Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-09-04

degrees as possible.
The best containers are stone jars
holding about fifteen dozen each. 10
ten quarts of clean. boiled water
which has been cooled add one
quart Of water glass and stir until
thoroughly mixed. Then place the
eggs in this receptacle. See that
the topmost eggs are submerged 10
a depth Of about one inch ana keep
the receptacle filled to this extent
| in case evaporation should take
place.
Keeping the Family Cow IN ""od
Condition
O.O.P,. Maysville, Ca, writes:
We have cow that stays poor
her coat is rough and shaggy,
although we feed her good. we
give her one-half bushel Of cot
seed hulls, one-half gallon of
cotton seed and corn meal,
mixed, twice a day, and all the
! shucks, fodder and wheat straw
! she will eat. She will freshen in
three or four months, and seems
to want to go dry. Is there any
| way L can keep her from doing:
50?
| It is not unusual for the digestion
of a COW to get out OF order at this
season Of the year; particularly II
she has not been fed on we'll
balanced, easily digested and assini-
lated ration. Dry feed tends to make
the coat rough and so you should
endeavor to provide your cow with
either some green feed or the best
substitute for it which is obtain
able in your community. You may
say that there is nothing of this
! ration which you can use at this
season of the year. On the other
hand, if you take the roughage in
question, mix it together and run
through a cutting box, you will i'm
prove it's feeding value quite ma
terially. Take this chopped up fod-
der and mix it together and moisten
we'll with water containing a little
salt. This will increase it's palata-
bility very materially and will pro-
vide your cow with a much more
satisfactory roughage ration than
she is now receiving. Food prepared
in the manner indicated Stimulates
the chara cteristics of grass. You
will find that it will stimulate her
|
help to sustain the flow of milk. Il
the dejecta of this animal is dry and
hard, I would give her q good dose
of salts, and then feed her on bran
mashes and other easily digested con
centrates for q few days.
1 hardly think a tonic or condi-
ton powder is necessary. There is
comparatively little food value in
IL ~
seed themselves. on account of their
high content of oil, do not constitute
the best type of feed for a COW. I
would much prefer to mix corn meal
and cotton seed meal together in
equal parts. BY doing so, you will
improve the character and palata-
bility of the grain part of the ra-
ton, and will be supplying the neces-
sary nourishment for the cow. The
amount of grain to feed will depend
on the weight and size of the cow
and the state of the lactation period.
Concentrates should be fed at the
rate of about pound to pound
and a half per one hundred pounds
of live weight if you do not find
an improvement. in the flow of milk.
Some cows will not give milk for
a long period of time. This is an
inherited characteristic, and when
well established cannot be overcome
by liberal feeding.
Which Form of Roughage Is Best
r. l.. D.. Commerce, Ga,
writes: Which is cheaper for
feeding work stock - timothy
hay at $4,000 a ton or alfalfa
hay at $4,000 a ton?> -
Timothy hay is not an especially
rich feed from the standpoint of
the nutrients it contains. Alfalfa
is much richer in this respect es-
pecially in the element called pro-
tein. This element is concerned in
the proper nutrition of work stock
as it helps to develop and maintain
the muscles or lean meat and the
nervous system. On the average
farm there is generally a deficiency
in the protein element. So, as a
rule, the purchased feed should con-
tain a good deal of this material.
On the other hand, alfalfa hap by
itself is not a satisfactory roughage
for work stock. This is due to the
fact that it contains too much pro-
tein. Alfalfa hay should, therefore,
be fed in combination with other
forms of roughage rather low in
protein. If you have pulled fodder.
shredded fodder or sorghum fodder,
you could combine them with al
falta TO excellent advantage and
thus improve the roughage part of
the ration fed your work stock ma
terially. On the other hand if you
have none of these materials, it
would be better to buy timothy hay
and alfalfa in equal quantities and
mix the two together before feed
ing.
R. n. Fort Valley, Ca,
writes: Please give me a list of
books on general agriculture
that would be of special service
to those taking up for the first
time scientific agriculture.
The following list of books should
prove helpful for the purpose you
have in mind:
THE Essentials of Agriculture"
by Waters.
1.-THE Pruning Book" by Bailey.
Feeds and Feeding" by Henry
and Morrison, Abridged edition.
The Fundamentals of Farming
and Farm Life" by Kyle and Ellis.
"The Nursery Book" by Bailey.
The Soil" by King.
agricultural Economics" by Tay-
lor.
Farm Poultry" by Watson.
Elements of Agriculture" by
War
/ "FertiIizers" by Voorhees,.
/ Forage and Fiber Crops in Amer
! lea" by Hunt.
] plant Physiology" by Duggar
"How Farmers Cooperate and
Double Profits by Clarence Poe.
/ Most of these books have been
prepared in revised edition quite
recently. and they constitute very
good elementary texts on the sub
| iect they undertake to discuss. They
have been prepared by recognized
authors. They deal with many Of
! the problems which young men TAX