The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-02

Cabbage Is one of the very best
vegetables to feed to poultry.
High quality Of cream can be pro-
duced from clean, pure milk.
Better use is made of ground than
Of whole grain by the dairy COWS.
Do not allow the stall where the
cow must stand or lie to get filthy.
Comfortable shelter goes a long
way towards making dairying pay.
Never offer a poor pound of butter
for sale; rather feed it to the pigs.
Silage and alfalfa combined make
the foundation for the best dairy ra-
ton.
Woven wire fence is being bought
by the mile instead OF by the rod
now.
The coming of the silo is developing
some new high records for high-priced
beef.
The secret Of successful stack build.
ing Is to keep the middle full and well
tramped.
The calf should have plenty Of wa
ter to drink and it should always be
clean and pure.
Manure Is one Of the by-products
of the dairy farmer and it represents
a decided profit.
Many practical hog raisers are now
using artificial wallows, built of either
cement or lumber.
If winter dairying is to be the most
profitable It must be planned for def
initely in advance.
Any man who will strike a horse
in the head should never be allowed
to touch one again.
Keep the laying hens working, To
do this feed them at daybreak and
just before shutdown.
Hogs follow the rows and tramp
down less of the rape II it Is drilled
instead Of broadcasted.
If you want a lasting cement use
melted alum. 1t hardens at ono and
water does not affect it.
The poorer the cream the faster
should be the speed Of the churn
slower where cream is rich.
A man cannot work on boiled tur-
nips alone; neither can a horse work
on a diet of straw and fodder.
Shelters separate from the ones pro.
vided for the old fowls should be con-
structed for the use of the chicks.
Fine gravel Is not the proper grit
for poultry. They want a sharp ma
terial with which to grind their food.
The best location for the warm
weather chicks Is in the orchard,
and the trees also protect them from
storms.
Forage crops added to the grain ra.
ton cut the cost Of pork making 20
to 30 per cent, says F. G. King, Pur-
due station.
On an average Great Britain yields
bushels Of wheat to the acre; Now
South Wales, IS; the United States, IL,
and Russia, g..
Young fruit trees that were planted
in the autumn Of last year, or in the
Of this year, should be ex-
amined carefully.
Cowpeas sown in corr and the en-
tire crop pastured down by hogs gives
one Of the very best returns that can
be secured from farm land.
A few trees In the poultry yard are
be desired at this season, but If the
yard Is devoid of trees 1t is easy to
arrange for artificial shade.
Breeding stock should never be
saved from a litter of a vicious old
brood SOW which Is always restless
md chasing about the pasture.
Only about one grape seeding in
90 is worth further testing. A 1 to
90 shot offers enough chance to make
t interesting to grape enthusiasts.
Do not allow the stall where the
ow has TO stand or lie to get filthy.
t 10 not only uncomfortable for the
ow, but unhealthy for her and the
amily that drinks her milk.
Never let young chickens perch IN
Ii their breastbone can endure the
train, as crooked breastbone de-
reases a fowls market as we'll as
value considerably.
In swine raising, the capital invest,
: Is small compared with other live {
took, the returns are quick and the
OF assimilates more of the food he
onsumes than almost any other !