The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-06-30
Alfalfa roots are fine and tender

results.
CluD root OF cabbage is one of the
most annoying yet easily controlled
of diseases.
The matter of growing the corn and
hlllng the silo is Of great and growing
Importance.
cattle on pasture can be fed grain
ana made ready for market early in
the summer.
Wheat and oats In equal parts
ground together are excellent for
chicks of any age.
AS soon as the corn is up, or even
before, go over the field with weed
er or smoothing harrow.
Fiaxseed may be broadcasted. but
is generally drilled at the rate of from
two to three pecks to the acre.
A small amount of animal food IS
required by all poultry, especially dur
ing the time of egg production.
Try to see that the chicks are not
fed until at least 4S hours old; then
give water first, feed afterwards.
Failures in the sheep business, in
nine cases out of ten, may be traced
to overcontidence and "plunging."
The farmer who makes milk pro.
duction his business is dairyman,
and he needs the best of dairy COWS.
II one has pigs that have to be kept
In a yard all summer, sweet corn is
the best green feed he can grow for
them.
Barley and kaffir corn are both good
poultry feed, but not essential when
one has plenty of the above mentioned
grains.
Dairymen doing a small business
connected with farming cannot live up
to the standard without increasing the
cost of milk.
The temperature in a brooder the
first week should be IS degrees, Sec
ond week 80 degrees and the third
week IS degrees isenough.
Corn silage and alfalfa make an ex-
cellent ration for airy COWS and good
yields of milk haze been reported
where nothing elY was fed
Go over the Young apple trees and
cut OF every4 xAsre brout with sharp
knife close to the trunk. Do 1t early
and they will healAhis season.
It il. the early vegetable that brings
the big price and the man who sticks
to his hot bed and makes good use
of it always gets b.market first.
There are several crops which may
be planted for late summer pasture
which will furnish fresh, succulent
green feed for all lessons of the year.
Two or three days after potatoes
are planted go over the field with a
harrow, and continue this until the
plants are several inches above the
ground.
AS soon as the potatoes are planted
and up sufficiently to cultivate, it is
becoming customary, and necessary,
to spray with some poison solution to
kill the bugs.
The fruiting strawberries should
have all weeds, and grass cut out be-
tween plants; take sharp, narrow
bladed hoe and cut the soil fine with
out disturbing the roots.
The poultry yard should be all
cleared away and tidied up in June,
and all coops and racks no longer in
1 use securely stored away In some shed
where they will be kept dry until next
season.
One can spread ashes, lime, land
plaster, pulverized lime rock. ETC..
etc., with the manure spreader by
first putting layer Of litter in the
bottom Of the spreader and the fine
material on top.
A remarkable thing about alfalfa
is its perennial youth. When one
growth is removed another one comes
on Immediately to take its place, and
so continually as long as moisture
and temperature conditions are IA
vorable.
With the scrub hog it is root, hog
or die" hence the long snout His mar
row body aids him in getting through
small fence-cracks and If he fails to
find place large enough to &c
through the fence, he can soon dig un
der with his long snout.
1t is good plan to keep outdoor
brooders in house or Enclosure OF
some kind If it is nothing more than
muslin walled shed to protect the
J. youngsters against the chill winds