Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-15
PREPAREDNESS IN
animal PRODUCTION
Livestock Should De Held and Put in
Coed Condition For the
Market.

II mas Seen ne custom fOf cattle
nea Of louisiana to sell out all their
stsers and other stocker cattle dur
~ the winter and spring. and to car
~ but . limited herd Of breeding
stock. yearlings and calves during the
summer. With the prices Of cattle ad-
vansinS all who have cattle and sum
eiaat summer pasturage are advised
to keep them Prices are not likely
to decline. All the cows and heifers
q suitable age should be bred to pure
bred beef bulls and kept in the best
possible condition until fan. Then
let them run in the stalk fields, and
a(tsr fro5u turn them on velvet beans,
either with or without corn left in the
Held. Ninety per cent of the cattle
received In New Orleans since jan
uary Are reported to have been fed ON
velvet beans In this way, and cattle
% fattened have brought prices rang
ing from nine to twelve cents. There
Will be no question about profitable
markets for the pastures and velvet
bean fields II the farmer has the cat
tie to feed them to. It Will be good
plan to keep one steer for every acre
Of beans.
sS~s Should Be Bred To Farrow
Before Winter.
The best hogs have been selling re-
Gently for over sixteen cents a pound
on the central markets and have net
ted Louisiana shippers twelve and one
half cents a pound weighed right out
OF the feed lots. Based on present
prices, it is not wise to sell for less
than ten cents a pound any hogs that
can BE- finished for market within
eleht or ten months. or any good
breeding stock that may be needed on
the farma. All sows should be bred
to good bears. % as to farrow before
winter. thus increasing the number Of
pigs on the farms as far as possible.
Keep the hogs in fenced pastures or
q grazing crops where they can get
plenty of green stun and give them
1Sst enough grain to keep them in q
thrifty and growing condition 30 -
70 Be ready, to run in the corn and
pa fields, soy beans and sweet pota-
toes in the IAN. and placed On velvet
beans. with or without the cattle, az
ter the Arst frost. Keep posted on the
livestock markets for the GLASS you
have for sale. Before selling or ship
ping hogs confer with the demonstra-
ton agent a. to the best markets and
time for shipping.
Poultry and poultry products may
be quickly and economically increas-
ed. Keep all vigorous pullets from
early matches for egg production. Dis
pose Of all cockerels Of the Light, 40
tive breeds, such as Leghorns and Gre
oles, as soon as possible after they
have made their most economical
growth. that is, when they reach the
two or two and onehalf pound stage.
Caponize all vigorous cockerels from
the medium or heavy breeds, such a.
Plymouth Rocks. Wyandottes, Rhode
Island Reds, Orpingtons. etc. and feed
for growth to the six or eight pound
stage. Continue Matching chicks
through May and June for developing
into table poultry. Destroy all lice,
mites, and intestinal parasites 50 the
chickens will get full benefit Of the
feed.
Keep all male birds away from the
laying hens after the breeding season
IL over. thus producing infertile eggs,
which will not spoil as readily as fer
tile eggs.-G. E. Nesom, Live Stock
Extension Service, Louisiana State
University.