The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-10-27
Look out for draughts.
Plant legumes in rotation.


AS the sheep bites close. they Will
eat down weeds to the roots.
In order to have good sized sheep
grow them rapidly while young.
Clover or alfalfa seem to contain
Just what the dainty COW needs.
The total value Of farm property III
the United States is $4O.0OO.0OO.OOO
Corn contains Sc per cent. fat and
heat elements. hence Is no egg food.
Ducks do not continue as profitable
breeders much beyond the fourth year.
Alsike clover seed cannot be sepa
rated from timothy because OF its
size.
Cool the new cream ta ahul, same
temperature as the old cream before
mixing.
Always If possible remove the SOW
from the pigs and not the pigs from
the SOW.
For draft work the mule Is valued
higher than the average horse. in
nearly every instance.
Farmers who are going to feed live
stock through the winter should try
to have the best possible.
Rutabagas are very satisfactory
root crop for winter. yielding as high
as Is tons to the acre at times.
If necessary to assist the eve In
delivering. use vaseline on your hands
before commencing the operation.
Woven wire is used a great deal for
reinforcing concrete and in some
cases old barbed wire Is also used
Watch out for ticks on the ewes. It
does not pay to raise them and you
better watch out for them. 1t pays
Farmers will soon be feeding new
hay and new grain Change from the
old to the new should be made grad.
ually.
Many farmers make practice OF
turning lambs into the corn field In
the early fall to gather up all the
weeds.
The proper treatment of barb wire
cuts on horses will mean fewer blem
ishes and less serious consequences
generally.
In feeding fattened stock and dairy
COWS. gain and profit come in proper
ton to the amount Of food the animals
put to use
A small quantity of linseed meal fed
in the milk will balance up the "a
ton and make 1t practically as gool
as the whole milk.
| Sheep-farmiAg has been practicel
since the earliest times. and is one o.
the most profitable branches of thu
live stock industry.
1t is doubtful if any other one facto
contributes more to the aggregate
number of bad eggs on the farm tina,
the lack of sufficient number O
properly located. clean nests.
If a big bunch Of young pigs is al
lowed to sleep together in crampe,
quarters. in cold weather. they will
pile up. and the under pigs will sui
fer Easy to separate them into lot
of eight or ten each.
tuberculosis In live stock Is tn
same thing as consumption In huma,
beings There are many ways O
spreading 1t. but the easiest way an,
the most common is through the dror
pings of diseased animals
A SOW pig, narrowing at one yea
old. will. If she and her offspring orc
duce the average number Of animal,
round up herd of 500 at the end q
the fourth year--provided there ar
no slips. no death. no runts.
/ During the year 1909 there were 4
473.00O more hogs killed in this cour
try for food purposes than all othe
? animals combined, including beeves
calves. sheep and lambs, goats, kid,
j. etc.
The good gardener will be az car.
= full to keep weeds from going to see
, in the garden from now on. as he wa
D to keep them from growing earlier
t the season. This means a clean %,
den next year.
!, Alfalfa Is very good feed n
: horses provided 1t is fed properIv .
= though 1t is not considered az valnah,
. for road horses as for workin
horses
Corn may be the cheapest ration
j. far as dollars and cents are concerno
q In Its market value, but II undouh..s -,