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

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Keep the hens scratching.
Keep tools in their places.
Breeding and feeding go together.
Keep the nests clean and sanitary.
The big mixer must be a big eater
and drinker.
Blue or white spruce trees on the
lawn are attractive now.
The ram should be in perfect condi
ton, but not fat, at mating.
For feed to push the young calf.
try ground oats and alfalfa hay.
Use corn stalks to protect fruit
trees from the ravages of rabbits.
Skimmilk, sweet or sour, can be
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Good feeding Is an integral part Of
success in breeding pure-bred swine.
Poor quality in dairy products can
never be cured. 1t must be prevent
| ed.
Bare ground makes a cold bed for
sows these nights. Straw is plentt
full.
Animals grown largely or exclusive
" on corn are likely to have weak
bones.
Watch your machinery for loose
bolts and nuts, and don't forget the
oil can.
Dairying isn't always easy work, but
neither is any other job that really
pays well.
No man can make success OF
dairying who does not take good care
of his calves.
Sheep, If given half a chance, and
If of good healthy stock, are sure to
pay their way.
Alfalfa under congenial surround
ings or conditions Is business crop
and no loafer.
| A dozen eggs will buy almost
bushel of oats. And oats make good
winter fed for eggs.
| Provide roomy nests and plenty OF
clean nesting material, preferably dry
shavings or cut hay.
Do not attempt to raise more hogs
than you can handle. else they will
eat up all the profit
| Castrate every male lamb that will
be an eyesore to yourself or do mis-
CHiSl " any PuiCudSST.
One of the most essential things for
| good seed corn is not only to pick II
early but to dry it thoroughly.
The cost Of feeding an animal in.
creases with its weight, but not in di
rect proportion to its weight.
What the dairy industry needs most
is an improved breed of dairymen In
stead of new breed of cows.
A brush or old whisk, broom Is
handy to brush off loose hair and dirt
from the udder before milking
! Plant diseases of an infectious char.
acter are caused by microscopic or |
ganisms. either fungous or bacterial
| Vetch stands out as one of the very
best green manuring crops to seed in
the fall and pillow under in the spring.
The better your sire, the better
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your lambs, and 80 the more money |
you will get from your flock next
year.
| Occasionally winter vetch is seed.
ed In the spring, but under such con.
ditions it does not seem to do 80 very
well.
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While mutton Is one of the most
healthful Of meat foods produced upon |
the farm it is not as popular as beef
or pork.
Many of the details in butter max |
ing can be learned by doing the work.
No one can begin where the other fel |
low left on.
Salt, hardwood ashes and charcoal
are ideal to keep in hog pasture, and
II there is any other one thing needed
1t is pure water.
The day Of the country butter mer
chant who was in the habit Of trad
| ing calico and nails for dairy butter 10
rapidly passing.
People who say that chicken keep
ing on the farm doesn't pay are usu-
| ally those who do not pay attention
&c the chickens.
The male bird is the most impor
tant individual In breeding pen
through which to raise the egg laying
qualities of young fowls.