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THE CARROLL FREE PRESS, CARROLLTON, GA, PROFIT IN PURE • BRED LIVE STOCK, SILO AND ENSILAGE. % The experience of a Kansas farmer makes u convincing case for pure bred «s against crossbred hogs in Farm and Fireside. There is more money in pure breds. says the writer, for the general farmer who does not cure •about fancy or show stock, but who wants to turn their feed into meat most quickly and economically. lie ways: Ten years ngo I thought, like most of my neighbors, that pure bred hogs were more diliicult and expensive to raise than crossbreds or scrub stock. I had the Chester White and Poland China cross. Tlie pigs were all sizes, with plenty of runts. Then I purchased two registered Duroc-.Iersey sows that had been bred to a registered male and were due to farrow in a few weeks. I got nine pigs from one and eight from the other, and there was but one small pig In the two litters. Sixty head of cross breds were born about the same time. Indian corn ensilage is the best feed. Kiliir corn or mllo maize makes good ensilage. These feeds preserved in the silo in as near as possible their good state will produce a world of milk. FATTENING STEER CALVES IN WINTER. 1 <?> 1 <•> The acre of land producing three tons of silage. which is i 1 not an unusually large crop, will $ feed one cow 120 days or ten cows twelve days. 1 A stave silo, built al t a cost of i $ $150 and containing 100 tons. will feed ten cows four months <f> on a ration very near equal that % of June grass. • The cow on silage ration ,1, should be well housed, but not 4 necessarily in an expensive barn. <;> The silo is the chenpest form 4 building the farmer can erect, <J> A. stave silo accommodating 100 4 tons of silage can be erected at <i> a less cost per ton titan cnn a 4 haymow for storing 100 tons of <•> hay. 4 Silage Is a very satisfactory <;> feed for horses, mules, cows and 4 calves. 4 Silage can be kept two or three years and possibly longer In 4 good condition, with the result 4 that in years of plenty the farm- 4 er may take cure of the short X years. <5> POLAND CHINA HOGS. The problem of feeding entile prom ises this winter to be interesting. An abundance of corn, however, somewhat lower In price than for the past few years, with cheaper oats and a pretty fair hay crop point to proilt in feeding cattle during the season of 1010-11, says the American Agricultur ist. Consequently those who have young beef steers on hand or can get them nt a reasonable price can do no bettor than give this matter of cattle feeding during the winter very full and complete consideration. The Indlann experiment station dur ing the season of 1907-0 conducted a HARDWARE • FURNITURE _. Photo by American Press Association. Grand champion carcass at the International Live Stock exposition. This Is one of the most coveted prizes at the show. There were seventy-live carcasses In competi tion the grand champion being a pure bred Chester White, shown by F. E. Bone. Ava, Ill. The live weight of the ling was 300 pounds; dressed weight, 258 pounds, a dressing per cent of .80. I fed and cared for both lots just the same. The pure bred pigs were all gentle and took on fat as quick again ns the crossbreds. It was no trouble to confine them in yards, while I was on a dog trot constantly to keep my mixed lot at' home. At selling time the pure breds boat the crossbreds from twenty to forty pounds n head. I still bung oil to tlie crossbreds for four years, keeping the red hogs pure ■bred at the same time, and it was tho •same thing every year. It costs n little more to start with pure breds, but you make more out of them nt no greater cost for feed. You cnn sell some of them fob breeding purposes for $8 to 410 more per head than tho others even if you do not specialize in breed ing stock. There are fewer runts, and sows and pigs are eusier to handle. They make profitable weights at an early age. I sell mine nt seven and one-half months weighing 200 to 250 pounds. We enjoy having the clean pure bred stock, uniform in size and color, much more than we did the cross breds of all degrees of size and qual ity. Today there are ten full blood hogs on farms where there was one ten years ago, and the same is true of cat tle and horses and chickens and sheep. Popular Breed That Originated In the Corn Belt. Of all breeds of hogs Poland Chinns nre tho most numerous, at least in the United States and particularly so In the corn belt, writes a correspondent of the Rural Now Yorker. Having originated in southwestern Ohio, they nre well suited to the needs of the corn belt farmers, nnd it is not sur prising that rolnnd Chinn hogs are to ho found on almost every farm. These | hogs are line of bone, neat of frame, ] mnturc early nnd fatten easily, yet | they are not toy pigs adapted for show principally, but are n lusty lot, being good rustlers, good feeders and of good constitution. A seven-months-old pig weighing 200 pounds Is easily produced under usual farm conditions and at a good profit, too, ns pigs of such weights bring the