The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-05-05
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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.
Kaffir 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.
1t 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.
To be sweet and clean 1t is desir. |
able that the cow stable he white.
washed at least twice a year.
| There is no crop that stock feeder |
can grow that will make as much |
feed as corn and peas or soybeans.
AS the pig develops it's 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 it is
possible to sell them in 80 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, a 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 pint
and half Of corn, and as much nitro.
gen as three gills Of corn.
Corn treated with dressing If
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 1t will 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 thew
may be turned into grass and clover
pasture If weather is warm: If cold
and ground wet keep them in dry
roomy pens.
Always handle ducks and geese nv
their necks and never by the legs as
fowls are handled, for these limbs are
not strong enough to sa-ve as handloe
| and will readily break
Don't turn the chickens upon +ha
strawberry bed to get what thew can
OF green food, exercise and larva. II
is much cheaper to buy them proner
food than to let them damage tho
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. It ia
not uncommon for farmers to taka
the eggs from hidden nest and mt
them In the fresh egg basket. AS an.
has no way of knowing the age or
condition OF such eggs there ia
great risk in such a procedure.
When the pregnant mares run 4,
an open field there are seyera, don
gers to be guarded against. Probably
the worst is the danger of injury
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