The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-13
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This is a good time of year to dip
the live stock for parasites.
The improvement of the potato is
said to have decreased its hardness.
Drains in fields should be at least
30 inches below the surface of the
ground
Eastern cattle feeders want hornless
cattle and will pay more for them than
for others.
Plant few sugar beets They will
be appreciated next winter by the
stock when the bulk of the rations is
SO dry.
The boy born with the silver spoon
in his mouth generally swallows it
before he is big enough to know how
to use it.
The wood pasture can be kept
cleaned up with a flock of sheep. but
remember that they cannot live on
weeds and brush.
Don't feed so literally that the
swine leave portions of the feed each
time in the troughs. Feed only as
much as will be eaten up clean
A little soaked corn scattered about
viii soon encourage the little pigs to
eat and they will soon learn to eat
the corn dry and to shell it them
selves.
Some of the best orchardist dispute
the claim that fruit buds can be kept
back in the spring by mulching the
ground over their roots while it is
frozen.
Let us repeat that tidiness is es-
sential to pure milk. Enough dirt can
be carried on the clothes of the milk
er to influence the product, whether
it be milk, cream or butter
There is a vast difference in soils
A heavy soil turned up too soon after
a rain will bake and dry out quickly,
while some lighter soils If allowed to
go over IL hours will not plow good
One advantage of planting potatoes
in the time of the full moon is that the
planter is able to see so much better
in doing his work That is, If he wants
to do night work. If not plant in the
day time without reference to the
moon.
Milk may become tainted from vari-
GUS reasons, such as unsuitable feed,
injudicious feeding, impure water sup
ply, want of salt by the cows, abb
sorption of odors and the germs which
get into the milk during and after
milking.
Remember every weed which you
give place to on your farm is taking
SO much from the soil which you need
for paying crops, and not only that
but it is growing and scattering seed
which will cause increased trouble in
the future.
"Cornfield stuff are sheep and
lambs that have been fed in a field
OF corn and rape. The trouble with
this method is that the sheep will
eat nothing but the rape while it lasts
and will then burn themselves OUT
with too hearty feeding on the corn,
thus throwing them off and causing,
in many cases. death.
The success of the dairy business
depends as much on the disposition of
the skim milk as upon that of the
cream, and here is where good
many farmers fall down. The skim
milk used in hog raising will return
handsome profit where consideration
is given to the best proportions in
which to feed corn and skim milk in
order to obtain the largest gain with
the least waste of food
Do you know what kind of COWS
you are keeping? Many of the mem
bers of the Cow Testing association
formed among the patrons of the Ere
mont (Mich.) creamery over a year
ago were astonished to find what
poor showing many of their cows
madf, but it led to a wedding out
which had put the dairies on a better
paying basis. Why not start a Cow
Testing association in your section?
Among the plants which may be
grown between rows of young apple
trees are tomatoes and potatoes, as
these both use up large quantities of
starch-making material taken from
the air. The potash and phosphorus
taken from the ground are to some ex-
tent deposited in the vines and these
60 back to the soil again. For these
crops the cultivation need not he