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out of the South to buy foodstuff*
When we supply the nesds of our
farm* and the rltle* and towns for
beef, we shall have stopped one of
the large and constant drains on our
so-called money crops.
(6) The raising of beef cattle may
b« made to furnish employment to
labor during the winter in the care
and feeding which la increasing at
that season and In growing feed
crops which may he so arranged a«
not to interfere with other crops
Not only may Idle hands, but also
idle lands, 1>e kept employed If thr
farm maintains and feeds a herd ol
beef cattle. On every farm the pres
ent area and the help already em
ployed may be so managed as to feed
a number of beef cattle without In
any way neglecting other work or re
auriHK j'luuuvinMi Ml vui
crops.
The breeding and feeding of heel
cattle, on a large scale, has not al
ways been found profitable by those
who hare tried It In the £oufh. The
system followed and the knowledge
employed hare not generally been of
a high order, and results hare usual
ly been such as should hare been ex
pected. Ileef cattle may be made
profitable In the South, on the aver
age farm, only In small numbers and
aa supplementary to. rather than as
a substitute for. general farming
They may he made a means of ob
taining revenue from Idle or cheap
lands rather than a means of tak
ing the place of cotton and corn on
our richest and highest priced lands.
They may be made profitable aa con
sumers of products now wasted, and
as a stimulus to the growing nod
feeding of larger quantities of le
gume* and by supplying the means
of obtaining both the fertiliser and
feeding values of these crops.
Immunising Against Texas Fever.
Wo have had some 20 head
of Red Poll cattle. Have had no
ticks for years. About half of
three are Immune to the fever.
Cattle of neighbors have ticks.
It Is customary here for all live
stock to be turned out at large
during late fall, winter and early
spring. We never allow ours at
large, but last spring lost a val
uable cow with the fever. There
la Just a wire fence between our
entile and those at large during
the time specified above. What
would you advise us to do?
O. F F
Editorial Answer: Until this ab
surd practice of allowing live stock
to run at large during the winter Is
discontinued, the eradication of the
cattle tick Is Impossible; but apart
from this the practice Is undesirable.
The Injury done to the land by
trampling and the destruction of the’
; fall and winter growing crops more !
than counterbalances any good that
may follow from the feed gathered.!
Under the conditions described It Is
necessary in some way to Immu
nize the cattle kept This should be
done either by putting ticks on the
calves at six months of age and at
12 months, or better by blood inoc
ulation at 3 months, 6 months, 9
months and 12 months of age. This
Inoculation Is so simple—merely
draw about 15 or 20 drops of blood
from the Jugular vein of an animal
which has recently carried ticks, and
inject It under the skin of the calves
—that no one need hesitate to do
ii. aii me instrument needed Is a
hypodermic syringe, and any person
of Intelligence can readily learn to
do It. If this Is thought too much
trouble, we reply that It will pay
any man. baring ten head of cattle,
at the rate of (SB per day for all
time eoasumed In doing the work
compared with trying to raise cattle
on tlck-lnfeeted pastures.
A!! that can now be done with the
cattle that are beyond one year old
Is to strlse to keep them away from
the ticks. If the legs of these were
greased once a week with any heavy
cheap oil, such as Beaumont crude
oil; or with 8 parts of cottonseed
oil, 1 part of kerosene and a pound
of tar to every four gallons of the
mixture. It wonld afford considerable
protection; but the expense and
trouble of this might easily amount
' to more than the risk; for oven
though only a wire fence separates
these cattle from the public range
i the danger Is not very great
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Feeding Cottonseed Meal With
Roughage.
Will cottonseed meal do a
milk cow as much good fed by
Itself ae when hay la cut ap mad
meal sprinkled over It
T. B. B.
Editorial Answer.—We are net
able to ssy whether It makes
any difference to the dairy cow If
she receives cottonseed meal alone
or mixed with some coarse material
! like cut hay. It la generally believ
ed. however, that with a heavy, fine
meal, like cottonseed meal, better re
sults are obtained by mixing It with
some lighter and coarser material.
We feel quite certain this la the
opinion of moat practical feeders.
With cottonseed meal there la an ad
ditional reason for mixing It with
some coarser material. It la Sne,
sticky and liable to waste in feeding
when given dry and alone. It Is also
probably better masticated and more
thoroughly mixed with the saliva
when eaten with some coarse mate
rial. The real question, however, la,
"Will it pay to cut bay to feed with
cottonseed meal?" Unless the cutting
can be done cheaply, we do not be
lieve it. will pay. There is nothing
quite so satisfactory with which to
feed cottonseed meal as silage, but
of the dry feeds, cottonseed hulls
make a splendid vehicle for carrying
the meal in good condition. But the
high cost of the hulls in proportion
to their feeding value should pre
vent their purchase by any dairyman
or farmer who can grow his own
roughage.
There Is Money In Sheep.
The sheep Industry Is full of prom
ise in the South. All the mountain
country where blue grass thrives
should be dotted with sheep farms.
Our mild climate renders winter
feeding almost unnecessary—in
many cases entirely so. With spring
lambs at $5 and up and wool 18 to
25 cents a pound, there is every en
couragement to sheep growing in the
South.—T. C. Kami.
The Dairy Cow an Important Health
Asset.
A noted authority on vital statis
tics as affecting hygienic living accom
panied by a more efficient sanitary
administration, says that: "If only
everybody could have pure air, pure
water, and pure milk, the effect in
a short time would be to lengthen
the average duration of human life
by eight years."
Owr advertisers are guaranteed.
"I wish land In this country was
worth $50 an acre so people would
take better care of It,” remarked a
well-known farmer in the presence
of the writer yesterday. The fact is,
that most land In this country is
worth $50 an acre, or more, and if
people would only take better care
of it, It would bring that price, and
better.—Yorkville (S. C.) Enquirer.
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