Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-01-26

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A purpiish red comb indicates bad
health in a fowl.
The best egg producers are not al
ways the best market fowls.
He that abuseth his colts may ex-
pect to be kicked by his horses.
The silo has come to stay as a per-
manent form Of farm equipment
Glover hay is about three times as
valuable as corn fodder or shredded
fodder.
Oats and timothy hay have long
been considered standard feeds for
the horse.
1t is still a question whether or not
pasteurization of milk is beneficial in
every respect
Well drained yards and pens will
help to keep the hogs more thrifty
and profitable.
The covered barnyard is rapidly
coming into favor as commodity to
the farmer and dairyman.
Sweep up every particle Of silage
in the chute and alleyway and give 1t
to the cows at every feeding.
Cold weather is not much of a de-
triment to chickens. providing 1t is
dry cold and the atmosphere pure.
When opening your silo bear In
mind that whenever you change feed
the change should be made gradually.
A new poultry roost is made of per-
forated iron tubing which has been
soaked in a solution deadly to insect
life.
Young geese are not to be picked
the first year, unless you sell them
dressed, very difficult thing for the
novice to do.
Spraying has come to be one Of the
unacceptable tasks Of the agriculturist,
whatever his particular line Of pro-
ductive enterprise.
A well-bred animal costs very little
more to purchase, and generally less
to feed, than bad one, while the prog
eny is always salable.
Scarcity Of stock cattle Of all kinds
and high prices asked and offered is
common local condition reported
from the corn belt states.
The meadows look good for pasture
in the fall and early spring but the
man who keeps his cattle of OF them
always gets better crops of hay.
The dust collected from numerous
vacuum cleaners has proven to be
valuable fertilizer, and its sale has
become regular business in Paris.
The novice when selecting a ram Of
the Downs or other hornless breeds Of
sheep should be very careful not to
select one with stubs-miniature
horns.
1t is. not the little. fat, chubby fe-
males which should be retained as
breeding animals. for they almost al
ways prove disappointing at farrow
ing time.
Try finishing some OF your poultry
this fall before marketing. If II pays
to convert corn into six-cent pork, 1t
may pay better to convert some OF 1T
into twelve-cent poultry.
Wool substance Is what the wool
grower is looking for, provided It is
not made up of too coarse fibers,
which is not usually the case. Dens-
ity and fine fibers are usually asso-
ciated
Be sure TO have your boar-pen fence
boar proof. for the more times he
breaks out the more difficult It will
be to control him thereafter. Heavy
woven wire fencing viii hold him Sc
curely.
The temperature of cream for
churning should be 81 to so degrees.
We also churn ABOUT one-half hour
When butter comes before half an
hour 1t indicates too high temperature
of cream.
Fowls cured of roup must not be
used as breeders, however well they
look. They will do for market. or for
market eggs. but never breed from
them as they viii transmit the disease
to their offspring.
Two pastures are better than one.
because while the hogs are feeding
in one field the other will be recov-
ering, and later furnish much more
attractive feed than II both pastures