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■ FOR THE FARMING, STOCK RAISING, DAIRYING, POULTRY AND OTHER INTERESTS OF THE SOUTHERN STATES. ■ VOL. 7. NO. 2?._ STARKV1LLE, MISSISSIPPI, OCTOBER 1, 1902. SO CENTTa YEAR.~ LIVE STOCK epartment.! « 3»ft ^ HORSES, MULES, CATTLE, SHEEP, GOATS AND SWINE. J| I'V*" 5 A GOOD BROOD SOW. Every sow used for breeding purposes, whether in a register ed or graded herd, should be a good individual and showing the characteristic features of her blood lines. A first-class brood sow should be a careful mother ; that is she should not be nervous fidgety or hysterical over her pigs; neither'should she be in different or lacking in natural af fectiou for her pigs progeny — The. brood sow lacking natural affection, combined with good log sense, should go to the fat tening pen and not to the breed inff yard. There is as much dif ference in the milking capacity of brood sows as there is in c>>ws, and pos-ibly a lartrer difference in the quality of milk produced. Some people may think that this is largely guesswork, as it is not easy to get a sow’s milk for use in a Babcock tester. Still we fail to see why a like law should not prevail in the breeding pen as we'l as in the cow barn, and it is safe to act on that supposition. It is not a very difficult matter to ascertain which sows are good milkers and which are not. All I you have to do is to observe which sows will carry along a larger litter of pigs and keep them growing all the time, and which will not. Ever}' effort should be made to increase the milking capacity of the brood sows retained for next year’s breeding.—O. R. Aney. EXPERIMENTS IN FEED ING HORSES. At the Utah Experiment Sta tion considerable work has been done in the experimental feeding of horses. Ouite a number of tests were made comparing tim othy and alfalta. In every case farm horses receiving alfalfa kept in better condition than those fed on timothy. As a rule there was a gain in flesh when the ration contained all ilfa and a loss when timothy was fed, and the appearance of the h >rses was much better with tfc i former food. In most of the ?sts just reported, the amount oi hay fed daily to each horse weighing 1,400 pounds was twenty-five pounds, and no ill effect on the health of the horses was noted, although this feeding was contin ued several month and repeated for several years. When these two hays were ( compared without any grain in the ration the superiority ot alfal la was still evident. It is said to ba the custom in Utah to main tain farm horses exclusively on alfalfa except when heavy work is being done, when some grain is added. It was found, howev er, that horses would eat too much alfalfa bay, a horse weigh ing 1,400 pounds sometimes eat ing thirty-two to forty pounds a day, an amount very much larger than is really needed by the ani mal, and which is scarcely safe. The author of this bulletin, Prof. Merrill, recommends reducing the amount of hav and adding some grain. It was found that horses con suming alfalfa bay with or with out grain drank more water per day than those receiving timothy and also excreted :• la- e amount of urine. This t. uk contained no larger per centage of niirogen than that from horses fed on timothy, so that the author is not inclined to accept the common opinion that alfalfa has a danger ously diuretic effect, for in his tests tire increased amount of urine was not a disadvantage to the health of ihe animal. Appa rently the first cutting of alfalfa had a gi eater effect in the direc tion of the increase of urine than did later cuttings. It was found that wheat bran and shorts were just as effective as oats as a grain portion of the ration for horses- J. F. D THE CO.W. The principal thing about dai rying is the cow. If more atten tion werh paid by the dairymen and farmers to Ihis factor we would have more profitable herds. It hardly pays to keep cows that produce less than 5,000 pounds of milk per year, but the average is less than 3,000 pounds* If a man docs not want to test his milk for a year he can at least weigh it for that period. The cost of feeding and cari ig for a small milker is just a* great as the cost of feeding and caring for a heavy milker. The profit* are found only with the good milker. The sooner the farmers weed out their unprofitable cows the sooner will the bank balances of farmers show a healthy increase in size. Cows that are profitable are the only ones to keep. A sleek cow is seldom a profitable dairy animal.