The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-10-25

Vetches make good sheep fodder.
The scrub purebred is the greatest
failure,
Cattle scarcity is stlll with us and
will remain for the next. two years.
A piece Of alum in the drinking wa.
ter will prevent throat and lung dis
eases.
Your horse may intend to please
you. but does not understand your
wishes.
Get on friendly terms with those
little pigs. Study them, Kindness
counts.
Own sheep for the good of your
bank account and for tho destruction
Of weeds.
Corn and alfalfa make a comblna,
ton that cannot be eQualed on tho
dairy farm,
Whenever hogs are confined to ono
feeding place "A feeding floor should
be provided.
A lump Of sugar or a bite Of apple
will do more IN the training of q colt
than a whip
Farming on a business basis cllm.
mates small mules just as 1t dispIaces
small horses.
A lamb that Ia large and strons
will stand weaving better. and also
winter better.
Many practical hog raisers are now
using artificial wallowB, built OF either
cement or lumber.
A good plan, followed by many poui'
trymen, is to mark the early moulterg
for breeding stock,
For aphis on sweet peas, use insect
powder or tobacco dust, applying
with a small bellows.
Five or six pounds OF corn are usu'
ally required to produce a pound OF
pork in dry.lot feeding,
II pigs are well fed they viii usual
ly wean themselves at the proper
time, without any trouble.
The key to the bee business is bee
forage and the best bee forage known
at present Ia sweet clover.
II a mar cannot feed hogs as wen
as they should be fed, he ought to
sell them to a man that will,
Sheep are a persistent agency Oh
improvement to the soil Of the
farms on which they are kept.
lHb ltNbitISbb WIN HllIH u ublbp
walks is one OF the best evidences
that his legs work In harmony.
To thoroughly clean milk utcnstis
they first should be rinaed with cold
water to remove all particles OF milk
Gather up the dead branches ant
burn them, as they are apt to harbor
bark beetles. one of the worst orchard
pests.
Move the colony houses and brood
coops on fresh ground every day
or two, and tho chicks will grow
faster.
A chicken takes naturally to havina
feed handed It. but the turkey is AZ
most se%lf-supportlng until cold
weather.
Turkeys always find a ready sale
and are almost clear profit There Ia
always a demand. The market 10
never glutted.
The little chicks do best on corn
bread made OF soul milk. soda and
corn. They should be fed on
something clean. .s
The eggs from the matured hen will
hatch better and produce stronger
chicks than the eggs OF pullets. They
are usually larger, too.
Unlike other poultry, the turkey
lever has been thoroughly domesti-
lated, but has remained practically q
Wild bird In Its requirements.
The meat Of yarded poultry Is al
more tender than that of
owls having free range, due to tho
extreme muscular development Of
he latter.
Never let young chickens perch UNI
their breast bone a endure the
train. as O crooked breast bone do.
q fowls market value, as well
.s breeding value,
A Weld OF IL tons of silage may
,asily be obtained from n acre OF
orn. Allowing 80 pounds Of silage as
daily ration. n acre OF corn viii
urnish four cows with silage for 200
.ays.
New England dairymen find 1t prof.
able to feed grain TO dairy cows ever
then they are on June pasture. Can
OF we afford some corn fodder for
a.atarr nnxva nnw that uasfuraa