Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-08-18

up of equal parts of cotton seed meal
end wheat bran. We would feed this
ration at the rate of pound and half
PER 100 pounds of live weight. In other
words, we would feed eight to ten
pounds per day in two equal feeds
night and morning. In addition, the
COW should be supplied with an album
dance of good clean, bright hay. A part
of this may consist of Johnson grass
hay and the balance should be made up
of peavines or some other legumes. 1t
is important that you provide as much
green feed as possible. In the summer
time grass will answer every purpose;
in the winter cereal pasture will be
found very valuable. This is easily pro-
vided by sowing small patches of wheat,
oats or rye early in the fall. Give your
COW an abundance of water and let her
have plenty of space in which to exer-
else. Milk her clean and regularly and
give her kind and considerate treat
ment at all times, and we think you
will find she will improve in her milk
flow. A heifer with her first calf will
probably do better during the second
lactation period, but one cannot be GER
tain about a matter of this kind. We
would advise that you dry this COW up
a month before she calves and then
give her especial ygood care and treat
ment when she freshens again.
You cannot increase the per cent of
butter fat in milk by feeding. That is
a fixed or inherited quality. In other
words, while you can increase the flow
of milk, the per cent of butter fat re-
mains practically the same.
SUGGESTIONS RELATIVE TO COVER
CROPS.
w. W. Y, Chauncey. Ca, writes: l
want information In regard to cover
hAgA
that will reseed itself and that is not det-
rimental TO cultivated crops.
A great variety of cover crops may
be used in Georgia, but most of them
will not continue to reproduce them
selves from year to year unless reseed-
ed OF course, in the winter all of the
cereals may be used to some advantage
and the hairy Vetch can be combined
with them successfully. Crimson clover.
can also be used for this purpose. Ber<
muda sods may be improved by sowing
Japan clover thereon in the spring and
bur clover in July or August, thus pro-
viding some grazing practically all the
year around. OF course, practically all
of these crops would reseed themselves
if allowed to mature, but if you desire
to pasture them or to cut and gather
for grain, they would of necessity have
to be reseeded.
There are a great variety of legumes
which can be used for summer cover
crops in Georgia, such as the cowpea,
soy bean, velvet bean, and on rough,
broken land, possibly the kudzu. The
nearest thing to cover crop which we
can recommend for your consideration
which is likely to reseed itself is bur
clover. On some farms il is used for
a winter cover and for soil enrichment
by reason of the method of manage
ment which has been established on
these farms. For instance, a furrow is
plowed out and corn planted therein
or a bed is made by listing and corn
planted thereon. A balk is left in the
middle between the rows. The bur clo-
yer Is allowed to mature seed in this
balk Then, after the corn and cotton
are we'll started on their way the balk
is plowed down and turned over, there
by incorporating and scattering the
clover seed all through the soil. When
rains come it springs up and re-estab-
fishes itself and covers the land during
the fall and winter when it can be
grazed to some advantage. This is one
of the best methods of using a cover
crop for soil enrichment and permitting
of a crop rotation at the same time
with which the writer is acquainted.
MANAGING A CASE OF SEED
TOE
A. r. Douglasville. Ga, writes | have
a mule % years old and has in her left
hind foot what the blacksmith calls "seed
toe" The mule gets lame at times. Is
there any cure for the disease? IL so, what
should I do?
If your mule is afflicted as you state
she is probably suffering from what is
known as seed toe" This trouble arises
from the formation of burrows between
the sole and the wall of the foot. 1t
is generally due to the fact that the
shoe has an uneven bearing. Violent
blows or the too tight hammering of
clips may cause this trouble. In this
disease a cavity usually forms. This
CO witty should be cleared out until the
tough healthy horn is reached. Then
ii should be filled with warm tar and
shoe placed so as to give It a uni
form bearing The dressing must be re-
peated at each shoeing until the cavity
is filled up This is the best treatment
which can be suggested for the trouble