The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-02-02
Keep the chickens DRY.
Spread the manure at once


and don't feed much.
Sunshine and good air in the barn
means better COW health.
It is when the duck Is not laying
that she readily takes on fat.
Select mediumsized, wellformed
eggs from healthy hens for setting,
Frozen cream loses its flavor and
will be found hard to churn after
ward.
The peach and plum are short lived
trees, The pear and apple are long
lived.
Give the stock plenty Of salt, and
be sure they drink an abundance OF
water.
Too close confinement makes cows
more susceptible to the weather
changes.
While the fall is the best time to
prune apples much can be done in
mild winters.
No land is so rich that the owner
can afford to waste the manure de
rived from 1t.
The surest cure for cornstalk dis
ease is the silo. 1t cures by remoY-
ing the cause.
Hogs like company. Don't keep one
in a pen alone; but see that the two
are good friends.
The man. who uses system 10 the
man who accomplishes the most work
with the least effort.
The surest sign that chicken cholera
is present is the green, frothy appear
ance of the droppings.
The advent of silos and silage into
dairying has revolutionized the meth
cd of feeding dairy cows.
On a third of an acre of land a Mis-
souri, boy raised in one eason a crop
Of sweet peas that sold for $500.
Keep close watch of your stock. Re-
member the old proyerb that "the eye
of the master fattens his cattle"
The most economical way to save
manure from the stables Is to have
concrete stable floors and cutters.
A thimble carrying a knife blade
on the end has been patented by a
California man to aid in picking fruit.
Almost every wrong act OF the horse
is caused by fear, excitement or
mismanagement, said a great horse
man.
Glover or alfalfa hay, with a light
ration of wheat bran and linseed meal
and roots, is the ideal ration for the
ewes.
The individuality of each horse
should be studied. and the feeds sup
piled to meet Individual require.
ments.
If there is any one thing, in the way
of feed, that will bring winter eggs,
more than another, 1t is a little green
cut bone.
1t takes a lot of water to satisfy a
COW, even In winter, and it's only
when the chill is taken off that she
will drink enough.
A reader says she has broken the
egg-eating habit in hens by putting a
tablespoonful Of vinegar IN each gallon
Of drinking water.
Putting ground feed in the calves
milk Is not the best way. A little box
with dry feed kept before them all the
time is the better plan.
Where a number of horses are kept
in the same barn the sides Of the
stall should be low enough to allow
| tInV, fD can npph nthap ou all hnpan,
love company.
A man with an uugovernable
! temper should not be trusted with a
/ horse any more than a drunken
|, chauffeur should be allowed to
drive an automobile.
When hens lay soft,shelled eggs It
Is a good indication that you are
feeding too much corn. Change the
ration and feed more green food, such
as beets and cabbage.
| There is no better germ SLAYER than
an ounce Of carbolic acid added to a
pail of whitewash. Give the walls
and ceiling of the h~enhouse a good
coating, working It In rather thick in
all cracks and crevices.
Many a horse Is made to wrench
and lame himself by sudden refining.
Every driver needs to think how ran,
: idly changing direction may affect a
driving horse, and aim to make no
! quick turns,
A little dry roughage is eaten with
great relish and many sheep owners
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