The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1913-01-03

Dairying Is I, cash business. The
good COW pays for her board every
day.
Alfalfa will grow on nearly all good.
w~ell-drsined soils. but best on a rich
sandy loan.
The first big need of the majority Of
the older corn belt soils is limestone
and legumes.
1t is better and more profitable to
have Il herd OF five good cows than
ten that are inferior.
The green food problem In winter
isn't much of a problem If there is any
alfalfa hay on the place.
Muddy and unclean stable yards are
always sources Of loss because Of
their insanitary condition.
There are but few horses that can
not be made gentle and quiet by the
proper kind Of treatment.
The kind of feed which the cows
eat often has an effect upon the fla
vor of milk and its products.
The farmer who makes an effort to
fill the corn crib and smokehouse
each year generally succeeds.
Swedish turnips grow well In the
northern states and provide a large
amount 0" feed for the winter.
The best stock pea for grazing in
the field is the black. Everlasting
Rcd and Red Ripper are also good.
The farmer who is not raising lie.
gumes has his eyes closed to some OF
the biggest opportunities in farming,
The sand vetch is smaller and more
recumhent than the common vetch,
and has been tested but little in this
country.
Hens, when they cease laying, fat.
ten very easily and a fat hen is o
thrifty candidate for all kinds Of poul,
try diseases.
Penning chickens is the best way
10 get a fine flock, for 1t means that
YOU are getting eggs from the best
hens you have.
A hog fed on corn alone from the
time 1t Is weaned from the SOW un-
III butchered at IS months old. seldom
pays for his keep.
The cows like the silage In the win
ter Just as we'll as they do the grass
IN the surnme and it is good at any
season OF the year.
Stout, livable chicks are obtained
only from sturdy parents. and pullets
that have been forced for winter eggs
are hardly in that class.
Don't blame anyone but yourself
IL your farm won't grow legumes
They will grow for the man who
knows how to make them.
1t ia poor economy TO feed spoiled
food to the poultry. They may con.
tract disease or become poisoned.
Burn all decomposed food stuff at
nee.
The day has forever passed when
the progressive dairyman allows his
cows to be brought, running or ex.
cited, into the barn, by a dog or a boy
with a whip.
Sheep In the summer are gross
feeders. rapidly cleaning the land of
brush and weeds, but in the barn and
in the feed lot they are extremely
dainty In their eating.
The best family horses, as a rule,
are raised and trained on the farm.
Their dispositions are then thor
ouahly understood, and it is known
how far they can be trusted.
II pays to whitewash, ventilate and
properly light the stables; to brush
and curry cows; to use clean and
w~ell-covered utensils, to cool milk
quickly and to have q cool place for
the milk.
The fruit farmer can always int
som ething to do, either in the orchard
or around the buildings, This bust.
ness like any other is ruined by toe
much loaing, Keep the loose end,
we'll in hand for the best results
It often is your fault that hens
get to eating eggs; but after they do
contract the habit, lay the ak at the
root Of the tree-iu other words, stop
the business, short Of. Then change
your bill Of fare, Something lacking
in the feed you have been giving
Balance the ration,
A colt should never stand on a wood
or d ther hard floor until past two
years as this is liable to give him
ringbone, and stiffen bis joints. The
man who makes h~orse-raising pay is
the man who raises horses that suit
the customers Of the best class OF
horses, and that mean raising moth
ing but the best.
Keep litter in the scratching shed
for poultry. from eight to ten inches
deep in which scatter one gallon Of
wheat or oats at morning and noon;
break two dozen ears Of corn to then
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