The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-11-01

Sharpen and repair the garden
tools for next seasons use.
reed Is cheaper and more plentiful
than 1t has been for years.
A cork soaked In oil makes q good
substitute for a glass stopper.
All fruit should be graded and crat,
ed especially for private marketing.
80 far as can be done select the
largest, and best sows for breeders.
Corn will dry out better II the
shocks are kept down to a reasonable
size.
Deep blowing and the gas tractor
are the Gold Dust Twins Of the new
agriculture.
Wrap the young fruit trees early, to
prevent the rabbits from gnawing and
killing them.
Many of the troubles with both
young and old horses may be traced
to bad teeth.
Hogs will be high next year and II
VIII pay to give those fall pigs a good
start towards winter.
The first cold rains are hard on the
COWS and they should be kept In the
barn In such weather.
A good pasture makes a bri-n
ming milk pail; and silo makes pos
sibie good winter pasture.
A little clover or alfalfa mixed with
the siiage when filing the silo will
prove a profitable mixture.
Bran is worth more, pound for
pound, as q part of a ration for q
work horse than alfalfa meal.
The man who makes q business Of
COW keeping instead Of a chore Is on
the right road to better profits.
In the development Of horses, as
veil as elsewhere, Judgment must be
exercised as we'll Is the muscles.
Just how long a breeding sire
be kept depends upon the ex.
2ellence Of the animal in question.
The way to increase the appetits
If a horse. IL such a thing Is neces.
'ary, Is to change his diet frequently.
Twill SOC be time to bind some
hing around those small fruit trees,
o stop rabbits from feasting on the
lark.
Baling corn fodder 1s a new idea,
II 1t works out we'll II will save
good deal Of hard and disagreeable
work.
After all that may be said In favor
II other pastures, clover stands at
he head when 1t comes to right thing
or pigs.
Mulching isn't to keep the straw,
'erries from freezing. but to keep
hem from thawing after the ground
3 frozen.
Extremes and sudden changes In
watering and sailing will
acute indigestion In sheep that
usually fatal.
Bear in mind that corn fodder, or
1dder corn, must not be cut early
Or 1t means a loss of a large part Of
g feeding value.
Keep all the rotten fruit well
UP around the orchard, as
lese constitute the winter quarters
orchard pests. .
Look over the young stock carefully
fore disposing of it A prize heifer
an exceptional colt may slip away
d the credit and benefit go to some .
her man. '
In the rush and hurry to keep up 0
It'll the fail work we must not forget d.
provide plenty of bedding for all '
ock and see that 1t Is dry. Wet bed y
ng is a disease producer. I
Every sheep that has lost one sin
tooth through old age Is a candl. I
to for the meat market. Don't stand u
the way OF her getting there; she .
~ not weather another winter. u
The most suitable time to apply II
ae in rotation is when preparing .
3 land for wheat Or hay following y
and corn, or as a top dress
: on young clover and grass.
Use a low, wide-tired wagon In the
hard, and thus avoid cutting up II
sod and dragging the lower limbs u
,r the bed. peeling and breaking e
IN. b
When ironing, place a folded rug Il
piece OF carpet to stand on. The W
cunt Of ease this will give the Fl
t has only to be tried to be ap Ell
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,on't put off till spring any outside al
TX that can be done now. Clean up al
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en- possible push the blowing be-
} snow flies.