The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1913-01-31

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There is always n premium on
choice products.
Hens are helping to lift a good many
mortgages nowadays.
When grains are high silage makes
a still more profitable feed.
Chan piles from around the straw
stack make good scratching litter.
Unfertilized eggs keep best. and
salt is the best material to pack them
In.
To have horses OF endurance give
the colts a chance to develop their
muscles.
Too often when stock is fed for a
certain market 1t is sold at a dlsad.
vantage.
With good care. good stock looks
better, does better. and pays better
than scrubs.
One of the most important things Is
to teach the colt to walk fast from
the very start,
All colts should be handled with the
bitting-rig before attempting to har-
ness or drive them.
Use the dlsh-water for FertiIIzing
purposes, and give the pigs pure,
clean water to drink.
Keep the hogs quiet clean and com.
Portable IL you expect the best gain
from the food supplied.
No stock grower can afford to have
his animals burn grain for fuel to
keep themselves warm,
The cost OF feeding an animal In
creases with It's weight, but not In d.
rect proportion to Its weight.
Young chicks seemingly never do
so we'll as when they have free range
OF the grass and are fed q variety of
food.
Few crops respond more promptly
to a thorough preparation OF the soil
than winter grain. and especially
wheat,
Speed combined with grace, ease
and endurance are the principal
qualities sought in the action OF the
roadster.
In the home dairy there must be a
sufficient number of cows to guaranE
tee a certain amount OF butter the
year around,
An account should be kept with
every COW. The way to determine
her value is by using the scales and
the Babcock test.
Weaving the colts too soon is
worse than any after treatment they
may get. Let them run with the mare
as long as they can.
The albumen in milk goes toward
making eggs. That is why the layers
crave milk and 1t Is well to let them
have all the surplus.
One Of the implements that should
have constant use on the farm Is the
lead pencil. The majority Of men DO
far too little figuring.
In the properly equipped home dairy
the amount and the quality Of butter
from a given amount OF milk are far
ahead OF the creamery made article.
A good many sudden deaths arnong
older fowls may be laid to ~apopIexy,
caused by too much over stimulating
and fattening food like corn and
Rafir.
Economy on the dairy farm is OF
great Importance but It isn't economy
10 handle the cows in any n
that will fail to get their full yield
OF butter-fat.
Have a light poultry house, admit.
ding plenty OF fresh air without pro-
ducing direct drafts Of air. The
germs OF most diseases cannot live In
fresh air or very strong light
Cows that have a habit Of chewing
old bones, wood or manure have a
craving for mineral matter that may
sometimes be satisfied by putting a
handful OF fine wood ashes In the feed
twice o week.
Never breed young and immature
stock, as both size and form will be
injured, as in most cases the sucking
qualities of the mothers are not fully
developed and without a good fow
OF milk a good growth annot be ef.
fected.
Eggs are quite as likely to absorb
odors from the things the hen eats
as milk is to take on smells from the
things the cows consume in the sta
BILE. And either smelly milk or eggs
are not calculated to whet ones ap-
petite.
II you have an abundance Of any va
riety for which there is poor demand.
that should not discourage you from
raising the an me mart ynar uror q,