The Elbert County tribune., 1907-07-18

The red rust in the blackberry
patch must be dug out and burned
promptly Il you would save your
bushes from serious injury.
More cuttings can be made from a
good stand of alfalfa than from
clover. hence this is one reason why
it is better.
Animals must relish their food in
order to get the most good out of it.
Try little variety in the feed to act
as an appetizer.
Try one-half ounce daily of ground
ginger in the feed of the young
horses that show signs of muscular
l2meness. Give larger dose for
horses that weigh over 1000 pounds.
Millet and other small seeds are
good for chicks. and even for ma
ture fowls. where they are fed in the
straw AID they have to be scratched
for
The use of scales and the Babcock
tester detect the Improbable COW,
and no COW owner is willing to keep
the animal when he learns her real
status.
Give the work horses good care
these hct. trying days. Take the har-
ness OF at Moons and at night and
always give them a little rub off.
They VIII be fresher in the morning
II you CO.
Notice the conformation of the
horses legs below the knees before
you buy. If they are light in pro-
portion to the rest of the leg there is
apt TO be a weak point there which
will lessen the stability of the animal
The good prices for produce of all
Kinds which are prevailing ought to
fill the farmers days with sunshine
and his nights with pleasant dreams
of the profits he is to realize when
crops are in.
Watch the potato vines. Don't let
the hugs get ahead of you. By a lit
tie timely work you can strip off the
bugs. but all the kins' horses and all
the kings men together with all your
signing cannot put the destroyed foli-
age back on again.
1t is said that farmers in the United
States annually lose 100000, 900
through the ravages of insects. There
is no doubt that much of this tre-
mendous loss might be prevented by
wise and faithful warfare on the pests.
What are you doing to help?
1t certainly does not improve ones
temper after hard days work to
have the cow give you slap in the
face every little while, but try and nc.
give way to your i'll feelings. If neces-
sary. fasten her tail, but never strike
her because she has sought to rid
herself of the pestering flies.
If you have any care for the future,
practice rotation of crops. Prof Hep
kins says that no profitable and per-
manent system of agriculture can be
adopted which does not include rota-
ton of crops with liberal use of
lie gumes and as much manure as pos
sible.
The real test of the horse is not i'm
his appearance but in the amount of
work you can get out of him on the
smallest amount of feed. Some
hut
feeders, while others who are mod
crate eaters give a good return for
every pound of food consumed
A sprout starting from the stump of
an old tree can be grated and will
produce fruit much sooner than
planted tree. 1t cannot be expected
to live so long and may fail in its
later years, but will render good serv-
ice while a newly planted tree is get
ting the growth needed to bring it into
bearing.
Perhaps the poor stand" OF corn
you are complaining of is the result
of unfavorable weather conditions,
inevitable folly of lack of thorough
cultivation or care in the matter of
seed selection. Haphazard methods
never yet improved the quality or
quantity of the corn crop.
The agricultural department OF the
University of Wisconsin has imported
from Germany a new variety of potato
for the purpose of testing its ayaila-i
bility in the production of denatureI'
alcohol. These potatoes. which are too
coarse-grained for domestic purposes.
are said to yield from 300 to 500 bush
els per acre. The Germans make all
coboI from, thase ttiharS