The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-03-02
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AGRICULTURAL NEWS. :
L. CANTRELL, County Agent. =

. run short of feed stuff along the lat
? ter part of May or early in June, W
f should begin now to prepare for sue
an emergency by planting reasona
BILE area to Early Golden Dent corr
If planted right away, it should b
: ready to feed on by the first week il
June, and will no doubt come in in
good time. Besides it will furnisl
, early corn for table use. Don't owe
look this important matter.
1t is feared that some of our citru
growers are too hasty in pruning ou
the frozen brush from their citru!
trees. We should not be too hasty
about this matter but wait until W.
are thoroughly satisfied that the
branches are good and dead before we
undertake to do any pruning. You
have plenty time yet to do this work
and can do it more thoroughly. At
ter you have pruned, if you have not
already fertilized your grove, you
should give it a good fertilization,
and then thorough tillage before
you let it go.
Now is the best time of ell to sow
spring or Burt oats for early feed and
spring pasturage. The grazing will
be of untold benefit to the pigs and
young calves, to say nothing of the
oats for the horse after awhile when
feed stuff gets scarce.
"Thc men who read are the men
who lead"
How about those lousy hogs of
yours, and are you doing anything
for them? Why not spend just few
dollars in a good concrete hog wallow
and save yourself twice the amount
in feeds? ? They don't cost much, and
their value can not be estimated
when you take into consideration the
growth you will get in young pigs
kept free from lice. they are a con-
slant terror to the hog and keep him
sucked dry of his life blood. If
there is any one who is contemplating
building such wallow and would like
to have my assistance or advice on
the construction of same, kindly drop
me a card to that effect and | will be
glad to call on you and help you to
build it.
If your hogs have intestinal or
stomach worms, give them the fol-
lowing compound: One (D bushel of |
charcoal; one 1) bushel of hard |
wood ashes; eight (S) pounds of COM
mon salt; eight (S) pounds of air
slake lime; four (4) pounds of ordi-
nary sulphur; and two (2) pounds of
(pulverized) copperas. Mix this up
thoroughly and keep in a dry place
free from rain, then take about one
peck at a time and place in q dry
trough, one that you do not slop the
hogs in, and place it under shelter
where the hogs can get to it when
they want to and you will find that
you will not be bothered with worms
n your hogs. This remedy beats all
If your commercial compounds that
you pay at the rates of from $50. to
$1,000 per ton for
Treatment for Kidney Worms.
One Q) teaspoonful of turpentine to
he 100 lbs live weight in the swill,
or three mornings in succession, then
kip seven to ten days and repeat
he dose.
7. NJ. Waldron one of our most !
farmers of East Palatka,
las just installed a concrete hog
vallow in his hog pasture for con-
rolling the lice and other vermin on
is hogs. Such move on the part
f our farmers is what we like to
ee, for it shows that they are getting
n earnest, and are getting down to
he economic as we'll as to the scien-
lfic side of farming. We hope to
ee quite a few of them put in within ,
he next few months.
| hope to see more of the legumes
lanted this year than heretofore,
wing to the fact that they are the
est soil builders we have. We
hould plant every foot of our corn ,
md either in velvet beans or COW :
cas- or some of both. The market d,
calling for the California black eye
ca every day and they are very east
: grown, hence we should supply .
lem. Williamson & Dennis, ware
ouserlen, of Gainesville are continu-
ly quoting this pea and offering
lncy price for all that we can fur
sh them, and since they are so east
and cheaply grown, it seems that
e should plant considerable amount
them.
| find in my rounds over the coun-
that quite number of the farmers n
e contemplating going into the hog y
lsiness this year, and for their ben
it, want to say that if you want
start right, don't buy too many
'ood sows to begin with. Do not
ly your brood stock until you have
anted plenty of feed crops and fixed =.
good permanent pasture for them. )
is very easy to get into the hog II
lsiness, but rather difficult plob- H
m to furnish plenty of feed and II
ed stuff for them. Better grow H
to this line of industry and not buy H
to it. H