The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-02

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Better TOO much working Of butter
than not enough.
The siIo is the cheapest farm build
ing we can erect.
I. requires a keen sight to detect
signs of falling pasture.
It is absolutely necessary to keep
your fertility on your farm.
Wheat and oats make one Of the
best general diets for fowls.
In mixed farming the income from
the dairy Is the most reliable.
Efficiency in directing the power Of
the horse means a great deal.
Cultivate vegetables and flowers
when the weather Is hot and the soil
dry.
It IL not uncommon for a Bermuda
lily grower to plant $4,000 bulbs at n
time.
An old bootleg makes an effective
device for keeping BOTTLES off horses
noses.
The horse cannot rest white fight
Ing files. Better shade or screen the
barn windows.
For aphis on sweet peas, use insect
powder or tobacco dust. applying with
q small bellows.
To secure a good brood SOW, an
even Development Is required from pig
brood to full maturity.
Hay stacked In the open loses 20
per cent, of its value by spelling on
the sides and bottom.
Five or six pounds Of corn are usual
ly required to produce a pound of
pork in dry-lot feeding.
As soon as the corn is up, or even
before, go over the field with a weed
er or smoothing harrow.
Some gardeners make the mistake
of laying-by such crops as early po-
tatoes and tomatoes too soon.
Celery delights in a low, rich, heavy,
moist soil and is usually grown upon
the same land year after year.
It does not pay to devote high
priced land, for long periods, to pas
turage and the production of hay.
Time to get the mower In shape for
the haytng season which is so rapidly
approaching. Sharpen up the knives.
Don't push the fat horse on hot
days either In the fields or on road.
NiS' OfGllI ChtCu lO lOGGo nail MIS-
value.
Prime fat lambs cannot be produced
by alternate grass and grain. They
must be pushed to lay on fat from
start to finish.
The little chicks do best on corn
bread made of soul milk, soda and
cracked corn. They should be fed on
something clean.
Unlike other poultry, the turkey has
never been thoroughly domesticated,
but has remained practically a wild
bird in its Requirements.
Fence posts Of wood that lasts only
lour or five years can be made to last
~ years by standing two hours In a
tank Of boiling c~reosote.
The large tomato worms can be de-
stroyed quickest by hand picking.
ihey can be easily killed by throw
ing with force to the ground.
insect pests that destroy or injure
the fruit crop may be controlled in a
large measure with timely applica-
uohs OF the various spray mixtures.
Except in unusual cases OF rush
work, the teams should cease work t
IN time to cool off before the damp I
ming. .
Inc small farmer cannot afford to
81 without fresh meat, and he can I
sneply produce this by keeping a 8
u.Oou SOW and her pigs in q little {
pasture back of the barn. }
"A sneep Is the most nervous animal
WI Inc farm, and gets into low condi. q
=. quickly and slowly. 6
therefore they must be handled gent >
ings. c
mere viii be far more profit in the
~ BUSINESS when farmers breed and .
srsu so as to make a pound or more :,
Us per day, and turn out !,
r m,me lat hams at seve nor eight :
months Of age. q
a. Il OLD stagnant POND Is no place
IAN, . COW to Stake her thirst. she ia !.
70 drink typhoid germs and ],
~ M unern on TO the family. Pure we'll !.
W. r she nh drink in large quaint. =
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