Lower coast gazette., 1909-08-21
HOME AND FARM.

HOME K ,
It seems like a waste of time to trim ,,
the fence corners two or three times a
year., but there is nothing that contrl-
50 much to the improved appear
ance Of the farm.
When you hear q young man say l
going to have the best farm OF any
bobv in the reighborhood,' you may be
sure something is going to be done
around that place and it will not all be
on that one farm, because such things
are catching. and We all like to Go u
best. The only thing is to have some
one to lead the way.
Protection From Lightning.
The lightning rod peddler has been
anathema among the farmers in the
villages of the United States for gen
erations. All Of the Investigations that
have been made by electricians have
failed to convince the public OF the use
| fulness or the uselessness of lightning
rods. Year after year, however, we
are acquiring more and more lnform;-
ton concerning the vagaries OF this
subtle fluid, electricity and yet We have
much to learn.
Prof. Henry, Of the U. S. Weather
Bureau, thinks that more attention
should be given to protection from
lightning than hitherto, as from 700 to
800 people are killed, twice as many in
iured and an immense amount OF prop:
erty destroyed by lightning every
year. Prof. Henry has recently issued
i a bulletin, No. 367 of the U. S. De-
partment of Agriculture, in which ne
eodeavors to establish that lightning
rods can be made inexpensive ane
I vet effective. Those interested shoul(
, write to the department for this bull
letin.
: A Monmouth Hog Farm.
). What is probably one of the larges
hog farms in the world is that OF tn
Damsite Farm Co., Of Hardeman cour
y ty, Texas. W. C.. Provine, the MAJ
ager of the farm, furnished some II
teresting information about the wor
that is being done at the place.
al The company takes its name fro'
TO the big dam that has been construct
ne to impound water for irrigation. In
dam restraints water covering an ar
Nh of lao acres, to an average depth
Is 20 feet. The company has betwe'
en- lQ, 900 and 1000 acres, about $40
acres of which is irrigated from t
waters of this lake. 1t is the reserve
|rd for a drainage area of Sc square mile
au There are now in cultivation by
E. company 1900 acres of alfalfa. H.
i've acres of corn, and 600 acres OF m
in maize. The alfalfa yields minim'
an average of four tons per acre, or o.
tons; the corn, AZ bushels per acre. 3
900 bushels, and the milo maize,
300 per acre, or sc, 900 bushels.
vas 1t is the purpose to feed all Of t
;m. product to live stock and market it
ZOO. the hoof. On the farm now are
his head of brood sows, with. 500 pigs,
,wn the plans contemplate increasing
number of brood sows to 1900. Tn
90 ought to bring on from 10000 to
600 pigs every year.
In addition to these hogs the c.
oe'- pany will carry about 1000 head
NE cattle through the winter. They
VI calves and put them in the alfalfa
1o' lures, and when in prime condlt
sell to feeders.
The drouth has not been felt on
farm, where everything is irrigated
%. 100 Mr.. Provine says they work on
1850 average of rs hands, who are paid !
% ss'1 ,"o a day, and boarded for SOC a day,
5,2m ing them SIPS net. They have
10000 trouble this year in getting all
1890 hands they want but for a while
-, 1900 ooO the beginning Of their operations,
40. 100 had to go out in the highways and
IN ways and pick up whom they could
' CLAW, Robinson & Co.'S Report.
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