The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-13
Use a pure-bred sire.


Grade the potatoes when shipping.
Keep the sheep in out OF the cold
storms.
Ewes should be two years old be-
fore being bred.
Thorough milking is good for the
udder. 1t develops 1t.
Unless a man has a great love for
a horse he should not handle colts.
The very best Of feed and care will
be at least partially wasted on scrub
COWS.
Other things being equal, the busy
hen may be depended on to lay the
most eggs.
A poor, half-fed eve cannot do her
work any more than can q thin, ema.
ciated horse.
Barley is a hard grain for chickens
to digest and 1t Is best to feed it only
occasionally, II at all.
A little granulated charcoal mixed
with the soft food for the poultry Is
nuonIInp+ L. ~ ~ Ltn orhnna
0niond from the garden, chopped
up and mixed with the feed, will help
keep the flock vigorous and healthy
He who wishes to ride safely should
make it a habit to examine the har-
ness before getting into the carriage.
A good way and one that will appeal
to most nockmasters is to ave a piece
Of the second growth hayland for their
use.
The silo means excellent feed
stored in small space. Just what is
needed when the grass in the pasture
Is dry.
A chickens stomach is not made
Of iron, and the same diet day after
day harms them as much as It does
a human.
II the heifers kick some when you
begin to handle their little uddars,
never strike them. Speak quietly and
be patient.
Keep an egg record and do not fail
to make entries daily. The successful
poultryman must be business,like in
every respect.
The hen that lays so Eggs a year
costs just as much for feed and care
as does the one that lays $50 eggs.
Take your choice.
A cover for the separator when not
in use has Its share in turning out a
cleaner product and lengthening the
life of the machine.
The last milk drawn from the udder
contains 10 to IL per cent. Of fat while
that MIXED out first has only about 2
per cent. Pays to get 1t all.
The best and most profitable cows
are the first to suffer from exposure
to cold, because they are the most
highly and sensitively organized.
Every careful dairy farmer should
have good stock but he shouldn't buy
such stock until he is sure he can
give 1t the kind of care II deserves.
The most fertile and productive
farm can easily be made poor or a
run down one be enriched accord
ing TO the management of the owner.
When the fall rush of work comes
along, 1t is not always. easy to do the
N"ihthb az CBuIui uOulo+ uuL HIS
should never be neglected. even for a
day.
Udders should be wiped with a
Cloth, and all possible means used to
prevent dust from rising in the air
Of the stable and afterward settling
into the milk.
Pick out a sire with a good dispo-
stion, Never raise a colt from a nat
orally vicious tempered mare. Pc
euliaritles Of disposition are almost
invariably transmitted.
A cement trough for the hog lot is
ABOUT enc of the greatest little i'm
provements about the farm. It is
easy to make, easy to clean, neve
gets out Of order and is readily dlsln-
fected.
clean the poultry drinking dishes
or fountains every day and disinfect
mem with boiling water twice a week
20 XIII the germs OF disease, which are
t8eiy TO accumulate there and infect
The whole flock.
liens that are kept for breeders
mould be ones that have never been
iorced for heavy egg production. BE
cause OF the terrible strain on their
reproductive systems the larger per
sent Of their eggs are infertile and
Wnat chicks do hatch are weak.
mere Is a tendency among poultry.
men TO beiittie the c.c-time advice to
aitewash the interior Of the poultry
sSuses' Nevertheless. We keep on