Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-12-15


Inbreeding too much win cause pig
cons to go light"
Early maturity is the keynote In
successful pig handling.
Persistency is one Of the valuable
qualities Of good dairy COW.
Do not allow the pullets to roost In
the coops where they were raised
The horse that slobbers when eat
ing should have his teeth examined
The experienced poultryman VIII
breed only from his best winter lay
ers.
Onions. unlike potatoes and other
root crops. viii not keep In a moist
cellar.
Tile drainage by making the soil
firm. enables earlier cultivation in the
spring.
Low ground drained can be cultivat-
ed earlier than high ground not
drained
Prune the currants and gooseber.
ries as soon as the leaves fall. or
early next spring.
Hard work is not so apt to injure q
horse as the failure to receive proper
attention afterwards.
At this season Of the year with the
coming of the fall rains. dry shell
ter should be provided for the sheep
almost every wrong act Of the
horse is caused by fear. excitement OF
mismanagement," said a great horse
man.
When you build or remodel your
dairy barn provide plenty Of windows
to admit direct sunlight during the
winter.
Begin a systematic culling Of the
flock this month. and get rid Of ali
unpromising birds before cold wealth
er sets in
A dairy barn can be kept practically
free from unpleasant odors. but we
never saw more than half a dozen
such barns.
Pigs on growing clover or alfaHs
with skim milk and shorts slop. viii
grow about as fast as it Il, possible fol
pigs to grow.
It is Just as important that every
horse should have his own collar al
the time as that a man should veal
his own shoes
Save the small potatoes and imper
feet heads of cabbage and other waste
vegetables. They will all be relisbec
by the hens in the winter.
Work horses. that have been push
ed In the fields all summer should
now have the advantage Of every houl
possible in the fall pastures.
Corn is a good grain diet for worl
horses, but colts and young horse,
should have feed containing NOR,
protein and mineral matter.
Where a number of horses are KEEP
in the same barn the sides OF the staI
should be low enough to allow then
to see each other as all horses Low,
company.
Let the same person milk the sam,
cows every day when possible. be
cause g strange milkei always make
the animal nervous and affects tn
milk flow
The first test to be given q new
workman on the farm is to send hin
out with team II he handles then
kindly, and skillfully be Is pretty sur
to be a good allround man
II you find a workman kicking o
beating horse back him up into
corner and give him a sound lecture
Then watch him carefully and II b
repeats the act send him adrift
When a man sends his horse pei
nell down hill with a loose rein b
not only Jars the shoulders. spring
the knees, weakens the nerves. Blu
runs the risk of breaking his horses
knees
Put new sand on the floor of the he
house Immediately. otherwise II wi
not dry out thoroughly before col
weather comes but win remain dam
and make the house uncomfortabl
throughout the winter
There is no economy In feeding muI
ty grain of any kind to the chickens
even II It can be had for a quarter G
the price Of good grain. The fowl
will eat 1t, II other food Is withheld
but 1t IL not good for them