Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-11-17
Look out for draughts.
Look out for draughts-
Plant legumes in rotation
Roots should be cut or sliced before
feeding.

AS Tue bueep OllcS ClOocs thcJ WI
eat down weeds to the roots.
In order to have good sized sheep
grow them rapidly while young.
Glover or alfalfa seem TO contain
just what the dainty COW needs.
The total value of farm property In
the United States is $4,000. 100000.
Corn contains Sc per cent. fat and
heat elements. hence is no egg food.
Ducks do not continue as profitable
breeders much beyond the fourth year.
Alsike clover seed cannot be sepa
rated from timothy because Of its
size.
Cool the new cream to the same
temperature as the old cream before
mixing.
Always II possible remove the SOW
from the pigs and not the pigs from
the SOW.
For draft work the mule is valued
higher than the average horse. in
nearly every instance.
Farmers who are going to feed live
stock through the winter should try
to have the best possible.
Rutabagas are very satisfactory
root crop for winter. yielding as high
as Is tons to the acre at times.
II necessary to assist the eve in
delivering. use vaseline on your hands
before commencing the operation.
Woven wire is used a great deal for
reinforcing concrete and in some
cases old barbed wire is also used.
Watch out for ticks on the ewes. it
does not pay to raise them and you
better watch out for them. 1t pays
Farmers will soon be feeding new
hay and new grain. Change from the
old to the new should be made grad
ually.
Many farmers make a practice OF
turning lambs into the corn field in
the early fall to gather up all the
weeds.
The proper treatment OF barb wire
cuts on horses will mean fewer blem-
ishes and less serious consequences
generally.
In feeding fattened stock and dairy
cows. gain and profit come in proper
ton to the amount of food the animals
put to use.
A small quantity OF linseed meal fed
In the milk will balance up the ra-
ton and make It practically as good
as the whole milk.
Sheep-farmiAg has been practiced
since the earliest times, and is one OF
the most profitable branches Of the
live stock industry.
II is doubtful II any other one factor
contributes more to the aggregate
number of bad eggs on the farm than
the lack of sufficient number OF
properly located. clean nests
II a big bunch Of young pigs is al.
lowed to sleep together In cramped
quarters. In cold weather, they will
pile up. and the under pigs will suf.
fer Easy to separate them into lots
Of eight or ten each.
tuberculosis In live stock IL the
same thing as consumption in human
beings There are many ways OF
spreading It. but the easiest way and
the most common is through the drop.
pings of diseased animals.
A SOW pig, narrowing at one year
old. will. II she and her offspring pro
duce the average number of animals
round up herd of 500 at the end Of
the fourth year-provided there are
no slips. no death. no runts.
During the year 1909 there were 4.
473.0OO more hogs killed in this coun
try for food purposes than all Other
animals combined, including beeves
calves. sheep and lambs. goats. kids
etc.
4 The good gardener will be as care
ful to keep weeds from going to seed
In the garden from now on, as be was
to keep them from growing earlier IN
the season. This means a clean gar
den next year.
Alfalfa is a very good feed fol-
horses provided 1t is fed properly. al
though II is not considered as valuable
for road horses as for working
horses.
Corn may be the cheapest ration, s,
far as dollars and cents are concerned
in its market value. but 1t undoubtedl,
is a dear egg food. for it cannot pro
duce what is wanted
Experiments have shown that stub
. BILE burning non only decreases tn.
! amount Of humus returned to the soil