The Elbert County tribune., 1908-03-05


work produce results.
Begin small and go slow is a good
rule for one who thinks he can make
a fortune in the poultry business.
Chaff to scratch in and grit to grind
the food after it is found are two Gle
ments of successful poultry keeping.
Where there are many chickens to
be Matched it is better to trust to the
incubator than to depend upon the
hens.
Have it arranged so that the hens
can get out when they feel like. They
will keep in out of the cold winds and
chilly rains.
Charcoal is quite essential to the
health of the flock. Keep it where
they can get at it as well as oyster
shells and grit.
From now on have an eye out for
the lice which begin their campaign
early and are the most persistent foe
of the poultryman.
The hen that does not get busy and
pay her board bill by filling the egg
basket should be made to cash in at
the market and square up.
Given the right conditions and the
right food and your chickens. If they
or a1I a
eggs, and fertile ones as well.
One of the most satisfactory solu-
tions of the farm labor problem to-day
is the installing of modern farm ma
chinery with the gasoline engine to
run it.
Get the colts used to being handled.
Do not be afraid of spelling them by
petting. The advice of some farms
not to handle the colts for fear of
spelling them is against reason and
experience.
Do work on the road alongside of
your place this spring. 1t will i'm
prove the road, improve the appear
ance of your place, improve the
feelings of those who drive along the
highway and will improve your peace
of mind.
Now is the time to treat the seed
wheat and seed oats If smut is at all
prevalent in your district. One meth
cd of treatment is to make a solution
| of so gallons of water and one pound
of formaldehyde and soak the grain
for two hours in this. 1t has become
customary on many farms. however, to
| pile the oats or other grain to be
treated on the barn floor and sprinkle
the liquid over them till they are
thoroughly soaked, shoveling the grain
over till the poison has destroyed the
germs. This is easier, and the men
that practice 1t say that it is as effec-
tive as the other method. The grain.
after being coaked, should be dried at
once to prevent any harm coming
| to it.
Opinions differ as to the good or i'll
effects of feeding clover hay to horses.
Some contend that it causes heaves
and similar throat and lung troubles.
And old farmer of long experience who
has fed many hundred tons of clover
hay to horses and colts, as well as cat
tie and sheep, declares that such hay
is much superior, in all respects, to the
best timothy or red top hay that can
be made. The city horsemen and
teamsters will not buy clover hay,
regardless of its comparatively low
price, because they are prejudiced
against its use. They are paying $40
to SIS per ton for timothy hay, which
is usually SO ripe that 1t is only a
trifie better than oat straw. And yet
the chemist tells us that such hay con-
tains fully double the quantity of nu-
trients that can be found in the best
timothy or upland prairie hay. The
old COW tells about the same story
when she fills the milk pail while feed
ing on clover hay or pasture.
The care which cows get Is not al
ways the care which the COWS ought
to have. The government bureau of
animal husbandry is out with these
suggestions: Have the herd examined
frequently by a skilled veterinarian.
Promptly remove any animals sus-
pected of being in bad health. Never
add an animal to the herd until GER
tain 1t is free from disease, especially
tuberculosis. Never allow a COW to
be excited by hard driving. abuse, loud
talking or unnecessary disturbances.
Do not unduly expose her to cold or
storms. Clean the entire body of the
COW daily. Hair in the region of the
udder should be kept short. Wipe the
udder and surrounding parts with a
clean damp cloth before milking. Do
not allow any strong favored feed.