Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-10-24

in a community might find some per-
son with cows to sell who would be will
ing to let him purchase on condition that
he pay a small amount on the purchase
price and then pay so much weekly. He
might accumulate the money for the
weekly payments through the sale of
milk since there is good demand for
milk at remuneratiye prices In every
part of the state. One can often Sc
cure well bred Jersey cows, that is, an
imals which contain high PERCENTAGE
of Jersey blood, at a relatively low
cost. We have picked up number of
animals for the college herd when it was
in its formative condition at prices rang
ing from $50 to $35. Some of these cows
gave as much as 5000 pounds of milk in
a year. Since gallon of milk contains
S.5 pounds, you will see they were pro-
ductive and profitable animals, and
would often produce more milk and but
ter than would be needed by one family
unless II was an unusually large one.
Where only one COW is kept for family
purposes, the milk should be churned
every day. If it is kept long enough and
allowed to turn slightly acid, more
complete separation of the butter fat
will be secured. OF course, it should be
churned before it clabbers for then the
separation of the fat from the casein
becomes a difficult matter. More COM
plete separation of the milk and butter
is obtained when the temperature is kept
relatively low at churning time. Any of
the small dash or hand churns will be
found satisfactory. good COW yield
ing two gallons of milk day will bring
in revenue in almost any section of
the state equivalent to so cents. 1t should
not be a dnIIcult matter to feed her for
from 20 to Is cents. If one has a pas
ture half of which can be devoted to
Bermuda grass in the summer and the
balance used for seeding to rye and oats,
cheap green feed can be had the greater
part of the year. Then, cotton seed meal
should be used as the chief concentrate.
Not over to 5 pounds per day should
be fed to a COW Weighing 800 to 1000
pounds. Some wheat bran may be fed oc-
casionally to give variety and change to
the diet and a limited amount of corn
may also be used. For feed in the winter
season hulls will answer fairly well, or
mixed hay or good bright corn slower.
The animal should not be surfeited with
rough feed but should be given what she
win eat up clean.
USING CORN WHICH HAS BEEN
SPRAYED.
w. r. H, West Point, Ca, writes:
About July 1 1 planted an acre of corn
and used 1000 pounds of fertilizer. About
August 15 when the corn was ready to
tassel worms got in the bud and 1 used
| three-quarters of a pound of Paris green
diluted for the acre. I have been pull
ing and eating the roasting ears. Is it
| safe to cut the stalks and feed to stock?
| 1t is not rIKely that enough Paris green
would be left on the blades of the fod-
der to injure live stock eating the same.
| 1t is true there has been very little rain
| in some parts of the state, and on
that account the greater part
of the Paris green may still be adhering
to the stalks, but an animal would have
to consume a larger quantity than II is
capable of doing at one time in this way
| to be poisoned OF course, there is al
ways a possibility that the solution may
not have been thoroughly dissolved and
that particles of 1t may have been caught
| in the axis of the leaves in sufficient
quantity to do damage. There would in
our judgment be greater danger from
consuming the corn than from using the
fodder. Moreover, 1t would take con-
siderably larger quantities of poison to
injure large Eliminating animals like cat
tie than smaller animals or even human
beings. Personally we would not De
afraid to use the fodder as food for live
stock.