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About Schley County news. (Ellaville, Ga.) 1889-1939 | View Entire Issue (March 8, 1894)
rou farm am* gardes. •SO DAIRY BELT. There is no “dairy belt” in this country, Just as good butter and cheese can be made in one state as another. Some of the finest dairies in the country are to be found in Ten nes^ee Mississippi and Texas, while the W est is famous for taking first prizes at interstate fairs. What is needed is plenty of good water for cows and washing dairy utensils. It is a real cahnity to run short of water in the dairy, and no one Should start without a never failing supply. Then again it must be conveniently located. Waste no time of man or beast in going after water, make the water come to you. Lead it through pipes in barn and dairy house. Do as little pumping as possible either by hand or power. It is a back-breaking and weary business, and in hot days in summer, cows drink a fearful amount of water. Lead the water from a j)oint on the farm high enough to deliver it up to the knees of the cows as they stand in the stable.—[Home and Farm. THE BITE OP A HOG. It is r. serious thing to be bitten by any domestic animal, and the danger is probably greater when bitten by a hog than bv any other. This is not because there is an active poisonous gland with hollow tooth through which the poison is pressed. That is the way a rattlesnake bites or rather stings. The danger from the bite of a hog may be as great as from a rattlesnake, but there is danger from blood poisoning caused by carrying on the tushes of the hog some poisonous saliva with which its mouth is filled, We call this saliva poisonous because the hog is an indiscriminate feeder, and not careful about getting particles of dirt or even of excrement of other animals with its food. It is poisonous just as are the scratches from linger nails, which always leave an inflamed sore, hard to be healed in proportion to the abrasion of the skin. This is because with each ^scratch of the nail, some of the dirt that always gathers under it is brought into contact with the blood. A cut with a clean knife heals more quickly, especially if treated at once with some antiseptic and the air care fully excluded.—[Chicago Times. FATTENING THE CHICKENS. The old hens, if they have been well eared for, need no siiecial 2 H’e 2 >aration for killing; but the chickens, and es pecially the cockerels, may need a lit tle extra feeding. The following plan we have seen followed with excellent results: A lady whom we know, and whose chickens had a reputation for being fat, used to shut fifteen or twenty cockerels in a house made with a tight roof and tight back, the ends and sides being upright laths, nailed to a simple frame and 2 >laced about two inches a l )ft rt. The house might be eight by ten feet on the ground. It was moderately dark, and yet not very dark, as the light came in from numerous slits between the laths on three sides. The furniture of this house consisted of a roost, a feeding trough and a drinking vessel. The cockerels had all the water they wished to drink and all the sound yel low flint corn they cared to eat. Corn and water for breakfast, water and corn for dinner and corn and water for supper made their rations. A'hd yet cockerels, lean ivhen they went into the house, were fat when they came out at the end of two or three weeks. A still better method of feed ing is to give the chickens a warm diet ol corn meal mixed with scalding water and allowed fo cook through.— [American Agriculturist. WEEDS. It is a common remark of tourists from England and Europe when trav elling through our farming country, that we raise too many weeds. This r <d>i each is doubtless true, and is due partly to the high 2 >rice of labor in is co.mtvy, which makes it impossi e to profitably adopt hand methods l-.