Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-12-20
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eood MANY COWS. But he did not know
much about them, how much milk they
would give or when they would calve
we paid STE for the COW and she gives
a gallon of milk per day, and is not
with calf feed her a bucketful OF
cotton seed hulls, quart OF cotton SEED
meal and bucket full of wheat oran
mixed with water every morning and the
same at night with the addition OF
half gallon of cotton seed. Should l
give her salt, and will cotton seed meal
keep her from getting with calfE
T, &C. c,,,+s difficult at times to be able
to pick out a good milk COW, though one
who has a good knowledge OF this class
OF animals can often succeed much bet
ter than the novice, as there are certain
points which should be carefully consid-
cred Among these may be mentioned
depth and length of barrel, and develop
ment of the udder and milk veins. A
feshy udder is Objectionable. one snoulo
also look for an animal that has evil
dence Of a robust constitution since the
milk giving function is one that Is rather
exhaustive to the animal. On the otner
hand there are many cows that look ike
good mixers which sadly belle their
appearance, and probably you have Sc
cured one of this character. OF course,
In buying a COW one should only 90 SO
under a guarantee and with the privilege
of milking her for several days oetore
payment is made. In this way you nave
q chance to size up her productiveness.
Certainly SIS is a high price to give TOT
a COW which gives only gallon OF
milk a day, and as she does not seem
to be with calf 1t is probable that she
has been milking long time, though
there are plenty of cows that VIII not
give much over a gallon day, even
when they are fresh, and there are some
which give large flow Immediately after
calving and then fall off rapidly in the
course of two or three months.
The best way to feed your COW with
certainty of getting good results from
/ her Is to buy a spring balance. This
will not cost much. Then secure bucket
and weigh 1t, setting the hands on the
scales so they will stand exactly at
zero when the bucket is hanging there
on. Feed the meal and hulls to your
COW in the proportion of one pound OF
meal to four pounds Of hulls. Not over
four to five punds of meal should be
fed per day, especially where you feed
some BRAN While a cow may be main
tanned on meal and hulls, 1t is OF course,
some advantage to feed little wheat
bran with the meal. II you feed four
pounds of cotton seed meal you may
very properly feed four pounds or wheat
bran. Your COW will give better results
II in addition to the hulls she can have
a rye patch to Craze on during the win
ter. but of course II is too late to Sc
cure this advantage during the present
winter but you can plan for II another
season. A COW will seldom eat over 20
to Is pounds Of hulls day. and the
meals and bulls in the proportion men
, toned should be mixed and divided into
two equal parts, feeding half IN the
morning and half at night Get some
rock salt and put in the cows manger.
She will not take too much of 1t II you
keen II before her all the time. Be sure
to keep che manger sweet and clean. All
waste feed should be thrown out and
the manger washed out with sal-soda
If it becomes sour or gummed up with
feed. Cotton seed meal will not in any
way injure the reproductive functions of
your COW unless fed in excessive
amounts This we know to be fact
/, from years Of experience in Neding II
! FERTILIZING LIGHT FRUITING COT
TON.
G. c. S.. Monroe, Ca, writes: have
/ a field that was original forest, oak and
hickory that has been in cultivation
three years. 1 used 2-1O-2 guano on II
end planted it in cotton. l get large
weed but no fruit to speak of. What is
Lne best fertilizer for 1t! Fart Oh IL mace
80 bushels of corn to the acre this year.
On old red land what is the best guano
for cotton?
From your description it would appear
that the plant food supply Of your soil
is not we'll balanced. You realize, of
course. that nitrogen. phosphoric acid and
potash are all equally essential to Sc
curing a good crop. From what you say
concerning your corn we judge that this
land contains fair supply of vegetable
matter, and as you secure plenty of weed
in your cotton. apparently 1t is not the
nitrogen which is the element most need
ed This brings it down to a question of
an available supply of phosphorfc acid
and potash. We would suggest that you
use a fertilizer containing, say 3 per
cent of nitrogen, IL per cent of phos-
phoric acid. and 5 per cent of potash,
making an application of from 500 to 1000
pounds. We would like to see you try
nm two or three areas of voIlr land an an