The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-03-22
Add fertility to the soil,

Onions require a fine and firm seed
bed.
Take good care Of the brood sows
from now on.
Most men have their rayorite va
rieties Of stock.
The brood sows should have some
roots, II possible.
The bears should be isolated from
the rest Of the herd.
Chickens need decent housing,
proper feed, and some care.
The feed for young g]ulneas may be
the same as for young turkeys.
Cold weather has prepared the soil
for a bounteous crop next summer.
Oats without hulls is one OF the
most valuable Of all grains for poul-
try,
Kaflr meal is the best grain to
offset the laxative effects Of skim
milk.
| II a farmer desires to improve his
flock, let him begin with pure bred
males.
In feeding a milk COW a corn ra.
tion reduce the ration at first indica,
ton Of ~iattening.
Standard utility fowls must be Sc
lected for the greatest egg production
and quick maturity.
Don't forget that your cattle, hogs,
horses, and sheep all need salt; not
systematically but regularly,
No farmstead liz complete without
a generous space devoted to a garden
for small fruits and vegetables,
During the winter the dairy farmer
has more time to figure out his plans
for improving his system of farming.
The breeding OF high-cIass hackney
stations 10 high-cIass trotting mares
has passed beyond the experimental
stage.
You may feed all the food your
hens can possibly use, but II yon are
short on grit the result will not be
satisfactory.
The Emhden, perhaps, makes a lit
tie better market bird than the Tou.
louise, but the latter lays more eggs,
often forty ms season.
Don't burn up any kind Of coarse
litter that accumulates around the
feed yards, but save it to mulch diff
ferent plants in the garden.
In shoeing, the foot should only
have 50 much hoof removed from II
at each shoeing as Is necessary for
the proper fitting Of the shoe.
Turkeys more than any other poul-
try seem to require fresh air. They
will roost In trees during a 0
storm and not seem to mind It a bit.
A mixture OF barley, cornmeal,
wheat bran and roots will put flesh
on horses fast. With this, of course,
a small quantity Of hay should be
given.
One hears a great deal about the
cost of feed this winter, but this cost
Is not so important as Is the size Of
profits realized In feeding this high.
priced feed.
No branch Of h%usbandry now pur-
sued offers better opportunities for
profits for the amount Of money in.
vested and the time expended than
the production Of hogs,
Good quality wheat straw, which Is
neither moldy o dusty, Will make a
fair roughage fer horses, and when
fed in moderate amounts should NOT
prove injurious in any way.
The men who suffer least during
the dry season are the dairy farmers,
They always hive IN income, for
there is always some crop that a
be fed proiitably 10 the cows,
Soil must be fed II it is expected to
yield a profitable crop 1t would be
lust as reasonable to expect a COW
to make milk out Of a ration Of straw
as TO ask the sell to yield a harvest
without restoring its fertility.
In maturing market hpgs III lB OF
course proper to eliminate the exer.
else. but in maintaining a useful herd
OF breeding hogs 1t is necessary to
forogo heavy feeding and to compel
abundant exercise.
Give the sows careful attention at
farrowing time during the cold months
and supply them with heterogeneous
feeds and, II possible, a little sue
culent feed, such as cabbage or beets.
Success or failure In the dairy bust
ness does not depend upon the size OF
the farm or the number Of cows a
man keeps, or the rushing he does,
lint uuon the character of the man,