McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-14

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Alfalfa is business crop.
Soil for onions should Je sandy.
Eggs are a perishable food product
AS soil enricher, vetch ranks close
to the top.
Give the poultry the care and at
tention they deserve.
Skim milk is one of the best supple.
ments to corn now known.
Don't miss the chicken shows with.
in reach. They are educators.
Colored butter need not be labeled II
the coloring matter is not injurious.
Hens will not lay when permitted
to run about the farm in the wet and
cold.
II the cream is still warm after sep.
arating, don't put the lid ON the can
down tight.
Only in rare cases do cutworms
bother crops that are planted ON fall.
plowed land.
A well-established alfalfa field
should Craze from fifteen to twenty
pigs per acre.
Hens that are put out into the cold
and snow are soon chilled out of the
egg-laying notion.
1t is quite common to SOW buck
wheat, especially on poor land. as a
green manure crop.
Corn fodder that Is dry and dusty
will be improved little by sprin-
king in the managers.
Feeding chicks when too young and
too much at a time are fruitful
sources of bowel trouble.
Pound for pound, vetch hay has al
most exactly the same feeding value
as cowpea hay and alfalfa.
Get catalogues of the best nursery
and seed houses. Make careful selec-
tons for next years planting.
Sheep dogs in England, Scotland
and France are the most serious OF
animals. and are Woodworking.
Good fruit can be raised only with
care and attention given to spraying,
pruning and generally good care.
Sweet sorghums are more palatable
and therefore relished better by both
horses and cattle than corn stover.
The dairy farmer should know what
his milk costs him. This is just as
important as knowing what it brings.
II sheep are in good, thrifty condi-
ton at the start, two months of good
feeding will properly fatten for mar
ket.
When some men get on the track OF
a dollar, they think of no other In
terest. until they have tracked it to its
lair.
Sudden fright and excitement at
once tells on the egg crop. Never al
low strange dogs about where the
hens are.
There is hardly any question that
there Is as much In the care of the
trees after planting as in the selec-
ton before.
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Feeding troughs raised above the
litter of the floor should be used II
soft food Is allowed to stand before
the chickens.
No other class OF animal SO readily
lends itself to the demands of q rural
for supply OF fresh meat
as a young sheep.
Light framed birds that mature
quickly, such as Leghorrs and Minor
cas-, should not be kept with those of
the heavier fowls.
Keep In mind the perishahle nature
of the product and do not hold eggs on
a rising market without proper facili-
ties for storing them.
Draft horses In the corn belt fed
largely on corn and timothy, or corn
slower, lack bone development, as is
found in imported horses.
Have slop warm for hogs this cold
weather II possible. II 1t cannot be
warmed do not feed it thin. but make
It thick. Always slop them before
feeding grain. Shorts make the best
hog slop with oil meal second. Two
thirds shorts and one-third oil meal
makes slop hard to beat.
To Entertsip y, 9. =
Natchez.-Between 500 and 600 menu
bers of the United Commercial Travellers
in Louisiana ana Mississippi are expect
ed to attend the grand council of the
two states when it meets in this city
in May.
The change of administration at the
Insane Hospital took place