The Elbert County tribune., 1908-02-06
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II the wind blows the mulch of the
strawberry beds put 1t on again.
Give the sheep only as much clover
or mixed hay as they will eat up
clean.
The successful stock-raiser must
know how to feed, what to feed and
how much.
Now is the time to overhaul ali the
farm machinery and put 1t in shape
for next seasons work.
Stop guessing and use the scales
and the Babcock tester to find out
what your cows are doing
The profit on a small flock we'll
kept is certain, while that on a large
flock poorly-kept is hard to find at all.
1t takes Judgment to buy feeding
stock as many a man has discovered
after he has gotten lot Of feeders
that won't fatten.
Sprinkle the dusty hay with water
before feeding to the horse. The dust
is very bad for his lungs and the lungs
are vital part of the horse.
You can't make a good furrow in
life while the temper is ruffled.
Smooth out the kinks, get good
natured and then at the work like a
man.
The barn ought to be handy to the
house. Think of the amount of walk
ing you do in the course of a year
when the barn lies a quarter to half a
mile from the house.
Extra good butter always commands
few cents more pound than the
regular market price, but poor butter
is always at the bottom. Which
grade are you marketing?
Many a man who uses a whip In
breaking the colt needs to apply the
whip to himself rather than to the
colt. He who cannot control his own
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over the unbroken colt.
| When a horse is working he needs
enough feed to supply the energy de
manded of him plus the necessary
amount to keep him in good condi-
tion. When he is idle he only needs
sufficient feed to keep him in fair con
dition.
Next to a good laying strain, the
best to start with is healthy flock
of birds. Good healthy breeding stock
will produce with good, strong constI-
ttsions, birds that will not be liable
to disease. and these are the fowls we
want to put into our pens both for
eggs and breeding.
Share your good thoughts with
others. When you discover good
point in reference to farming methods
let your neighbor in on the good thing
You will find If you do that he will in
turn be letting go some good pointer
that will help you. Too bad there is
not more interchange of thoughts
One full feed of hay day is enough
for the horse, thinks a Canadian vet
erinarian, who reasons that because a
horse in the work season only gets
one full feed of hay per day 1t should
be go in winter, when the practice too
often is to allow the horse to stand
and MUNICH hay all day. The horse to
be healthy should have its stomach
empty two or three hours before the
next meal is given him.
Oats make a good feed for any of
the farm animals, especially, of course.
the driving and work horses Don't be
stingy when feeding oats to calves or
colts. Some claim that crushed oats
are better to feed than the whole.
They may be for hogs or dairy COWS
when oats are made only part of the
ration, but for horses, colts and calves
feed them without crushing, and feed
good oats. In the absence of oats.
barley makes fine feed for colts or
pigs.
Here is the way one of our success
full dairymen figures out the advant-
age of rearing his own cows. He SAYS
a really good COW is worth from $50
to $50 in almost any dairying section
and at almost any time of the year.
In his opinion we can grow a heifer
up to the time she is two years old
for $40 and then she will pay her way
until she is worth $50 or more, pro.
viding, OF course, nothing befalls her.
We have the thing we want reared
under our own eyes. and better for
all practical purposes than anything
that we could buy for more money