-hug weeds which are used Road , but we must admit that it is 1<J li ‘ H0 a careless neglect of means that are within our reach, aud { J I " ’ >Ef ‘‘ 1 ! *n.so 1 uid means not be is neglected. the carelessness Chief ' w^p/ Y ‘ aiIuers is customary about the to seeds plough of under any weeds that remain on fko land after harvesting a crop, and this is the very host way to preservo and plant the seeds of many varieties of weeds. On garden land, where we can af ford to spend some time, the weeds should be cut up with a hoe and carted tiff and burned, or piled up for a two years’ process of composting to de stroy the seeds; some weeds can be mowed and carted oft' so as to carry the seeds with them, but other vari eties, especially purslane and chick weed, grow too near the ground to be cleaned up in this way; the hoe is the only tool that will do it. On farm lands, where it will not pay to take so much jiains, the best way to get rid of weeds before plough ing is to pasture the land with sheep, and then seed heavily with rye and clover, which will usually choke out the weeds jiretty well. To the rich man who farms for the fun of the thing, weeds are a reproach and a nuisance; to the poor man they are robbers which are yearly stealing the substance of his farm and robbing his family of their heritage. Both should use their best wits to be rid of them. — [Massachusetts Ploughman. Farm and garden notes. Never neglect a small matter like salting the cows. Live queen bees aro shipped from this country to Japan. A dirt floor is best for young pigs. There is less cause for dampness. For health of poultry feed plenty of oats, for fat feed plenty of corn. Fowls like mustard seed occasion ally ; cook chopped onions in winter. The full-grown goose should aver age a pound of feathers during the season. OyBter shells, being rich in lime, may profitably be crushed aud fed to laying hens. Don’t kee 2 > a colt tied up iu a stall without suitable exercise. It is likely to spoil it. It is said that oue bushel of wheat will do as much for the 2 >oultry as a bushel and a quarter of corn. Anything like roots, cabbage, peas, sweet corn, and bran is suitable for feeding the cows when the 2 jas ture is short. Do not be tempted into thinking there is much [irofit from fall chickens. This is a delusion and a snare for the ordinary poultry grower. Where there is no artificial warmth, the animals have to furnish their own heat, aud it must be done from the food which they consume. When the calves are raised by hand they are less trouble, all things con sidered, if they are dro 2 qied in the fall rather than iu the s|jring. Make the barn as tight as boards and shingles and chqiboards will make it, and see that it is made tight under neath so that the cold will not drive in there. Professor Henry shows by experi ment that it cost $2.G1 to 2 >roduce 100 pounds of gain with lambs and $2.03 to produce the same gain with pigs of about the same age. The flavor of eggs will depend large ly on the kind of food given the fowls. Hens fed on sour milk and decaying matter will produce eggs whose flavor is far from satisfactory. The bull should be made to do much more toward earning his living than he does. How? is the problem. He is not always governable in a team. Making him work a tread mill to saw wood, churn milk, etc., has beqn sug gested. Animals must be ketit growing from the time they are born until they are led to the slaughtering house. But there is a difference between glowing and growing fat. All of the young an mals should be growing rapidly, but growing size, bulk, strength, bone and sinew, and not in fat. To protect cattle from troublesome fleas, allonge dipped in the kerosene emulsion may be rubbed over the skin. A little creosote added to the emulsion, so as to give it ty smoky odor, will liety to make it more efl’ect ive. For the large lice, the same 2 >ro- 2 >ortion of linseed oil as of kerosene added to the emulsion will be an im provemefit. This is the best ap 2 >lica tion for the horn fly, as well as all other insect vermin SCHLEY COUNTY NEWS. Devotion to Principles. Old Mrs. Geewilikins reads in a New York paper a short account of h ballet, but .as her eyesight is poor makes a mistake. “Land sakes, Josiah, the good times have come, and women are voting in New York. This paper says the cast of the ballot was very fine, and a large number of girls took part and were good at the figures. The paper says some of ’em, it is sure, were grand mothers, though they were Josiah, spry. That’s devotion to principles even grandmothers cornin’ forward on the stage of duty and usin the ballot. I wish I was there .”