Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-01-26

Just now the heavy steer is a much
sought after article in the live stock
markets.
All breeders and brood coops should
be thoroughly cleaned and put away
for the winter.
The prosperous and most successful
farmer is comfortable only when his
stock is comfortable.
A rainy day is a good time to repair
and oil up the extra harnesses used
during the harvest season.
Observe with care. and note as q
first point that the COW should have
large and ample-sized body.
Good roads are the reward of COM
mon sense applied to the local man.
agement of town or county affairs.
A sheep grower can scarcely make
graver mistake than that of grow
ing sheep without regard to tleir
1eeces.
In dairying there is no excuse for
the man who goes at IT blindly and
blames luck and the weather for his
failure.
Only well bred stock that is well
fed and well taken care Of can make
money on land worth 500 or more
an acre.
Farmers with heavy steady work
now generally try to secure drafty
horses even when farm work is the
sole object.
The strainer never was made that
would take foul matter out Of milk.
None ever viii be. You have got to
keep it out
II all the chickens and full-grown
hens run together, the stronger chick
ems will get most of the feed and keep
the others poor.
COW through the winter when she
gives milk only FIVE or six months out
Of the whole year.
II the cows pedigree TALES with
the milk pail, then 1t is consistent.
and a good foundation, or a poor one
as the case may be.
Fancy points may be of no advan-
tage to the farmer, but pure-bred
fowls will naturally possess just as
great utility as the scrub.
Before laying a cement stable floor
care should be taken to have the
ground below properly drained and
the foundation well constructed.
Selection is absolutely necessary in
order to breed and build up a good
dairy herd. One must Gull closely here
as well as in all other lines of work.
Many good, careful farmers find II
practical to hog OF some Of their
corn. 1t will pay you to look into
this question. If you have not already
done so.
All the diseases which afiict our
poultry are those Of domestication
caused largely by unnatural environ
ment and carelessness on the part Of
the owners.
Many of the details In butter MAX
ing can only be looked after by ex-
perience. Much of It must be learned
by doing the work. No one can begin
where the other fellow left on.
Be careful about feeding beet tops
to the cattle. Heavy feeding Of this
material is somewhat dangerous as II
tends 70 purge animals. Feed in linn
tied quantities and with other feeds.
The fall, as soon as the leaves are
cut by frost, is the best time to make
new plantations of rhubarb and horse
radish. The ground for both of these
plants must be deep, mellow and rich.
Never allow breeding swine to fol
low steers or dairy cattle for this is
a sure method of developing tubercul-
osis In swine. This disease seldom
originates with swine. but Is easily
contracted by them.
Don't burn the straw piles. II the
straw cannot be used for feed or bed
ding, scatter several feet deep in the
yards, where it will rot and be con-
verified into manure. II you have
more straw that you have use for,
1t is evidence that your farm is I'M
derstocked with live stock; hence in
need of all available manure.
Incomplete milking not only robs
the dairyman Of the richest portion of
the milk-the "strippings"-but it
damages the COW, tending to lessen
her daily production and to shorten
the period of lactation. 1t takes lit
tie more time to draw the last pint
Of milk from the udder; but the time
is well spent IN view Of the gain both
to the COW and to its owner.