Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-10-27

1t is a mistake to treat the herd col
iectively.
The poultry house should be vena
lated thoroughly
Feed goes farther with young ami
NAL than an older one
The individual COW must be consid
cred and reckoned with.
Wrap your butter in parchment pa
per and keep il in cool place
Shorts and bran make an excellent
ration for sows that are sucking pigs
You can hardly push pigs too fast.
providing you use the right kind Of
food.
The cleaner the feed and feeding
places. the better the quality Of the
pork In all.
Less grain is needed for fowls when
bone and vegetables are fed In
abundance
Sheep do not drink much water. but
what little there is drunk must be alb
solutely clean
Aim to get the top price for the
best, and If prices are cut. let II
be for the cuttings.
Chilled or long-laid eggs viii not
produce as strong chicks as fresh,
well-cared-for eggs
1t is conductive to health to feed
hogs when they can have the range
Of the pasture field.
The successful dairyman endeavors
to raise all the feed needed for his
cows on his own farm
The dry season win emphasize still
more strongly the need of preparing
more food for the stock
Turkey raisers find IT profitable to
have Guinea fowls with the turkey
flock. They act as police.
Feeding hay not will have a tenden
cy to increase rather than decrease
the milk flow next winter.
The fleece of the ram should be
dense. even in quality. and Of strong
clear white fiber throughout
The farmer has not yet discovered
more efficient fertilizer and humui
for the soil than animal manure
There is nothing like silage to keel
the dairy cows appetite on edg'
throughout the long winter period
The separator should be placed
where the light is good. Working in I
dark place is always disadvantage
Farmers win soon be feeding new
hay and new grain Change from thu
old to the new should be made grad
ually.
After the haying and harvesting q
completed II is often desirable u
change the sheep from the regula
pasture.
The shortage in the hay crop II
many sections makes the silo all TIL
more needful 1t is now the mainsta.
Of the dairy
There is only one time when a poul
tryman is justified in selling a goo
pullet. and that is when he is goinl
out Of business.
The hen is admitted to be one o
the greatest financial factors in tn
country today. and she is also one @
the most overworked
Bacteria does not thrive In the col
but in heat only II you keep you
milk below 40 degrees the bacteri
will have small chance
Some good poultry men think b
feeding sitting hens in the mornin
they are more apt to remain content
eddy on their nests all day
/ To secure the best results tn
speed Of the separator must be IN
form and up to the standard require
for the make Of the separator used
Now is a good time to observe VIVA
was once the wet places on the farr
where tile was laid and see how
compares with other parts of the fielt
i The cream should be cooled jus
as quickly as possible after separa
ing this weather and II should be ker
cool until it is delivered at the cream
cry
Glover is rich in nitrogen. and I
homogeneous soils II develops tube
cles which attract nitrogen from tn
air. where it Is stored in inexhaustibl
quantities.