The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-09-06

To get the best results the COW
must be kept quiet and treated kindly
Oil is cheaper than harvester%
Good oil is cheaper than thin cheap
stuff.
A screen fly trap setting near the
back kitchen door rids the house of
many flies.
There Is going to be a lot OF alfalfa
sown this fall. How much Of it will be
on your farm?
1t pays to get out and do as much
work as possible in the early part
of these hot days.
One thing that keeps the hired man
on the farm is a neat, well-kept, and
well arranged farm.
A disk from an old pulverizer
makes a good anchor for holding the
end post Of a wire fence.
Milking the COWS clean and care
fully has a tendency to develop "a per-
sistent habit of yielding milk.
It doesn't cost any more to be clean
ly than otherwise. And there's more
profit and satisfaction in 1t too.
Silage Is highly relished by both
cattle and sheep, and is fed with
profit to these classes Of animals.
Our advertising columns are inter-
esting this month. Look them over
carefully, May find something you
want.
Three tablespoonfuls OF formalin to
a pint Of half water and half milk Is
an efficient poison to set where flies
~congregate.
The silo should be placed where IL
will not interfere with the sunlight en-
tering the barn, or interfere with the
entrance or exits.
Supplement the short pastures with
those green crops you planted last
spring. Didn't do 1t? Too bad. Re-
member next time.
A little gunny sacking over that
poor cows or calls back, when 1t is
picketed near swarms OF flies, will
help out the feed surprisingly.
Flies can't hatch without a manure
or dump pile to incrbate In. Keep
everything clean and there will be q
few million less of these flies.
Sheep and poultry go we'll to geth
er, and when once the buildings and
fields are ready for them, how little
work, compared with other stock. II
takes to care for them.
Many dairymen are giving their
COWS simply a maintenance ration
and then complain because there Is
ne profit In dairying. Such dairying
don't deserve to succeed.
Don't neglect to cultivate the grape
vineyard up to f%ruiting time. The
surface Of the soil in the vineyard
must be kept mellow throughout the
hot July and August days.
Skim the milk clean. The mill
containing quite a little butter fat
may be most excellent for the pigs
but butter fat at 20 to 2S cents 9
pound Is expensive pig feed.
We saved up some Of u profits
from farming and invested in SOM
farm land a few years ago. The re
suit may surprise you, but we made
30 per cent on our investment.
The coal ash mulch Is certainly
good for gooseberries and also for to
matoes. Tomatoes mulched witt
sifted coal ashes will resist bligh'
and keep green and fourishing longe,
than without it,
Linseed meal is made by grinding
1axseed from which the oil has beer
more or less completely extracted
F"Old process" contains more fat ant
somewhat less protein than New pro
cess" linseed meal.
As a matter Of fact the farmer owei
1t to himself, personally, to be a clos,
student Of advanced agriculture ant
of public questions. This is the wa!
|, to keep the mind alert and active ant
to keep mentally young.
The COWS and the pigs, etc. are the
| farmers customers. They take his
, feed and roughage. The farmer
t needs to know what he gets in return
Z In the way of pounds Of milk, butter
fat. pork, etc. No successful business
was ever built on guessing-farm
, ing is no exception.
!, Cracked corr is n Of the bes
/ grain feeds for growing poultry. Wher
i rev corr begins to harden, whethe
sweet or field corn, 1t may be whit
tied" or shaved from the cob for tn,
[ eH.sr chicks. On range they win sc
/. cure bugs. worms ard grasshoppers
| and pick up grit and bone-making ma
i. terial.
t Cstarrh IS not roup. It Is usual!