highest market prices. During 1010 hogs of any weight have sold nt good prices, but fat pigs weigh ing from 175 to 200 pounds sold for n good premium over heavier ones, tlie reason being that hams and sides from ders Hardware, Carpenters Tools, e Cutlery, Axes, Lanterns. Plows, Is, and the best Field Wire Fence. Fine and Medium uites, Old Bids , and Dressers, Daveflports. Lounges’, Hall Racks, Iron Beds, Springs, Mattresses, etc. STOVES ’ DINING ROOM The best line rf Cook Stoves, Ranges, and Heaters on the market. [Also Oil Stoves and Heaters, Suites consisting of Sideboards, Buffets Dining'Chairs, Dining ..Tables, China Closets, and also Kitchen Furniture. - Shamrock II., grand championship steer of the International Live Stock exposition, was born Jan. 8, 1910, and weighed at time of his entry In tho show 1,100 pounds. He was bred by J. P. Donohue of Iowa. Ills sire was Black Woodlawn, a pure bred Aberdeen Angus, and Ills dam was a grado of the same breed. He was fed and shown by the Iowa State college. Richard G. Carden, the great Irish authority, declared him to be “the best steer of any age or any breed ever shown at any show on either side of tho water.” Shamrock II. was sold for slaughter at GO cents a pound live weight. You will find our line complete. Stove and Tableware, Silverware and like ware. RUGS [_ Large assortment of Axminister, Orien tal and Floral Rugs, Art Squares, for the whole house. Photo by United States Department of Agriculture. series of experiments hearing directly upon this question. It was found that steer calves given a full feed of graiu from November lo May made more rapid nnd cheaper gains, attained a higher finish, sold nt a higher price nnd returned a greater profit when confined in dry lots in the spring than if turned on pasture for finishing. It was found that full fed calves when turned to grass shrunk in weight dur ing the first ten days and required from two to three weeks to regain their original weight. Furthermore, it was found that steers in a dry lot consumed n greater amount of concen trates than similar cattle on pasture. it Is not always tho best plan to dispose of beef cattle as yearlings, hut in ninny instances in the corn holt area it lias come to be a common practice and is followed by a consid erable number of cattle raisers. Con sequently this work of tho Indlann experiment station will prove of great value to those following the plan of selling enrly. Shamrock II., the grand champion, was fed on n ration of four parts corn, three parts oats, one pnrt oilmeal. with pasture nnd milk part of the time from one nurse cow and later from two. About Hog Cholora. If a hog dies and there is another In the same herd acting as though the dead one was bis most Intimate friend ent the dead one open and examine thoroughly. If there are any red spots upon either tlie lungs, kidneys or bow els, or if the spleen is enlarged, or if there are any ulcers in the intestines, or If the skin of the abdomen is colored red or purple, It probably died of cholera. There are two forms of hog cholera, the acute and the chronic. The acute form kills very rapidly; the hogs “die like flies.” In the chronic form the animals Unger along for several days or weeks before they either die or get well. In the acute form In the post mortems look for red spots on the in ternal organs or red skin. In the chron ic form look for ulcers in the intes tines. The Poland China breed of hogs is considered the ideal of the lard type of hog. The Individuals are broad on the back, compact, low and dress a high per cent of mar ketable meat. The back Is broader and shorter than that of the Berk shire, but the latter has the advan tage of the Poland China in length of side. The Illustration shows a Poland China brood sow In pasture condition. Libersl Feeding Pays. ! It never pays to “rough" stock through the winter. The best beef that can he put on any animal is the baby beef. It has been thought by many farmers that it is a matter of economy to rough animals through the winter nnd then fit them with the aid of pasture in the spring. This, how ever, simply serves to set them back And has never been found to pay. such pigs, being small, nre more easily and quickly cured. Such a policy on the part of the packers avoided having to hold high priced meat long with a risk of a slump in price. With pros pect of more pigs coming on farmers were quite willing to sell lightweight hogs at the good prices they command ed, and the Poland China and other ■mall types of hogs peculiar to the corn belt made such a policy possible and profitable. A fault of the Poland Chinas is their small litters. How ever, statistics show that Poland China litters average but two less than Duroc-Jersey litters, the numbers be ing about seven and nlue respectively. The small races of hogs are as free from disease as are the larger ones, and so called immunity from cholera is a myth unless that immunity has been secured by the proper adminis tration of cholera serum. The breed or type is of no Importance so far as disease is