The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-10-20

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Sheep are scavengers.
Don't crowd your chickens.
Wheat responds readily to good cul'
ture
Do not be in too much OF a hurry TO
Wean the pigs.
The separator should be thoroughly
washed after it Is used.
Sheep require less pasture than any
other animal on the farm.
More horses are spoiled by poor
drivers than any other way.
The cream should be delivered not
less than three times a week.
1t is quite customary to feed horse
doing reasonably hard work. one
You should have a cooker IN order
to get the best results with fall pigs.
Give the dairy cows plenty OF salt
and let them consume all the water
they need.
The hen is admitted to be one OF |
the greatest financial factors IN the
country today.
Stock carrots are valuable root
crop and will yield ten to fifteen tons
on rich, loamy soil.
Changes in the richness of milk can.
not alter the proportion Of skim milk
to cream delivered.
The worlds herd of swine numbers
10O, 100000. two-fifths of which belong
to the United States.
Bran is good ration for the horse,
but must not be fed too frequently. or
1t will cause Indigestion.
The check-rein is a check. not so
much on the head of the horse, as
upon its general efficiency.
Where Swimming is done by means
of centrifugal separator the richness
of the cream may also vary.
Corn may be fed to advantage in
the bundle when spread on a clean.
i dry feeding yard or in racks.
A fertile, clean and fine surface soil
and the strawberry make a strong
combination as mortgage litter.
Pigs and sheep In the orchard will.
by eating up fallen fruit, reduce the
spread of insect and fungus diseases.
Corn should be grown In rotation
with other crops to control insect
pests and soil diseases peculiar to the
crop.
The greatest handicap to the egg
trade is the general store, with its
custom of bartering merchandise for
eggs.
After the grain is cut and stacked.
sheep are turned on the stubble to eat
the weeds which otherwise would 90
, to seed.
The length Of time required Il
: blanch celery sufficiently for market
ing will depend largely upon the va
, riety being grown.
e The dairy farmer must bring hi
product above suspicion and any othe
8 course has in 1t neither profit. dignit!
0 nor good citizenship.
Do not attempt to pull onions from
the soil with an iron tooth rake whicl
will so injure the bulbs that they vii
become soft and decay.
= One Of the greatest needs In impro,
4 ing the condition Of eggs on the farr
II Is to provide not only sufficient nun
, Der of nests, but clean ones as well.
The sugar cane and the allied plant
a. exclusively in any stage OF develop
10 ment are not desirable food for horse
" nor for any of the domestic animals
Is Many farmers are giving their COW
ly q good grain ration, but a few mil
utes' brushing every day would
better than the last two pounds +,
grain that is fed.
10 The bane Of most poultry yards I
70 day and this applies not only to thoi
y on the farms but also to many e
re elusive poultry plants. is makeshi
y equipment
te The colt In the pasture should ha,
90 it's feet cared for as closely as Il
matured animal In order that he m.
grow to maturity with feet In
healthy condition.
=, The best breeding calls for al
N. mails capable Of reproducing all
. those qualities OF an ever improvil