The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-12


Don't plant corn in weedy ground.
1t never pays to hurry a colt at first.
Never feed "a horse when It is very
warm,
Move the brood coops MS often as
possible.
You cannot begin to feed and train
Il colt too early,
Lice will in9 q sitting hen II moth
ing is done to prevent 1t.
The aim should be to make each
heller better than her dam.
A thermometer for churning time
earns its way hummer and winter.
Don't wait for the beetle to appear
on the early potatoes before you spray.
Scours are brought on by feeding
cold milk and In keeping in dirty, wet
pens.
1t takes pretty good grit to let some
old hens go. and yet it is a wise thing
to do.
The Silver Campine Is not a new
breed, but n not generally known in
this country.
The eve has been found as econom-
ical as the COW in turning hay and
grain into milk.
Work done for your cows, sheep and
hogs now wifi show itself lex fall In
the returns you get.
The SOW that is so clumsy or nerv.
Il that she always kills half her
pigs had better go to market.
A large udder is not always a sure
sign Of a good mixer, but more often
than not It Is a good indication.
Quality In vegetables Is the result
Of quick, unchecked growth, and this
Fnanrc n1nptu ~ mntnr ~ ill t3r,,n
It is not a difficult proposition to
raise calves when the feeder uses
some precaution In their management.
If you take the young colt with the
mother when at work, put a halter
on 1t and hitch 1t to the side of the
mare
When the lambs are ten days old
there Is no danger in docking them
after that dock them Just as soon as
possible.
The printer and butter spade
should be soaked first in hot water
and then in cold water for some time
before they are used.
The horses stomach is in no condi-
ton to receive food Immediately after
severe labor, hence the necessity Of a
short period of rest first.
The calf should be taken from the
COW very soon after birth. It learns
to drink much more easily than If
left several days with the COW.
Unless Il runs smoothly and does
not vibrate, a separator will not dc
its best work. A solid foundation
means long life for the machine.
Dairy farmers wonder how they
ever got along without cream separa-
tors. Five years from now they will
wonder how they ever got along with
out silos.
5hiiiAOAS Ahh ma Cd having blllhll |
heart gtrths or light TANKS are objec-
tionable from the breeders standpoint.
A horse needs lots of room for heart
and lungs.
Rape Is a cool weather plant and
does best in northern ATTITUDES. Drill
IN III to 2 pounds to the acre as
early In the spring as the danger from
hard freezing Is past.
The value of silage to sheep has
been well enough established for US
to know that In the future It ia going
to play an important part in the pro-
duction of mutton and wool.
II the hogs are lousy get some crude
oil and Just as soon as warm weather
comes pour a gallon or 30 of the oil
on the holes where they wallow.
Grease Of any kind Is death to lice.
Tar paint nor any other application
Of that kind will kill the peach tree
borers already in the tree. The sharp
wire Is the only remedy then and the
inspection is necessary to find
his lair.
Farm manure is valuable. Conserve
the supply that is produced on your
farm. Did you know that the f~ertiliz-
ing constituents voided by a COW In
the course Of a year are worth, on an
average, $40.49; by a horse, s2S.S6,
and by a pig, $3.347 Thus several
hundred dollars worth Of manure Is
produced on the average farm every
year.
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