concerned. Winter Care of Ewet. The Dorset Breeders’ Bulletin Is of opinion that “many flockmasters at tempt to shed too many sheep in a i given space—crowd their sheep too j much. Plenty of room 1 iu the shed is | as important as abundnuce of good j feed. A room 20 by 20 feet makes a ! nice place for fifteen Dorsets, with j doors that open to the south, pure i water, clover hay, shelled corn, salt lu boxes, with sulphur enough to color it, and you have everything just as it should he to insure a successful lamb ing period in February or March or earlier. When the weaning season approaches feed your ewes wheat bran, all they will eat up clean, with a little oats. Remember to be punc tual in feeding at the same hour each day. Be regular, but remember never to overfeed. Give your ewes plenty of exercise by turning them in the yards if the weather is favorable. To be a good shepherd you must exercise good judgment, be thoughtful, be wise." Bartlesville Baggies, Carmichael Bug gies. Surreys and Mitchell Wagons. Best line Buggy and Wagon Harness. For everybody. A line of Rockers, Parlor and Dining Chairs not to be surpassed. Children’s chairs, Go-Carts. — PAINTS — ROOFINGS i We carry always a full line Of Devoe’s Paint for houses and interior work. Also Barn and Roofing Paint. We handle PAROID, the best compo sition roofing made. Also Iron roofing painted aud galvanized, valley tin,etc, We will ofler extra low prices for the next 30 days on all Hardware and 'Furniture. Roop hardware Company COWS’ RESTING PERIOD. Hog Wisdom. Cholera usually affects the younger ipigs and hogs first. Frozen alfalfa may kill a hog as welt as a cow or horse. It is usually indi gestibte. A hog cannot sleep comfortnbly in a draft of wind, lie will catch cold very easily. A cougli in a hog means an trrita Uon in the throat or lungs und may lead to serious results, A hog needs twice the air space in proportion to his size than does the horse or the cow. yet he cannot stand •one-lmlf of tho exposure to the wind And M outher. The Colt In Winter. A heavy draft horse cannot be made from an underfed colt. No matter If his dam weighed 1,800 pounds and his sire a ton, the colt that doesn’t have enough to eat the first winter is not likely to make a big horse. Oats, brau and oilmeal, a little corn, too, in addition to plenty of hay and ex ercise or a winter pasture, will grow out a colt and make him as big as a two-year-old that had been neglected and underfed. Don't forget that it takes feed to make'real draft horses out of draft bred colts.. Nothing else will do it. A Butter Hint. If you are maklug butter and not getting quite the highest price for it Just notice what 5 cents per pound means. If the price is SO cents and you can get but 25 cents you lose oue-slxth, or 10*4 per cent. Wouldn't it pay big to get a thermometer, study hard and lenrn to produce that rosy quality of butter which everybody wants nt the top price? Make the best, put It into prints.—Farm Journal. Barnyard Drainage. Tho dairy bnrnyard should hnve good slope, such ns will Insure good surface drainage, nnd should have a good top layer of gravel or cinders. In many places this may involve n great deal of work, but even If the gruding can not all lie - done lu one year arrange ments should he nmde by which at least pait of It is dohe every year. -• THE FARM LAWYER. One interested only in the profits of a business as a means of compensation for services ren dered or mouey advanced Is not a partner. On the death of a purchaser of real estate before the actual de livery of the deed bis interest for purposes of administration is treated as real estate and not personal property. The wife’s right to dower is. not affected by the husband’s representations upon selling the land that he is unmarried un less she permits Innocent per sons to deal with him iu good faith as an unmarried man with T knowledge of these representa- |; tions. Interim Between Lactations Beneficial. Feed For Dry Cattle. We believe a com - should have a rest of six or eight weeks between her pe riods of lactation, says Hoard's Dulry- tnaga It Is necessary to begin drying up S’ cow ten days to two weeks be fore she Is turned out of the burn with the dry cows. It Is well, however, after she appears to bo eutlrely dry, to examluu her udder at least for a week or two after she is turned out, for it Is barely possible there will be some ac cumulation of milk that ought to bo removed. Some cows are more dif ficult to dry up than others, but It is the customary practice to leave some milk in the udder after each milking. When tho cow's milk production has decreased to ten or twelve pounds daily, milk her but once mid not milk her clean at this time. Milking once a day continues for a short time aud then every other day. If a young cow Is not permitted to have a short rest It affects her devel opment. She will usunlly uot grow lo be as large an animal ns she would had she hud an opportunity to rest be tween her first and second lactation periods, at least eight M eeks. For the heifer somewhat undersized we pre fer a