The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-12-21

fort expended. Eggs are a. highly
nutritious food and are so widely
used as to be almost Indispensable.
On every farm there should be at
least 80 to 40 laying hens. These
hens will produce plenty Of eggs
for home consumption and also
some for market. Each bird in
her pullet year should lay 120 eggs.
and the amount Of feed consumed
by that bird will be less than 90
pounds In poultry raising, it is
much more advisable to keep
pullets and yearlings than birds
over two years Such birds con-
sumo muc'7 feed but have not the
laying ability behind them.
For general farm conditions, the
| dual purpose breeds are the most
! popular. Plymouth Wyandotts,
and Rhode Island Reds are the
most popular and from records ap-
pears to give the most favorable
i 1esults. The egg type such as the
! peghorns are in favor among
Doultrymen because OF their great
| egg-producing ability
When starting in with the farm
flock one should be sure to obtain
! some purebred stock, especially
uurebred males. Purebred stock
! produces a greater number of eggs.
a more Uniform product, makes
possible the selling of eggs for
Matching, and creates greater
/ interest in poultry. Standard pro-
duct; command a better price on
| the market and net a greater fl
nancial return.
Develop the Hog Industry as Farm
I Conditions Justify.
The meat bill is one Of the big
gest items in the grocery bill Of
the average South Carolina family.
1t will take four hogs averaging
$50 pounds each to supply pork for
the average family of five Twenty
seven counties in South Carolina
are not producing sufficient pork
=, to feed the rural population.
All feeds for hogs. save possibly
a little tankage, should be home
grown. 1t takes approximately
ten bushels OF corn and sixty
/ pounds Of tankagc to produce a
15o-pound pig.
If the average family requires
four hogs. then it will take forty
bushels Of corn and 240 pounds
of tankage to produce these hogs.
If buttermilk, soy bean pasture.
rape pasture, or corn and velvet
bean pasture is available it will
not be necessary to buy tankage.
A splendid way to fatten hogs is to
turn them on corn and velvet
beans and let the hogs do the har-
resting.
Good pastures are absolutely
necessary for economical pork
/ production in South Carolina, and
it has been thoroughly demon
strated that good. pastures will save
about two-fifths Of the grain ra-
ton. One or two acres Of rape or
rye for winter pasture. and access
TO Bermuda pasture for summer,
will produce sufficient grazing for
a brood SOW and her litter.
Sows are usually bred so that
they will farrow in March and
September, allowing 3 months. 3
weeks and 3 days for the CESSATION
period 1t is important to usa only
purebred boars, as this is the most
economical way or improving the
herd.
Give Dairying Place in Divcrsi-
fled Farming.
: The surplus feed crops resulting
from diversified farming may be
sold through the dairy COWS if
! convenient market is available a
silo is recommended for herds Of
ten or more COWS. Corn and
sorghum are the best crops for
ensilage.
! Balanced rations for milk pro
duction Should be made from home
grown feeds: corn. ..elret beans.
oats. cottonseed meal peavine hay.
alfalfa hay. soybean hay. Stag"
Wheat bran is fine Tor the dairy
ration. and e wheat is not grown ii
might pay to buy a limited amount.
Good cows should be fed literally.
ard improbable COWS should be
sold o the butcher
Tho smallest unit recommended
! cor Commercial daryins is four
COWS. This number iustifics the
purchase Of a cream separator and
permits shipments often enough
to insure a good product. 1t is
better to sell cream to q creamery
than to make farm butter for sale
Breeders Of purebred dairy
cattle should continually improve
their herds by: (a) advanced reg
iSter testing: (b) showing at fairs:
c. growing out the young alimals:
cd tuberculosis eradication: tc)
control Of infectious diseases, -
advertising 10 sell surplus stock.
Try Hccr Cattle if Conditions
Justly.
Will" ti.a production Of beet
cattle is a rather spccia'izei indus
;ry and can not b" undertaken
,rosi;ably b.: ";ery farmer there
is no doubt that South Carolina
should produce a larger percentages
Of is beef on farms wherc con-
siderable areas Of cheap pasture
lands arc available. or on farna
where ,argc amounts &C rough feeds