Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-12-29

Provide free range for hogs.
Horses and mules are very fond of
cat straw.
Every dairy should have a butter or
milk standard.
Only the wealthy man can afford to
keep poor cow.
Do not waste time trying to cure a
very sick chicken.
The horse is the only animal which
every farmer must have.
Oats make an excellent ration for
growing and breeding hogs.
Pedigreed stock. with animals. means
known parentage on both sides.
Do. not neglect to spray the orchard
trees and berry bushes this year.
Every instant that milk stands in
the stable It gathers contamination.
The silo helps solve the problem
Of making profit from 500 an acre
land.
Do not allow a boss colt to nag a
younger or smaller one. Separate
them.
Do not place much faith in new
feeds-you do not know what they are
made of.
Beginners should not purchase large
colonies of bees. Begin moderately
and go slow.
In feeding a milk COW a corn ra-
ton. reduce the ration at first indi-
cation of fattening.
There are usually some ewes that
have served their days Of usefulness
and better be discarded
Some Of the cut-over corn ground
can be sown to rye for late fall. win
ter and early spring pasture.
After the third month the calf will
begin to- want extra water and some
may be mixed with the milk
II the strawberry plants are vigor
GUS. and the bed not too weedy. It
may pay to renovate It for other year
Watch the bowels OF both mare and
colt. and II there are any indications
Of constipation give more succulent
food
Turn separator with a steady and
uniform speed and flush down with
skim milk or water at end Of seps
ration
There are many methods OF storing
seed corn, but In all cases the place
Of storing must be dry and well ven
tilated
II IL almost Impossible to keep the
parts OF hand separator clean and
bright without the use OF some wash
ing powder
In building new quarters for swine.
the foundations should be made per.
manent and the floors double and wind
and waterproof
II the sheep are kept on the past.
ures too late. they will eat right
down into the roots. and do more
harm than grass viii do them good
Keep the cows in clean yards dur
ing the day, and supply rations OF
food value to keep up the production
OF the herd to paying point
Now Is the time to figure whether II
would be cheaper to build a comfort.
able house for the hogs or supply the
heat this winter by feeding extra
grain
Among the essentials Of the success.
full care and management OF a farm
flock OF mutton sheep are that we
treat them in manner adapted to
their nature
Hiccoughing in pigs ir caused by a
arrangement OF the stomach One N
the best ways to correct the trouble
is to change the ration. feeding less
corn and more Of such feed az ground
oats and bran
Young pigs are so partial toward
foods rich in protein that they will
acquire an excess OF that elemenf n
given an opportunity, thereby stunt.
ing their growth
The only method OF Kidding the
poultry houses and nests Of mites "a
to use strong treatment with a Iiouid
lice and mite killer and keep the pouL
try house thoroughly clean
The cow gets up on her hind feet
first. with head down For this reason
the manger should be low and the
COW allowed enough freedom In her
stall so that she can rise with ease.
Old rotten apples. plums. grapes and
prunings serve as excellent winter
homes for many insects and bacterial