The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-11-15

same as the field products?
Store some dust for the chickens
dust bath during midwinter.
1t is only recently that sweet clover
has been used for feeding livestock.
Silage and alfalfa combined make
the foundation OF tina best dairy "a
ton.
The scrub COW appears in every
herd. whether it be a pure bred or a
grade herd.
See that the ladders are shfe before
using them. Unsafe rounds hay mean
broken legs.
The separator Is a helpful factor in
establishing the uniformity of the En-
ished product.
When a heIfer Is first fresh 1t is es-
pecially important that all the milk
be drawn from her.
How much does It cost to have that
machinery standing out in the wealth
er? Shedding Is cheap!
No stock grower can afford to have
his animals burn grain for fuel to
keep themselves warm.
Sweet potatoes should be dried and
then stored in boxes Of sand before
the frost touches them.
Development Of a flock and greatly
increased profits cannot be secured
without careful breeding.
Letting butter drain we'll before
sailing Is one of the little things that
makes for better quality.
The use Of the pure-bred sires has
brought about a much better quality
of stock kept on the farms.
Keep the hogs quiet, clean and
comfortable If you expect the best
gain from the food supplied.
Selling butter or cream from the
farm robs the soil Of less fertility than
does any other farm product.
The cost of feeding an animal in
creases with its weight, but not in
direct proportion to its weight.
Hurry all cement work to a finish
now, so It will have time to set we'll
before freezing cracks and damages
1t.
The milk pail with a flaring top
has been ruled out. Hooded pals
with small openings are much more
dirt.proof.
Are you keeping a lot Of horses for
which you have no special need? Let
the other fellow have them at pres
ent prices.
See to It that the colt does not be-
come constipated. A small dose of
castor oil is a good thing to get the
bowels started.
Too often the dairy, poultry and
hog work are side lines on the farm.
Make them the main line and they
will lead you to profit.
FIJI the producing cows up on clover
hay or alfalfa hay II you can get It
instead Of fodder or other coarse stuff
containing low feed values.
Hogs do not waste corr In the field
except In muddy weather, They gain
faster, more evenly and more econom,
ically In the corn field than in the dry
lot.
Good bright CORE fodder is worth
more for dairy COWS than pure tim
othy hay but both should be fed along
with clover or alfalfa to get the best
results.
At the Iowa station corn and soy
beans hogged down produced 1871
pounds of pork per bushel of corn
At 81 cents per pound that is $1,23
per bushel for the corr.
When the pumpkins and squashes
are gathered, do not put them in the
COLLAR at once They will keep much
better # stored In some dark outbuild.
ing until real freezing weather comes.
Az the cold weather approaches the &.
separstor bowl should be filled with ]
hot water before the milk is allowed q
IN r,,p through It. When 1t is thor |
oughly warm skimming will be nor :
efficient
Some sheep are inclined to grow !
hairy wool. The dealers don't like !
and are apt to dock you for IT. I
booking is not what is is cracked up
n he. Grow wool, not hair, On the 9
backs Of your sheep .
Aerate new milk as soon 40 posi- !
b,e after II 10 drawn. but do not do !
his in a stable. As good a way to J
40 this as any is to pour the milk Q
slowly from one pail to another for a .
minutes. This drives of bad {
doors and saves the fine butter flavor. a
Hay cured in cocks in the field Is .
.attoy bsy thar that rushed to the II