The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-04-19
It pays to spraF intelligently.

Charcoal in the feed is good for cor
recting digestive troubles.
Any incubator will do its work. and
some breeders will undo 1t.
The true dairy cow is easily affect
ed by u~nfavorable conditions.
A good horsemsn never trots a draft
horse even when be has no load.
The damand on the foal's digestive
| ~srsteI - nourisLment is very great
Don't let your hens nope. Give
! them plenty of dry earth, ashes, chaf.
etc.
Sunshine is the only dislnfectant alb
solutely free. Then let us use plenty
of it.
The real dairy COW turns her food
into milk and butter-fat instead OF
meat.
When you mark the date on an egg,
have a good honest man handle the
stamp.
Save eggs from hens two or three
years old, rather than from pullets, for
Matching.
The live, ambitious, energetic poui-
tryman makes it a point to hatch
early chicks.
If cream is too warm. butter Is very
likely to come in soft humps, with a
greasy texture.
Go yer the nozzles of the prayer
and see that everything is ready for
the spring work.
With proper care and protection,
clipping Is an aid to the health and
condition OF q horse.
In a case Of twins one is often weak
er than the other, and would die II
not assisted to nourishment.
Ducks do not need water for swim.
ming, but they must have plenty OF
absolutely clean drinking water.
There is more fat lost In the skim
milk through slow turning OF the sep
arator than through fast turning.
Have patience with the lambs. A
lamb saved now will be a flve-dollar
bin in your pocket later In the year.
Lambs should have milk within a
few minutes of birth, and IL not able
should have quiet and quick assist
ance.
Don't think that a calf which Is fed
regularly on milk does not need water.
Milk Is a food and does not quench
thirst.
TWO parts corn and l part each OF
wheat and oats fed In a litter make
a well balanced morning feed for ne
layers.
Move the chicken yards around once
In awhile, Even the earth gets un.
healthy II you keep hens on 1t all
the while.
The open range is best for young
turkeys, but they must not be allowed
out during a shower or before the
grass is dry.
Feeds rich In oil have a tendency
to keep a cows system In good,
healthy condition and keep the coat
smooth and bright.
There is this to say for the fruit
tree peddler: II II were not for him
many a farm would have little or no
fruit on the place.
New York's butter bill for one year
retail prices amounts to s53, 000.-
600. The cheese bill for the same
is SIP, 900, 900.
In building new quarters for swine
he foundations should be made per
nanent and the floors double, and
Wind and water proof
Mark your layers with leg bands, es-
,ecially II you are using trap nests.
% that you can keep a perfect record
# what they are doing.
In spring and early summer milk
AS a greater proportion OF soft fats
han in winter. This necessitates a
ow churning temperature.
Take the cellar bees out the first
udy tudL ID NlHulebs anu sun
hiny, or keep plenty of water slight.
warmer, near the hives.
In setting out peach trees no side
ranches need be left. They may be
ut back to a whip" With apples
nd pears only year-old wood should
e cut back.
Can you handle the ax well? Then
ave one Of those ROSTERS for dinner
ext Sunday. Get them out Of the
They are a nuisance to the
lying hens.
Although the dairy business is not
n nrofit still there IL anOuVh IN he