—Princeton Ti ger. Stand a wet umbrella on the handle to drain; otherwise, the water collect ing at the center will rot the silk. Flaccid Muscle* Grow Strong, Weak attenuated frames acquire sound, healthy flesh, woe begone, hollow faces fill out and become cheerful when Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters is used as a stomachic to improve digestion and assimilation. More over, it cures bilious and kidney trouble, and protects the system against malaria and chronic rheumatism. Use it systematically. If you can’t talk fluently, comfort fluently. yourself with the reflection that you can work Malaria cured and eradicated from the sys tem by Brown’s Iron Bitters, which enriches the blood, tones the nerves, aids digestion. ill Acts like a charm on persons strength. in general health, giving new energy and Add nothing to your pleasures that subtracts from your character. How’s This I offer One Hundred Dollars Reward fot any cane of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cura. Toledo, We, F. J. undersigned, Chknkt – Co., have Props., known F. J. Cha- O. the ney for the last 15 years, and believe transactions him per fectly honorable in all business and financially their able firm. to carry oat any obliga tion made by Wist – Trcax,-W holesale Druggists, Toledo, Warding, Ohio, Wholesale KmvAN – Marvin, Druggists, Toledo, Ohio. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act ing directly the upon the Prioe, blood 75c. and mucous bottle. Bold sur faces of system. per by all Druggists. Testimonials free. Grass aud Clover Seed. The largest. grower of Grass and Clover Seed in the world is Salzer, La Crosse, Wis. Over 50 hardy varieties, with lowest pricesl Special low freight to New York, Pa, and the East. I* YOU WILL Cl T T THIS OUT AND SEND IT with 14c postage to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse. Wis., you will receive eleven packages grass and clover sorts and his mammoth farm seed catalogue; full of good things for the far mer, the gardener ard the citizen. A Have good aims, hut see that your gun is loaded with the cartridge of energy and edu cation. Brown’s Iron Bitters cures Dyspepsia, Ma laria, Biliousness and General Debility. Gives strength, aids Digestion, tones the nerve-— Nursing creates appetite. The best tonic for Mothers, weak women and children. Make good character before you commence to make money. Japanese Tooth Powder, Genuine. A large box mailed for 10 cents. Lapp Drug Co., Philadelphia, Pa. For Cou.ohs and Throat Troubles use “ Brown's Bronchial Troches." They relieve all Throat irritations caused by Cold or use of the voice. Beecham’s Pills insteal of sloehy mineral waters. Beecham’s—no others. 25 cents a box. If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thomp son’s Eye-water.Druggists sell at 25c per bottle. Tlie Arid Region of Kansas. jfn this almost rainless region lie 39 counties of the state of Kansas. A state census made in 1888 showed the 2 iopu tion of these counties to be at that time 200,000. Protracted droughts occurred iu 1888 and in 1890, and fully 50,000 2 )eople left in search of food and aban doned their farms and homes as worth less. Although the seasons of 1891 and 1892 were favorable, and large enqis were raised, the population in the spring of 1893 was only 143,000. The past year the harvest was a failure. Mr. C. Wood Davis states that the re gion extending from the ninety-eighth meridian to the valleys of the Pacific coast region are unfit for cultivation exeexit by irrigation, and that there is sufficient water to irrigate not more than 5 per cent of the region. A saiice 2 iau in which rice, oatmeal or anything sticky has been cooked may be very easily cleaned by 2 >utting in a cu|)ful of ashes when you take it oft' the fire and then fill with water. Young’ We Offer You a Remedy Which Insures Safety to Life of Mother and Child. Mothers:—^ “Mothers’ Friend” Robs Confinement of Its Pain, Horror and Risk. “After using one bottle of ‘Mothers’ Friend,’ I suffered but little pain, and did not experience that weakness afterward usual in such cases.— Mrs. Annie Gage, Baxter Springs, Kas. Sent by Sold express, al) charges Druggists. prepaid, Book on receipt Mothers of price, mailed $1.50 free. per bottle. by to BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO., Atlanta, Ga. GET THERE ' I 1 1— i-O’V — POTATOES ELI - V RACdSH 9 * J/ The person planting Saber’s Seeds never know of hard times, –2?J> PEP BRL A because they double all million. yields! 