The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-08-04

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Mango has many causes.
For market grow the field beans.
Milk quietly, quickly. clearly and
thoroughly.
Take no chances with an old boar;
always keep behind him.
A hen has the ability to reproduce
herself over many times in year.
OF all chick troubles bowel com.
plants are the hardest to cope with.
Cattle, horses, hogs and sheep grow
nights and Sundays. every day In the
year.
Don't feed the little chicks more
than they will eat up clean In five
minutes.
Stable manure contains much vege.
table matter and this adds humus to
the soil.
Tramsworths are good rustlers, very
prolific. and the meat is of the high.
est quality.
Brush the udder and surrounding
parts just before milking. and wipe
them with clean damp cloth.
Most varieties of pears should be
picked when mature, but not ripe,
and ripened in cool. dark place.
A woman who makes success OF
poultry raising has the laugh on the
man who makes a failure of farming.
There is no other part of the farm
from which so much is expected or
which Is more neglected than the pas.
ture.
Duck eggs do not hatch as well II
they need to be washed. Therefore
keep the duck pen bedded with clean
litter.
Too heavy feeding clogs the appe-
tite and too slight feeding makes the
pig investigate the weak points In
the fence.
The poultry raiser is now finding
out that the early Matched chicks are
more vigorous and profitable than the
late matches.
We cannot market our corn stalks
and haxsin.s diffareut scitias hsas 1870
can supply the world with meat and
stock products.
Harsh treatment Of broody hen
may cure her of a desire to sit, but
1t may also kill the hen. Gentle
measures are better.
No goat should be called a mich
goat that does not give an average OF
at least one quart of milk per day for
four months after kidding.
! The poultry raiser who Is too lazy
to keep his poultry house absolutely
free from yermin does not deserve
success nor will he have it.
Farmers are beginning to find out
that chickens pay better on an aver.
age than farming, as the chicks will
grow whether 1t rains or shines.
1t Is not always possible to ree,.
late the price for which milk or but.
ter.fat will sell. but It is possible to
control the cost to certain extent
Medium-sized hogs are now most
in favor. 1t is best to feed hogs for
only eight or ten months. After they
are year old the feeding is not profit.
able.
When the horses rub their tails Il
Is sometimes sign Of worms. To
eject a remedy feed equal parts NJ
salt and wood ashes every day for a
week.
Promptly remove any animal not in
good health, and reject her milk
Never add an animal to your herd
that is not perfectly vigorous and
healthy.
When Dutter IL gathered In the cream
In granular form 1t is never ovar.
worked. Working out buttermilk and
working in salt is where the over.
working Is done.
Kafllr corn is becoming very POM.
lar as poultry feed. In feeding waive
1t Is similar to corn. Consequently ~
should not be used as Z single feed
except for fattening.
The danger in feeding turkeys is
that too much food will he given and
eaten. The secret Of success in rails.
ing poults, as to feed, is to keep them
always somewhat hungry.
Sleect the cockerels as soon AZ Nos.
sible. then select the strongest ~
these, as the cockerel is half the hon
In vigor, anyway. The melting bird