Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1912-01-11

the lambs.
A horse suffering from collie should
be kept quiet.
Keep sows over that have proved
TO be good breeders
Keep the ewes in the stable on dry
feed for a day or two.
The boar should be OF good type and
character and of pure blood.
To maintain normal soil fertility the
supply OF humus must be conserved.
Blood-meal is better for ducks than
meat scraps. and it works into a mash
fine.
Persistency in milk flow is one OF
the qualities which makes profitable
dairy COW.
The country fairs are announced. Be
sure not miss them. especially the
home one.
Poultry cannot be successfully
raised without the application of brain
and muscles.
Be careful about feeding horses in
clined to heaves, too much hay, or
hay that is dusty.
A fowl that will not fatten when
heavily fed on corn is not in good
physical condition.
Extra feed increases the growth Of
a proper kind and makes larger ami
mails at maturity.
If when the hogs are growing fast
their hind legs become weak, feed a
little bone meal daily.
Stop the churn as soon as the but
ter graduates II you want to work
out all the butter milk.
What has become of the old-fash-
Toned farmer who used to keep a saw
age dog to catch his hogs?
Culling the pullets may seem a
small matter to many, but it adds dol
lars to the years profits.
A bull tied in the stall will get lazy
and useless, besides making extra
work in his care and feed.
Use your skim milk. Five pounds
of skim milk have been found equal
to one pound Of grain for pigs.
A drove of hogs of all colors and
sizes brings as much money as a drove
Of the same breed, color and size.
To obtain a maximum supply OF
milk. small pastures, allowing frequent
changes Of feed. should be provided.
II a small Matching house is once
used, no poultry keeper ever likes to
do without its convenience afterward.
AS rule, a large flow of milk is
| associated with low per cent. or fat,
while a small flow shows a higher
test.
Sheep are comfort lovers and the
man who neglects to. provide them
with good. dry shelter makes a costly
error.
Grinding the grain makes It more
digesuble, and the more digestibIe the
feed the more milk from a given
amount
1t is not a common sight at any
Of the stock yards to see large drove
of hogs from one farm all showing
the same breed.
Oats, wheat bran, and a little corn or
hnseed-meal is a grain ration that will
keep the lambs growing and in good
flesh by winter.
There should be no hidden, mac
cessible places in milk vessels. The
seams should be soldered over
smoothly inside and out.
Inc egg-produc1ng qualities of the
hen, like the butter-making qualities
Of the COW, will determine the hens
value at the end of the year.
Veal calves in hot weather will grow
better if kept during the day in
dark, cool stable. but the stable must
be cleaned out and we'll ventilated.
Except in unusual cases Of rush
work, the teams should cease work in
time to cool off before the dampness
and falling temperature Of evening.
A mixture of barley, corn-meal.
wheat bran and roots viii put flesh on
horses fast. With this. of course. a
small quantity of hay should be given.
If care Is taken to keep the sur
face of the silage level, two and one
half inches removed daily will be suf