The Elbert County tribune., 1907-10-17

Again let us repeat, train the colt
to fast walk.
Sharp tools and tools in good order.
| are labor savers.
The farmers in the northwest are
| complaining of the sparrow nuisance.
Before sowing the clover or alfalfa
seed be sure that there is no dodder
in 1t.
Look to the comfort of your animals
and the feed you put in to them will
return more profit than otherwise.
| The orchard ground should not re-
main bare all winter. See that some
cover crop is grown there. Get busy.
Before you yield to the ambition of
more land be sure that you see that
you are working your present holding
for all it is worth.
Planning the work is a good begin
ming. but don't stop in the middle. for
a good ending is made only when
the task is completed
The Missouri experiment station Sc
cured the best results in feeding pigs
with ration made up of one part
oil meal and five parts corn meal
Do you get your flour in sacks? If
you do, have you discovered that the
sacking makes good toweling for the
dishes? Try it, A good sized sack
will make two towels.
With some of the western sheep
ranches going out of business and the
price of mutton going up we should
think it good time for the general
farmer to stock up with a small flock.
The United States is fast becoming
the garden spot of the world owing to
its unequaled facilities for fruit cul-
ture. There is climate and soil to be
found for almost every veiety of
fruit known to the world
1t is high time you reached a deci-
sion on the question whether you will
send the boy to the agricultural col
lege this year. Do SO by all means
If it is possible. And don't forget
the girls need education, too.
There is no doubt that there are
many grasses better than timothy, but
1t makes good hay to sell In the cities.
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consumers and it is the only kind of
hay the city buyer knows anything
about.
Not bad idea to keep the mowers
busy in the stubble fields. 1t is a mis-
| take to raise a crop of weeds on the
land. Better keep them cut until the
ground is in condition to plow. Every
weed that goes to seed means so
much annoyance next season in the
field
The most successful wheat growers
to-day never use any artificial appli-
cation of nitrogen to the wheat crop,
/ depending entirely on the growth of
! legumes well manured and turned un-
der for the preceding corn crop, the
| cultivation of which makes the best
of fallow preparation for the wheat
One who has tried it recommends
corncob tea for calves and colts
| troubled with scours. 1t is made as
follows: The corn cobs are chopped
up into inch pieces and put in kettle
l To 4
| are then stepped over a slow fire. The
fluid is then drained off and cooled
and used as drench for the affected
animals.
In the opinion of successful sheep
| raiser breeding ewes need not be fed
more than twice daily. 1t is a good
| practice, however, to feed them some
| fodder outside during the winter sea
| son, for in this way they are induced
to take some exercise. With this in
view the fodder may be taken some
distance from the building in which
| the sheep are housed.
Feed some grain during the winter
to the breeding ewes IL you would
have good, strong lambs In the spring.
Oats fed the first part of the
winter and bran as lambing time
approaches is good order. About
0.5 pound of oats during the first
part of the winter and one pound
of bran near lambing time per head
daily is recommended by govern
ment expert for ewes weighing from
$50 to 200 pounds. Oats and bran are
two of the most satisfactory grain
foods that are generally available,
both in respect to cost and results
Corn is not satisfactory grain to