The Elbert County tribune., 1908-03-12

A good farmer is one who under |
stands his trade and works at it.
Put the brood sows by themselves |
when they begin to get pretty large.
Next seasons work will go off
smoother if you think out the tasks
ahead.
Keep the barn clean, the COW clean,
feed clean food and then see that the
milker is clean.
Dairying is the one branch in which
no man should engage who has not a
real liking for cows.
The COWS are entitled to as good
care as that given the horse, and are
Just as appreciative of such treat
.ment.
As far as is possible seeds and nur-
.sery Stock should be produced In the
localities where they are to be planted
and grown.
The best breed for you is the one
which will do best under the condi-
tions your place affords, and which
will find the readiest market.
Clean milk means more than the
handling of the milk after it comes
from the barn. All the care in the
world cannot atone for carelessness
by the mixer.
The successful poultryman is the
man who knows his flock SO well as
to be constantly wedding out the culls
and drones, and marketing them to
pay their overdue board bill.
Pure water on the farm. Have you
got it? 1t may look clear and good,
but are you sure the well is SO locat
ed that it is not being contaminated
by surface water or some other
agency?
The soiled and dirty clothing worn
about the farm during the day should
not be worn when the milking Is
done. Have an extra suit of overalls
which are used only for milking, and
which are washed often.
Different crops require different
degrees of moisture. The potato needs
great deal of water in it's growth
oats, it is said, come next, then wheat,
then corn, then sugar beets and old
alfalfa, red clover, timothy and Eng
lish rye grass follow in the order
named.
Geasing even with the automobil-
lists Seems to me a man of your
standing in the community ought to
drive better-looking horse" criti-
cally remarked the Cleveland Plain
Dealers funny man to the old farm
er. Il won't trade him for the fast
est roadster in the hull country" said
Farmer Huckleberry THAT boss knows
just what to do when he meets an
auttymobile. He cavorts around an
topples over an breaks up a dollars
wuth O buggy shaft an mebby so
cents wuth of harness, an I'll bet I'VE
collected much as 'Ieven hundred dol
lars from the auttymobile owners The
old hoss is all right"
The National Corn Growers associa-
tion will work during the coming sea-
son for the encouraging of the i'm
provement of corn by breeding, dis
seminating information regarding the
best methods OF soil culture and farm
management for corn, encouraging the
holding of a national corn exposition
annually by stimulating interest in
corn culture in undeveloped territory,
nnifVinO n1GthnIc nd OF rdc af
corn judging so far as possible, secur-
ing the adoption of uniform classified
tion for corn exhibits and rules gov
erning exhibits, encouraging the de-
velopment and uses of corn products
and opening up home and foreign mar
kets through education regarding the
use of Indian corn and corn products
as food for man and beast.
Experimental farms of one acre each
in every section of four of the western
agricultural states is the plan which
has been proposed by Congressman
Scott of Kansas, chairman of the
house committee on agriculture. His
proposition involves the establishment
of 100 experimental farms of one acre
each in every county in four western
agricultural states to give the farmers
a practical demonstration of the best
methods of growing different kinds of
crops. 1t is proposed that the lands
for this purpose be furnished by the
farmers themselves and that they do
the work of cultivation under the di-
rection of the experts of the depart
merit of agriculture. No additional ap-
preparation from congress will be re-
quired to test Mr.. Scott's plan, 1t is
explained. as the agricultural depart