Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-05-26
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Progressive farmers have silos.
Barley is mostly sown on corn stub.
BILE.
Flowing is hard work. especially in
stiff sod.
Peas put back the fertility that the
corn takes out
Kafir corn is not as good for laying
hens as wheat is.
Keep the land constantly at work
growing some crop.
One Of the very best feeds to grow
for sheep is fodder corn
Cows differ somewhat in the amount
OF roughage they will take.
Not enough attention has been CIV
en- to the character Of seed corn.
The tractor is going to be the new
est and biggest help to the farmer.
The month of June is the time to
prune for the growth of fruit spurs
Apples, plums and cherries should
not be over three years old for setting
out.
Pigs need exercise, for their sole
purpose and use in life is to produce
muscle.
II is better to buy feed and keep
the stock in the yards until grass is
abundant
The prevent rabbits from gnawing
the bark and limbs from small apple
trees. spray with soapsuds.i
To be sweet and clean It is desir-
able that the COW stable be white
washed at least twice year.
There is no crop that a stock feeder
can grow that will make as much
feed as corn and peas or soybeans.
AS the pig develops its digestive
system also enlarges. and It can use
larger quantities Of feed to advan-
tage.
The terminating power of the mid
die kernels on an ear Of corn is much
stronger than that of the tip and butt
kernels.
Beans can be turned into cash the
quickest of any farm crop as 1t is
possible to sell them in so days from
planting.
Few dairymen realize the tremen-
dous significance of the cream trade
that has been developed during the
past few years.
Once driven into wood. recently
invented split nail cannot be with
drawn. as the two parts curl away
from each other.
A gin of linseed meal contains
more bone-forming matter than a pint
and half Of corn. and as much nitro
gen as three gills of corn.
Corn treated with dressing of
plaster and ashes will soon show by
the strong growth and the dark color
Of the leaf the effect of the dressing.
The cream from the milkings must
not be kept so long that It win de-
velop a sharp acid. for that would i'm
part an unpleasant flavor to the but
ter.
Now is the time when plenty OF
milk is desirable for the market.
Prices are at their best and the cows
should be fed SO as to make the most
milk.
When pigs are six weeks old they
may be turned into grass and clover
pasture If weather is warm; II cold
and ground wet keep them in dry.
roomy pens.
Always handle ducks and geese by
their necks and never by the legs. as
fowls are handled, for these limbs are
not strong enough to serve as handles
and win readily break
Don't turn the chickens upon the
strawberry bed to get what they can
Of green food. exercise and larya. II
Is much cheaper to buy them proper
food than to let them damage the
strawberry plants.
Most farmers raise chickens by the
natural process. and that is all right
so long as you do not care to raise
more than, say, 100 chickens; but
when you get up into large numbers
incubators are necessary
Beware Of the hidden nest. II IA
not uncommon for farmers to take
the eggs from hidden nest and put
them in the fresh egg basket. AS one
has no way Of knowing the age or
condition of such eggs there Is a
great risk in such procedure.