The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-21
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More sIlos and less rotten corn
shocks will Increase profits.
Cut up d~andelions and the tender
young shoots Of grass for the chicks
Above all things give the calves
clean, dry pens with plenty OF sun
shine.
In trimming raspberry and black
berry bushes, look out for the gall
beetle.
Faults in a herd can be eliminated
most quickly by careful breeding and
selection.
A hot sweat-collar Is apt to soften
the shoulders of a horse, If you do
not look out.
A concrete tank will not spring a
leak and at the same time 1t will al
ways be ready for use.
If possible keep the ewes with twin
lambs separate from other sheep for
a week or so at least.
Provided your COW Is a good one,
the more she is fed along right lines,
the more she will give.
1t has been found advantageous to
wash the inside of the silo with
a mixture Of cement and water.
Put a bull ring in the nose Of the
chronic self-sucking COW, and you have
q humane, effective remedy.
Dairy work is just like any kind Of
work. If 1t Is going to be done profit
ably 1t requires thought and care.
Silo users assert that they have
found a way to cut down the cost Of
handling cows at least one-third.
Lack Of charcoal, grit and green
food together with animal ratlons In
insufficient quantities Means failure.
The dairyman, If he will use the
means that are at hand, can build up
soil better than any other far
mer,
There is no animal on the farm
that turns a larger profit in proper
ton to the money invested than a
Old sheep sometimes make good
money for experienced sheepmen, but
young sheepmen should start with
young sheep.
Some cows begin to ego back"
when they reach the age of eight but
many others are still profitable at
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1t is no little labor to keep a stall
several calves run clean and
dry, but there is no other way IL you
want to raise god calves.
Don't expect the team to do a hard
work in the field and then
trot a half dozen miles to town and
back again after supper.
The profit in keeping cows comes
the extra amount OF milk that
they give above the ordinary yield on
common pasture OF coarse feed.
Hogs should have access to water
at all times, and running water Is to
be preferred, unless 1t flows through
farms where other hogs are Kept,
1t costs money to inclose the chick
en- yard, Of course, but 1t costs less
than the toll exacted by cats, dogs and
rats helping themselves to the young
chickens.
Growing chickens require much
meat, In order to produce the vigor
that will aid them to resist all kinds
Of disease and even the attacks Of lice
and mites.
Good care consists In doing every
thing from milking and caring for the
to marketing the butter or cream
as If your whole life success depend.
ed upon 1t.
Hog cholera can be readily pre-
vented by keeping the source of con.
tamination away from the herd by
protecting the well animals from all
carriers Of the infection.
Nothing Is more delicious than
sweet corn, and II planted at intervals,
perhaps by making two or three plant
ings of 1t, a succession can be kept I'D
all summer and late in fall.
Every time a toad is killed one of
the best friends of the garden is de-
1t is estimated that G
healthy toad four years old will kill
10000 insects during the season.
II several spraying machines are to
be used, it is a great convenience In
making repairs to have all of the
machines Of the same make. Broken
parts are then interchangeable.
Every dairy farmer should have q
milk house where 1t is possible to
take care OF the milk and the cream
without letting 1t become contaminat.
ed with undesirable odors and fiavors.