The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-06-30
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Overlooking must be avoided.
Keep weeds out of strawberries.
Farm teams should have extra care,
Horses should not be checked up
when at work.
Wild mustard causes but little trou'
BILE in the corn belt.
Ensilage materially reduces the cost
of raising and fattening cattle.
Sometimes old strawberry beds will
pay to keep for another fruiting.
Ordinarily the best animal food for
hens at this time of year is cut green
bone.
For the women who love plants
there is nothing so pleasant as indoor
gardening.
A sanitary stable is absolutely
necessary for uniform quality OF
good butter.
It costs less to raise strawberries
in a new bed, and they are of better
size and flavor.
A man who cannot succeed vita
scrub flock will hardly make success
with pure bred herd.
Dairy farmers should not raise or
buy timothy hay for cows. Glover OF
alfalfa is much better as a milk pro
Queer.
With the majority of farmers the
pasture provides the sole summer feed
for all the animals except the work
horses.
A patch of rutabagas or an acre Of
pumpkins will make the cows remem
Der you with increased yields next fall
and winter.
The temperature Of the cream wher
in the churn should range from So tt
sc degrees, and it should be churnet
for 80 to 40 minutes.
The sheep that shears ten pounds
or over, an animal Of good size ant
strong back, with proper attention
will make money for its owner.
The great advantage Of the creaa1
separator over the various systems o
cream-raising is that thick or THU
cream, as desired, may be obtained.
Homegrown seeds, pure, free from
weeds and found by local experience
to afford satisfactory yields, are gen
orally to be preferred over all others
Summer selection should be KEEP
up until the fowls are fully grown
Dispose of every little runt that shows
up, because they are not worth keep
ing.
Get the horseradish into the groun'
just as soon as possible. Plant tn
roots two or three inches deep wit
the thick end up. The soil must b
very rich.
All infertile eggs have a value
While it is unlawful to sell these egg
we find that when we'll boiled an
mixed with cornmeal they make e1
cellent food for chicks.
To give the hen heat apd energy
we use carbonaceous matter (carbe
Enthusiastically. The two mus
be mixed. Fats, to a more or less ey
tent, can be found in every articl
of food.
A gallon tin fruit can with hole
made a half inch from the open en-
and inverted over an inch deep pi
pan makes an ideal drinking fountain
Use the scrub brush on the pan ono
in awhile, too.
When corn Is several inches higt
put in the sulky cultivator set t
mellow the ground fully five inche
deep when corn is small and sha
low; when stalks are half grown an
roots spread across the rows.
The Pekin duck is very hardy,
good layer and fattens quickly. Tn
ducklings, If we'll cared for should
ready for market in ten weeks. The
should be killed before the pen featl
ers begin to grow.
Poultry has the added advantage
the rotation of not actually requirin
the exclusive use OF the soil. as is tn
case with all other crops. Grow you
crops, corn or hoe crop, and the chicl
ems may occupy the same land, an
both corn and chickens will be bette
for 1t.
Pigs are a necessary part of til
farm dairy just as they are of tn
farm feed lot. Whether you are fee,
ing for beef or milk the pig may
depended upon to make a nice littl
bunch of money on the side. AM
as in the case of other farm animal
the pig is a money.making machin
which does it's work according to qua
fly.
According to the figures given o,