The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-13


member that.
A bad egg amongst the good ones
will soon spoil the others.
The sheep raiser who lets the cid
animals accumulate on his hands is
losing money.
Stir a half gallon of flour paste into
gallon of whitewash, and it will not
rub off easily.
Oats not corn for the work horses,
remember that is oats make muscle
and corn makes fat.
Alfalfa should be cut Just after it
begins to show bloom. The first cut
ting contains more protein than later
cuttings.
Cornmeal into which has been
stirred a small quantity of oil meal
uncooked is the best kind of food for
hog fattening
That dragged out feel may not be
good for you but it is good for the
road. Give 1t good dose and you
will feel better.
Rotation of crops together with thor
ough cultivation operates as an effec-
tive fertilizer, especially if some stable
manure is used.
Have the wrench attached to the
| pfow or other implement by strap CT
wire SO that it will not be dropped
and lost in the field
Emerson said. let j man learn that
everything in nature even notes and
feathers. goes by law and not by luck,
and that what he sows he reaps. Re-
member that.
To cock hay in the field for drying
every forkful should be laid snugly
not rolled-on the heap by itself.
Then the cock will be in fakes and
will shed the rain well.
1t requires bran, middlings and
ground oats fed to the brood SOW to
produce healthy pigs. Where too
much corn is fed the offspring is
deficient in bone and muscle.
Test has proved that the cattle with.
out horns fatten quicker, as there is
not the fretting and the worrying
among the cattle which is always pres
ent where the cattle are horned.
When the horse makes a mistake
don't lose your patience and holler at
him and jerk excitedly upon the lines.
Be sure he understands just what you
want and then in a firm, quiet way
insist on his obedience.
good boar may cost more than
mer and tongs thinking that literal
few dollars difference in price will be
more than repaid in one seasons
breeding. Penny wise and pound
foolish will ruin any stockman.
Experiments in North Dakota show
that oats that weigh most per bushel
are not necessarily the most valuable.
The best oat is the one that gives
most meat, and some varieties uni
formly give a higher per cent of it
than others.
DairJmen of Pennsylvania and the
dairy and food department of the state
agricultural department have COM
| bined forces to drive oleomargarine
and all other substitutes for butter out
OF the state. An example worthy the
emulation of dairymen of other states.
The surplus peas from the garden
can be canned for the winter in the
following way: Fill the Jars with
the peas, then fill with cold water
and lay on the tops. Place straw or
boards in tie bottom of the wash
boiler stand the jars on this, and
pour enough cold water in the boiler
to come half way up the jars. Put
the boiler on the stove with the lid
tightly closed and boil three hours.
When the jars are taken out see that
they are full to overfowing and
screw the I'D on tight
1t needs no extended argument in
these days to prove that the silo is
an indispensable adjunct of the dairy
farm. but 1t is well to remind our
selves of the many advantages which
it brings. In the first place silage is
more palatable than dry corn fodder.
1t is succGient, which makes a salts
factory substitute for grass. Stock
will consume more silage than dry
roughage. 1t greatly increases the
number of animals that can be kept
on given acreage The silo assures
| plenty of green feed during dry sum-
mers when there is a shortage of
grass. Silage keeps stock in good