Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-10-27

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sows should be bred in trios.
Put the lambs out of the hearing of
the ewes
Never sacrifice a good mother or
prolific SOW.
1t costs no more to raise a good
hog than poor one
Overcrowding is the cause of many
deaths in the brooder.
Give plenty of oats or barley with
some corn and good pasture.
Push the shoats and early spring
pigs. and get them to market early.
To maintain normal soil fertility the
supply of humus must be conserved.
The most expert Judge cannot Sc
Iect dairy bull by appearances
alone
Great care should be used in water
ing horses. A little and often is the
best way.
There is no question that beef cat
tie relish silage just as well as dairy
cattle do.
In grading up the chickens. only
those thas are most vigorous should
be considered.
Early matches do better than those
brought OF after the heat Of the sum-
mer has begun
A cheap" harness is really about
the most expensive thing on the farm.
as it sometimes costs life.
Whatever material is used for bed
ding. II should be changed sufficiently
often to insure cleanliness.
It is nearly always best to save
some of the old sows. especially to
farrow the early spring litters
Sweet corn is one OF the very best
crops to grow TO feed as soilins
crop to the dairy cows in summer,
Green fodder at the tail end of the
summer is relished by the cows as ice
cream Is relished by the school chill
dren-
All eve lambs that are not desir
able to raise as breeders should be
given extra feed and sent to the block
early.
The dairy cannot be managed Just
right without the use OF thermome
ter-and II must be good one. nc
rs cent affair.
The ultimate end Of the hog is port
and the quicker the growth to marke
maturity the more profit there is in i
for the feeder.
Ensilage Is not considered good fol
sheep and If II is fed at all II should
be fed very sparingly and at interval:
of two or three days.
At no time of the year is dairyine
more unpleasant work than durine
the time when pastures are short and
the flies are troublesome.
A ben that runs to meat may lay
steadily for a week in the spring ans
summer. and then go on vacation
for the balance Of the year.
II the onions are not growing well
a little nitrate of soda OF hen manure
sown broadcast. before or during
rain often helps them to fll out
Prune out old canes of raspberrie'
and blackberries. and burn them Thir
! the hills to three or for shoots. CuI
tivate. and add some manure to thu
soil
Stirring and pouring the freshly
drawn milk will reduce In part thu
peculiar odor present in quality ant
j with more good butter on the marke
more is consumed
After narrowing when the digestiy'
system of the SOW has reached nor
mai condition her ration should b.
gradually increased until she is get
ting all she can eat
There is no animal that responds 81
quickly TO good treatment and gener
GUS feeding as the pig. And ncn'
that win degenerate SO rapidly II no
cared for and poorly fed.
There are great possibilities In plan
breeding through seed selection. bu
every gardener or farmer must learl
to do his own work. as 1t is hardy
possible for a commercial seedsmai
to do much along this line
When flling the cheese hoops. pacl
the curd well in the center. so tina
when pressure Is applied the curd vii
close up in the center first and the al