The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-26
The leaf is the Jung of the tree.

the trees.
The cows appreciate a share Of the
sweet apples and the pumpkins Don't
forget them.
Turnips make a good crop to add
humus to the soil and are also good
for feed to the stock.
There is no profit in a sick horse.
For this reason take every precaution
against such condition.
1t takes rugged, vigorous thinking
and actions in harmony with the
thoughts to make farming pay.
Where is the profit II yoiI winter
the old eve and let her die in the
spring. Better fit her for killing this
fall.
The value of the horse is largely de-
pendent on h.5 gait. For this reason
see that the colt u taught to walk
fast.
Think how you feel about 1t your
self: You would not sell your best
COW. neither should you expect the
other fellow would do SO.
Turnips are a questionable feed for
the cows as the flavor is apt to be i'm
parted to the milk. They are good
feed for the other stock, however.
Feed them.
Have the children gather the fallen
limbs, chips, etc, lying around and put
them under shelter before the fall
rains come. They make fine kindling
and the place will look better with
the rubbish cleared up.
In moving the plow to the field use
a pillow skid-it is easy to make one
from a curved sapling-and make the
task an easy one as well as avoiding
the risk OF hreading the mold board
or straiHing the shares.
The time to plow is when the soil
is just moist enough to crumble nice
ly. If the land is plowed then 1t will
be found that the work can be done
with less labor than at any other
time.
There is yet a great host of farmers
who are not convinced of the profita
belness of the cream separator. Well,
every man must decide for himself
but it is certain that those who have
used the separator never want to go
back to the old methods of cream sep
aration.
If you are planning the planting of
trees along the roadside. and this is
a splendid thing to do, remember that
the trees with high growing trunks
are best. Such trees do not have low
hanging branches to interfere with
passing teams. and it gives the sun
a chance to work on the road and dry
up the mud puddles after a rain.
Good ventilation in the dairy barn
is essential to the production of pure
milk. The spread of tuberculosis dur
ing recent years has been in large
part due to the shutting up of cows
in close stables, where all must
breathe the same air and the same
germs. In such a stable a single tu-
berculosis COW will spread the disease
to the whole herd.
1t Is said that the increasing use Of
vegetables is tending to the lengthen-
in the life of the caucasian race.
When populations were more sparse
than now, animal food and fish were
easier to get than now. Only in late
centuries have such vegetables as
potatoes. tomatoes and many forms
of cabbages come into general use.
1t is certainly true that the eating of
fresh vegetables greatly assists di-
gestion of al, foods.
Friend Thorson delivered himself OF
this bit of wisdom the last time ]
saw him: Some men amt fit to own
cows. They don't treat 'em right.
But take away the milk and the
cream and the butter and their meat
and don't give 'em even a smell OF
cheese, and they'd begin to realize
what the cows were doing for them"
Thorson is one of those fellows who
believes it pays to be kind to youi
stock; to see they are sheltered from
the sun, have plenty of fresh water,
and are protected in some way from
the plague of flies. And 1t doesl
According to an English scientific
journal milk poor in fat is as valuable
a food as milk rich in fat. The fat
percentage, the popular standard by
which milk is Judged, is most valuable
while the proportions Of the albumin.
oids. sugars and salts vary but little in
the different samples OF milk In
other words while the energY-nrnduc.