The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-07


Spray early and late.
Ducks prefer soft food
Whitewash the hen house,
Concrete tanks ase superior.
Keep the dairy utensils clean.
The early bird" easily keeps down
the weeds.
Great Britain's wheat fields cover
1000, 900 acres.
Too much sun for young chicks is
as bad as too little.
The manager must supply the brains
for the COW machine.
Don't wait for the weeds to appear
before you begin %cultivatlng.
Have everything neat and sweet
about your milk and butter business.
The owner OF the small farm flock
is the man most likely to neglect dip
ping.
An alert carriage and a bright eye
are necessary in a perfect carriage or
saddle horse.
To teach chicks to drink, sprinkle a
few grains Of feed on the water for
them to pick at.
The great majority OF farmers do
not know the value Of the harrow, or
II they do they do not s 1t.
Teach the lambs as early as pos
sible to eat grain In a lamb creep to
fit them for the early market.
II q horse sweats easily, take partic-
ular pains not to let him stand out
in a draft, or drink too heartily.
1t Is expensive economy to do with
out a separator where cream Is sold or
butter made from five or more cows.
The best way to get rid OF tubercu-
losis In dairy cattle is to follow the
old precept about an ounce Of proven
ton.
The little pigs seem to be wonder
fully keen in detecting the small holes
In the fence through which they can
escape.
Success in the dairy seems to be
most all IS; separator, silo, scales
then the following letter, It." test, is a
close second.
Have all cattle that come into the
herd tubercuIin tested and then have
q well ventilated barn that is kept
scrupulously clean.
II a SOW that has lost the use Of hei
legs Is in good flesh. It would be best
to slaughter her for meat, as chances
OF recovery are poor.
The poultry business requires study
and constant attention, the same al
any other business. First efforts are
rarely ever successful.
One of the silo arguments that ap
peaIs to every stock wner is tina
there is no such thing as cornstalk dis
ease to worry the silage feeder.
The stomach of the little calf II
very sensitive and easily ruined. Moth
ing will do 1t quicker than keeping tn,
animal confined In a wet, dirty pen.
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cream of tartar for chickenpox; on
tablespoonful In soft feed for eac'
twelve fowls, two or three times
week.
In growing a heifer for the dairy
muscular vitality is wanted rattle
than fat, and this is obtained YER
largely from the skim milk portion O
It's diet.
Filth on eggs under the sitting he
should be washed off as soon a
noticed. This is n Of the littl
things that helps toward getting
good hatch.
This Is the time Of. year when cor
should be fed s~paringly to keep hen
laying and to ward off diseases I
which the overfat bird Is s~usceptibl
IN warn weather.
One would hardly believe how
improves the roads to take a spad
along when going to town and toss
few spadesful of dirt into the 10
places at the approaches to bridge
and filing in the sharp ruts. Tn
soon levels up the track. renderir
travel much more rapid and EMO
able and less damaging to the horse
vehicles and harness.
Be patient and gentle with Il
heifer when she comes In. II she
OF your own raising and you have {
ways treated her kindly she viii n
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