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

landowner is inclined to lose sight of
the increase in value of his land for
agricultural purposes. In some instances
he may not be making more than what
he terms "a living" yet his equipment
and land may be increasing in value at
the rate of from $1,000 to $1,000 a year,
depending much on the size of the plan
tation which he is operating. The aver
age farmer will find that if he keeps an
inventory his interest in his property
and its welfare naturally increases. 1t
keeps him in touch with every phase
of the development of his farm opera
lions and enables him to determine
which lines of effort are proving the
most profitable and which should be dis
pensed with. The business man because
of the keen competition he meets is
forced to keep an inventory The farm
er, if he would make substantial prog
ress and familiarize himself with his
property, will find it just as essential to
do the same.
CHEAP ROUGHAGE FOR DAIRY
COWS.
j. O. S. Buena Vista, Ca, writes:
have been keeping milk cows for years and
feeding them on cotton seed meal and
ton, which is entirely too high for feed
ing to milk cows, and wish TO know
what will take their place. II we can not
away with milk cows in town.
1t will be difficult to make milk and
butter probably at present prices
where one pays $40 a ton for rough
ness One attempting to keep cows
should provide themselves with a suf-
ficient amount of land on which to
raise a variety of crops suitable for
grazing. for use as soiling crops and
for filling a silo. What you need above
everything is a cheap substitute for
grass and silage. If situated as you
are we would try to secure some pas
lures on which to range these cows dur
ing the summer. Then cut and use any
green feed you can obtain, such as oats
after they have headed out or rye or
wheat You should plant a succession
of soiling crops so you will have some
green roughness available to supplement
the pastures.
You can build a cheap silo which will
last for several years at a cost of $50
TO $40 that will hold seventy-five tons
of feed. OF course there is nothing
cheaper you can buy to feed your cows
than cotton seed meal 1t contains an
abundance of protein and even at pre-
vailing prices is the cheapest concen-
trate on the market. If fed with silage
and the other crops suggested, 1t can
be depended on to produce cheap milk
and butter of fine quality. Economical
conditions have changed materially as
you know in the last few years and the
average COW owner has not changed with
them. The time has arrived when new
methods of feeding must be followed
in the maintenance of cows In order
to produce milk and butter economically.
ORGANIZING CORN AND HOG ASSO.
CITATIONS.
correspondent, oakfield, Ca, writes:
We trying to organize a hog-raising
and orn-growing association. We are 60
ing TO charge one dollar to Join and want
TO get one hundred members. and then
that money for prizes. We want to learn
how to protect our hogs from cholera Any
suggestions and advice you can offer us
will be appreciated.
Permit me to commend you for the
effort you are making to increase the
interest in the production of hogs and
corn in your section through the or
ganization Of a farmers cooperative
club l think the idea of taxing each
member 81 and thereby creating fund
to be offered as prizes at the fair as
sociation to be held next December is
an excellent one. L hope you will sue
coed in securing the 400 members you
have in mind and that you will organize
contests, not only in hog production,
but in corn growing as we'll. L think
you could afford to follow the rules
laid down for the boys corn and pig
clubs in the raising of corn and pigs re-
spectively.
Naturally you should undertake 90
protect your hogs against destruction
| by cholera. Preventive serum, if used
at the right time and according to the
instructions which will be furnished you,
will minimize losses from cholera OF
course, a good quality of serum must
first be obtained and then it must be in
| jected in advance Of an outbreak of the
disease and used with skill and intelli-
gence to insure the best results.
| The first evidence of an outbreak IF
cholera is usually accompanied with loss
| of appetite. There is often fever, the
| temperature rising from 1913 degrees
/ Fahrenheit or Whereabouts, to 107 de-
grees. AS a rule there are pimples or
red spots. especially on the inside Of
the thighs and along the belly. Red
eyes, from which there is a gummy exu-
date, are often observed. The limbs
and ears may be covered with large
open sores. The coat is often rough,
the hair standing erect and losing it's
natural gloss. Naturally there is evil
dence of weakness as exhibited by slug
gishness and the dropping of the head.
Flesh is lost rapidly and the breathing
/ is laborious. Sometimes there is constl-
patton. This is generally found in the
earlier stages. Later diarrhoea is evil
denced The sick pig generally tries to
| isolate itself from the herd
! You should study these symptoms
carefully and with them in mind should
| be able to recognize an outbreaking of
cholera promptly and so prevent others
as suggested.
BREEDING AND PRODUCTION
AT VARIANCE.
d. n. W., Wrightsville. Ark writes: I
have young COW two years old. She is a
granddaughter OF the COW that once held the
butter record of the United States She
brought n calf at the age of p months ami
gave a gallon and half of milk per day
She is now giving eight pounds / am feed
ing her wheat bran, shorts, cotton seed meal
and dairy feed, and johnson grass hay, ana
all the we'll water she will drink DO you
think the flow of milk will increase with
the second calf? VIII the per cent OF but
ter fat increase with an increase of milk?
l think she should give more milk ami
would be glad for you to suggest a ration
to that end.
ant of such a famous animal does not
necessarily mean that she will be a
remarkable producer of milk and butter.
OF course, the old saying that blood
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