The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-12-06
NOTES FROM sUEEY-HoME FARM.

Beautifvipp the Farm-Ridding Cattle of Lice-Now
in the Time for Dehorning g-Other Practical Sugges-
tions by MIR. French.
Messrs Editors Mr.. J. E. Wing, commenting
in the Breeders Gazette upon the exhibits at the
Worlds Fair, called especial attention to the
model tobacco farm, and remarked upon Its bar
rem, forlorn appearance Isn't there lesson IN
this for the single-crop farmer both in the South
and elsevhere2 What are we living for anyway
Is it simply for the few dollars steal out
of mother earth and leave her shorn of her beauty,
forlorn, forsaken? Or is it more to be desired
to make of the little farms, we fortunate
to be the rulers of, into homes, simple, perhaps,
but little beauty spots covered by the grass and
trees which nature always plants when trying to
do her best And this state of things can never
be In single-crop county. Let us-along with
the tobacco, cotton corn-grow grass, some
cattle horses, sheep, and even the old sow is not
out of place on any farm-North, South, East
or West. Isn't this so?
The writer has often wondered if any of us
really consider how very hard is the lot of the
poor, one-horse tenant farmer who is growing
only one single CROP out of the proceeds of which
to clothe and feed his Gin the majority of cases)
large family And the worst of it is, he seems
not to realize that he do better: is apparently
content with a little log cabin in the brush,
without sign of life about. Does not know that
few days work would clear away the brush fill
up the unsightly holes SOW a few cents worth
of grass Seeds white-wash the cabin and stable,
and make little fruit garden. And what has
he done? Why made for himself and loved ones
a home, not so grand as the wealthy farmer may
possess, but every bit beautiful Now having
q few pigs and fine fat calf to kill, with nlenty
OF small fruits that cost him scarcely anything
to grow, he may, with good garden, have as good
"a living any family need ask for. What's the
matter that he doesn't have these cheap home
comforts Got in rut and don't know how, or
hasn't the ambition to get out Stir him up
These nice looking cows you have in your pas
ture may be covered by thousands of little miser-
able blood-sucking lice before spring. if they are
not given attention at this time. You may think
there isn't bug on them now, they look so fine;
but look very carefully in the lone hair on top of
the head and the ends of the ears One or
two pair is all that is necessary to start the ball
rolling when cold weather comes; for remember
these parasites breed with rush, in ratio of two
to about two thousand five hundred every two
weeks-it seems sometimes as if it were two to
twenty-five million. The safe plan is to wash or
dip thoroughly twice three times, at intervals
of ten days, with good cattle dip; and treat the
stables to the same dose. This is what we have
been doing lately
Dehorn your cattle at this time, if you are
handling the horned breeds, which of course you
ought not to do-they can then be fed all together
In nice shed where the sun can shine right in
onto them. So mucn more comfortable than to
be tied up by the head in dark stable; and COM
fort growth and fat with the minimum of
feed.