The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-05


A parplish Pred 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 kickedNby his horses.
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The silo has comA to stay as a per-
manent form of far1ln equipment.
Clover 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 wheth&r or not
pasteurlzation of milk is beneficial in
every respect.
Well drained yards and penS will
help to keep the hogs more thTifty
and profitable. ~.
The covered barnyard Is rapidly
coming into favor as a commodity 10
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 o de-
trlment to chickens, providing It 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, a 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 a bad one, while the prog
eny Is always salable.
Sea, JILy Or stock cattle of all kinds
and high prices liked and offered Is
q common local condirlOn retaztaS.A
from the corn belt states.
The meadows look good for pasture
In the fall and early spring but the
man who keeps his cattle off OF them
always gets better crops Of hay.
The dust collected from numerous
vacuum cleaners has proven to be a
valuable fertilizer, and its sale has
become a 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
n 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. II 1t pays
% convert corn into six-cent pork. 1t
may pay better to convert some Of 1t
nto twelve-cent poultry.
Wool substance is what the wool
grower Is looking for, provided 1t ia
not made up Of too coarse fbers,
which is not usually the case. Dens-
ty and fine tibers are usually asso.
Be sure to have your ~bosk-pen fence
proof, for the mora times he
breaks out the more difficult It will
to control him thereafter. Heavy
woven wire fencing will hold him Sc
The temperature jof cream for
'nurning should be H to 90 degrees,
We also churn about one-half hour.
When butter comes before half an
'our 1t indicates too high temperature
4 cream.
Fowls cured OF roup must not be
Used as breeders, however we'll they
ook, They will do for market, or for
eggs, but never breed from
nem as they VIII transmit the disease
. their offspring.
Two pastures are better than one,
while the hogs are feeding
4 n field the other will be recoy-
ring, and later furnish much more
ttractivei feed than II both pastures !
re used as one. ,
Fall and winter Ii the great harvest
me for butter-fat. To be sure Ii costs |
little more to produce it at this /
but the price Is so much better {
lat there is no question as to the
INSTABILITY Of the winter COW. |
There seems 70 BIO an idea that any
40 can make a success OF farming. /
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