The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-14
Sheep will build up any faruL


Push the porkers along. A pound IL
easier made now than two pounds
later on.
Put rings ia the hogs noses and pre-
vent their roofing up the meadows
and pastures.
1t is often the horse which cannot
trust its cwner who is the animal
who cannot be trusted.
With the prevailing high prices for
whether he is getting his share.
Be sure and see that all the vege
tables are properly housed so that the
freezing weather will not spoil them.
Good management and hard work,
with generous seasoning of patience.
will win out on the farm that is worth
working.
A well-equipped work shop on the
AoA Al WIN PioNt lllt llObl
and satisfactory of any other one de-
partment of the farm.
The horse which has not been brok-
en- during the first year is never as
trustworthy as the animal whose
training is begun earlier
Apple or plum trees are better for
the poultry yard than the peach tree,
for the latter is apt to make too much
growth and too little fruitage to pay.
Are you running a lantern brigade
on your farm. Chores after dark is
poor system. The good farmer gets
most of the work out of the way be-
fore dark
Clean out the COW stable long
enough before the actual milking op
erations begin to give the dust q
chance TO settle and the atmosphere
to become sweet
A little pine tar placed well down
the throat of the pigs afflicted with the
spasmodic cough or teaspoonful OF
tincture of assafetida given in a little
milk will give relief
The horse whose shoulders have too
against the points of the shoulder are
not built for heavy draft work. This
explains many a sore shoulder.
The young man in love seems to
know a lot about fruit growing. He
is constantly referring to his girl as 9
peach, thinks her the apple of his
eye and yearns to pair with her"
Says a sheep owner: 1T did not
cost me any more to feed my sheep
which produced over IA pounds Of
wool than it did to feed those which
clipped only seven pounds, and that
is above the average.
Butter fat is too valuable to be fed
to pigs and calves. The separator is
the only method by which all the fat
can be removed. This leaves the skim
milk which can be balanced up with
corn meal and fax seed meal.
Some of the farmers down in Arkan
sas who neglected the crops on the
farm to go diamond hunting are sad
der and we hope wiser. Better stick
to a sure thing, If it does mean hard
work, than to go nosing around for an
uncertainty.
Raising healthy calves by hand de-
mands absolute cleanliness. The meth
cd of a good many farmers to let the
calves give the feed pals all the
cleansing that they receive is danger
Gus. The pail should be washed and
scalded at least once day. A cali
cannot lick a pail clean enough to be
germ proof
Look after the teeth of the horse
that bolts its grain. 1t may be that
there are sharp points which render
proper mastication difficult or impos
sible. Discourage boiling, also. by feed
ing the grain in a box with a very
wide bottom, SO that 1t will be thinly
distributed and prevent the animal
from grabbing a full mouthful.
Selling eggs by weight is a possi
bility of the far distant future. A
large egg brings no more than the
small one when sold by count. which
the producer of large eggs does not
think is right, but all hands would be
suspicious of selling eggs by weight
By count it is easy to know the exact
quantity sold. but by weight there
would be chance for the old cry Of,
he cheated me on the weight of those
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