The Elbert County tribune., 1907-07-11

Locality has much tn do with the
successful raising of sheep.
| It's the man behind the COW which
determines the character of the dairy.
| A dairyman's league has been organ
lied by members of the grange in
northern Pennsylvania
Nip the tips of new raspberry and
blackberry canes to force them to
i throw out side shoots and thus be
come more stocky.
Some one suggests adding table
| spoonful of sugar to the salt when
sailing ten pounds of butter to i'm
prove the flavor. Sounds as though
it might.
Tne sitting hen which Is expected
to hatch eggs and feed mites at the
same time has a hard task ON hand.
Make her three weeks vigil as easy
as possible.
II you don't hunt the lice they will
|
from hunting for insects, and the re
suls will be that hunt as you may you
will not be able to find any profit in
your flock.
The time to discover the weak place
in the harness is not when it breaks
at a most critical time and perhaps
results in runaway or bad accident,
but is before the harness is put on the
horse. Harness should be inspected
frequently to note and remedy the
weak points.
THE permanent greatness of any
state must ultimately depend upon
the character of its country popula.
ton. n."-President Roosevelt. True
indeed, and there is room for i'm.
provement among the people of the
rural communities. Ever upward and
onward.
ITO him who in the love of nature
holds.
Communion with her visible forms
She speaks a various language"
AID to none more so than to the
farmer who is sensitive to every
sunbeam and every shower and who
loves to see and make things grow.
To defeat insect pests one must b.
constantly after them. Keep dope
ready to apply in the pigpen or stable
the first time insects appear. Dip the
sheep regularly, watch the hogs close
ly for lice and provide cold, dr.,
stable for the COWS to hide from the
flies.
Prof. Vol and r. NJ. Cow are en-
gagged in an interesting controversy
over the question, the churn versus
the fat test as a means of determin
ing the producing capacity of the
cow" Better the churn than no test
at all, but the more scientific and ac
curate must be the butter fat test
ascertained by use of the Babcocl
tester.
The influence of dam upon hei
foals may be equal to that of the sir,
and in some instance is no doubl
much greater. but the average mum
Der of foals produced by mares will
probably not exceed eight, although
some have been known to produce al
many as is. The average number OF
foals produced by stations that liv,
to the average age of horses is prob
ably not less than 400. The genera
influence then of a good stallion ma,
safel-' be estimated at many timei
that of a good mare.
The notion which prevails amon,
some farmers that there is NOR,
money in thin than in thick cream
delivered to the creamery. is a mis-
take. Hoard's Dairyman makes thiiI
plain in case cited in recent issue
Farmer NJ. S. delivered 5,001 poundi
of cream containing Sis pounds O.
fat, average test 1876 per cent Had
this amount of butterfat been deliv
cred in 81 per cent. cream only asst
pounds would have been delivered
and 2,445 pounds more of skimmill
would have had a feeding value equa
to 407 pounds of corn at 80 cent?
equals s2.43. The cost of hauling tn,
2,445 extra pounds of cream or but
termilk to the creamery was 1864
Thus this man lost, during the year
on account of his wrong methods, 81
total of $9.07, an amount sufficient te
pay nine per cent. interest on the
| Price of one of the best hand separa
tors made.
Here is an English method of bot
Ting" fruit: Fruit used should be
sound and not fully ripe. After pick
ing over, heading and failing in the
case of gooseberries, black currants