The Elbert County tribune., 1908-01-30

Good plowing is absolutely essential
to good tillage.
Do not try to churn the cream T.
1t is over 60 degrees in temperature
Feed wisely and not too generously
during the wirter while the horses are
idle.
Forget your troubles by doing for
others. You will be happier. and SC
will the other fellow.
Be sure your blacksmith under
stands his business. Many a horse is
injured by improper shoeing.
Idle regret never made the future
better, but Improvement of the pres
ent will always bring its sure returns.
The automobile hasn't cheapened
the prices of horses, neither is 1t like
ly to do so. Money in good horses
Raise few.
A sheep man says that buying thin
shed accommodation is the rankest
kind of gambling.
The best ration is the ration not
which is the cheapest, but the one
which will produce the greatest
amount of profit in proportion to out
lay.
Good management is the hest cure
all we know of for the poultry yard.
1t prevents disease getting into the
flock and it makes short work of 1t II
1t does by chance get in.
Hang door in the hog house from
the top go 1t will swing both ways.
The hogs will soon learn to push II out
of the way in passing in and out, and
1t Will prevent draughts and exposure.
Beef is high and at the prevailing
prices an OK team is worth about as
much per pound as a modern locomo
tive, which would make 1t the most
expensive power in our modern civil.
zation.
Make triangular snow plow and
hitch the horse to 1t next time the
snow has to be cleaned from paths.
under clothesline, etc. You will be
surprised how easily and quickly the
work can be done.
The more stock on the farm the bet
ter. provided you do not try to half
keep them. The land must be fed.
Feed clover and other legumes, don't
turn them under. The manure will
answer the purpose better, and you
save its feeding value.
A reading course for farmers wives
and daughters of New York state un-
der the direction of the Cornell Agri.
cultural college is said to number on
its rolls over $4,000 readers. Good
idea for the agricultural colleges in
other states to follow.
The New Jersey State Horticultural
society proposes to discuss the ques.
tion: Would 1t be safe to invest
money in a scale-infested apple or.
chard otherwise good one) 30 years
old?" We might be willing to argue
the question but not to invest. The
other fellow could do that.
Get acquainted with the teacher OF
your children. You may be too busy
to visit the school, but you can have
the teacher run up to the house and
take supper with you and spend the
night. It's the way they used to dc
and it was good custom. Try 1t and
see how pleased the children and tho
teacher will be.
The first step In breaking the colt is
accustoming him to the harness. Do
not be in hurry to get him into tho
buggy. He has lots to learn. Be pa
tient with him. To try to rush the
work of breaking creates confusion in
the mind of the colt. Let him get well
hold of each new idea before trying to
break him to another. 1t is like the
little babe learning to walk. One step
at a time, and that slow and sure.
Use live lime in whitewashing the
coops. AirslaclSed lime has lost its
power. Whitewash made with good
lime will kill all vermin that 1t
touches, while air-slacked lime white.
wash is about as effective as that
much clear water. Care should be exi
ercised to keep the whitewash from
the legs of the fowls, as it will cause
the skin to become infamed and sore.
The eyes, combs and wattles will also
suffer.
Look over the incubator and get 1t
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