The Elbert County tribune., 1907-07-04


where it can be used.
A rubber-tired plow is said to be the
latest which manufacturer has
placed on the market.
Don't let the hot weather find your
poultry quarters filthy. The lice will
get the start of you If you do.
The small, farm is the best farm as
rule. both as to type of farming
and as to proportion of profit.
The fall litter pays only where con-
ditions are such that the pigs may
be cared fc- and properly fed.
When the butter granules are about
the size of wheat kernels 1t is the
most easily washed and will take the
salt more uniformly.
When you sell any of the farm ami
mails or produce, give wife a green
back os two. She will appreciate 1t,
and 1t will do you good, too.
Corn which has the greatest root
ing facilities generally produces a
larger yield than corn which has
been slightly pruned, and for this
reason care should be taken not to
break the roots when cultivating.
The practice of thinning fruit has
long been practiced by fruit growers
of Europe, where off-years in fruit are
almost unknown. Fruit growers in
this country would find the practice
profitable, for quality not quantity
counts.
To secure absolute accurate read
ing of the test bottles, after whirl-
ing place them in a pan of hot water
at temperature of about 120 degrees
Fahrenheit The water should reach
up to the fat in the necks of the bot
ties. Let bottles stand for ten min
utes and lift up and read.
The crop reporting board of the
bureau of statistics of the department
of agriculture, reports that the area
of winter wheat is 1,46S,000 acres less
than that harvested last year. The
| average condition of the growing
crop on May / was S2.9 as compared
with 90.9 on the same date last year,
| and 92.5 on the corresponding date
| in 1905. The rains in May doubtless
| improved the condition of the grnw-
ing wheat as we'll as of the pastures,
but the outlook is for better prices for
wheat.
At the Danish experiment station II
was shown that 12 pounds of whey
from separator skim milk cheese are
equal to one pound of grain for pig
| feeding or one pound of skim milk
equals two pounds of whey in feeding
value. Experiments at the Wisconsin
station show a higher feeding value
for whey as it contains more fat and
| casein than that used abroad. A suit
able Stop may be made by mixing to-
gether equal parts middlings or
shorts. ground oats or barley, bran
and cornmeal made into a slop just
thick enough to pour well and adding
ten per cent. of digester tankage.
Whey is then fed in same way as
skim milk or may be freely mixed
with the slop.
After experiments with egg preserv-
atives, the agricultural department
has concluded that water-glass (siIi-
cate of sodium) is about the best, and
makes the following suggestions:
Use only perfectly fresh eggs. Stale
eggs will not keep by any method of
preservation. Clean out the vessels
in which the eggs are to be packed
preferably stone jar) by scalding
with boiling water. Prepare the solu-
ton, using water that has first been
boiled and then cooled to ordinary
temperature. To each Is quarts of
water add one quart of water-glass.
PACE the eggs into the jar and pour
the liquid over them; cover the eggs
completely. Do not wash the eggs
before packing them, as this may in
jure their keeping qualities by re-
moving natural protective coating
on the outside of the shells. Keep the
eggs packed in this manner in a cool,
dark place, such as a dry, cool cellar.
The next meeting of the National
Dairy show will be held at the big
stock pavilion at the Union stock
yards. Chicago. October 1913
Among .he many interesting exhibits
there will be working dairies, sanitary
milk plants and educational exhibits
made by the United States depart
ment of agriculture and the national
association of dairy instructors and
investigators. An attractive pro-
gramme will be prepared for meetings
of creamery butter makers and dairy
farmers. Renowned educators along
these lines will address these meet
ings. There will be $4,000 awarded