The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-30

The breeding boar should not only
be a good individual, but be backed by
good ancestors.
Sunshine is natures best disinfect-
ant and the pens and houses cannot
have too much of It.
Glover Is an exceptionally good
cattle roughage, but at present prices
Its use is quite prohibitive.
BOOSTERS of all breeds should be
separated from hens when they molt.
1t takes them longer than hens.
Pigs allowed to make their beds on
manure piles soon become scufy and
affected with a dry hacking cough.
II the heifer doesn't show up well
with her first calf and give promise Of
being a profitable COW better get rid
Of her.
There is no question but what the
thin blanket keeps the flies of, but
however thin 1t may be It makes the
horse warm.
II one OF your hogs gets q grudge
against another, put them in sep
arate pens. They will do better and
grow faster.
If a hog dies on the farm, no matter
from what cause, take no chances, but
remove the body a long distance from
the feeding lots and burn It.
Removing stumps certainly pays.
They not only occupy space which is
valuable but they also cause all sorts
of trouble and inconvenience.
In punching, alfalfa should be
handled by hand, as punching with a
rake loses many OF the leaves. Rain
Ia very injurious to the cut hay.
Provide shade and shelter for calves.
Keep salt and fresh water before
them all the time. Dehorn before fly
time. Halter break every calf while
young.
When one growth Of alfalfa is re-
moved, another one comes on i'm
mediately. But II the first growth re-
mains while the second one starts,
then the second suffers.
When the pigs are taken out OF
the pasture this fall they should not be
turned suddenly into the cornf1elds or
fed all the new corn they can eat.
Make the change gradually.
When strawberries are through
fruiting, remove the mulch and give
cultivation. If the plants have made
a rank growth, NOW off the tops of
the plants with the mower.
Il is the very poorest sort Of policy
to store potatoes intended for seed In
q basement in which there is a fur.
mace as 1t usually results In a lower
ing Of the vitality Of the seed.
TO in any way shrimp the food OF
a growing animal. chicken, pig, lamb,
calf or colt, is to invite sure loss. A
thrifty. growing young animal, II
kept thrifty and growing, is always a
money maker,
A low down, handy-wagon Is On
great value In orchard and garden
work. Such wagons are easily loaded.
The tires are wide and they can be
taken into fields where the ground Ia
too soft to use narrow tired wagons.
Ducks kept entirely on land, must
have deep drinking vessels. so they
a get their heads under water.
Where shallow vessels or troughs are
used they gum up about the eyes. be-
come l~istless, sit about, lose their ap-
petite, and eventually die.
The three sizes Of roasting fowls
medium and large-can best be
secured by the Wyandottes, Ply
mouth Rocks and Brahmas. respec-
lively. The Rhode Island Reds can
be substituted for the Plymouth Rocks
desired.
The fellow who thinks that the
crossing OF a beef animal on a dairy
animal or vice versa will unite the
good qualities of both in the offspring
does not think Of the chances of unit
the poor qualities. Just this thing
often happens, 80 we would advise at
all times against taking chances
Stick to dairy types.
The farm shop, where q new double
tree or v~agontongue can be made
Of a strip Of iron welded OF short
order is a handy adjunct to the farm
that happens to have a mar who has
4 mack Of using tools. A bolt. a piece
OF harness or a neck-yoke is SURF to
break In the busiest part Of the yea
and for the farmer who lives Is
Or 20 miles from q good blacksmith
il is nothing short Of a calamity. One
break may tie up the farm working
rorca for n whoIa day.