The Elbert County tribune., 1908-04-09
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Exposed fowls are apt to be poor
layers.
The farmer may not know himself,
but he ought to know his soil.
Whole oats and wheat and cracked
corn make a first-class hen feed.
Three requisites to early potatoes
Early soil, early planting, early vari-
ETY..
1t is the early hatched chick which,
IL properly reared, becomes the profit
Garner in the fall
Cross breeding of sheep requires
both judgment and skill. Don't at
tempt it If you are novice.
Remember at this season of the
year that it is important to keep the
; hogs out of the wet and to keep pens
and beds dry.
A COW turned out to pasture in good
vigorous condition will respond to the
fresh feed so per cent. better than the
animal which is run down.
With SO many men out of work
throughout the country, it seems a
shame that farmers are so hard put to
it to get the help they need.
Stingy feeding is followed by scant
giving. What have you gained If you
have saved a pound of one-and-a-half
cent feed and lost a pint of five-cent
milk?
Don't let the first few warm, bright
days of spring make you forget that
there will be cold raw. wet days a
plenty. Look out for the stock in
such weather.
Take a hint from the politicians and
begin to repair your fences, If you
have not already done so. Look care
fully. The stock will find the weak
places If you do not.
The farmer who has raised sheep
and finds them profitable says that the
right kind of a flock in the hands of
the best kind of Investments.
The boy who is brought up to feel
personal responsibility in the farm or
some feature of the farm and who
reaps the direct reward of such devo-
tion, is seldom anxious to pull away
from the farm to the city.
Give the boy a chance for little
independent management on the farm
Give him a ram lamb and two young
ewes. He can handle them easily,
feed them on small lot and train
himself to be fine shepherd in doing
it.
You will find the following to be
good ration for young pigs: Three
ounces of cornmeal to one quart skim
milk. For pigs over 60 pounds give
six ounces cornmeal to one quart
milk. When they reach 100 pounds,
weight add eight ounces cornmeal.
Keep records and accounts both of
the livestock and the crops of the
farm. The value of knowing what it
costs to produce the products on your
farm lies wholly in the possibility af-
forded by it's use in comparing your
system of farm management with that
of others.
With body rested by the winter let
up and the mind stimulated by the lee
lures of the farmers institutes and
the studies of the short course at the
agricultural school. and the reading
of the good farm journal, which of
course you take, you are ready for the
work of the coming season.
Good dairying includes good cows,
good pasture in summer and good
feed in winter. good shade in sum.
mer and good shelter in winter,
good water and good care all
the year round. and good ma
chinery to run the separator, the
churn, etc. If the farmer has good
eyesight, he can easily see the good
points of the above declaration.
The heavy horse of the draft type
is the horse for the farmer to raise.
Prof. F. c. Minkler of the New Jersey
experiment station has this to say in
reference to the disposition of some
farmers to raise road horses: ''If you
are going to be jockey and run a
race horse stable. it is all right to go
into the road horse business, but for
the sake of your own success, if you
are a gain or live stock farmer, don't
meddle With sulky carts and fast
horses. 1t has ruined nearly every
farmer who ever attempted it, besides
the environment is far from whole