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

Frequent stirring while cream is
.ripening will make better butter.
A hog can be starved to eat al.
most anything, hut tt is poor economy,
Make very liberal estimates as to
the number OF chickens you are TO
This IS tho time 10 begin knocking
out another possible feed shortage next
winter.
For the young calf Just learning to
eat there is nothing better than
ground oats,
Milking with wet hands ia ono OF
the most undesirable habits that r
man can form.
Turkeys often get puny and die
when several weeks old. from no 9th
or cause than lice,
The longer a calf Is allowed TO suck
the COW the harder II viii be to make
It drink from a bucket.
1t never pays to keep more cattle
than one can be sure &c furnish with
ample feed the year round,
BY using a little patience n calf can
be taught to drink quickly by letting
It suck the finger held in the milk.
There are many reliable breeders Of
Holstein cattle whose entire herds aV-
erage 10000 pounds of milk per year.
II a thin SOW has more pigs than
she can suckle to advantage. take
part of them away and raise them on
a bottle.
Anybody can raise an ordinary horse
uhh SNll II W. an OlhlHhlS Pii't' ~
takes blood and feed and care to beat
the average.
The main points to make sure about
in buying a separator are durability,
clean Swimming, easy washing, and
easy running.
Almost any feed that Ia high In pro
tein, such as milk or middlings, and
the like, is good for sows, pigs and
growing hogs.
Don't let the young turks out until
dew is off the grass in the morning
II you want turkeys to sell next
Thanksgiving.
Why not a concrete vat in the milk
house this spring? They are reason
ably cheap, eternally durable, and
sanitary,
Geese, after they get their feathers,
are rarely, II ever, attacked by in.
sects, but this will not hold good In
regard to goslings.
Put a bell on some Of the COWS II
they run In the woods or a brush
pasture. 1t will save time and steps
in looking for them.
A heifer that has a long milking
period with her first calf ia very apt
to establish the habit Of long periods
II she Ia well handled.
See that the harness, and especially
the inside OF the collars where they
come in contact with living flesh and
blood, are smooth and clean.
In the push OF farm work the truck
patches should not be neglected, for
in these little things lie the farmers
living and his success as a farmer.
On every dairy farm there should be
two pasture fields, by feeding off first
one and then the other, the cows have
a succession of rich tender grass and
clover.
Mix half a bushel Of dry ashes with
a pint Of carbolic acid, n pint of coal
oil, and a pint Of sulphur. Put some
In the nests and the hens will not be
bothered with lice.
Have a surplus Of plants Of all ten.
der varieties, like tomatoes, egg plant.
peppers, etc, so that you can risk set.
ting out Il few extra early. II you have
plenty you will not miss them should
they be nipped by frost, while II the
weather is favorable you will gain
some In earliness.
II II ia necessary to confine pigs
In a dry lot during the summer they
should have all the weeds that are
from the garden or cut about
the premises anywhere. They will
eat large quantities and thrive on
them, and II is one way 10 get rid Of
weeds TO profit.
Sprays are very poisonous and
should be placed where children AN,
not get them. Do not make them
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