The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1920-11-04
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November is a busy time for Ten
nessee farmers and their wives This
month they are winding up the har-
vest and preparing for the winter
months. Possibly no other month
calls for more attention to household
matters than does November 1t is
hog killing time and specialists Of the
/ Division Of Extension state that the
farmer should arrange to save as
much meat as possible. Put down
sausage in hot lard; can the spare
ribs and such meat scraps as are not
FUSED in sausage. The winter supply
of clothing is not complete without a
raincoat and rubber overshoes. Pro
vide the home with a well-equipped
bath room, lighting, heating and
water system, good cooking range
and washing machine, In other words.
,bring the advantages Of the city to
the country by making your home
modern and adding city conveniences.
Subscribe for plenty Of good reading
matter Tor the winter and be sure
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Attend community meetings.
Flowing this month kills the fall
crop Of wild onions; replowing in
March will kill the spring crop, Cut
the furrow deep and narrow Terrace
to prevent washing. Finish blowing
the garden and sow early cabbage
and head lettuce in cold frames. Burn
all rubbish; store bean poles tomato
sticks, etc. Order spraying outfit
and materials. Protect your fruit
trees from rabbits and mice. Begin
feeding pullets a variety of feeds for
winter eggs, using milk and meat
scraps.
Odd Jobs and Feeding.
The barn should be repaired this
month, It should be arranged by
means Of gates in the runway to
separate heavier from the lighter cat
tie. Build a feeding floor for the
hogs Repair old fences and build
new ones, Use a plank drag on much
used farm roads.
Give feeder cattle 20 to % pounds
If silage and two pounds of cotton
seed meal with plenty of roughage;
stockers need onlv a pound of meal;
do not permit either to lose weight
Reduce the grain ration to work stock,
Keen the eve flock in good strong
condition If the pasture fails supple
ment with little hay and grain.
Turn the pigs in the crimson clover
and provide warm dry place for
them to sleep, Build hog houses.
Humphreys Farmers Purchase Eigh-
teen Purebred Bulls.
One Of the biggest drives on the
scrub sire in Tennessee this year has
just been completed in Humphreys
county. Eighteen purebred butts
have been purchased comparatively
b. the farmers Of the different eom-
munities of the county and more than
% scrub sires have been sent to the
market.
For some time the farmers of this
county had been dissatisfied with the
kind of cattle they had been produc-
ing and this feeling reached its eli
max in August when an organized
drive to weed out the scrub and re-
place him with purebreds was started
under the auspices of the County
Council Of Agriculture. County Agent
T. H. Richardson, j. B. Link, presi-
dent of the county council and chair
man of the livestock committee, and
L. A. Richardson, livestock specialists
If the Division Of Extension, conduct
ed 10 meetings in the different sec
tons Of the county and-aconsiderable
interest was shown by the farmers,
many stating that they had one or
two scrub males on their farms. but
would get rid Of them at once A
roundup meeting, attended by more
than 100 farmers was held at the
county seat August 81 and commit
tee to purchase Is bulls was APP
pointed.
At the county fair, which was held
at Waverly on October 5, the bulls
which had been purchased by the
committee were on exhibit and at the
close of the fair were. distributed to
the different sections Of the county.
The lot represented nine Shorthorn
bulls purchased from the herds Of L.
L. Little 4 Co., Fayetteville; E. G.
Clark, Nashville. and McNeal & Ag-
new, Rives; seven Aberdeen Angus,
purchased from the herds of H. R.
Duncan and A. C. Hitch, Maryville,
and DR.. J |. Higgins, cambridge; two
Hereford bulls from good herds in the
county. The county was largely di-
yided into two sections, the Angus
bulls going to one and the Shorthorns
to anther This was very gratifying
to the livestock committee of the
County Council Of Agriculture, since
it will mean that the farmers of these
two sections will each have one breed
Of cattle. Due to existing herds it
was impracticable to establish one
breed in the whole county. So this
was the next best step. After two
years it is planned to exchange these
bulls. one community exchanging its
bull for that Of another. By this
method the bulls may be used for a
period of eight to 10 years.
From 5000 to 1000 people attended
the county fair and these bulls were
one of the outstanding features Of
the livestock exhibits, as well as of
the whole fair. 1t was a great event
in the history Of the countYIt meant
the beginning Of a new day in the
| livestock industry Of the county. and
Ell showed much interest in the move
ment. The progressive spirit shown
by the leaders and the farmers Of