The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-10-06

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sows should be bred in trios.
Put the lambs out of the hearing o
the ewes.
Never sacrifice good mother or
prolific SOW.
It costs no more to raise goot
hog than poor one.
Overcrowding is the cause OF man!
deaths in the brooder.
Give plenty Of oats or barley witt
some corn and good pasture.
Push the shoats and early sp-ins
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
lect 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 THAI are most vigorous should
be considered.
Early matches do better than those
brought off after the heat of the sum.
mer has begun
A cheap" harness is really about
the most expensive thing on the farm,
as 1t sometimes costs life.
Whatever material is used for bed.
ding, it should be changed sufficiently
often to insure cleanliness.
1t is nearly always best to save
some Of the old sows. especially to
farrow the early spring filters.
Sweet corn is one of the very best
crops to grow to feed as soiling
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 desirs
lble to raise as breeders should be
given extra feed and sent to the block
early.
The dairy cannot be managed just
light without the use OF thermome.
er-and it must be a good one, no
IS cent affair.
The ultimate end of the hog is pork
md the quicker the growth to market
maturity the more profit there is in it
or the feeder.
Ersilage is not considered good for
heep and if it is fed at all it should
e fed very sparingly and at intervals
+ two or three days.
At no time of the year is dairying
more unpleasant work than during
he time when pastures are short and
be flies are troublesome.
A hen that runs to meat may Law
teadily for week in the spring and |
ummer. and then go on a vacation
or the balance of the year.
IT the onions are not growing well. /
little nitrate of soda or hen manure
own broadcast. before or during a
ain often helps them to fill out
Prure out old canes of raspberries
nd b!ackberr;es, and burn them Thin
he hills to three or for shoots. Cu).
waite, and add some manure to the
oil
Stirring and pouring the freshly
rawn milk will reduce in part the
ocular odor present in quality and
it'll more good butter on the market
ore is consumed
After narrowing when the digestive
ystem OF the SOW has reached a nor.
al condition her ration should he
increased until she is get
ng all she can eat
There is no animal that responds so
lickly to good treatment and gener.
is feeding as the pig And none
at will degenerate so rapidly If not
red for and poorly fed.
There are great possibilities in plant
eeding through seed selection but
cry gardener or farmer must learn ,
do his own work. as it is hardly :
srible for commercial scotsman @
do much along this line. +
When filling the cheese hoops. pack
q curd well in the center so that +
zen pressure is applied the curd will {
,se I'D in the center first and the air ,
d whey will have chance to es.
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