The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-05

Churning when cream Is too warm
has the effect of whitening butter.
Nature intends that the calf should
have the first milk from the mother.
Handling colts from the start OBJ
viates breaking and substitutes train
ing,
Use only a thoroughbred butter
bred sire for next years crop Of
calves.
Farmers, rs a rule, pay too little at
tention to the comfort of their work
horses.
There isn't much play about dairy
ing, but no other Job pays better for
hard work.
The draft horse is one farm por-
duct that bulls and bears cannot cor
ner nor control.
Sheep do have one real menace,
however, In the summer. That is in
ternal parasites.
Let us use more of our own dairy
products at home. They are the best
that can be produced.
A mule authority says: There Ia
nothing that walks that will beat an
old iennet as a money maker"
Marking chicks or young turkeys
with a poultry pounch does no harm,
and the fowls will always show the
mark.
Ground oats. green clover hay, and
sweet skim-milk make a good ration
for lambs after they are twenty-one
days old.
Be careful not to overwork the brood
mare when she is nursing a promising
colt, for overheating Of her has a bad
effect on the milk,
P%asturing grass too soon or too
hard Is an expensive way Of saving
feed. It costs several times the
amount OF feed saved.
The hog house II left open will sup
ply a cool place for the pigs to lie in,
and also protect the young from heavy
storms and from the hot sun.
Having too many chicks In one
brood, whether with a hen or In q
brooder, is a Common fault. Chicks
In small broods always do better.
Have an aim In breeding, and try 10
breed all the colts to a standard or
type. In this way you will get
matched pairs which will bring better
prices.
Experience the last year has shown
1t is best make such crops as cowpeas
and alfalfa into hay to feed dry and
TO fill the sllos either with corr or
kaffir.
This is the time Of year when lice
do the most damage In the poultry
yard. The young chickens should be
examined every week for head lice or
for lice on the body.
When a man wants TO use his horse,
and has to chase him all over the
farm In order to catch him, It is evi.
Dent that either the man or the horse
was not brought up right.
Good quality Of 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.
Where silage Ia used the land can
be used to grow another crop of
corn. There is no way TO get so
much off an acre as to put II into
corn and put the corn In the silo.
Barb wire fences are bad for horses,
but there should be a barb wire strung
along the top Of the wozen fence OIL
the horses viii ride 1t down. The barb
wire placed there will do nc harm.
For the shot hole borer apply In
June with a long handled brush this
mixture: 20 pounds caustic potash, 20
pounds whale oil soap and 60 gallons
Of water boiled together two hours.
Straight breeds Of cattle sell better
than mixed ones. Whatever you do,
don't get Jersey blood mixed up with
your beef herd. The Jersey marks
will show for three generations.
The secret Of successful gardening
is high manuring and fertilizing, q
deep, finely prepared soil. thorough
and clean culture, choice vegetables
put up In attractive form and honest
measure.