The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-07-28

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Named your farm yet?
Salt the steers In the pasture.
Cats are source Of grave danger
to chicks.
Bookkeeping is profitable adjunct
to poultry raising.
Fight the weeds OF all kinds and |
keep bad ones from going to seed.
If you want to kill weeds, cultivate |
or hoe them when the sun shines hot
In producing milk you get no profits
until the cost Of the feed Is covered.
The boar should always receive
some consideration as we'll as the
SOW.
An electric power is the most con.
venient power for operating power
churn.
DEMONSTRATION plays very promi.
nent part upon the prolificacy Of
animals.
Have regular hours for doing the
milking and milk the COWS in the
same order.
The market garden furnishes
large amount of waste products which
may be utilized for poultry food.
IL you buy homer that has large
warts on Its beak you may be sure
that 1t is more than two years old.
More live stock Is an economy in
the production of the worlds food
supply rapidly being forced upon us.
Cream should be kept at a uniform
temperature and that should be as low
as possible as long as it stays on the
farm.
Any person who can secure seed of
black or honey locust can readily
grow his own trees of these two
species.
DO not let the little colt follow the
dam while she Is at work. II the dam
becomes heated the milk Is Injurious
to the colt.
Remember that rape may be sown
any time In July. 1t grows very fast
If moisture is valuable and soon
makes feed
Much depends upon the selection OF
the dairy COW. Do not expect the beef
type Of animal to ill the requirements.
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During the warmer months horses
doing the ordinary farm work derive
much benefit and comfort; If given
pasture lot at night
The time is here when thought must
be given to the comfort of the cows
II their owners expect to sleep with no
twinge Of conscience.
Do not change the work horse from
grain to grass too suddenly In fact,
horses on heavy work every day
should have very little grass.
Milk with clean, dry hands, never al
lowing the hands to come in contact
with the milk. Do not allow dogs and
cats to be around at milking time.
An authority says that potatoes
should not be planted in hills. 1t ia
much better to plant them in deep
burrows and keep the ground level.
The eggs laid by the pullet In the
first vigor Of her life and the eggs
laid after a rest Of the hen are tbs
eggs that produce the strongest chick
ems.
Keep the turkey hens with theIl
broods away from the old turkeys G
the flock as the latter are sometimes
spiteful to the young and may injur,
them.
From early spring until Angus
sow a few rows Of summer Iettuc
every two weeks or so, and thus tr
to provide continuous supply Of GOO
heads.
The cost Of q concrete floor ca
often be saved In the amount Of fe
tilizer that Ia kept from going {
waste. It also makes more san
tary stable.
Steers fed on clover hay will NJ
only consume more roughage, but ais
more grain than those fed on timoth
hay If grain and roughage are fed a
cording to appetite.
There should be placed In every pI
yard and pasture box with sal
charcoal. air-slaked lime, bone me-
and hardwood ashes, so the pigs ca
help themselves at will.
It has ben found that the seeds
many weeds will retain their vitali
for fifteen to twenty-five years, DOS!
bly, longer, ana not all Of the Civ,
years seed grows in any one year.
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