The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1920-07-15

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Losses to livestock, especially hogs,
are usually heavy, sometimes enor-
nous in hot weather. All or at least
a part Of this loss can be eliminated,
SAYS c. E. Brehm, marketing spec
ialist, Division of Extension.
Mr.. Brehm suggests that hogs
should be hauled or driven to the
shipping station in ample time to al
low them to become rested and cool
before loading in cars. In ordering a
car for loading hogs, insist upon
clean one bedded with sand clay or
earth. The bed should be wet thor
oughly as well as all parts of the in
terror of the car before the hogs are
loaded. The hogs should be given
only small feed of grain before ship
ping, as a heavy feed means more
body heat Loading should be done
not more than one hour before the
train is to depart and the hogs should
be driven on the car slowly and care
fully. Avoid excitement and do not
beat and bruise the animals. Load
not to exceed $4,000 pounds Of fat
hogs and 10000 pounds of stock hogs
in a standard 36-foot car during
warm weather. AT available points
water should be applied to the bed
ding in the car Immediately after the
train stops. Use ice on the floor of
the car whenever possible, three
blocks to the car. one at each end and
one in the middle. Never throw water
directly upon the hoes after they be-
come heated, Run it on the floor
of the car under the hogs instead.
ReDort inattention or neglect prompt
" to the sunerintendert Of the d.
vision on which the shipment origi-
mates.
Dairymen Form Cow Testing AssOcia-
ton.
Dairymen of Williamson county
recently organized a cooperative COW
testing association, which gives prom
Use of being Of great benefit to the
dairy farmers Of the county. G. "a.
Hutton, dairy snecialist Of the Divis-
ion Of Extension and w. T. Magruder,
State dairy commissioner, addressed
the dairymen and aided County Agent
j. Ben Thompson in perfecting an
organization. The meeting was a
very enthusiastic one, and about so
dairymen pledged their cows, making
large number to be tested for their
productiveness. The enlistment of
the interest of these breeders, among
whom are some of the leading farm
ers, in the movement to better the
dairy interests of Williamson county.
will mean much toward further de-
velopment of the industry in the
county and the State.
In forming an organization of this
kind Williamson county is following
the example of other progressive
counties in this State and in other
States, Tennessee now has Is cooper
ative COW testing associations, leading
all Southern States. These associa-
tons include over 1900 cows. Re-
markable results have been obtained
by the operation Of these associations
which are, according to specialists,
doing more than any other one thing
to bring Tennessee to the front as
one of the leading dairy States Of
the Union. Other counties having
dairy interests would do we'll to fol-
low the example of Williamson and
the other Is counties that are now
organized and which are getting re-
suits beyond expectation.
Tennessee Producing More and Better
Sheep.
During the past few wears there
has been gradual, but consistent
increase in the number of sheep
raised in Tennessee. The year ending
December 80, 1919, showed an in
crease of five per cent above the pre-
ceding year.
This increase should continue, since
it will add materially to the income
of the farmers raising them, A state
with the amount of pasture Tennessee
could verve profitably be
raising one million and half sheen
or more, instead of only one-half a
million, or to be exact $4,000 sheen,
which is what the 1920 census esti-
mates are on the farms Of the State.
"A few sheep can usually be con-
veniently and economically run on
most any farm but there are thous-
ands of acres Of pasture in Tennessee
in certain sections, notably, knob and
lands, that are more
suitable for raising sheep than any
other form of livestock.
Ready stabilized markets are avail
able for the wool and lambs to which
these products can be delivered with
in short neriod of time and at a
limited shrink. The price, too, for
these products the past few years has
been such as to show nice profit.
Coincident with this gradual in
crease in sheen production during the
past few wears there has been a
marked Improvement in the quality
Of the lambs. This has been due to
the use Of better bucks, which are
being brought into many counties
aver the State. The use Of better
bucks has been found bv sheen men
to paw in that better price are OBJ
tanned for the better quality Of lambs
and wool produced.
There has been considerable in
terest on the part of many farmers in
running few sheep on their farms,
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