matter.
New corn should be fed carefully
az fed in large quantities. 1t is ap'
to scour the birds.
Government whitewash will pre-
serve the wood OF old buildings NOR
cheaply than paint.
According to conservative report
the Onion Set crop is much shorte
this year than last year.
The foal will soon learn to drin|
from a pail. II allowed to suck the al
tendant's fingers at first.
II farm manure is used judiciousl
it will effect permanent Improve
ment in the yield Of wheat.
Onions should be stored in a dr.!
cool, building where the air will CT
culate freely amongst them.
If the foreign demand is as gres
this year for apples as last the be
ter grades will bring as much.
Cutting corn at Sd much per shoe
is nearly a thing Of the past. STINT
the advent Of the corn binder.
If a horse has been accustomed
drinking before eating, then it is W.
to let the custom be continued.
The cost of harvesting an acre
corn will vary with the locality al
amount Of help that must be hired.
The farmer who 80 manages tn
he has something to sell the ye
around Is never q complaining farm'
Watch the hired man a bit and 8
that he is not continually jerking t
horses and making their mouths so
For making plum buildings, du
eggs are more econ9mical than the
of other fowls, beins both larger a
richer.
Cleanliness should be the motto
every feeder. Sheep. above all oil
animals. detest filth and unsanits
yards.
II there isn't a good bull in "
neignborhood. why not unite with
few good neighbors for the purch'
Of one?
Sheep quarters should be dry, eli
and we'll kept. Also supplied "
straw and litter and changed
Quently.
Do you know Of anything on
farm that will run into money fas
than hogs when around 6 or Z &c
per pound?
Save the timothy fields for a
! crop next year and increase them
, size and number while present pr
are maintained.
II your eve aborts. take her
: once from the Landing shed, burn
4 ter, bedding, ETC.. and thoroughly
+ infect the premises.
It is important that the ewes
8 got in good thrifty condition bel
}. breeding time. for on this condi
!, LARGELY depends the successful pro-
ton Of the coming crop Of lambs.
8 In order to Judge whether an
l. NAL is profitable or not. 1t is ne
e sary to know the amount Of milk
II gives and the percentage Of ia
contains.
) The best stock Is the stock th.
70 never permitted to stop grow