rest of tlfree months. There ■re cows, however, that It Is next to impossible to dry up, and In this case, we believe, rather thnn take any chances on forcing an animal dry and by so doing be likely to cause in flammation of the udder or perhaps loss of a quarter of the same, we would not force persistent milkers dr^. Dry cows should receive nutritious feed, but they should not he permit ted to get finicky In their taste, if they seem somewhat thin In flesh it is a splendid time to feed some grain and put them in good physical condition before culving. If they are in good flesh, then good roughage in the form of roots, silage, clover hay and alfalfa Is quite enough to feed, letting them hnve a liberal al lowance of the succulent und dry fort WORK THE BROOD MARES. Drafters In Foal Need Plenty of Ex orcise. Drnft horses should work. That Is the principal argument in favor of a farmer keeping drnft mures. While high class draft marcs, either grades or pure breds, may he kept In idleness and still return a profit their income is ordinarily much greater and more certain if they nre worked, says the Breeder’s Gazette. Farmers need the work, and work with intelligent man agement agrees n - ith the mares. Abundant testimony of successful breeders has been presented In these columns of late showing that mares may work steadily on the farm while breeding regularly and raising strong, growthy foals. Of course mnres can be abused nt work, aud they can also be abused In Idleness. The draft mare needs exercise. Many of them need more of It and more moderate exerciso than they are inclined to take voluntarily in a small pasture; where life gets dull. The idle mare Is Inclined to break the monoto ny with an occasional frolic, to ran and jump and kick, slipping and strain ing her soft mijpcles. She may do fnr more damage to herself in this way than is done by the little extra bard pull to which the hardened muscles of the working mare may occasionally be unavoidably subjected. The Percheron mares of France that produce the colts Imported to this country are mostly working mares on the farms of average thrifty farmers, who can afford no such luxury as a big, strong. Idle mare. Many of the largest owners of pure bred mares In Amerlcn give their mnres as much Pretty Tough For the General. A French general’s wife, whose tongue lashing ability was faT famed, demanded that an old serv ant, who had served with her hus band in the wars, be dismissed. “Jacques,” said the general, to your room and pack your ti and leave—depart.” The old Frenchman clasped hi hands to his heart with dramaf joy. “Me—I can go!” he exclaimed i a very ecstasy of gratitude. Tfr suddenly his manner changed with utmost compassion he added: But you—my poor general, yon must stay! Tho Intellectual Age. The women of a certain town re cently organized a literary club, i for awhile everything was lovely. “Alice,” asked the husband of of the members upon her re< home from one of the meeti “what was the topic under •ion by the club this afternoon ?* Alice couldn’t remember at Finally, however, she exclaimed: “Oh, yes, I recollect! We enssed that brazen looking w< that’s just moved in across street and Longfellow.*—Hi Weekly. age. Feed comparatively rich In protein can be given to cows at this stage, as a rule, unless it Is desirable to add some flesh. The ration good for the milk cows will also be good l'or the dry ones when it is desirable to put them in good physical condition. An Easy Jail. In one of the Basque provinces of Spain there is a prison the doore of which are opened every morning, work as they can find for them to do. ! allowing the prisoners to go into The pure bred mare is one of tlie best the town for housework, gardening or some trade. Some act as com missioners. In the evening they quietly return to the prison at the appointed time, and after being and bred to a staliion of the best type ' identified by the jailer the bolts are the colt Mill be worth as much as a ; drawn for their admission, weanling or a yearling as a grade colt would bring at maturity, perhaps con- investments for the small farmer If be will also allow her to. share the work of the place. She will do nearly as much work as a gelding nnd raise a colt besides. If she Is a good mare ■Iderably more. Lost Cows Maintain Fertility. A source of profit from the dairy that must not be overlooked Is the value of the manure in fertilizing the fields on which the cow feed grows. The groM’th of cow feed will remove from the soil n less nmonnt of fer tility thnn the gvon'iug of any kind CONSUMPTION One auto cushion, pair of pipe' of grain crop for mn *’ ke j~ 9? cutters aud a StUson wrench, I | 0 kintal? ^'fertility tween Carrollton and Bowdon on the, of b)R HOll but t „ mn i <P his soil richer upper Bowdon road. Finder return to the Carrollton Transfer Co. and redeye reward. 1 aud richer eac h succeeding yeur. In the cure of consumption. - digested concentrated,easilyc nourishment is necessary. For 35 years Scott’s Emulsioi has been the etahden world-wide treatment for consumption.