The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-27


It's the chickens you raise not the
chickens you hatch which count.
Serve prompt notice on the potato
bug to move en-into the kerosene
can.
1t spoils the grind stone to let it
stand in the trough partly filled With
water.
Use pea ground for late potatoes.
peppers, tomatoes. or any other suit
able crop.
Clean out the nest boxes occasion
ally and burn the straw. 1t helps seep
down the lice.
Extra rush in farm work should not
be allowed to interfere with the regu-
lar milking hour.
Cultivate the corn through June and
July but don't run too deep. Severed
roots limits the capacity of the plant
to mature its ears.
The fine delicate aroma of freshly
made butter is quickly lost and for
this reason IL. should be gotten to the
consumer as quickly as possible.
The price OF eggs Keeps up which
makes the outlook for the poultry
business good. 1t seems at the pres
ent time as If there was little danger
of overriding the poultry business.
How much did your carelessness
contribute to the following figures:
Two million two hundred and twenty
thousand nine hundred and ninety
five cattle, 3,342.769 sheep and 2,6s1,-
exposure in the United States in the
year ending March 81. 1907
Every effort towards more cleanly
dairying is commendable and for this
reason we take pleasure in telling of
the plan of the patrons of the Arcata
creamery in California, and which is
worthy of emulation in other dairying
communities. An agreement has
been entered into among the patrons
that each win deposit dollar in the
bank every time he cashes his check
from the creamery. this money to con-
stitute a fund which will be awarded
by a committee at the end of the
year to the three men who have
made the best showing in sanitary
conditions during that period.
Experiments have shown that 60
per cent of all the feed a dairy COW
can eat is appropriated to sustain her
body. If n COW is fed to 10 per cent
of her capacity only ten per cent of
the ration can be used for milk pro-
duction. Liberal feeding is necessary
but its profitable extent depends on
the individual animal. Successful
dairying depends fully as much on
the feeder as on the COW. A proper
tion of two-fifths concentrates to
three-fifths roughage is widely and
successfully used. OF course feed
stuffs must be chosen to balance well
and with an eye to their market value.
Take corn ear census" on your
farm this summer. 1t takes but lit
tie time to walk through the rows
and count the stalks that have no
cars, and find what percentage they.
bear to the fruitful stalks. One farm
er. who took census last year, found
that the barren stalks averaged about
20 in 100. 1t is good thing to
know. 1t means loss of one-fifth in
the yield of corn. Now 1t is claimed
that these barren stalks will fertilize
the ears of the other stalks and SO
breed more and more barrenness in
the years to come. If this is true, it
would pay us well to go through our
corn just before it silks and cut off
the tassels of all the barren stalks.
During the trying heat of the sum-
mer remember that hog cholera is a
germ disease, and spread by bacteria.
Contagion can spread from one ami
NAL to another and from herd to herd
only by these minute organisms. They
are carried in every way-by swine,
by the clothes of persons, By
vehicles, feed, dogs, birds and by
streams. Poor care may weaken the
hogs constitution and make him more
susceptible to disease than he would
be otherwise. Diseases may be pre-
vented largely through disinfection.
Bacteria are preserved in filth; hence.
entire cleanliness will go far to pre-
vent disease. Hogs should have dry,
well-ventilated quarters, with the
sleeping room raised a little above
the others. Feeding and drinking
places must be clean and the water
pure.