The Elbert County tribune., 1908-02-13

up clean.
Always aim to sell finished prod
uct from the farm
The inferior animal requires as
much feed as the higher-priced one
Sour soils need better drainage
Thing always pays II properly done.
Arrange things in the barn so as to
make the chores as easy as possible
Get the spraying apparatus ready for
use. Effective treatment must begin
early.
Sheep like other animals enjoy va
riety in their food Feed a little wheat
bran occasionally.
Clover, the foundation of agricult-
ural prosperity, must ever prove the
salvation of the farmer
Above all others the farmer who is
supplying cream to the creamery
needs q Babcock tester.
Something growing on the soil and
something decaying in the soil is
good rule for the farmer to follow.
When you notice the shoe TO your
horse is a little loose don't delay fix
ing it. 1t may save the horse bad
sprain.
Blanket the horses when they are
exposed to hard winds A bad cold
will prove poor thing for the horse
and you too.
Animals which are selected for
breeding purposes should be fed and
cared for so as to induce the most
thrifty habits
Start your tomato seed, also celery,
cabbage, egg plant, endive, lettuce.
onion, etc. indoors and have the plants
ready to set out in May.
AS part ration corn is a good poul-
try feed, but as the sole ration. such
as the practice of some farmers. 1t is
one of the worst possible feeds.
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the wife and children. If you must do
something to relieve your feelings 90
out and take a few kicks at the horse
block.
The future usefulness of a COW de
pends largely upon the way she has
been brought up. Good breeding. of
course, but more important still. good
bringing up.
1t is a mistake to neglect the things
that are in trying to find out the
things which may be but are not vet.
Many an impractical investigator
commits this blunder
Don't permit the blacksmith to put
on too heavy shoes. They are a need.
less burden to the horses and add
strain to every muscle and tendon. and
really wear no longer than the light
er shoes
The dairyman who treats his COWS
r1ght is not ashamed to look them in
the face, neither is he ashamed to
look his customers in the face II he ia |
giving an honest article in an honest |
measure
Cotton seed hulls are not Desirable |
reed for COWS, but they are being |
worked into some of the patent dairy
reeds that are bringing good prices in |
the market. Watch out for them If |
you are buying any feed for your
cows.
Reading Meadowbrook Farm Notes
gives one an appetite for the farm
work. 1t is sort of short Course In
farming, and is the best kind NJ a |
preliminary to the reading of a good
farm paper, which of course you have
coming regularly to your home
pecan tree at Raleigh. N. G
which is 30 years old, has borne crop
every year for the last 23 years. In
1905 the crop equaled 300 pounds. in
1907 it was more than 400 pounds.
Estfmateing the selling price of the
nuts at 25 cents pound, 400 pounds
would bring 800. A profitable tree.
surely.
Scours in horses is very annoying
and units them for hard work. If
change of diet and short rations do
not correct the disorder try giving
four drains powdered sulphate iron,
one-half ounce ground gentian. one
half ounce ground ginger and one
ounce powdered charcoal in feed
three times day If you can arrange
to feed cut fodder and ground grain