The Elbert County tribune., 1908-02-27


help.
An old horse can stand neglect bet
ter than the colt
Watch the feet of the colts. See
that the hoofs are kept even.
Let the sheep do their own grind
ing when it comes to feeding oats.
Ringbones on horses are often
caused by letting the toes grow too
long.
The best way to improve run
down farm is to put it into dairy
service for a few years.
Read Meadowbrook Farm Notes and
then lend your paper and let your
neighbor read them too
Buttermilk saved from the last
churning makes good starter for the
cream for the next churning.
The best way to make the farm
profitable is to keep animals and soil
in healthy, vigorous condition.
One way of keeping the boy on the
farm is making him feel that his ad-
vice and help are needed in running 1t.
Proper shoeing of the horses in the
winter means much to their comfort as
well as to the sound condition of their
hoofs.
A building free from draughts and
having dry floor Is absolutely essen
tial to the health of poultry in the
winter time.
1t does not pay to feed lice on So
cent corn or on any priced corn for
that matter. Are your stock suffer
ing from vermin?
If you did not have garden last
year begin to plan for one this year,
and IL you had one last year, plan
for a better one this year.
One successful hogman has gotten
away from the idea that hogs like filth
and must have it to prosper. He
sweeps out his pens every day
Breeding is not an exact science,
however it is painstaking study and
observation rather than guess work
which produces improved strains of
animals.
Molasses as a stock food seems to be
cows, when fed with ground feed and
corn. The small potatoes which are
not marketable can be disposed of in
this way at a profit.
Plan the beginning of a system of
crop rotation next season. Keep a
record OF the results and see whether
it does not give better crops and leave
the land in more productive condition.
Hard labor is a good cure for the
tramp. The law should be so framed
as to land him with the greatest ex-
pedition possible into the ranks of
those whose daily bread is earned by
the sweat of the brow.
Let the sunshine in--into your soul
and into the COW stable as well. The
first, the sunshine of Gods love, will
sweeten life, and the other, the sun
shine of Gods sun, will sweeten the
stable and contribute to the health
and contentment of the animals.
Give variety to the diet of the poul-
try. Millets and kaffir corn. as well
as sunflower seeds, should be given
as change in the ration. 1t is now
possible to buy long list of poultry
feeds, such as those mentioned. The
more the feed is changed the more do
the fowls enjoy their food, and this
leadD to the increased secretion of the
digestive juices and the greater util-
ity of the foods. That enjoyment of
food increases the digestive powers
has been abundantly proved by the
scientists that have been studying
such matters.
A test was made several years ago
to ascertain the effect of stabIing on
stock as compared with allowing the
animals access to the open yard with
sheds adjoining. The test vas carried
on during November, when the nights
were cold and frosty. The parties
making the experiment state that they
found in this short test that in every
instance where the cows were com
PEELED to sleep in the barn In stalls
they did not give as large yield of
milk as when allowed the open air.
We were quite surprised about this,
for the nights were very cold, though
dry. The barn was well ventilated and
the animals had plenty of good, dry
bedding and were in clean stalls.