Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-08-25

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is over.
Do not permit your chicks to go
into the cold. wet grass in the early
mornings.
By judicious planting fine supply
CT onions may be secured throughout
the season.
Included in the long list Of feeds
available for the farm stock. grass
has no equal
Rub on the water spouts OF tree
as soou as they appear. You can do
it with your fingers.
A $40 rooster Is generally cheaper
than a ~ one. The good blood will
tell the second year.
Pigs that are apt to have differ
ences Of opinion" should be separated.
Fighting takes on flesh.
Oyster shell is absolutely the best
food for the hens. Keep
1t before them constantly.
Don't plant any flowers In straight
rows except hollyhocks or suns
flowers. or plants for borders.
For family eating plant the white
pole cherry beans among the sweet
corr. at first or second hoeing.
II yon think OF setting out an or
chard and have had no experience
better hire a man to show you how.
Roosts or perches should not be
more than two feet above the ground
and one should not be higher than an
other.
Newly broken colts should not be
worked too hard They are apt to
overstrain themselves and be injured
for life.
A balky horse is made 90 by a
cranky or cruel driver. and can rarely
be cured. So be very careful in break
ing the colts.
Many farmers who keep cows lose a
large share Of the profit because the
milk Is not produced and handled In
the best way.
Live stock husbandry gives us year
around employment. converting idle
time during the winter season into
profitable labor.
Watch for cabbage bugs and cab
bage worms. These insects usually
cause trouble when the weather gets
dry and food is scarce
Whether the season is wet or dry,
or the land rich or poor, thorough cul-
tivation is the chief secret" in hav-
ing successful garden.
The brood SOW that is kept upon
pasture with a little supplementary
protein food stands the best chance
Of making the biggest profit
The onion Is akin to the turnip and
cabbage: you must see that the roots
are well in the ground, but need not
be SO particular about the bulb.
The good dairy COW has a capacity
for a tremendous amount Of feed and
this feed must be furnished her II
she is going to yield the best returns.
The really successful farmer Is the
man who solves the problem Of Ia
Dor. 1t is well nigh impossible to get
help at once competent and intelli-
gent
Chicks that are sheltered from the
weather and given plenty of good
water will find much Of their feed.
and prove the most profitable crop on
the farm.
In selecting a ram always pick out
one that stands square on his legs.
shows courage and masculinity. Al
slow. poky animal win prove dis
Remove the milk at once from the
stable to q clean. dry place. where the
air Is pure and sweet Do not allow
cans to remain In stables while they
are being filed
A New Zealand dairy report says
that an acre of pasture on the island
Of New Zealand returns all the way
from SIS to $45 per acre when sold in
the form Of butter fat
Everything should be kept as clean
on the little chicks feeding floors as
If 1t is on the floor Of the kitchen. If
this is done the little birds win new
er have gapes or many Of the chick
en- diseases.
In order To have good road 1t is
Just as necessary that water should
not be allowed to attack the substruc-
ture from below as that 1t should not
be permitted to percolate through it
from above.
Young turkeys in the fall should be
allowed to forage daily. They thus