The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-05-26
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Mulch the trees.
Rhubarb is a very healthy fruit.
Horseradish Is mostly grown for tn
packers.
Too much care cannot be given tn
dairy utensils.
The calf should be trained to Leaf
and be halter broke.
Don't have lot of manure lying II
the yards all summer.
Obtaining the seed is the important
thing in growing potatoes.
Parsley seed should be sown in &
protected spot, or in the cold frame.
A very desirable and useful too
which Is not found on all farms Is q
level.
Sweet potatoes require a warm
sandy soil we'll filed with rich rotted
manure.
Turkey eggs set this month will give
good salable carcasses for Christ.
mas feasts.
Two sprinklings a week with ker.
osene oil should keep the house free
from insect pests.
New potatoes can be got earlier by
allowing the seed to sprout in strong
light before planting.
Practical farmers know the value of
blowing and narrowing land when in
the right order for working.
Just one setting Of thoroughbred
eggs may be the means of working a
revolution in your poultry business.
Don't keep little ducks and chickens
together If 1t can be avoided. Keep
each separate, and they will both do
better
The best marked heifer calves from
the largest and most persistent milk.
ers should be raised and not sold to
the butcher for few dollars.
When geese become quite old-say.
f1ve or six years-they acquire an
abdominal pouch of large size. and
this Is an unfailing sign. Of old age.
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To have large juicy stalks of rhu.
barb and long, straight roots of horse.
radish the ground must be fully -
to Is inches in depth and finely mi.
verified.
Give the setting hen a thorough
busting with insect powder two or
three times during the incubation
Inls may save your little chicks from
lice and mites.
Farmers now having silo can very
well a1ord to grow what roots thew
need to give at least one neck "
sliced roots daily to each head ~
stock wintered.
Sore necks in horses are dino u.,
ally to one of two causes. a short
collar or too great weight counled with
the Side motion as noted in a two.
wheeled vehicle.
Dont be afraid to work for the good
Oh the ducks Take spade and die
up angle worms in spare moments ons
see the little ducks carry off ~.
ois la1 worms. 1t will do them good.
Divide the dahlia roots and .+o,.
some but not all Of them. The ear,r'
planted'out dahlias come into f,ower
during the hot weather, and tbev W.T.,
not give so large flowers as later.n,on.
ed roots. plant'
-, ROW , your ground deep and prepare
tne soil as carefully as you would for
tne corn field. Nature often performs
wonders with trees, but as a rana.a ~,
RUE she ought to have little inte,l,.
gent help. 'A'eA''
II you are quite sure that .,..,.
WIN not grow on your land try. Esser
rape 1t makes fine hog pasture
some farmers even going so far =. -
say that it beats clover, which ~
course it does not. 1871 u
"A few years ago when concontr,...
were cheap, sheep and wool were a,so
cheap. NOW wool is worth twico ~
much as it was ten years apo .rI NJ az 90
sneep must have some rich food 'I ~
order to grow a rich fleece. 00u ~
A good cutler is always a man ., :.
p pe.ae The inexperienced br =. Hn.
OFTEN does not know the dihrerans .eaer