The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-28

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them.
There is no grain so safe for horse
as oats.
DO not feed heavily when horses
ara not working,
After the colt is halter broken he
should DO trained TO lead,
Grind the corn o. feed the old
sheep Their teeth may be poor,
Pasture for pigs should be short, as
freah RrRss is more easily digostcd
Turn the sows and pigs out In tho
pasture when the grass affords q good
bite.
Almost 10 quarts Of 4 per cent milk
Is required to make one pound OF
butter.
To make the most profit out of
chickens. stuff your birds from hatch
TO Ratchet.
Hogs can be fed on good pasture Mt
20 per cent more profit than In a dry
lot on mill feed.
There IL no feed that car quite com
pare with skim milk 10 keep the younE
pigs growing.
It ~ best to teach chicks to roost
on perche8 as soou ~ they are
weaned from the hen.
Rose buds and bugs arrive about
tho same time. The latter cause
trouble among the grapes, too.
The COW must have pasture or its
equivalent in order to do her beat,
That's why sIlage Is so valuable.
The heller bred too early always
remains stunted In growth and her
milk flow ia shortened for all time,
The full feed to the idle horse has
cost the life Of many a good one. Ad.
just the feed to tho work the horse
does.
Rape, sown now, on good rich soil,
will make hog pasture by the last Of
May. Use 8 pounds per acre II sown
broadcast.
The harder and faster the work a
horse has to do the more nutritious,
the stronger and more liberal must
be his food.
The cheapest culture for all fruit
trees except pears Ia to pillow deep la
the spring and SOW Ave peeks Of cow
peas to the acre,
Properly handled and cared for the
farm mare can do nearly as much
work while raising the colt as she
would otherwise.
The i1rgt two weeks Of a chicks
life there Ia danger II VIII oyeTeat,
but after that It Is safe to let them
| help themselves
A strawberry bed that has borne
for two sseasons has passed Its great
| est usefulness, AZ far as high quality
berries Is concerned.
It Ia best to hatch turkeys away
| from the hen house, and other places
frequented by chickens, to keep them
from getting lousy.
Castrate the lambs when about ten
days old. The operation Is easily per
formed at this age. and the lambs are
not so likely to bleed TO death.
In the case OF young lows II Is
doubtful whether either rye or rape
will furnish sufficient feed for main
t~enance and proper development.
Try replacing the windows in the
calf and COW barn with muslin and
see what an improvement there will
be In the air. and still keep the flies
out.
When pigs keep up a terrific root.
Ing Of the ground. charcoal, sulphur,
! .I.A.-. lr-x a1 Inr,a fana1 mill nTnh-
ably be very much appreciated In
their ration.
The commercial fruit grower can af'
ford his own spraying outfit, but the
farmer must largely depend upon the
commercial eprayer to save his or
| chard for him.
II o can grow alfalfa you may
rest assured that grain will be yours,
not only from the greater feeding
value but also from the greater pro.
~ductiyeness Of the farm.
During late years the clovers have
come into great prominence, and the
farmer In any part OF the country
who does not provide a certain
amount OF alfalfa, common red clover
or alsike for HE live stock Ia thought
to be behind the times.
The prime factors In breeding dis.
ease are ~unsanitary surroundings,
~dampness, orowfing, impure water,
improper food, neglect and want Of
exercise. Under such conditions even
the strong, sound constitution will
break down, and with 1t yanishes i'm.