The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-07-28
Sheep relish rape greatly.

OF the lows must De closely dtteLueo
to.
1t takes a protracted drought to de-
velop any poisonous material IN sor-
ghum.
Through live stock we market our
products at home in the finished
product.
1t would be better to give some OF
your COWS away than to feed them
at a loss.
Keep the eggs as short time as
pcsCsible and at cool temperature,
40 to SIS degrees.
All the profit OF sheep husbandry
is bound up in one thing; the keeping
of the flock In health.
A good aphis is one OF the worst
enemies the orchardist has to combat
In the young orchard.
Selling less hay and straw, feeding
more cows on the farm, will help re-
duce the fertilizer problem.
Great care should be exercised IN
all cases In transplanting evergreens
to avoid drying of the roots.
Tomato seeds are easily preserved,
and If you have extra good ones pick
out the best and save the seeds.
1t should be remembered that sows
that are to feed large filters Of pigs
should be we'll fed and cared for.
The pig that is intended for brood
SOW should be fed we'll enough to keep
it in good condition, but not extra fat.
The skunk is much less active than
the weasel, but it is very dangerous
intruder when it enters the hen house.
AS good insect powder is so cheap
there is no use or excuse for allowing
old fowls to remain covered with YER
min.
If YOU. want late celery for winter,
it should be planted any time from
the first of July to the middle of
August.
String beans should be drilled in
double rows six inches apart with just
enough space between to allow for
cultivation.
Buttermilk Is one of the best known
feeds for pigs, used in moderation
and properly mixed with grain or 9TH
er feedstuffs.
The foremost method of cultivating
alfalfa is with the disk harrow, one Of
the most excellent farm implements
ever invented.
II the skin Of the horse is kept
cfgHn ne win sweat more ffeefy.
which Is necessary to keep him in
good condition.
Too much water is as bad as too
little, because the surplus fills up the
interstices in the soil, excludes the
air and smothers the plant.
For the large tomato worm which
was more numerous than usual last
year, the best method is to pick them
off by hand and destroy them.
Never feed meat scraps that were
made of rotten meat. Good. pure
feed is the only thing that ever ought
to be fed to fowl of any kind.
1t costs money to have things g
wrong on the farm or anywhere else
but it is almost inevitable that some
thing will 60 wrong once in while.
Before and after the SOW farrowt
she should be fed very light or tn
pigs will not be able to take all tn
milk. or If they do. they will becom
sick.
Don't forget to thoroughly overha,
the binder before harvest; this
cheaper than to be overhauled by
!. hailstorm because you let the harves
= ing drag.
. Small-fruit growing and truck farr
ing does not mix we'll with gener
farming; but an apple orchard is
: profitable appendage to any diver,
a fed farm.
4 A gilt that Is expected to be Ike
for brood SOW should never be br'
before she Is eight months old, and
y Is better to wait until she is ten
:. eleven months old.
!. It is Just as cheap to make poul
Of good butter as 1t Is to make
pound Of poor butter and when
:, comes to selling 1t, the prices are We
- decidedly different.
=. A few trees in the pasture q
greatly to the comfort of the she
these days. II you can't have the
To- set up few posts and cover a
i of ground over for a shed.
y A family OF barn owls will numt
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