The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-07-21
Gull your chicken hocks often.

Alfalfa is the best soiling crop
known.
Broom corn is marketed wholly IN
the bale.
1t does not pay to be careless with
farm machinery.
There is nothing equal to mothers
milk for young foal.
The honey bee is necessary In the
pollenization of fruit trees.
Whitewash is a cheap aid to the
keeping of sweet and sanitary stable.
This is the time of year when 1t Is
necessary to keep the cultiyator going
| overtime.
After cooling, milk should In all
cases be held at the lowest available
temperature.
Good ventilation Is absolutely es'
! sential, but drafts must be prevented
| in the lambing shed.
The best way to get rid of mos
quitos, like the balance Of our troubles,
! is not to raise EN-
| The Guernsey, when 1t comes to
butter fat, holds distinguished place
as a record breaker.
The cost Of 100 pounds gain in
calves is about $4.10, while it is nearly
$3.50 for two-year-olds.
The cultivation of beans should be
! along the same lines as of corn, and
! if possible more intensive.
Spray the first time for the special
purpose of filling every blossom on
the tree with the poison used.
Breaking broody hens is not hard
task. A little care in the feeding and
housing is all that is required
The United States produces one.
fifth of the wheat and three-fourths
OF all the corn grown in the world.
Do not wait until the broody fever
hen becomes chronic, but discourage
Fer as soon as she shows signs of it. |
All animals produce stronger young
when both sire and dam have a rea-
sonable amount of exercise each day.
Alfalfa is one of the best plants to
furnish green food for chickens, but
ordinarily it soon kills out if over pas.
tured.
Shorn sheep sell at a discount be-
cause the wool cannot be pulled until
1t has a growth Of three-quarters OF
an inch.
| Brush the udder and surrounding
parts just before milking, and wipe
them with clean damp cloth or
sponge.
Keep small turkey poults out of the
long, wet grass in the morning and see
that they are under cover during
heavy showers.
| Butter from fresh and properly
ripened cream not over one day old |
! Keeps better than does butter made
from sweet cream.
An important feature in the sue.
cessful management Of the sow and
litter is to get the little pigs to feed
as early as possible.
Milk that is properly pasteurized
and then kept at low temperature
will keep much longer, as a rule, than
that which is not treated.
It is found that success in dairying
depends as much on the kind of care
and management bestowed on the
| herd. as upon the breed.
When you weed and thin out the
family garden don't forget the poul.
try; they will relish the garden waste
and put it to good use.
Plan to raise fine flock Of general
purpose standardized birds this sea.
son. They will yield much more salts.
faction and profit than a mixed flock |
If a man has Jerseys, give them Isle
of Jersey care and feed, for they can.
not succeed on scrub fare and fodder. |
They were not intended for that pur.
pose.
Cows must be kept clean and |
healthy, have pure air to breathe,
and then they will return volume
of rich, nutritious milk in paying guam.
titles.
The COW that wanders over bare
pastures and looks wistfu1ly at grow.
ing crops she cannot reach, is not
happy nor contented and will not pro-
duce we'll.
BY two or three paintings of sweet
corn two weeks or SO apart, one can
have tender juicy corn on the table
three times as long as one planting