Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-08-18
Sheep relish rape greatly.

Of the fowls must be closely attended
to.
II takes a protracted drought to de-
velop any poisonous material in sor-
ghum.
Through live stock we market our
products at home in the finished
product
II would be better TO give some Of
your cows away than to feed them
at loss.
Keep the eggs as short time as
possible and at a cool temperature.
40 to SIS degrees.
All the profit OF sheep husbandry
is bound up in one thing; the keeping
OF the flock In health.
A good aphis is one of the worst
enemies the orchardist has to combat
in the young orchard.
Selling less hay and straw. feeding
more cows on the farm. will help re-
duce the fertilizer problem
Great care should be exercised in
all cases in transplanting evergreens
to avoid drying of the roots.
Tomato seeds are easily preserved.
and II you have extra good ones pick
out the best and save the seeds.
II should be remembered that sows
that are to feed large filters of pigs
should be well fed and cared for.
The pig that is intended for brood
SOW should be fed wen enough to keep
it in good condition. but not extra fat.
The skunk is much less active than
the weasel, but It is very dangerous
intruder when it enters the hen house.
AS good insect powder is so cheap
there 10 no use or excuse for allowing
old fowls to remain covered with yer
min
n You want late celery for winter.
it should be planted any time from
the first Of July to the middle of
August.
String beans should be drilled in
double rows six inches apart with just
enough space between to allow fcI
cultivation
Buttermilk is one of the best known
feeds for pigs, used in moderation
and properly mixed with grain or 9th
er feedstuffs-
The foremost method OF cultivatine
alfalfa is with the disk harrow. one Of
the most excellent farm implements
ever invented.
II the skin Of the horse is KEPT
clean he will sweat more freely
which is necessary to keep him II
good condition.
Too much water is as bad as toe
little. because the surplus fills up the
interstices in the soil, excludes the
air and smothers the plant.
For the large tomato worm which
was more numerous than usual las
year. the best method is to pick then
of by hand and destroy them
Il Never feed meat scraps that were
made of rotten meat. Good, pure
feed is the only thing that ever oughr
to be fed to a fowl of any kind.
II costs money to have things g
wrong on the farm or anywhere else
but II is almost inevitable that some
thing will go wrong once In while.
Before and after the SOW farrowf
she should be fed very light or tn
pigs will not be able to take all tn
milk. or If they do. they viii becom
sick.
Don't forget to thoroughly overhau
the binder before harvest: this
cheaper than to be overhauled by
hailstorm because you let the harvest
ing drag.
Small-fruit growing and truck farm
ing does not mix we'll with genera
farming; but an apple orchard is
profitable appendage to any Divers
fed farm.
A gilt that is expected to be ken
for brood SOW should never be bre
before she Is eight months old, and
is better to wait until she IL ten o
. eleven months old.
III 1t is just as cheap to make a poun
Of good butter as 1t is to make
pound of poor butter and when
comes to selling it. the prices are yer
decidedly different
A few trees In the pasture ad
greatly to the comfort OF the shee
these days. II yos can't have then
; set up few posts and cover bi
Of ground over for a shed.
II A family OF barn owls win numbe