The Elbert County tribune., 1907-07-11
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Harsh treatment will lead the COW
to hold up her milk.
Let the poultry work over the lit
ter from the bottom of the hay NOW.
The hustling farmer is the farmer
whose harvests are the most bounti-
full.
Remember that any animal that is
worth raising at all is worth raising
we'll
sows and pigs in pasture should be
provided shelter from the hot sun and
from rain.
The time to cut oats and peas for
hay is when the oat heads will crush
to milk in the fingers.
n you will remove the harness from
the horses wnen resting at noon they
will be fresher for the afternoons
work
Educate a boy by work, get him to
work by interesting him: get him in
terested by relating the task to reali-
zation.
Humus in the soil increases Its
moisture holding properties and hence
provides a better condition for plant
growth.
Don't feed the young pear orchard
too richly, as rapid growth makes
loose wood which is easily attacked
by blight.
Remember the good bull is not nee
essarily the good-tempered bull. It's
the animal which will beget the best
type OF animal.
Put some kind of a cover on the
horses when working in the fields.
Cheap muslin or bran sack will an
swer ard give much protection from
the flea
Another advantage of the low
headed tree in addition to the ease
of spraying and picking the fruit is
that high winds do not affect it as
much as the high-heaSed tree.
1t pays to try and make tho home
surroundings trim and be- 1tiful.
Farmers in good many sections pick
attractive names for their farms and
have them displayed ON neat sign
boards.
The Connecticut Agricultural col
lege is preparing to hold its sixth
summer session this year for teach
ers who wish to teach agriculture in
rural, and for parents. as well. who
wish to teach their children in coun-
try life. This is an excellent plan
which might well be followed by every
agricultural college of the country.
The Illinois experiment station has
successfully raised 4S calves by feed
ing each of them $50 pounds of whole
milk and 400 pounds of skimmilk The
milk was fed at the rate of ten pounds
per day per calf for so days. and then
lessened one pound a day until no
more was fed. They were given no
substitute but simply the grains raised
on the farm together with a good
grade of legume hay.
The North Dakota experiment sta
tion has put up small still for manu-.
featuring alcohol. A stove or heater
is also in use. Experiments will be
made in manufacturing alcohol from
frosted wheat, screenings and other
cheap farm products. We shall know
in time what it costs to make the
alcohol and how it compares u fuel
power with wood and coal This is a
great question for the great north
west. There is no available fuel.
Hard coal must be shipped from the
east and sold at high prices, while
there is an immense demand for gaso-
line for power engines. Here is a
great work for the western expert
ment stations.
Tent caterpillars are readily con-
trolled by arsenate of lead and no at
tention need be paid to them IL the
regular codling moth spraying sched-
ule is followed out. When this in
sect is to be treated separately use
one and one-half pounds of arsenate
"f lead to so gallons and spray light
ly. Apricot, cherry and other trees
may be successfully treated for tent
caterpillars by the use of this spray.
The old-fashioned way was to burn
them out with a wad of paper on the
enc of a pole but Missourian has
fallen upon the shotgun argument
much as our western cowboys used
to shoot up town. The process is
very simple. Just use the usual
amount of powder for an ordinary
charge but do not put anything on