The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-30
Gapes can be cured.

Clean out the sheep fold.
Market the useless ROSTERS.
Plant some trees in the pasture.
Try keeping a few sheep on the
farm.
Sit on the milk ~stool--don't pound
the COW with 1t.
Hot, close weather brings lots OF
Nee to the dirty pen.
Improved breeds of hogs are i'm.
proving the hogs profit.
Are there any dead heads In your
dairy? II so weed them out.
Frst-class fruit will command q
frst-class trade at frst-class prices.
Shorts are a more economical feed
for sows and growing pigs than for
COWS.
A boy and dog make a poor combi.
nation to bring the cows home from
pasture.
In spraying, %drenching is not de-
sired; stop spraying Just before drip
ping begins.
He who attends 70 the repair Of ma
chinery before using 1t saves both
time and money.
When q dairyman learns to use the
Babcock test he is started on the way
10 bis economic salvation.
Frequent cultivation the remainder
Of the summer will At the strawberry
bed for it's rext years work.
The best dairyman is clean, not
because he has to be. but because 1t
It second nature for him to be.
When the calf gets old enough to
turn out to grass be sure and continue
feeding a ration of grain or milk.
As the marketing season advances
Tho patrons Of cooperative elevator
companies congratulate themselves.
The dairy COW has a capacity for
agreat amount of feed and unless this
ICED ts provided she cannot do her
best
Milk may be tested for butterfat at
dferent temperatures. It is well to
have 1t between go and so degrees
fahrenheit.
II is hard to see where those pigs
that are growing up in a dry pen are
going to make very much profit for
their owner.
Never use crates or boxes more
than once. Neat, clean boxes sell
first even though the fruit may not
be up to the standard In every way.
II you are careless or n~eglectful Of
spraying and get poo- results this sea-
son don't say that spraying doesn't
pay. 1t does pay-and pays big inter-
est.
II is always safest to take no
chances with q bull. no matter how
good his reputation beforehand. II is
50 often the gentle" animals that
cause accidents.
There are two crops which cannot
as a rule be grown In the same par
'sh, sheep and dogs. Sheep are most
profitable but dogs are the ~fayorite
with too many farmers.
A great many farmers do not real.
Ne that grass supplies a feed entirely
Inherent from corn and that It is a
! oad practice to change entirely and
suddenly from one to the other.
Never introduce a new bird into the
regular yard until It has been duly
qqarantiued. Keep It alone for a week
ana note Its condition, appetite, etc.
Dasease Is often introduced into a
mock by carelessness in this matter.
Too many forget to speak kindly to
@elf horse, hence never have a kind
morse Get the affection Of you
morse, and you have taken a most
IMPORTANT step toward getting his best
services.
Inc grower who will sort his apples
y TWO or more grades, packed well,
n ee' inore money Tor his fruit than
~ one who throws all kinds together
z a barrel and places a layer Of the
oest ones on top.
best time to kill weeds of any
ing Is when they are small. Never
weeds go to seed. Stop the foun.
AN o. the trouble by planting only
IN saa seed. A good tanning min will
'0'7s the problem Of clean seed.
y better to keep dirt out Of the
w pail in the first place than 10
nv % strain 1t out after milking.
MN su art dissolves quickly In warm
,.I This contamination causes bac.
~ 70 develop and bad milk ana
''ean often result.
~ 0aatoes should be canned in their
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