The Elbert County tribune., 1908-02-20

The neglected flock never returns a
profit.
Rectify your mistakes If possible, do
not repeat them.
Dry comfortable quarters must be
provided for the brood SOW.
Care counts more with sheep than
with almost any other farm animal.
The pedigreed scrub is worse as a
sire than the high quality grade sire.
The scrub sire will produce a
progeny that is scrubbier than him
self.
The hen likes the dark nest. And
the dark nest is not apt to encourage
the egg-eater.
Livestock may be profitably raised
on high-priced land If intensive meth
ods Of farming are followed.
Over feeding is indicated by the
mussed over feed which the cattle
leave. Cut down the rations.
Assimilation is the only true meas
ure of value in feeding. What Is not
assimilated is practically wasted.
Don't kapp tho rfp a1woye cfufYad 10
the limit, or he will not take the neces-
sary exercise to health and proper de-
velopment.
Your best cows are the ones which
are making the biggest profit for you
Do not be tempted to sell them, even
at high price.
1t costs less to make a pound of
young flesh than it does a pound OF
mature flesh and the former is worth
more in the market
Every farmer should have a Bah
cock tester so that he can know what
his COWS are doing in the way of prof
liable milk production.
A good currying feels just as good
to the cows as 1t does to the horses,
and is quite as essential to their
health as 1t is to that of horses
Take time to spread the manure
when you cart it to the field II left
in piles it will ferment and much of
the nitrate will pass off in the form of
gas.
In case of impaction of the bowels
of the horses through feeding Of
straw give a pint of linseed-oil, fol-
lowed after "a hours by a somewhat
lighter dose.
Slower is notably deficient in avail
able proteins, and when fed alone to
the cows does not give the best re-
suits. When combined with clover
hay 1t gives the best results.
During the slack days of winter get
the supply of wood ready for spring,
summer and fall, when you will be
too busy sowing, cultivating and har-
vesting the crops to tend to the mat
ter.
Look out for dodder seed In the
clover seed you buy. This Is one of
the commonest adulterations of clover
seed, and is troublesome pest to
get into a field. Remember that the
government will test your seed for
you II you will send samples.
The average yield of corn per acre
for the country is only about 35 bush
els. Proper seed selection and cult
walton ought to double this yield, and
even treble it, for some corn experts
assert that no man should be satisfied
with less than 100 bushels per acre.
There is a considerable difference
in the feeding of corn fodder and red
clover hay. Prof. L. A. Clinton of the
Storrs Comm experiment station has
found that one thousand pounds of
common red clover contains 20 pounds
of nitrogen, pounds of phosphoric
acid. % pounds of potash This is
clover as ordinarily cured for hay.
One thousand pounds of cornstalks
will contain 8 pounds of nitrogen.
pounds Of phosphoric acid, 16 pounds
of potash.
Again we hear the charge that shoe
ing is probably responsible for more
lameness in horses than any other
cause. The shoes may directly lead to
1ameness through defective construc-
tion or attachment; or they may, by
their shape (calks, etc.), cause strain
and consequent lameness In some part
Of the leg. The mere conclusion (em-
phasized by shoes) of trotting along a