Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-05-26

! $3.50 to $500. \ monolithic silo of
course will last indefinitely if properly
constructed. If the farmer is in posi-
tion TO build a good type of silo it will
pay him to put a little more money into
the structure and do the job right. Those
who are still unconvinced of the merits
of the silo and have only limited means
at their command, should build the
cheaper types. BY all means have a silo
if you expect to keep either dairy or beef
cattle.
| MANAGING A HEIFER WITH HER
FIRST CALF
W. H. r.. Rochelle, Ga. writes: have
a heifer two years old that has a heller
calf five weeks old. | had her on rye pas
ture and fed her on corn meal and cotton
seed bulls and shucks before she calved.
she got along all right until the calf was
three weeks old, when she commenced TO
get off feed ard drop off in her milk. She
seems to be stiff and does not eat we'll
Will thank you TO tell me what 10 do for
her.
Symptoms such as you indicate may
arise from various causes. L would eX-
anime this COW very carefully and see
if there are ticks on her. If so, they
should be removed at once and she
should be creased so as to prevent their
getting on her again. She should be ex-
amined very carefully before milking
her.
Troubles of this kind may also arise
from indigestion brought on by a variety
of causes of which the use of improper
feeding is the most frequent. Cattle
ranging at large may also eat irritating
food. Sometimes the fodder is mouldy
or damaged or too much indigestible
food is used. Feeding an excessive
&c &c
seed meal may cause Indigestion. When
the weather is dry troubles of this
character are more likely to occur than
when there is a god season in the
ground and an abundance of succulent
food. The trouble may show many of
the characteristics mentioned in your
letter.
The treatment should be as follows:
Provide succulent and easily digested
foods and feed only in limited quanti-
ties for a few days. Give some purSa-
tive such as a pound of Glauber salts
dissolved in a quart of water. When
this purgative is active secure and use
for a few days a powder made up of 8
ounces of Gentian, ounces of bicar-
Donate of soda, 8 ounces of powdered
ginger and l ounce of powdered capSi-
cum. These materials should be thor
oughly mixed and divided into twelve
powders, one of which is to be given
three times before feeding in one-half
pint of water. Two heaping teaspoon
fuls of powdered charcoal can also be
mixed with the food three times daily
to advantage. Withhold the feeding of
cotton seed meal for a few days and use
bfan mashes altogether as a source of
concentrated food.
A REVIEW OF THE LIVE STOCK SIT
UATION.
A correspondent writes: I would like TO
have some suggestions from you in regard
to the influence Of our animal industries
in the welfare Of the nation; also the steps
which should be taken to conserve the same,
reduce the expense of production, eliminate
waste in feeding and prevent the unneces-
ssry loss of animals from disease.
Remarkable progress has been made
in developing animal industries in the
south in the past few years. This has
been brought about by the general CAM
paign of education carried on by the
State College of Agriculture and their eX-
tension divisions and the various bu-
reaus of the United States department
of agriculture. l recall quite distinctly
when the proposition to eradicate the
cattle tick was considered a joke and
yet there are forty-two counties free
of this pest I'm Georgia alone, and in a
comparatively short time the whole
state will have been cleaned up. The
prosecution of this campaign means a
saving and an addition to the average
wealth of the state of Georgia of fully
one million dollars a year.
The introduction of pure bred sires
is changing the character and quality
Of our beef cattle, not only in GeUT-
gia, bEt in the southeastern states as
well. Aabout 1000 pure BREEDS, mostly
nf oil nj a
Georgia last year. You can appreciate
what a levening influence they are eX-
erting on our live stock industries. Sew
eral years ago the college purchased
Scrub cows at $3.50 each and crossed
them with pure bred sires. The proge-
ny from the third cross have made steers
weighing 1,400 pounds at about thirty
months. We have been offered 10 cents
pound for some of these animals, or
S142.50 each. Comparing this with the
original price of the dam, the infinite
possibilities of live stock production in
the south are well illustrated, provided
we use the right type of sire and devel-
op pastures of bermuda grass, bur c!o-
yer, Italian rye grass and Japan clover
and utilize our forage and hay making
legumes such as corn and sorghum, and
alfalfa, cowpeas, velvet beans to proper
advantage. When our cotton lands arr
and other cereals to supplement our cot
ton seed meal, the state of Georgia viii
have two or three times its present car
rying capacity of live stock
In no section of the country is the silo
so important as in the south. 1t las
solved the problem of the maintenance
OF live stock during the winter and
promises To make dairying and beef pro-
duction both profitable. The silo is now
coming into it's own in the south. which
means that we can care for larger num-
bers of live stock more SUCCESSFULLY and
keep at home and feed our cotton seed
meal which has hitherto been largely ey.
ported or used directly in mixed fertil-
izers
You have no doubt observed that Geor-
gia is credited with an increase Of Is
per cent in hog production In 1915. This
is the largest of any state I'm the union
| and arises chiefly from the fact that the
College of Agriculture through it's ex.
| tension division. and the federal depart
ment of agriculture notably your own
| bureau, have promoted the maintenance
OF pig clubs and thereby encouraged an
interest In pork production. The use OF
grazing crops in making cheap pork Is
| Just now coming to be appreciated and
through the activities OF the county
agents. farmers have been instructed
how to use protective serum. Hence the
disease of hog cholera has been held