The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-03-31
Test your COWS.

Don't crowd your sheep too closely
Trouble is sure to follow
Milk scales are quite as valuable tt
keep track of hired men as cows.
The best way to Judge a COW is BY
the net profit she makes her owner.
The feeding values of white and
yellow corn are practically identical
Keep everlastingly at it to do YOU
work better. 1t brings profit in the
end.
Did you ever think of well-arrang
ed barn as great labor-saying ma
chine?
Culling the sheep flock has much
to do with the Improvement as care
and feeding.
Remember that it is not the breed
but the feed and care that make the
winter eggs.
There can be great saving of hay
on many farms this coming winter by
not stufing the horses.
Have skilled veterinarian make a
careful examination o. the teeth OF
Cow testing points out definitely
which cows are the best producers
both in milk and butter fat.
A little patience in teaching the
horses to be gentle and obedient will
often add dollars to their value.
When you have grain ground for
the live stock tell the miller that you
want it ground as fine as possible.
The difference in the leading breeds
of hogs is small and principally in de-
tails, rather than in form or market
type.
Pick out the hens that are intended
for the regular breeding pens and be
sure that the selection is carefully
made
Don't start in the chicken business
expecting to get rich in year or two.
Start small, build slow, and study as
you go.
Breeding and raising cattle is a
business proposition, and to succeed
in it one must use judgment and be
up and doing.
Never overcrowd sleeping quarters,
for by overcrowding you may find the
weaker and smaller ones smothered
under the heap.
A good fence is necessary in confin-
ing sheep. Breechy habits should new
er be started. Fence crawling costs
the owner money.
For good results in egg production
the hen house during the winter
should not be allowed to become cold
er than forty degrees.
Avoid too heavy shoes when shoe
ing young horses. 1t tends to make
them awkward, and is an unnecessary
burden for them to bear.
The native wild highbush cranberry,
dogwood, Juneberry, black haw, and
wild grape all make good plants for
the home yard If properly set.
Don't expect to be able to continue
in the chicken business without sue
cessfully Matching and brooding your
chicks. Study these points first of
all.
Don't spend all your money for
chickens and have none left to buy
houses or feed. And also don't spend
it all for houses and leave out the
chickens.
Never lift a pig by it's tail. for by
so doing you are liable to injure the
spine and strain the muscles of the
back. The ears also were never in
tended for handles.
Save the good brood sows and thus
prepare for filters in the coming
spring. You cannot afford to sacrifice
a desirable SOW because feed is high
or even when pork is high.
Study your poultry. There is lots
of individuality about them. and in
their feeding, selection OF roosting
place, nest, and other ways they show
preferences which 1t often pays to
humor.
The two most popular breeds of tur-
keys are Bronze and White Hollands.
The Bronze are the largest and the
widest rangers. The White Hollands
are smaller Though of good size) and
are more domestic in their habits.
Nothing tickles hens more than to
have nice clean flooring of litter
straw, or leaves scattered in the
houses. They will dig in that and
sing until they are as happy as queens
And the happier they are. the more