The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-08-25

In grading up the chickens Gull al
but the most vigorous.
Mutton breed lambs should receive
grain as early as possible
Women are better fitted by nature
than men for poultry keeping.
Not enough attention has been Civ
en- to the character of seed corn.
The best fertilizer for asparagus
is rotted manure from granted
horses.
The farm is the ideal place for
growing all kinds of poultry for mea3
and eggs.
Feed your fowls sufficient amount
of animal food, plenty of vegetables
and bulky foods
Young trees must be carefully cul
tivated. kept clear of weeds and the
soil loose and mellow.
To dispose of q crop at satisfactory
prices is often a more difficult PROB
lem than to produce 1t.
A horse that is too straight in his
posture jars himself and gets all the
conclusions Of the road.
| The thermometer must be used as
regularly in the dairy during the sum-
mer as during the winter.
1t weakens the horses to keep them
shut up in close stable during the
hot nights. Turn them out.
| If soil lacks water some form OF
fertilizers are a positive detriment II
they are present In abundance.
1t is common sense that mature
sow will produce larger and more
perfect pigs than q very young one.
Butter made in sanitary dairy is
always easier to keep than that
which is made under poor condi-
tions
Don't let the buck run with the
does when his breeding season Is
over, but confne him in pen by
himself.
Dairy.bred stock is scarce, and it
will take many years to apply the
rapidly increasing demand for dairy
bred cattle.
Beans can be turned into cash the
quickest Of any farm crop. as 1t is
possible to sell them In ninety days
from planting
Hogs will not thrive on sour and de-
composed food any more than men
will. See that they get fresh. clean
water to drink.
Cabbage is one Of the easiest vege-
tables to start from seed and to trans
plant and to be made to grow in the
garden or field.
An incubator will not run itself any
more than an automobile will. A hui
man brain must stand back Of the
best machine invented.
Women as rule are more progress
i've and quicker to seize a new idea
and put it into practice IN the poultry
yard than the sterner sex.
Plenty Of coal ashes where the fowls
can roll and scratch in them will settle
the lice question, without the use of
powder or liquid lice exterminaters.
The fall fresh COW is the preferable
cow and II you have not come to re-
alize this, just try 1t this year and see
If you will not be readily converted.
Sunshine is necessary in the milk
house in the winter time. but Just
now all the shade that can be found
will be acceptable. Trees and vines
help.
The condition and the appearance
Of the creamery should be the very
best for this will have an influence
on getting favorable market for the
butter.
Spring is the natural time for young
animals to be born and they do better.
Ill other things being equal, when
hey are ushered into this world at
hat time Of year.
1t pays to supply the fowls, espe-
Tally growing ones, with charcoal.
ground bone. either fresh or dry; oys-
er and clam shells. and a continual
upply of best grit.
A good way to avoid the credit sys-
EN- is to grow the living at home. It
s usually possible to grow the most
expensive. yet the most necessary. ar
icles of food on the farm.
At our present rate of deforestation
uel and fencing materials will he
cry scarce within few years. Plant
waste lands in forest trees to supply
ne timber required on the farm.
Arrange to save seed Of the hest
arletles Of potatoes. numnkina