The Elbert County tribune., 1908-03-05
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Chickens will thrive on a mixture
of barley, corn and peas.
In building the hog fence see that
the corner posts are strongly braced.
Everything, almost, depends upon the
manner in which the plowing is done.
You cannot starve your soil with
out it in turn retaliates and starves
you.
Corn and oats mixed with clover hay
and roots once a day make fine feed
for the sheep.
Upon. the male bird depends the
greatest share of the quality of chick
ems you are raising.
Brick for siio makes very strong
and durable structure and preserves
the Mage as well as In a frame build
ing
Peaty ground can be made to pro-
duce good crops by thorough drain
ing and the application of potassium
and lime.
Our farmers would do better plow-
ing If there was the stimulus and in
struction of plowing matches. Better
plowing means better crops.
Why not buy a set of low wheels
for your wagon and try them? Twenty
eight inches for the front wheels and
S2 inches for the rear wheels is about
right.
If the poultry have a wide range
they will probably be able to pick up
all the grit they need, but it is a good
rule to provide some for them and be
on the safe side.
If the yellow peril of the farming
districts-mustard plant-should put
in an appearance, try sulphate of iron
in the form of spray. 1t will kill
the mustard without injury to grain
crops.
The incubator lamp should be start
ed a day or two before the eggs are
introduced to the machine to be GER
tain that it is in perfect working Or
der and that you will be able to main
tain the proper temperature.
Soil plus season plus seed plus farm
er equal corn. VIII you work out this
equation at from 60 to 100 bushels to
the acre this coming season? You
can if you will and you will If you
are the right kind of a farmer.
One does not need to raise very
many horses to know that they vary
as much in disposition and natural
abilities as do children. The ex-
perienced horse raiser can pick the fu-
ture horse of good qualities as
general rule.
When the pigs shows signs OF weak
ness in the hind quarters you may
Judge almost to a certainty that you
have been feeding too much corn. Sub
sttute for the corn a ration of ground
oats, also give them some vegetables
mix a little lime with their feed and
give them enough Glauber salts to
opeE their bowels. Also apply equal
parts turpentine, aqua ammonia and
sweet oil to back once a day. If they
are fieshy it is best to butcher them.
An approved ration Tor cows in milk
is 100 pounds bran, 100 pounds of mid
dlings and 100 pounds of gluten feed
mixed and fed at the rate of about
eight quarts a day. Where bran and
gluten feed are used without mid
dlings a mixture of $50 pounds bran
and 200 pounds gluten feed fed at the
rate of nine quarts daily is found
satisfactory. Good roughage should be
used in connection with these mix
lures, which should include what hay
a COW will eat up clean, which will be
Is to rs pounds. or one bushel of corn
silage and ten to Is pounds hay.
Wisconsin has the champion COW.
The university agricultural experiment
station has just completed a years
test of the Holstein COW, Colantha
Fourth's Johannah, She produced
during the IL months 27,4325 pounds
of milk and 99S.256 pounds of butter
fat. This amount of butter fat is over
16 per cent. higher than any previous
production of mutton fat. The produc-
tion of nearly 1000 pounds of butter
fat during the year is equivalent to
about 1,165 pounds of commercial bun
ter, or considerably over three pounds
of butter for every day in the yeai.
Butter fat production of this Holstehi
cow is as much as the total production
of six common cows on the farms of
this and other states in the union.
The previous worlds record for annual
production of fat has been held for
the mast two years by the Guernsey