The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-03-11

corn stalk, and the relative large per
| cent. of the soluble constituents
places corn cobs equal in point OF
nutritive value to potatoes and many
! of our grains.
1t Is not necessary to keep pigs or
chickens in order to utilize the skim
milk from the dairy, unless we desire
! to keep such stock on its own account.
Recent experiments at the New
Hampshire Station seem to show
that skim milk fed to cow will pro-
duce as many pounds OF butter fat as
! it will OF pork fat il fed to pig. Il
this is true, there is vastly more profit
in feeding it to the COW, as much
more as the value of pound OF but
ter is in excess OF the value OF a
pound Of pork AS we have before
cautioned our readers, it will not al
ways do to trust implicitly to the re-
suits OF q single experiment, but this
Is certainly a matter OF such impOr-
lance as to warrant further investi-
CATION. II gallon of skim milk il
worth one and One-half cents for
feeding swine, then it would be
worth above seven and one-hali cents
to the COW, a difference so great that
we should understand it and avail
ourselves Of 1t.
We see a good deal OF nonsense
written about the proper time to sell
horse. The proper time is Just that
time when the Indications are that
you have had the largest Obtainable
profit upon the time and mOn"y ex-
pended in growing him, or when you
can place the money that you would
receive for him where it will do you
more good. The point or age at
which he will represent the largest
profit can only be determined by
each one according to his individual
conditions. Some, by reason OF lack
OF time, or facilities for handling, fluid
that it pays them best to sell the colts
while very young, and let some one
else take the risk and trouble-and
have the profit-Of raising them
Others can grow the colt to maturity,
handling and training it until they
can turn out a finished and valuable
animal. The latter course is the
more profitable il both the mau and
environment are adapted to the work ;
but, as we have said in the foregoing,
each must determine this for himself.
There no absolute rule for his guild
ance.
Some farmers seem to think that a
| hog can not be Overfed, and that the
| feeding principle with this stock con-
sists merely in getting all the food
possible INTO them as rapidly as it
can be done, and that no especial
care need be exercised in regard to
the amount placed before them, be-
cause il they do not eat it all at the
time they will return later and finish.
1t is true that the hog is not dainty
feeder, and is not easily thrown OIL
his feed, but SO much can be fed them
as to interfere with perfect digestion,
| aud when that point is reached 1t be-
gin to interfere with the profit. Too
| scAnt feeding will bring the same re-
| sult-a loss OF brOfit on the food con-
sumed. To feed probably you must
| feed regularly, and only so much at
| each time as they will eat up clean
| and with avidity. Aside from the
loss from overlooking, any grain re-
naming will he tramped and made
foul. This does not make good food,
nor produce as good results as fresh,
! clean grain. There should always be
| a tight floor upon which to feed,
| whether in the pen or the field
| Waste can not be prevented other
wise.
In every fruit growing district
where any one fruit is made a speci-
atty, or produced largely beyond the
| capacity OF the home market, an
association OF producers for shipping
and marketing the crop will often be
found benefit. Snch an association
can seek out a wider market than the
individual could, and avoid conflict
Ing shipments and the Overcrowding
OF single points. On Catawba island,
Lake Erie, where peaches and grapes
are largely grown, there is an ex-
change where experts receive aud
grade the fruit as it comes in, and
pay the growers q certain price for
the day-based upon the general in
dications of the market. The fruit Is
then assorted and shipped in pack
ages Of uniform size and quality.
When the returns are received the
charges for the work are paid, and
any profit remaining over this and