The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-16
Rotation is profitable.
Be gentle with the COW. ia
Be liberal with fly repellant.

A good SOW Is a valuable asset.
The common term "90.day corn" Is
a deceptive one.
The well.yentilated barn is quite as
essential as the warm one.
BY means OF seed corr selection
the corn crop Is moving northward.
Hogs should have clean pastures.
beds and water and a variety of food.
The best time to cut post timber Of
any kind is when the trees are in full
leaf.
Lice are responsible for more loss
among little turkeys than any other
cause.
Avoid a rush by ordering crates.
boxes, barrels, etc, In ample time for
shipping,
The cleaner the feed and feeding
places, the better the quality Of the
pork In all.
The greatest element in successful
turkey raising Is a long dry season
without any rain.
Turkeys are good for the fields, They
can be driven anywhere you wish from
n field to another.
In transplanting plants from pots to
the open. water them freely the day
before they are re-potted.
In making poultry pay much de-
ponds upon your ability, your expert
ence and your aptitude in the work.
A chickens stomach is not made Of
iron, and the same diet day after day
harms them as much as It does a hu.
man.
Understood pullets are not profit.
able, There will be some scrubs de-
veloped In the best of strains. Get
rid of them.
Poultry raisers can learn much by
attending the farmers institute meet
ings held In their section Of the DIFF
ferent states.
A good grain mixture for chicks Ia
made up Of two parts cracked corn,
two parts wheat, two parts Kafir and
one part millet.
Keep track Of the chicks that
feather out early. The chances favor
the birds becoming the most profit
able ones to keep.
A tablespoonful Of baking soda plac-
ed In the drinking water two or three
times a week will prevent bowel trou-
bic in the chickens.
1t Is always a good plan to use plen-
ty Of seed in planting cucumbers, can
%taloupes, melons, etc, The hills may
be thinned out later.
Give the newborn calf a touch of
fly repellant or that spot on the back
where the hair parts. The flies like
to feast right there,
AS the weather gets warmer be sure
that all brood .coops are well ven
tilated at night, 80 that the air will be
pure and cool within.
Poultry "systems' requiring close
confinement Of the flock and q large
amount OF personal attention are out
of place on q general farm.
To get the flock as a whole In lay
ing condition in the time required by
the breed or variety the fowls must be
properly grown from chickhood.
Twenty acres OF corn put Into a sflo
is said to be worth more than thirty
acres put In the crib. This Is quite an
item, especially when feed Is SO high.
Industrious hens are the kind to
keep, 1t matters not what the breed.
The lazy hen Ia Improbable. It Ia
the Industrious hen that lays the eggs.
II any fruits or vegetables are mar
keted, see that they are put up in
clean, neat and well-graded packages.
They VIII sell quicker and at a better
price.
Young and growing animals require
a food which will make bone and mus
Gle, rather than fat. In a majority OF
cases, 1t is injurious to heavily load a
young animal with fat, except when 1t
10 to go to the butcher, al its growth
will be checked and the risk of disease
Increased.
Those who believe q COW should be
treated like a lady never pitched hay
all day and then had to milk a dozen
that we're as hot as a furnace
and eternally switching them In
the face and apparently trying to get
both feet In the pail. A little I'M
kindness is excusable, though not ad-
visable. 4
There are three essentials necessary 4
to receive a good growth and yield of
crops. They are: A good soil
thoroughly prepared, good seed plant I
ed In good season, and thorough cult I
al .tha nroner time Each ara (,