The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-06-16
Clean up the poultry yard.

Despite constant work with the cul-
tivator weeds will grow in the potato
field.
Keep supply of wheat bran before
all your chickens Of all ages at all
times.
The quality Of the plant-ripened to.
mato is much better than Of house
ripened fruits.
Soil that blows badly may be i'm
proved by scattering straw or manure
over the surface.
Corn properly planted can be given
its first working before the rows can
be distinctly seen.
The production of milk reasonably
free from bacteria is simply ques-
ton of cleanliness.
There is no better general feed than
good green grass for growing and pro-
ducing farm animals.
Hens for incubation should be of
quiet disposition and on friendly
terms with their keeper.
1t has been proven by many tests
that silage increases the production Ct
milk and lowers the cost.
Teach the young colts to eat mix
ture of crushed oats, wheat bran and
oil meal as soon as possible.
The larger amount of feed an animal
will consume all things considered, the
more profitable will the animal be.
Sow cow-peas before you pillow your
potatoes for the last time. They will
be up before the weeds get start.
Unless Of exceptional value, after
the third year, coop the hen. fatten
and eat her. She will be fine for that
purpose.
The dry method of feeding chickens
consists in supplying nothing but
grain from the commencement Of
their lives.
In hunting sire get one of the
same strain as the mare unless she is
a scrub. There is little to be gained
in crossing.
The foremost method of cultivating
alfalfa is with the disk harrow, one Of
the most excellent farm implements
ever invented1
| Chaffy seed corn, If 1t has not been
frosted, and Las been properly stored
generally geJminates practically as
we'll as matfSe seed corn.
] ito to- s;aaasl ...s.sa-~xu.
tive dollars IN, ested in package ma
q terIal will pay many times the invest
ment in the better prices the fruit VII
bring when properly packed.
e Parsley seed terminates slowly
Is have ground very fine. Cover see'
q with fine rich soil mixed with manure
scrapings. Keep soil moist.
10 ~ Do not try to force nature. In NJ
~ ting young fries for the market CIV
~ the chicks proper food, freedom fron
lice and nature will do the rest
OF The future Of the mutton crop az
e. pends upon the attention given tn
81 young lambs, and the degree to whlc
49, they are kept growing from the star
al The first week young ducks Shout
ea- be fed corn bread made of equal par
at of wheat, bran and cornmeal, a hts
ed sour milk and soda to raise, ana a II
tie salt.
zee Horses always bring higher prl'
the in the spring than in the fall. as maj
;ial men sell thei. horses in the fall, pi
BY ferring not to keep them through u
winter months.
by Sow a patch of COW peas near I
sed poultry yard. Do not harvest
des peas when ripe but turn tue hens II
are them when the green grass disappes
and they will thrive upon them.
eed- Agricultural experiments show Il
the II it is necessary to fertilize the
the to secure crop of twenty bushe's
the wheat per acre, it is even more nee
wing sary to fertiliie for good crop
fruit.
'ons The majority Of turkey raisers ~
OF to raise their birds under unnat'
ICED. conditions and have to adopt M
kets ures Of protection and food that
that conform as nearly as possible 10 u
condition.
lot An incubator will not feed or r
large late itself as the hen does, ana
Feeds must not expect as good results
does till we have had some experience
sur we should not flame the incubator
mt. cause Of poor teggs, a poor ioca
causing uneven temperature OF
Is own carelessness.
about
bined The Kansas experiment station
per issued bulletin giving the resul
{ pot experiments to determine the ge :, 6
ICON. of blind stagg4s in horses II Is