The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1913-01-10
A round gilo is best

N Exercise produces warmth.
There is no better place to fit a colt
for market than on the farm.
Leaves mixed with straw make an
excellent cover for strawberries,
Promptly gather up and burn all
brush and rubbish in the orchard.
The coming of the siIo Is developing
some new high records for high-priced
beef.
Increase the COW feed~a little morn.
ing and night as the weather grows
colder.
1t is as an egg producer that the In
dian Runner duck has gained the
most fame.
Poultry balance their own raaions II
they are given a wide variety o. feeds
TO select from,
Eggs that cost rs cents per dozen
will bring 81 to SIS when Matched and
sold as b~roilers.
All young stock on hand now that
you do not intend to keep through the
coming winter should be marketed.
Bran is a very good feed for cows.
It is light, palatable and rich in min
eral matter. especially phosphorus.
A set OF scales will guess a good
deal better than you can as to the
weight OF the milk each COW gives.
1t is usually mere guesswork to tell
the age Of a hen by her appearance
after she has passed the pullet stage.
A hen over two years old is At
only for the pot and to mother chick.
ems. She is past her profitable laying
days.
1t is well to remember that there
are ten buyers for horses worth 5000
and upwards to one that is worth $500
or less.
Goose eggs require from twenty
eight to ~th1rty-one days to hatch, ac-
cording to variety and method OF
Matching.
1t is a well known fact tina. the
cow that makes the largest profit 10
given the best care and most comfort
able shelter.
When the farmer makes a selling
of his crops with as much a business
cs does the buyer he will find farm.
ing profitable.
OF almost, If not quite, as much i'm
portance as their food Is plenty CT
exercise, Exercise and sunshine are
great sheep tonics.
II you live where stones are plenty
land they are found in most sections)
never wade through winter mud In
going between house and barn.
1t pleases the COW to be MIXED
quickly, and gets her in the habit OF
giving down promptly. 1t is often the
slow mixers that make the shippers.
II you plan to take the horns off
your cows, better do it early in the
spring. 1t Is a trying ordeal at
best. Be as humane about it as you
can.
Vitality is a very important char.
acteristic In the dairy cow or any
other farm animal. If weak along
this line the best returns cannot be
expected.
Next to using a Babcock machine a
pretty good test OF milk may be made
by putting samples in tumblers and
noting the thickness Of the cream sew.
eral hours later.
Sugar beet growing means more
thar the mere profits from growing 8
the beets. 1t induces a higher type of {
agriculture and the crops raised in I
rotation are better. /
Half the trouble we have in the
busy season Is due to the way we
take our work. Too hot a fire makes v
the kettle boil over and wastes the v
dinner. 1t Ia the man who works G
according to his strength that lives 4
the longest. c
Whatever ration one may be able
to provide for the flock of hens one e
condition should be kept In MIND e
namely. they should be compelled to o
scratch for most of the grain they D
receive, This means exercise and ex. o
ercise means health.
Some farmers brag in the morning RI
that they will make the hired man T
hunt his hole before night" They n
push him to the limit, in the endeavor ri
TO get all the work possible ont Of le
him. Men who do that never win ont to
Hired men are human, and ne man
ever made anything by being inhuman
with his help. a
Few of us realize how important OF
ices are to our farm, garden and or. he
cllard crops. If the bees were termi. tn
mated this year there would be a fail to
ure Of the clover seed crop; the same
would be true or many vegetables and
fruits Many towers must be cross &C
fortified, and IL often requires some vi
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