The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-03-23

Onions require fine and firm see
Take good care Of the brood SOW
dom now on.
Most men have their favortte va
rieties of stock.
The brood sows should have SOM
roots, IL possible.
The boars should be isolated from
the rest of the herd.
Chickens need decent housing
proper feed. and some care.
The feed for young guineas may b.
the same as for young turkeys.
Cold weather has prepared the sol
for bounteous crop next summer.
Oats without bulls il ono Of the
most valuable Of all grains for poul
try.
Kamr meal 10 tho best grain to
offset the laxative effects of skim
milk.
II farmer desires to improve his
flock. let him begin with pure bred
malea
In feeding a milk COW = corn "a
ton reduce the ration At nrst indica-
uon OF fattening.
Standard utility fowls must be So
iected for the greatest egg production
ard quick maturity.
Don't forget that your cattle. hogs,
horses. and sheep all need salt; not
spasmodically but regularly.
No farmstead is complete without
generous space devoted to garden
for small fruits and vegetables.
During the winter the dairy farmer
has more time to figure out his plans
for improving his system Of farming.
The breeding of high-class hackney
stations to high-class trotting mares
has passed beyond the experimental
stage.
You may feed all tho food your
hens can possibly use. but II you are
short on grit the result will not be
satisfactory.
The Embden. perhaps. makes lit
tie better market bird than the Tou-
louise. but the latter lays more eggs,
often forty In season.
Don't burn up any kind of coarse
litter that accumulates around the
feed yards. but save It to mulch dit
terent plants in the garden.
In shoeing. the foot should only
have 90 much hoof removed from It
at each shoeing as is necessary for
the proper fitting Of the shoe.
Turkeys more than any other poul-
try seem to require fresh air They
will roost in trees during a snow
storm and not seem to mind II a bit.
A mixture of barley. cornmeal.
wheat bran and roots will put flesh
on horses fast. With this. OF course.
a small quantity of hay should BE-
given.
One hears a great deal about the
cost of feed this winter, but this cost
Is not so important as is the size Of
profits realized In feeding this high
priced feed.
No branch Of husbandry now pur-
sued offers better opportunities for
profits for the amount of money in
vested and the time expended than
the production Of hogs.
Good quality wheat straw, which is
neither moldy nor dusty. will make a
fair roughage for horses, and when
fed In moderate amounts should not
prove injurious in any way.
The men who suffer least during
the dry season are the dairy farmers
They always have an income, for
there is always some crop that can
be fed profitably to the cows.
Soil must be fed II 1t 10 expected to
yield profitable crop. 1t would be
Just as reasonable TO expect a COW
to make milk out OF a ration Of straw
AS to ask the soil to yield a harvest
without restoring itsI fertility.
In maturing market hogs II is OF
course proper to eliminate the exer-
else. but In maintaining q useful herd
OF breeding hogs it is necessary to
forego heavy feeding and to compel
abundant exercise.
Give the sows careful attention at
narrowing time during the cold months
and supply them with nftrogenous
feeds and. II possible, little sue
culent feed such as cabbage or beets.
Success or failure In the dairy bust
ness does not depend upon the size OF
the farm or the number Of COWS a
man keeps. or the rushing he does,
but upon the character OF the man,
the intelligent thought he gives his
business and his management. Men
who take time to think. read and
study are the ones that are making
tho money and are well satisfied with
their vocation,