The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-13
Get a Dure-hred ram
Store pumpkins in thu field
The average calf is neglected.
silage is essentially roughage feed
Good sheen are a eooa nro,,r,v a.,
Get a Dure-hred raa

Good sheep are a good property al
any time.
The hooded pail is a long step tow
ard cleaner milk.
Fowls VIII eat nearly all OF the com
NOR vegetables.
! Build the feed racks where. the stock
can eat in the shelter.
Don't neglect storing green food for
winter for the chickens.
BE careful about the man who han
dies and cares for the colts.
Match the team not only In size and
color, but in gait and disposition.
1t pays best to have a horse well
broken when he is offered for sale.
Only pigs coming from prolific par.
ents should be retained as breeders.
II possible, plan for dry box stalls
with dirt floors in which to winter the
colts,
Cream containing "a to IS per cent.
fat will yield about 3 pounds Of butter
per gallon,
Horses and colts may be fed silage
In limited quantities, especially when
not at work.
Working a team when hungry or
thirsty is ~inexcusably throwing away
costly vitality.
The practice of watering horses at
a public drinking trough sometimes
leads to a lot of trouble.
The wide-awake, ever-watchful
poultryman is seldom troubled With
sickness among his fowls.
At this season of the year, after a
few sprinkles OF rain, It should afford
very good picking for them.
1t Is nearly always best to save
some of the old sows, especially tc
farrow the early spring litters.
II the old corr has lasted until
husking time there Is some danger o.
overlooking the hogs on new corn
The cows may be fed silage any
time after the silo is filled. No need
to wait for 1t to wait for 1t to cure"
A blockish built mare with a large
barrel on short legs is likely to pro
duce q better foal than the tail, leggy
kind.
Make sure that there nre no drafts
In the hen house. Close up knot
holes and cracks before roup gives the
signal.
Separate the young cockerels from
the old birds. Feed them well, and
have each lot as uniform in size as
possible.
Butter soon loses its delicate fine
flavor. The sooner your customers
get 1t after it is made the better they
will like It.
Poultry raising offers to women an
excellent means Of making money
because the work is not zoo taxing for
their strength.
Spasmodic sailing is bud for any an
imals and especially horses. 1t may
cause collie. Keep salt before the
horse at all times.
The COW that is underfed and the
COW that is overRed both work to dis
advantage and both fail in the best
profit to their wne
The most humane method Of de.
horning a COW is to do the work with
a little caustic potash when the horns
are Just starting on the cali.
The farmer who has a gasoline
engine and feed mill should expert.
ment a little with raising crops tc
grind for feed for hogs and cattle.
Men who rushed their sheep to mar
ket last year are sorry, and men who
are rushing their best hogs to mar
ket this year will be sorry next year,
Produce sold from the barns is gone
forever. That which ia fed on the
farm leaves a residuum OF good ma
nure to keep up the fertility of the
land.
New blood should be introduced
nearly every year with chickens,
turkeys. ducks and guineas to keep
nm the constitutions, health and vigor
of the flock.
One louise on a mans head will turn
him into a raving maniac. What
nrst it be to have seven million of
the nests round on ones body? Rio
the chic kens Of these insects.
Lambs should be locked when they
ore from eight to ten days old.s C.
cording to the advice Of the Minnesota
ovnerimept station. At that time the
vonpp animal receives practically NO
setback.