The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-09-20


Keep the nests clean.
Keep on swatting the flies.
Mules are becoming popular.
II possible, grow the pigs on pas
ture.
Flies and hot weather cut down
dairy profits.
Alfalfa pasture and hogs is a great
combination.
Rape is one Of the best crops. for
temporary hog pasture.
1t is as easy to teach a colt good
manners as faulty ones.
The quack grass problem Is largely
q matter Of poor drainage.
The separator should never be al
lowed in the barn or neal IT.
Never raise colts from a vicious
mare. Like often produces like.
The horses should be given at least
one feed of mixed hay once a day.
Many stations are used too much
to produce a large per cent. Of colts.
Trees should not be planted on a
high slope, for the soil is likely to be
too thin.
Never attempt to keep ummer
butter for early fall prices because 1t
will not keep.
The horses cannot rest while fight
ing flies. Better shade or screen the
barn windows.
1t is a mistake to keep young tur-
key hens every year, particularly
those Matched late.
Do away with binders on the horse.
Their use Is q cruel practice and
cause many eye defects.
See that your brood lows get plenty
Of exercise, so that they may produce
large, healthy filters.
The hens simply cannot, and will
bot ill the egg basket and feed lice
md mites on their bodies.
The man who is trying to keep hogs
without pasture and forage crops is
fifty years behind the times.
Don't expect an old horse that has
worked all his lifetime to do as much
as he did when he was young.
A man should be kept in the silo,
spreading and packing the corr as
fast as 1t comes from the cutter.
In training mules for use on the
farm 1t is best to begin by using them
for light work during the third year.
Corn silage Is Just as valuable for
carrying over stockers and feeders as
It Is for ~fattening and finishing the
beeves.
Sell your wool on a rising market.
Nine times out of ten you will miss It
II you try to keep 1t for something
better.
Demand for good, productive farm
property is steadily increasing. Some
very high prices are paid for we'll
improved farms.
Sheep will live and thrive on much
feed that Is of little value for other
stock, but that does not imply that
they can do without.
frequently put a little cayenne pep
per in the dry mash. 1t will serve to
Keep them In condition. A little salt
should also be given.
me sooner manure is spread In the
held the smaller the loss of fertility
Incurred and the smaller the amount
Of labor required to handle 1t.
The common disk harrow is more
generally used than any other nipple
ment to cultivate alfalfa, and when
properly adjusted does good work.
Cowpeas have @ value in crop TO-
, at'on because they serve the double
purpose Of producing a crop Of feed
and fertilizing the soil at the same
time.
The great majority Of diseases are
saue TO bad management and housing,
mc'unlng cold, damp and ill-venti-
lated houses; rich feeding, impure
water and lack Of exercise.
II requires three months or more to
grow a b%roiler, much depending upon
.ne weight desired, the stock and the
care Broilers shrink about half a
pound each when dressed.
me beginner who has a nice flock
!. pullets to winter over will find Il
f, note profitable to avoid forcing for
~sh-priced winter eggs If such birds
spring. N