The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-04
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Surely the farmer has cinch on the !
pure food proposition.
The distance between profit and
loss in the beef steer is very small.
Don't send your fowls to market un-
til they are in good marketing con
dition.
On most farms more water fowls
could be raised to advantage. espe
cially geese.
Middlings make good feed for young
pigs. especially when mixed with
skinned milk
The unsightly henyard is TO be de-
plored and condemned as strongly as.
the unsightly barnyard
Hot weather won't affect the early
hatched chicken. and that's one ad-
vantage of getting them.
Boiled rice with charcoal is recon-
mended for bowel trouble in young
chicks. Keep a couple of days on
this diet.
In the shipment of hogs care should
be taken not to overcrowd in the cars,
as dead hog or two will cut down on
the profits.
The creamery should make monthly
statements TO its patrons. and is about
hn
can be run.
How doth the busy little bee. etc.
9es, is he going to improve each shin
ing hour for you this coming season?
Time to decide the question now.
Nest boxes should be movable so
as to take outside and cleanse or
they should be so constructed as to be
easily and thoroughly cleaned inside
the pen.
The soul, as well as the back yard,
is a good place for a rose garden
The one grows fragrant thoughts and
loving deeds and the other the beauti
full blossoms that help to brighten the
home spot.
The second annual exhibition of the
National Dairy Show association will
be held in Chicago next fall. II. B.
Gurler of De Kalb, ILL.,, is president
and E. Sudendorf of Clinton. ILL., sec
retary of the association.
To take the rust off steel rub well
with nil LOT cto fpr
hours. Then polish with unslacked
lime, finely powdered, and all the rust
will come off Emery dust and sweet
oil also make an excellent paste for
cleaning steel
Many a farmer who thinks he
knows his neighbor could run his
farm with profit fails to get the most
out of his own piece of land. The
home problem is the one on which
he wants to concentrate his thought
and effort.
A simple rule for the judging of the
weight of cattle is as follows: II
the animal girts five feet, it will
weigh somewhere from 700 to $50
pounds. Every added inch in girth
adds rs pounds. till you get up to six
feet. and then add so pounds to the
inch.
The most urgent need for withdraw
ing the air of a stable from the level
of the floor grows out of the fact that
the animals stand and sleep on the
floor, and in breathing both draw the
air upward from the floor and dis
charge it again toward the floor. To
the level of the floor, then, the fresh
air must be brought and from it, too.
the foul air should be removed.
At its last session the house of
representatives of congress adopted
resolution directing the printing of a
new 250,000-volume edition of the gov
ernment book treating of diseases of
horses, which has long held the fore
most place among popular publica-
tions. There are many persons who
own horses, who appreciate the value
of the equines and who want to know
how best to care for the animals.
In feeding breeding ewes the chief
consideration should be securing the
best ration for the growth and devel-
opment of the lambs, and at the same
time have the ewes in the best condi-
ton at lambing time. Cottonseed
cake should be fed only in very small
quantities. A good ration consists of
a pound of she'll corn and linseed meal
mixed in the proportion of three parts
corn to one of linseed meal, together
with a little alfalfa along with the