The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-06-09
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> You want a quick fertilizer for po-
tatOes.
a The apple tree borer is a trouble
q some worm.
Get ready the lamb creep so they
;. can get a good start.
Wood charcoal should always be
kept in the hog pen.
A small threshing outfit on the av'
, erage farm will not pay.
Let the grass get good start be-
, fore turning the stock on 1t.
The last of May is plenty early
enough to turn the calf out on grass.
Working out buttermilk and work
ing in salt Is where the overworking
is done.
The borer is the most common and
It is the most troublesome enemy OF
the peach.
1t is a good plan to have the horses
and cows clean up their managers att
er each feed. .
Have grass paddock for the calves
so they can Craze at will and have the
exercise they need.
A farm raised COW is much superior
In most every respect to the one
bought at the cattle yards.
Don't forget the little ducks in case
Of a shower, for If you do one will
be apt to have dead ducks.
Belgian or yellow carrots are hardy,
make large root growth and are tho
best roots for horses and colts.
The most inhuman measures are !
often employed for breaking up" hens
that nature prompts to set when their |
owners don't want them to.
Grading of cream is receiving more |
attention by the dairy press and dairy.
men than 1t possibly ever has in the
history of the dairy business.
In squads the flesh, is whitish. az
seen through the skin, but In year.
old bird It takes .on - legAt purnla
shade and grows darker With age. f
Trim the young tree in the orchard
right from the start. Low-headed
trees are best; therefore, prune from
the top down and not from the bottom
up.
1t has been shown repeatedly on
demonstration farms that disking be.
fore blowing is one Of the most paying
operations in the preparation Of
seed bed.
When the calf is two weeks old
mix one teaspoonful of linseed meal
and one teaspoonful of flour mid.
dlings, which should be thoroughly
scalded in each feed.
Seeds Of cauliflower, cabbage. let.
tuce, celery and tomatoes, sown in the
cold frame about the middle of this
month will furnish good, stocky plants
for the principal early summer crop.
The filters of a gilt, which Is the
first litter of q SOW. are usually
smaller and slower in growth than
when the dam Is Of more mature age.
hence much profit must not be ex.
pected.
Cold frame plants are often better
than plants raised in the hotbed m
they are stouter, thick stemmed AMI
have more fine flbrous roots and ara ,
less liable to wilt when set out IN
the open ground.
Wnere prices are too low to feed
young pigs for porkers, 1t is better IA |
sell them for sucking pigs, although |
this plan Is seldom resorted To ow,n.
to the better prices which are Obtain ,
able for the former.
August Is none too early to decide
which plants shall be taken into tho \
window garden and their treatment 4
from the time of the decision .hould :
be such as will fit them to make a flne .
display during the winter. rather than
get the finest present showing.
Pigs like and need a variety esne.
cially OF mineral feeds. During tho
summer on pasture they secure this
but in the winter the mineral matter )
must be supplied in the form a.
coal. charcoal, ashes and salt Tho .
young animals must have plenty Of AZ. :
ercise in cold weather.
That one egg Is as good az another =
Is a mistaken idea, and If you do NOT
think so try for while the work ~
selling strictly choice eggs to = cu.. ),
from hens that have :
been well kept and eggs laid BY a :
poorly fed or diseased hen and s.e =
II the customer does not complain. =
Difficult as is the lesson, It is never. y
tneless true that profit in rai.,,. :
broilers or tirst-class roasters comas :
only to him who uses pure-bred ma,e.
broad dean full oho.A.s q,