The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-04-19

Be sure there are no lice on the
hogs.
All farmers should keep pure-bred
poultry.
Duck feathers may also be made a
source Of profit.
Normal churning temperature is
around 81 degrees.
A special Inspection should be
made OF ths stables.
lHe hen which lays an egg and does
pot cackle is a-turkey.
II costs no more to take good care
Of a good fowl than a poor one.
Growing pigs should receive, where
It is possible, some buttermilk.
The ~long-headed farmer is the one
who has hay TO sell In the spring.
Whether for egg or meat, skimmilk
8 one Of the best and cheapest foods.
In fitting horses for hard work in.
;rease the grain ration, but not the |
lay.
Chickens Matched In an incubator
ian be reared either with hens or with
brooder.
Open pals Of water and swill have
taught more chicks than any rat that
we lived.
Two parts oats and one of bran
make a well-balanced ration for preg-
liant ewes.
On the average, eleven pounds of
cheese can be made from 200 pounds
Of skimmilk.
Look out for drafts under and
through the floors. They are about
he worst kind.
A news item a y that IL, 900 dairies
are used to supply London and Its
suburbs with milk.
Feed the ewes carefully at first,
and increase the. ration as the lamb
requires more milk.
There are usually some ewes that
have served their days of usefulness
and better be discarded.
Breeding for a special purpose tends
TO develop an animal that will be in
harmony with her function.
See II the entrance to the hives is
choked with dead bees. Rake them
out but do not disturb the live ones.
Much of the illness and loss In the
first and second weeks of the chicken
life is due to carelessness the first 48
hours.
Cows that are well cared for and
well protected are not seriously af-
fected in their yield by the cold
weather.
Dairying is rapidly becoming a sci.
ence. 1t is being studied more ex-
tensively than almost n other line 1
of farming.
Dust young turkeys and their
mother once every two weeks with
insect powder until they are at least
six weeks old.
Filth, disease and death are associ-
ated together, at all times and places.
Keep things bright and clean and they
will keep you SO.
Corn stalks are plowed under with {
no harm to succeeding crops-provid- I
ID the stalks are first thoroughly cut t
by double disking.
Pure bred poultry less t
'eed, produces more eggs and is worth n
It least one-fourth more to the farm v
n than mongrel stock.
In the summer when the farmer is p
'usy cultivatirg and harvesting sheep s.
equire the least attention Of any o
took kept on the farm.
Turkey hens are sometimes inclined h
q sit too closely. See that they are u
III the nest fifteen minutes each day, lc
ntil the eggs begin to pip.
The cows should be kept clean and "
he long hair clipped so as to prevent 81
hanging and falling into the pals ly
the cows are being MIXED.
Supply clear water. 1t is essential bl
, health and to the hen for the pro- CT
uction of the egg, the contents of al
'hich are nearly three parts water. b,
In growing a heifer for the dairy
Muscular vitality is wanted rather h;
nan fat, and. this is obtained very NJ
lrgely from the skim-milk portion Of fl
8 diet. la
Among the essentials OF the Sue
essful care and management of a al
lrm flock Of mutton sheep are that m
treat them In a adapted Of
their nature. ha