Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-07-21

enough for the coming year. The hot
can be facilitated carefully through the
use or rope with an iron ring in one
| end. This gives the men setting up
the shocks the necessary purchase to Sc
! cure the sufficient amount of pressure
The shocks should be tied three times,
slightly below the middle, halfway be-
| tween the middle and top and near the
| top. The corn may then be left in the
field until grain is planted in the fall
As rule we do our shredding in
November The corn when shredded is
run into large open loft. If in good
condition it will keep without any
trouble. If wet or damp large piles
| sh' uld not be made. Through the use
| OF blower attachment the fodder can
| bs distributed well over n large storage
| space.
Good, bright clean and well-cured
corn slower makes good roughage for
beef and dairy cattle and stock which
| is to be carried through the winter and
for horses and mules. 1t should not be
depended on asi the sole roughness but
| should be fed in association with suit
| able grain ration. If properly made it
| is equal to a fair grade of timothy hay
for feeding purposes. When baled it
| will often bring about IS to $11 per
/ ton.
| THERE is NO REMEDY FOR THIS
TROUBLE.
| d. 4. B., Brinson Ca writes: | have
COW that wastes her milk all through the
| day. She has a calf about six months
old is there anything l can do for her?
There is no way of curing the trouble
about which you write. While milk is
chiefly formed during the milking opera
| tion, there is more or less Of it in the
cistern above the teat at all times. The
| teat Of course is closed by means of
| the muscle which surrounds the lower
end OF it. This muscle sometimes be-
comes relaxed through injury or dis
| ease or through the insertion Of milk
| ing tubes or wooden plugs to relax the
muscle in the case of hard mixers When
| ii becomes thoroughly relaxed there is
no known method of making 1t con-
| tract again. Hence, when a leaking teat
| is developed and this matter becomes
chronic you can do nothing to cure this
trouble and the best thing is to dis
| pose of the cow.
BREEDS OF BEEF CATTLE FOR THE
| SOUTH.
L.. c., Senatobia, Miss, writes: Which
| is the best breed of beef cattle for the
south, the Hereford or the Angus? What
ought registered matured Angus cows
Il NelEn at maturity, ana what should grade
cows weigh? Would $40 pounds be con-
sidered good weight, for Angus calves at
| about seven months of age, and would 400
| pounds be considered a good weight for
| grade calves at the same age Would
| a gain of three pounds per day be con-
sidered a good gain for a feeding period
| of $50 days for grade Angus calves started
| when they were seven months old Shelled
corn, siage. peavine hay and cotton seed
meal? Would 1,400 pounds be considered
good weight for three and a half-year-old
Herefords, Shorthorns and Angus steers?
Either one of the breeds mentioned
will do very well in the south if prop
| erly handled. a man may make a sue
cess, in other words, with either breed
A great deal depends on the individual
quality of the animal selected. Much
more depends on the management and
feeding accorded the animals after they
have been purchased. The Hereford is
probably a little more active as a rust
| Ter and because of it's wide dissemination
/ in the south is better known than the
Angus and possibly on that account is
somewhat more in demand. There are
| herds of Angus in the south, however,
which have been established for a con-
| siderable number of years and they have
given a good account Of themselves.
| Registered Angus cows in good flesh
should weigh at maturity about 1900
to 1,400 pounds. Grades will probably
/
native cows should probably run from
900 to 1000 pounds. The second cross
/ If well selected and fed. 1000 to LOO
occasionally 1900 pounds. The weights
/ Of the calves mentioned would be consid-
cred very good according to the age in.
| dicated and in view of the character Of
| feed they have received. Four hundred
pounds for common grade calves the
/ same age on good Bermuda pasture
| prnn6 weight OF
/ course much depends on the degree OF
| Angus blood in the calves and the sup
Elemental food they have received in adj
/ dition to Bermuda grass. gain of
/ pounds per head per day for a feedir g
/ period of 100 days would be considered
an excellent gain with any bunch of cat.
/ tie and is certainly a good gain to make
with Angus calves started when they
were 61-2 to months old and fed on
shelled corn, silage, peavine hay and
| cotton seed meal Fourteen hundred
pounds would be considered very good
/ weight for a bunch of grass fed cattle
i at 31-2 years. OF course they could
be made to weigh this much In a short
/ err time. depending much on the feed
ing and management accorded them. The
| nature Of the gains made will also be
| influenced to some degree by the quality
/ OF cattle fed. When Hereford, Short
| horn or Angus steers are in fairly good
condition at the beginning of the feed
/ ing period, a gain Of 2 to 1-2 pounds
/ per day would he considered very good
| for a feeding period of 100 days where
abundant rations such as calves received
/ are fed Larger so-called gains pe-
dav may he made If the cattle are very
thin at the beginning Of the feeding
period as in that event there will he
what may properly be termed large
gain due to GILL up"