The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-03-29

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Keep a daily dairy record.
# Hoal'ry food should be palatable.
TUBERCULOSIS of chickens cannot be
. cure.
# onar for food Is worth twice as
# mHrl rs straw.
# TIT" goslings are very hardy and
roqare no %c0ddling,
MI Poultry will never do well If infest-
|@ ed with lice or mites.
S# YuU are safe to buy an old sire, but
s# don't get him very fat.
M Winter is the time to plan for i'm.
MI pray, mcnts about the farm.
III IL" horses should be given at least
M o." ICED Of mixed hay once a day.
VIA 70 itiltu sAt III up IuIHl uDlSe
M sDacf for sale is not a difficult task.
al Scatter the manure as you haul 1t,
"a don't put into little piles all over the
III land.
II the flower garden is a thing OF
III brauty and has a place on every farm
n stead
N Profitable beef production in the fu-
n ture means that better gains must
81 he made.
COWS should be III prime condition
III at time Of freshening. Therefore feed
N grain II necessary.
XII The first requirements for success
with fail calves are clean, well yenti-
lated and sunny pens. 81
III The leyelnes8 with which a horse
IA walks is one of the best evidences
HI that his legs work In harmony.
n On a small scale, vegetable seeds
may he started in small boxes or flats,
III placed under the kitchen stove.
Never breed, from a fowl, however
fine. if it shows a tendency to be kind
to disease germs or has any weak
nosSes.
Butter from fresh and properly
ripened cream not over one day old
keeps better than does butter made
from sweet cream.
n Every pouItryman has his ~favorite
u breed and 1t would be foolish for
him to desert 1t for some fowl that
he did not care for.
TIE better that is cared for and
handled gently throughout her entire
life will need little breaking in when
Il comes time to milk her,
Air slaked lime sprinkled on the
floor under the roosts and on the drop
ping boards will help to keep the
place healthy and the air pure.
At this day and time there are
scores of breeds that are well suited
to the needs of the farmer for both
egg production and for market pur-
poses.
II you did not save Ienough good
seed for the farm crops, lose no time
In getting enough to plant your crops.
Get the best that can be had, regard
less of the price.
No branch of h~usbandry now pur-
sued offers better opportunities for
profits for the amount of money in
vested and the time expended than the
production of hogs.
II is not breeding alone that Is 60
ing to determine the future useful.
ness Of the cow, but it must be sup
pOrted by liberal feeding, daily care
aud careful observation.
When you buy dairy W. emem-
her that II you are buying from a
dairyman who intends to continue in
business the chances are that you are
not getting the best that he has.
Fresh air, sunshine, and exercise
II Arc tho hast yNn,tIfrvr toptop Nut frnoh |
air does not NEAR drafts In the
houses, nor does sunshine call for
exposure to hot suns during the sum
mcr.
Sheep, while generally hardy and
robust, are extremely susceptible to
attacks of disease which, although not
always fatal, wear on the constitution
and ultimately impair the usefulness
Of animals afflicted,
Is your farm machinery In the dry
under a shed or is 1t setting in the
1eIds where you unhitched when the
crop was harvested? The latter kind
" farmers are the ones who help the
machinery trusts pay their big divi-
lends.
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All the stock fed during the winter
should be credited with the full value
OF all the manure produced. All the
manure should be properly cared for
and applied to the soil at the proper
Time, A by-product valued at 81 per
ioad should certainly not be wasted In
the faa5 lnt