The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-11-22
Keep the hoe sharpened.


A check rein IS r cruelty.
Soy beans are rich in protein.
Spread the farm MANURE IN winter
Tall weeds should be moved and
burned
Selling the fertility OF the soil Is
a poor way TO get rich.
1t is important that some grain be
fed pigs intended for the market
Storm windows should take the
place of wire screens on the house.
After your crop is made the prob,
lem is how to sell 1t to the best adyan,
tage.
The department OF agriculture says
that rats do an annual damage OF
800, 10000.
Feeding chicks when too young and
too much at a time are fruitful sources
OF bowel trouble.
While you are at It. Why not get
on the track Of some better stock
than you have ever kept2
The young trees should be banked
with earth, which win keep water
from settling about them.
Gardens should be cleared from
all remains of the seasons crops and
prepared for the next year.
The heifer bred too early always
remains stunted in growth and hei
milk flow is shortened for ali time.
II you'll save q little seed corn
earlier in the season. youn save n
little money later in the season,
The leaves Of trees that can be
gathered in any quantity during win
ter and spring are very valuable.
The best compost heap Is the ma.
nure of horses, cattle, sheep. hogs,
and fowls. All such should be saved.
The contrasting movement, being
an organized effort for Improvement,
is conducive to better community
spirit.
For the amount Of money investe,
in the poultry business, It pays a
larger profit Than any other farm
specially.
Silage is very nearly as cheap as
pasture and in composition Is prac-
tically the same. pound for pound, as
timothy pasture,
Plow the garden this fall and see
how 1t goes to be able to work the
soil which, In the early spring, had
this fall blowing.
Do not think because a sheep has
a heavy coat of wool he will be able
to endure cold rains and sleep with
nut a warm shnlfer
The yards and sleeping quarters
must be kept dry and clean, az i'm
pure air and dampnese are two things
that a sheep cannot endure.
A part Of the poultry on the farm Is
that covey of quail you have observed
in the back fields somewhere, and a
little attention to those small fowls Is
worth while.
1t Is not bad practice to treat the
wheat seed to a liquid spraying Of
one pound Of formaldehyde IN forty
gallons Of water. 1t will prevent IT,
smut damage.
The most important business Of the
dairyman is to Increase the amount
Of manurial substances and apply
them where they are most needful by
the growing crops.
There is n big advantage in SOW.
ing the winter wheat late and that 10
you stand a good chance to escape
the Hessian fly, which does 80 much
damage to the wheat fields.
In feeding the COWS do not give
them more than they can use readily.
Any feed that is left in the
after the cows are through will nat.
urally represent a certain amount OF
waste.
Brood sows should have a quiet,
warm, dry place where their litters
may spend the first weeks of their
lives without being unnecessarily dis
turbed by other animals or inquisltive
people.
Unleached wood ashes contain from
FIVE to seven per cent. Of potash and
are an excellent fertilizer. As is
well known. the ashes from hard
wood are much richer In potash THAI
those from soft wood.
The droppings from the cattle will
benefit the pasture more II they are
spread or broken up with a spike tooth
harrow with the teeth set well aslaut.
This prevents the grass from being