—Exchange. PROTEIN AND ALFALFA. All understand very well the importance and even the neces sity of a good per cent of protein in live stock food stuffs. It is also pretty well known that both cow peas, soy beans and alfalfa are rich in protein, and that here tofore wheat bran has been one of the chief reliances for protein in live-stock feeding !or growth and development. We notice tnat the director of the Farmers’ In stitute of New York is strongly advising farmers to gi oyy allJrtfa, and says that within a radius of twenty miles of his farm are more acres of alfalfa than can be found in any equal area in the east, shows that near home at least, his efforts to induce farm ers to grow this crop are appre ciated. Last year was a very favorable one for seeding with alfalfa, and the “catch” was uni formly good in this section. At the New Jersey experimen tal station alfalfa t»ave the sam< results from ninety-six pound> as were had from 1,000 pounds ol wheat bran. Alfalfa is going to be grown successfully over large part of the cast, now that we know more about the condi tions it requires, and now is the time to make a start. Prepare the ground well, put on twenty pounds of good seed to the acre, sow no nurse (it should be called thief) crop with it, and you will be surprised at the cutting you can make the first year. Indiana Farmer. « PRESERVING EGGS. After two months test of water glass, and limewater with salt, for preserving eggs, the results of each process are about equal. By mistake the crocks containing the eggs were left for about a week in a position exposed to the hot sunshine for at least two hours trom 4 to 6 p. m. When the error was discovered the li quid was so hot as to be decided ly uncomfortable to the hand— probably 1£0 degrees. It would seem ttiat such a temperature would have promptly spoiled ev ery egg thus exposed. But such is not their condition. Some of these eges are in daily use in the kitchen, and though not desir able boiied, are all right fried. The whites seem to have absorb ed water and to have become thinner, but all are perfectly sound. The waterglass could not be bought in Dallas, so we had some made by a drugg'st, for which he charged 25 cents per pound. We are not sure that it was properly made, for in all authentic tests waterglass has given decidedly better results than limewater and salt. In our test there is no difference so far, but may be later on. We shall Keep up this test for we want the foCis for our own use and for the benefit of our readers.—Farm and Ranch. MONEY MAK IN G MACHINE F. D. Coburn, Secretary of the Kansas Board of Agriculture, says: “Corn thrown into a well bred pig is cash. '"I'he hog is a patented machine, fully capable of taking care of all the raw material set before it. It is self regulating and self oiling, never givqp out and is perfectly relia ble. The machine can take ten bushels of corn and put them into the room that one bushel will require. Take a good hog and till kirn with corn and fatten him. Seven pounds of corn will make one pound of fat, and that pound worth many times seven pounds of corn. The hog is a condenser of freight rates. Ship him to England and the freight on him would be much less than on the corn it took to fatten him, and he will bring several times the amount of money. Always mention SouthernFarm Gazette when writing to adver tisers. Truck ir j. Dairy | Farm 160 acres level land three miles from the growing manufacturing city of Laurel; the best market for truck ard dairy products in Mississippi. Land will make a bale of cotton per acre with some fertilizer. Will sell this well-improved place for $2500. L. F. EASLY, Laurel, Miss Wincy Farm Berkshire. On hand now a few litters as fine as I have ever bred, ready for prompt shipment. These pigs have typical heads, backs and hams and haye excellent bone, with unusual finish. Buyer should order before weather gets too warm to shin. Barred Plymouth Rocks at a bargain. Address S Q. HOLLINGSWORTH, - Coushatta, La. 1 COW PEAS. Whippoorwill Peas..SI 50 bu. Clays and Wonderfuls. 1 10 bu. Mixed and Unknown. 1 00 bu. Tenn. German Millet Seed.$1 50 bu. Dwarf Ussex Rape .6c 1V> Binder Twine. 12c lt>. Red Top & Orange cane seed $1 40 bu. U^^All in cotton bags 15c extra each, and terms NUT CASH. C. R. BAIRD & CO., - Chattanooga, Tenn, _<____ _ __ For Saie--A Bargain. 240 acre Delta farm, 18 miles south of Greenville, Miss., aiul 3 miles westjof VVilmot Station where we have both Y. & M. V. and Southern K. K’s. Convenient enough to the railroad can leave the place in the morning and go to Greenville ami attend to business and get back that evening or you ran go in the evening and get back neat morning. There is two first cl.is- '<• s;.i gins at Wilinot also Post Office. There is 125 acres in fine state of cultiva tion which will make a bale of cotton per acre this year. 6 good Houses, 5 pumps, good water, barns and sheds, full supply of farm implements. 1 four horse wagon and gears, blacksmith outfit, <1 eead fine vonng mules one 8 year old horse, larbe and work anywhere. Everything complete for one who wants this size tarm I will state that this land is a* fine as any in the Delta and lies beautifully rnd is cheap at $50 an acre 1 am engaged in other business and find I cannot give tho proper attention this property, so am willing to make a sacrifice of it. 1 will close it out for $7500.00 the^ entire outfit, one ihird cash and the balance in payments to sut purchaser. This I consider Ihe best bargain in the Delta and the right man can make the deferred pay ments like paying rent. E. M. BAGGETT, BIRMINGHAM, ALA. Jerseys For Sale. by .. Mississippi experiment fetation. To reduce the Station herd, vve are offering for saleseveral choice young registerek cows and heifers. Also five well bred young bulls. "Most of the ahove cows aie with calf Prospects Polo; dam massey Polo, sire, Stake Pogis of Prospec. Full particulars sent on application. J. S, Moore, Agricultural College, Miss