The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-17
Pigs relish potatoes.

IAN gSAhS hNhiGiS gently.
Groom your horses well and prevent
skin diseases.
The dairyman can raise hogs cheap.
er than any IL else.
Old and many young trees are in
tested with the woolly aphis.
Keeping the fingernails cut may
save both milk and modification.
Kerosene emulsion will Kill plant
lice more effectively than hellebore.
There is a big difference between
a butterfly and a fly in the butter.
Be sure the little pigs have a nice
dry place to stretch out In the warm
sun.
Milk fever might often be prevented
by a little attention to the COW before
calving.
Remember that your orchard, espe.
cially the young trees, needs good
cultivation.
The three important elements of
plant food are nitrogen. phosphorus
and potassium.
Alfalfa Is the most wonderful of all
cultivated plants, and the Oldest one
known to history.
There is no germ slayer better than
an ounce of carbolic acid added to a
pail of whitewash.
One Of the chief advantages of feed
ing live stock on the farm is the
maintenance of soil fertility.
II will take good farming to keep
up and increase soil fertility without
purchasing feed grown outside.
Teach the children. to respect the
dragon fly. This friend Of ours kills
flies and many other obnoxious in
sects.
If dusty hay is fed, sprinkle with
water, and it will save the horse
much annoyance; but better not feed
1t at all.
A box of ashes under a clump Of
shrubbery will be greatly appreciated
by the hens in warm weather.
1t Is as impossible to estimate the
productiveness and value Of a COW as
1t Is to guess the exact number of
bushels of corn q certain field will
yield.
The right kind of a farm garden
will keep the family during garden
season with the help of the hens. 1t
won't take many hens for this help,
either.
A good crop for the orchard would
be cowpeas-wide strips sown between
the rows Of trees. This would make
good early hay and is also good for
the soil.
While sheep will eat grain and any
kind Of grass and some kinds Of
weeds, they are, after all, dainty
feeders, and the feed must be abso-
lutely clean.
II you intend to raise sheep for wool
buy ans and ewes that are bred
for wool, and do not make the mis-
take of mixing mutton types with
wool types.
The young pigs often become crook.
ed in the legs, IL kept on the hard
floor too long, and this means that
the pig, II a good breed, loses much
of its value.
Weighing milk at stated intervals
not only tells the owner which are
his profitable cows, and which are
robbers, but it stimulates rivalry be-
tween the mixers.
Alfalfa grows best on a deep, sandy
loan underlaid by a loose and per-
meable subsoil. 1t will not grow IL
there is an excess of water in the
soil. The land must be we'll drained.
English farmers do not hesitate to
pay as high as 500 for a pure bred
sire ram Do you imagine they would
do this IL they could get just as good
from a scrub at one-tenth the
The high producing dairy COW Is an
that follows in the wake of
civilization. She eve goes ahead.
must be suitable be.
lore she can be Of any value to the
If strawberry plants are dried out
when received by express do not water
hem, for water on the foliage will
cause the crown to rot. Dip
he roots in tepid water and lay them
q cool cellar for a few hours.
No matter what analysis may show
regarding the goodness Of different
If stock do not take hold of 1t
with a good appetite 1t will not do
hem much good. What they like and
what their system a V is what they