The Holly chieftain., 1900-03-23

yield form wiiuis HI speaks
wall Of The Short TIA ri ssStaI, !
,nent mas made fi& <1i,y OF
the milk is mt ciias feed.
and that the pefcrttF Gter "a,
in milk IS net depem{ ae kind
aud quality Of feed. spocrest
in butter fa: jist II 53ns and
continues Of poor s. about
six weeks. a sligh s6bserved
during the f,ilowin teks and
continues until the @ fup, pro-
yided sne is in calf. {llFe an ay-
erage test Of The qus5 4 6 milk, II,
should be taken abtad m ard hall
months after calvih Il II 1.-Two tests
are taken. six wcesss Galsing and
another six month"; i sEet a fair
average.
On account Of tlfs lAtcisess OF the
hour, Mr. GritiIn's udhress On cattle
feeding was omitted AZ htssown sug-
gestion
Mr.. A. L. Johnson i)his eyper-
ience in raising hogs dgfNfa!fa, and
in Il humorous way desc36ed the fail
ure he had made. Aldk@ alcne, he
says, is poor feed but rce9hlmends the
combining OF grain aiiKsHlfalfa as "a
suitable ra'icn. lIespsiae of the ne
cessity OF finding !. silitahle substitute
for corn as fced for hpg3s
Mr.. John Duncan spoke OF his fail
ure in hog raising. dlsI reiterated Nj.
Johnsen's statenient relative to the
value OF alfalfa as if9g feed and the
necessity OF comblUngfcoin or otfer
grain with this to. make suitable
and economical foodlfsr hogs.
BROOM CORR chLTusm.
Mr.. Charles Merwin, farmer and
broom inannfictil'er, spoke. mt some
length Of his experience in the hand
ling OF broom ccrn and as 20 the Iu,ii-
ity OF the brush harvested In this see
tion. He gave KS his opinion hat ,hs
price during the ce,nina year would bc
low, AS the extraordinary f.;urcs that
had been reached daring the past sea-
son would tend "a in. il;sr The sese-
age aps. raIiscSt ssIss} ssis-sfin
ply. However, ne ,tasrs that sro1m
corn Gin ba Held frna hFe TO ten years
without aetcrloTating inateriaay. lie
states ibat 1t can be aaised here for
from s30 to 81 less per ton than in
the east on account Of 5he nacessity
there of erecting suitable curing she'd.
Broom corn can be raised at a cost oI
not over $40 per ton and money made
at that figure.
Mr.. Hopkins states that about to ]
a ton per acre can be grown easily.
The greatest labor is IN the cutting,
as ii requires six men day to cut u
ton. Some discussion was entered in
to relative to the feeding value Of
broom corn. Mr.. Mcllashen stated
that il ranks next 10 katiir corn in
in this respect and If not desirable fer
broom making purposes IL can be cut
and used AZ fodder. The amount Of
water required to grow broom corn is
less than that required for ALMOST any
other crop ard it will do well on sod.
POULTRY RAIsINa.
Mrs. j. T.. Wood leo discussion on
this topic. In the varieties of egg
producing fowls She stat, s that in her
opinion ;lie Hamhurss rank highest
and under proper care make good
mothers and are not wild as is some
times supposed. For early and quick
maturing fowls, the Barred Plymouth
Rocks are considered the best. For a
general purpose io"l she highly recon-
mends the Light Brahmas. Some hl-
morous, yet pertinent, remarks re!a-
tive to the poultry business were
made by Mr.. Crowley, which we're
much appreciated by these present.
Motion made ard carried that q e
rucet.uy be- adjourned
His Life WAY S.Yed.
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