The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-11-10
Winter Is coming. battep the cracks

must be dry picked.
There is profit IN breeding turkeys
up to the fifth year
The value of butter increases as
the quality improves
good horseman never trots
draft horse. even when he has no
load
Laying hens need from is to Is
per cent meat scraps added daily to
their mash
Don't feed hay or other forage.
which will raise dust. before or dur
ing milking
Tainted. musty or mouldy feeds
should never be served in the dairy
herd ra.ions
II We have no. access to road dust.
we may take some field earth. tine
and free from humps
The best marke, for skim milk on
the farm Is afforded by good dairy
calves and quics growing pigs
II the cream In the churn foams up
and runs over the churn Is 100 full
or the cream Is improperly ripened.
Simply because calf is given her
ration Of milk each day. 1t does not
signify that she does not need water
also
Cholera and other diseases OF swine
attack herds which are in poor condi-
ton and consequently most suscep-
tible
" Jtul uoi re 10 tIOuOicO WIN ~
digestion have the animal clipped
and its teeth attended to by = veterin-
arian.
Until recent years the poultry bust
ness. especially on the farms. was Of
so little importance that not much at
tention was paid to it.
The egg production of the United
States Is given as $40O.00O,0O0 for the
past year The entire poultry pro-
duction 10 put at s600.000.000.
Prune GU, ole canes of raspberrfes
and blackberries and burn them Thin
the hills TO three or four shoots Cul.
tivate. and add some manure to the
soil
The red mites or lice do not stay on
the fowls during the daytime. but
hide in cracks during the day. sally
ing forth after dark to seek their
prey
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Orchardists who have never used
dynamite should be sure 10 get all
possible information from the manu-
facturers OF the explosive before at
tempting to use it.
II celery Is to be brought into the
cellar for winter storage cut the top
root III: II from The ground and then
with strong knife cut of the branch
ing roots and mos, Of the earth
Lousy fowls are necessarily weaker
than fowls that are free from lice and
strength and vitality are quite i'm
portanl fac,o: while the fowls are
producing their new suit OF clothes
II your fowls have the range OF the
fields and orchards and can pick up a
number OF insects and worms daily
you will no, need TO bother much
abou, the meat supply In the ration
Although flying about and appar-
emily Of mature age. birds may be dis
tinguished as squads by the squeal
ing noise they make. which Is always
the call of the squad.
The raising OF poultry on the farm
or in conjunction with fruit growing.
can be made very profitable with the
same kind of management that is de-.
voted to raising good stock or good
grain
Everything should be kept as clean
on the little chicks feeding floors as
If it Is on the floor OF the kitchen
II this is done the little birds will
never have gapes or many OF the
chicken diseases
n YOU are feeding clover. remem
her to cut down the bulk This Is a
hearty food and yon can't use as much
OF Il, az you can Of timothy without
doing your horse harm
In filing a silo attention must be
given 10 the outer edges, for when
the silage begins to settle there is al
ways draw away from the wall
leaving an air space that makes the
silage spoil
There Is no better germ SLAYER than
an ounce OF carbolic acid added to a
nail OF wtitewash Give the walls and
ceiling OF the hen house a good coat.
ing working It in rather thick in all