The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-22


All feed possible should be grown !
or the farm. |
Turkeys do not take kindly to IN
door roosting places.
Try to protect all stock from cold
winds and rains. 1t pays.
At the time of shipment the fleeces
of sheep or lambs should be dry.
Reject all damaged feed. 1t will
pay you in good milk and excellent
butter.
Don't neglect to commence feeding
the colts some grain before they are
weaned.
Is the soldering horse IN need of
more grain, or may it not be that its
teeth need filing?
Sheep, like men, can endure great
severity If conditions are maintained
favorable to the body.
There are q good many breeders
who still believe hat 1t Is profitable
to grind corn for the hogs.
The backs of swine are often injur-
ed by juvenile "rough-riders" who
choose hogs for their mounts.
T<Sc n ~ooI tao ~ p,osk nm tho onpr
until you are sure it is safe to be
cribbed, but not to wait any longer.
Australia has an artesian water
area of 100000 square miles, mostly
arid localities, available for irrigation.
Success in pork production Is large
ly affected by the attention given to
the health and comfort Of the brood
SOW.
The ripening or souring OF the
cream is one CT the most important
steps throughout the process of but
ter making.
Wear an ill-fitting collar If you
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make your horse wear one that Is not
a smooth fit.
Many farmers have yet 60 learn hat
a GOV cannot live upon an unpalatable
ration of corr and straw and do any
where near her best.
Remember that quality is ahead of
size every time. The hog which will
produce h most pork with the least
waste is the desired sort
A shed of poles covered with straw
and open to the south will winter the
geese nicely II provided with clean
fresh bedding from time to time.
A small flock 6 healthy hens, given
the best of care and attention, will
give a yearly profit of 81 per hen
after paying for the food consumed.
The total value of farm lands and
buildings in the south in 1910 approx
mated $1,000, O0O, 900, of which the
1929 0O, 1000 of Texas was nearly 2s
per ent
The cause of the contamination Of
milk is largely due to lack of perfect
cleanliness with the milking utensils
surroundings, methods of delivery Ant
personal cleanliness.
The horse that can move the mos
freight in a lifetime is sought by ev
cry buyer, but such qualities can no
be infallibly indicated by any marke'
test. They must be judged by appear
ances.
Grape vines may be trimmed in the
late fall after the leaves have fallen
but before the vines have frozen. or ir
the early spring after the wood ha:
thawed out but before the sap ha:
started.
Mares that are not heavy type no
bred to draft stations are preferred b,
many for farm work, but not by thos
who count on their colts to pay thel
way at heavy work while growing in
} to salable form.
; HumOr the fowls during the winter
that is. give them the kind of foo,
1 they crave and the kind of food the,
4 need to keep their bodies sustaine'
and to permit Of their producing egg
I at the same time.
A good system for the care of OF
D chards is: Cultivation at least tw
or three years out Of FIVE; plant wit
= clover during the other two years
+ cut the clover and leave it on tn
ground or scatter under the trees.
9 Some farmers do o like cemen
for horse stalls on account of its hare
e ness, but this can be overcome b
using Stats over the cement, or by la,
r ing the cement only half way up fror
the rear end and using boards i
q front.
The automobile pillow has arrive,
You sit on a cushion with a stee
q ing gear in your hands, and down vi
e derneath the machine the blades Of
, pillow are fixed. By this device twelv
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