The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-23

Every farm should have a silo.
A silo built of concrete will pre-.
serve silage well.
Milk and corn meal makes a fine
forcing feed for friers.
A good time to Gull out inferior
birds Is when the market Ia up.
The finer the soil, the better the
vegetables, both in quantity and quail
ity.
Feed the soil II you would have the
soil feed you, applies forcibly to worn
out lands.
Grape vines require frequent shall
low cultivation throughout the en-
tire season.
In setting an orchard stick to the
proven FdIiSIleS' Leu spule oue SASC
do the experimenting.
The thermometer must be used as
regularly in the dairy during the
summer as during the. winter.
At this time OF the year care should
be exercised in housing the pullets
that are to be the winter layers.
In breaking a colt, remember that
II Is an easy matter to overload and
ruin him by causing hiEa to balk.
Bran is a very good feed for cows.
Il Is light, palatable and rich in min
eral matter, especially phosphorus.
With fruiting orchards, mineral fer.
tlizers are often great assistance, but
ar excess Of nitrogen should be avoid
ed.
Annual flowers can be hurried along
by watering them with a tablespoon
full Of nitrate Of soda to a pailful Of
water.
Heroic pruning measures are needed
ed to bring many old trees into bear
ing; but 1t need not all be done the
first year,
The theory that one can overfeed
the growing pullets has been exploded,
and many a flock has been retarded by
under feeding.
The earlier In the season after the
June crop" that thinning can be done,
the better 1t will be for the tree and
remaining apples.
The most humane method Of de-
horning a COW is to do the work with
tlttle caustic potash when the horns
are Just starting on the calf.
When the strawberries are off the
vines remove the mulch and cultivate
thoroughly to kill off the weeds and
put the soil in fine condition.
Some folks have their houses so
that they can open them up all around
the foundation walls when 1t is hot,
and let the air circulate everywhere.
From early spring until August SOW
a few rows of summer lettuce every
tWow weeks or so, and thus try to pro-
VIDE a continuous supply of good
heads.
Throw open the windows every
night, but tack some wide-meshed
cloth Of some kind over them to keep
out things that have no business in
the house.
Alsike clover Is a perennial and can
De grown on ground that is too low
and moist for the medium red or
mammoth, but 1t is grown equally
well on high ground.
Men who are inexperienced in al
iafa growing should have forced on
lAelr attention the important lesson
uat 1t pays well to put a little labor
oa the surface after removing each
crop.
Lambs should be locked when they |
are from eight to ten days old, accord
lng TO the advicA of the Minnesota ex.
pertinent station. At that time the /
young animal receives practically no
setback.
never milk the COW with wet hands.
70 more filthy habit Is INDUCED in
Mah that Of milking on the hand in
order to strip the teat. Milking
should always be done with a full,
dry hand.
meat in some form should be sup
pleo the fowls. They need protein,
uuu IN beef scraps this is found In
eood Quantities. Good beef scraps
%ntain from so to go e cent. 1t
mould be well sired and clean.
- selecting eggs for Matching much
.afe should be used. Select only nice
moWn' Well-formed and good-sized
sesS rom healthy stock. Keep them
t cool and incubate them as soon
Is possible.
ength, endurance and speed in a
e are not developed by violent
ssase' but rather by a judicious
ount OF exercise given SO as to de-
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