The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1920-07-29

August is the month TO prepare the
fall and winter pasture. Livestock
can not be grown to the best advan-
tage in Tennessee without pasture.
Farmers are coming to realize this
more and more. For long-lived pas
lures, specialists of the Division Of
Extension recommend orchard grass,
clover and alfalfa. For a winter pas
ture, SOW crimson clover and red
clovers mixed, alone or with rye. Seed
should be sown on early worked lined
land after a good rain. The land
should be narrowed for early Septem-
Der sowing of small grain and clover
pasture. Sowing in the corn middles
is uncertain, specialists say, and
should be practiced under the very
best conditions only. This method
should never be depended ON en-
tirely.
This is the month to begin to cal
culate carefully the NUMBER Of live
stock that can be cared for properly
on the farm during the winter. Fat
tenlng hogs should be Turned on early
corn and beans and allowed to gather
the crops. Keep tankage befohe the
hogs in a self-feeder A pursbred
ram should be turned with the flock
by the middle Of the month.
Needed building ard repairing
should be done this month. Get corn
harvester and silage cutter in shape
for work and overhaul the tractor, al
ways following manufacturers direct
ions. Build a good chicken house:
paint the home and barn and build
walks.
The garden should receive some at
tention this month. Manure and pillow
all available space Plant turnip,
beet, carrot and endive for winter
use. Make successive paintings of
snap beans, spinach, lettuce and peas.
Transplant celery. Spray winter va
rieties Of apples with bordeaux mix
ture.
The trend Of markets should be
watched closely that the very best
prices for the hogs and cattle may be
received The market usually be-
gins to decline the latter part Of
September Hens more than one year
old should be sold, with few except
ions.
In the way Of household matters,
the summer diet should include plenty
of eggs and milk and a variety of
fresh vegetables. If spring work is
well done, the housekeeper may con-
fine her energies to doing only the
days duties, not forgetting to con
serve all garden and orchard supplies.
Plan to attend the farmers institute
in your section and arrange to help
make the community and county fairs
a success.
SilO Most Economical Building Found
on Farm.
The silo is the most economical
building on the farm, say specialists
in farm management and rural en-
cheering. 1t is the bese and cheapest
form of providing succulent winter
feed and will protect other feed nu-
trients at lower cost per ton than
the hay NOW in the barn. 1t. will
protect like feeding value in the
form Of hay and other roughage from
the weather. It increases the pro-
ducing capacity of the farm at least
10 per cent and will often increase
the stock carrying capacity Is per
cent. The silo saves a third Of the
value of corn that is otherwise largely
wasted. The crop is placed in the
silo at small cost. It requires less
labor to feed silage and there is less
waste Of fodder by the livestock.
What more convincing arguments
arc needed?
The housewife is now canning
fruits and vegetables for next win
ter's fod supply. Why shouldn't the
farmer make similar provision for
his cows by building a silo and filling
it? In the spring, when the pastures
are abundant cows do their best at
the least cost, because thew are able
to get large quantities of succulen+
feeds The silo is the best and about
the only means of approximatine-
these summer conditionso at other
seasons Of The year. saws H. B. Bliss,
rural engineering specialist, Division
of Extension.
Dairy Association Stimulates Club
Work.
The Montgomery County Dairy
mems Association made its first ship
ment Of milk Saturday, June 10. and |
since that time milk has been shipped
every Wednesday and Saturday.
Farmers have become more interested
in dairying and several are recruiting
for herds with purebred animals.
Naturally, the farm boys and girls
are becoming interested in dairying
also, and there is much talk Of or
junior dairy clubs. County !
Agent Harmon believes
such clubs will be successful and
practical, and the bankers of Mont
gomery county have agreed to loan
money to the members of the club
without interest to enable them to
buy purebred dairy cows.
The Junior dairy club complete in
eludes three years of work divided as
follows:
First, raising heifer calf from
weaving to breeding time. Second.
caring for the bred heifer. Third.
caring for the cow during first lacta-
ton period The club may begin
with either year, e. q. with the calf,
bred heifer or the milk COW.
Seeing the immediate possibilities
for dairying, the club boys of Mont
gomery county have about decided
to purchase bred heifers. While they