35pl£gs. Try ft for Earliest ISM Vegetable aud be happy. seeds, 5 . . -m Vegetable 9l.00postp.aid. seeds Largest for the of Farm Seeds Into world. VERB, growers 5 sample pkg. ‘-Get There Eli” Radish lit for use In 16 dayaand cat. alogue for 7c postage. Catalogue alone, 6c for postage. ■■ John A SalzerSeed (§• LaCr°s5,e W is: T HE U. S. Government Chemists have reported, after an examination of the different brands, that the ROYAL Bak ing Powder is absolutely pure, greatest in strength, and superior to all others. BAKING POWDER COMPANY, 106 WALL ST. NEW-YORK. Lamps Require Much Care. The wise man who made the inter esting remark that it required a gentle woman to make ft drinkable cup of coffee might have gone ou and claim ed that it required a patrician to keep lamps in order. The ordinary anything servant cannot do it. She regards beyond filling the oil tank as a work of supererogation. Occasionally en treaties may prevail upon her to trim the wick, but she always does that with the scissors, which is the worst possible method. The lamps should be wiped with cheese cloth. The wicks should be trimmed with the sharp edge of a visiting card or with a poker, heated redhot and passed over the wick. This last method is a little trouble some, but it removes the charred part evenly. Wicks used for a long time, even when they do not become very short, grow thick and are apt to give forth an unpleasant odor. They should be-renewed once a month at least. In duplex burners one wick should be trimmed in the opposite direction toward the center. Burners should be wiped free from bits of charred wick and drops of oil every day. Every now and then they should be boiled in strong soapsuds, to make them perfectly clean. When they have beed used a long time, they need replacing.— Hardware. 141® Bus. Potatoes Per Acre. This astonishing yield was reported by Abr. Ilahn, of Wisconsin, but Salzer’s potatoes always get there. The editor of the Rural New Yorker reports a yield of 736 bushels and 8 pounds per acre from one of Salzer’s early po tatoes. Above 1410 bushels are from Salzer’s new seedling Hundred-fold. His new early potato. Lightning Express, has a record of 803 bushels per acre. He offers potatoes as low as $2.50 a barrel,and the best potato planter in the world for but $ 2 . If you will cut this out and send it with Cc postage to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., you will receive free his mam moth potato catalogue and a package of six teen-day “Get There, Eli,” radish. A No Socialism in His. Small Boy—“Wot do these socialists want?” Big Boy—“They want a paternal form of government.” W’en Small Boy—“They do, eh? a boy gets too big to be bossed by his father, they want the government to begin bossin’ him, do they? Guess they never had any fathers, that’s wot I think .”—Street – Smith's Good News. CURES OTHERS To build up both solid flesh and strength after grip, pneumonia, fevers and other prostrating diseases, there is nothing to equal Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery. PB9STR–TI8N FOLLOWING GRIP. Mrs. Reuben Garrett, King George C. H., Va., writes: “I was taken with grip which finally resulted prostrated in pneumonia. for three t, Was months. Had a terrible mm I cough and was emaciated and very weak. Was fast s-Xk i :drifting sumption." into “quick The doctor con gave me medicines all the time. I grew weaker. He advised cod liver oil emulsion. I took two w A j bottles of it without any ILL'S.; {U relief. I had pain in my ■/ left shoulder and back. Mrs. Garrett. I wrote you, and you prescribed your ‘Golden Medical Discovery.’ I took only one bottle be fore I felt better. After two bottles I could sit up, and felt I had been saved from the aTave. I increased rapidly in flesh and strength.’ WHY NOT YOU? Sweet Woman’s Logic. Husband—“Don’t you think that you are rather unreasonable to expect me to take you to a ball, stay awake until four o’clock, and then get up at eight to go to my work?” Wife—“I may be a little unreasona ble, but it’s perfoctly brutal of you to mention it .*’—New York Weekly. What We Are Coining To. First Senator (in Fifty-fitli congress) —Do you think our minority can talk for two weeks longer? Second Senator—Yes; the new sen ator who stammers will consume ono week, and after that the chaplain has liromised to make filibustering prayers. — Judge. M «m -y. K – m i <m h IS® KNOWLEDGE Brings comfort and improvement and tends to personal enjoyment when rightly used. 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