Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-12-26


of them. For this reason, it is often
advisable to Gull the flock systemat.
ically several times, say at intervals
of two or three weeks during August
and September.
Importance of the Herd Bull
What about the herd bull? He
looms large on the horizon of the
future of our animal industry. We
are now beginning to think more
about the character of cattle and
dairying than we have ever done in
! the past, and, if this be true, it is
| time greater consideration and at
| tention be given tC the herd bull.
Why is he so important? He repre-
sents not half the herd as has so
frequently been stated, but one-half
of each individual in the herd at a
given time. If he is not an animal
| possessed, therefore, of the finest
breeding and the gretest prepotency,
| he will not prove d desirable invest
ment for the man who is thinking
about turning his attention to live
stock. 1t is just rs necessary that
we think along this line construc-
| lively as any other line OF farm
practice to which We are directing
| our attention. 1t is absurd to think
that we can make progress in build
ing up our live stock through the
use of lmrotent, or scrub sires. This
class of animals is certain to Illus
truth that like tends to produce
like" Some worthwhile sugges-
tions nave been offered along the
line OF choosing the herd bull by
Prof. George p. Sage. Consider the
suggestions he has to offer. They
are worthy of your most careful con-
sideration at this time.
1t is generally conceded over the
south today that there is nothing
more important for the farmers than
to learn to grow live stock prcf:tabiy.
The presence of the boil weevil in
from the old order of farming, and
the use of live stock should, undoubt-
eddy, have an important part i'll the
fight against the boil weevli.
The scrub bull is just as great a
Smenace to live stock farmine as the
boil weevil is to cotton farming.
What would you think of a farmer
who planted cotton on the saEic land
year after year, never growing any
leguminous crops, and who never re-
paired his terraces, but pZ,mitted
gullies to run throughout his farm:
Would he not be going from bad TO
worse, year after year? but is that
any worse than the man who con-
tinually uses scrub bulls? His herd
is gradually depreciating IN value.
SCRUB BULLS MEAN SCRUB
CALVES, SCRUB CALVES MEAN
SCRUB COWS, AND SCRUB COWS
MEAN A FAILURE.
Perhaps the best way to build up
herd of few good cows is to get
the best scrub or grade cows you can
BUY and a burebred bull. BY saving
the calves from the highest frnduc.
ing cows and feeding pientjCul.v you
can soon have some high producing
cows. OF course, it will require a
few years to do this. 1t u1ually re-
quires a great many years sor man
to make a success in any line of
work.
If you have only few cows, you
can likely get the services Of d pure
bred bull from a neighb) You
can buy a purebred bull calf and
grow him out, by feeding him abun-
dainty. Feed put into the growing
calf will more than pay for Itself in
the additional size and Wig 4 of the
matured calf. If you possess or cen
buy purebred bull, you can realize
quite a neat sum by breeding hir,
to your neighbors' cows. A service
fee of S. is reasonable, and is the
usual fee. If all the breeding is done
in one season, the bull should rot
be allowed to serve more than s.
or 60 cows, but if the breeding is dis
tributed evenly throughout the year.
he may be bred three times per
week.
Garden Soil That Needs Rejuvenating
A. E. w, Woodville, Ga,
writes: I wish to know what is
the matter with the soil in my
garden. The vegetables come up
and die in the early spring. Any
help you can give me will be APP
preciated.
1t would be very difficult matter
to tell what is the matter with your
garden soils in view of the meager in
formation we have relative to the
same The chances arc that this
land has been used for gardening
purposes for a good long time, that
no rotation of crops has been prac-
ticed, that considerable amounts Of
yard manure have been applied
thereto, and no effort made to COM
bat disease. The fact that crops come
up and die away would indicate the
presence of the fungus which pro-
duces wilt in many garden crops.
This is generally transmitted to- the