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About The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 24, 1909)
PRACTICAL ADVICE ABOUT DIVERSIFIED FARMING Cost of a Horst*. What does it cost to raise a colt to the age of four years? Wallace's Farmer gives the following: The first and second years it Is no more expensive to grow a colt than a steer. A colt may require a little more pasture and will require rather better fencing, but will stand hard ship better than the yearling steer, although, to get the be3t results, both of them must have some grain in connection with forage. Give the colt a winter pasture of blue grass or second crop clover, plenty of exercise and shelter in time of storms, and he will do better and be carried through at less expense than the steer. At two years old, if not before, the steer must be put on feed, and it will cost at least fifty bushels of corn with other feed to fit him for the market. The filly at two years old may be bred if she has been well fed and nour ished-; if not, then at three years old. She should be able to pay her way in the way of light work; and where the farmer has a surplus, should be sold to some man who can work her or the gelding for two years, making them pay expenses, and sell them on the market at a higher price than they cost in the three-year-old form. We think, therefore, that there is good profit to any farmer in raising colts for the market, provided he limits his operations to the number of mares kept on the farm. In fact, he should keep three brood mares where he really needs but one. He can afford to do this if he will mate them every year with the right sire. The greatest profit to the ordinary farmer lies in growing draft colts, and the heavier the better, provided they are sound. The 1600 pound mare mated to an 1800 or 2000 pound stallion will produce a type of colts which, if properly nourished and cared for, will bring, if net the highest price in the market, yet a price that will abundantly pay the farmer for his feed and care. The greatest care, however, should be ex ercised in securing soundness. No mare should be used for breeding purposes that has any defects capable of transmission by heredity; for in stance, moon-biindness or defects of the bony system. Spavin may not be transmitted, and perhaps is not, but the weakness that develops spavin un doubtedly is inherited. Farm Gate. On a farm often a long gate Is nec essary, but it is very heavy and hard to open and shut. The sketch which I send is an easy way to overcome the difficulty of handling the heavy gate. Take a piece of 2x4 about three feet long ami size one end down until It will enter the hub of an old culti vator wheel. After the wheel is fas tened to the end of the 2x4, fasten the latter to the gate with two or three strong bolts. Place the 2x4 and wheel just high enough so the gate will clear the ground when swung to one side.. When the gate is shut the wheel stands between the end of gate and the post as shown in illustration. A child can open and shut it without difficulty.—Mrs. Blanch Cublne, in the Epitomist. 1 ——— Poultry Pointers. We not only want fancy poultry, i but poultry which combines fancy and I utility, thereby having a show fowl and market fowl in one bird. Fowls should have green feed in winter time, and for a good feed plant oats in part of the yard and you will be surprised how they will eat it. What is best for the fowls is a change of food about two times a week. Theylike a change as well as people do, and they will show you their appreciation by filling the egg basket for you. We do not want a ninety-five cr ninety-six point bird that has no other qualities, but we want birds that will score high and produce eggs as well. When we breed for both points wr are upbuilding the industry. Where most Southern people make their piistake is in feeding too much corn. Corn is good when fed right, but if fed to excess it is very harmful, because of its fat producing proper ties; and when you get a lot of over fat hens you will surely have an empty egg basket. Oats Is an excel lent feed and should be fed in litter to make the fowls scratch for it. Chop is another good feed, as is mash feed. —N. E. Walton, in Progressive Farmer. The Turkey Buzzard. 1 am exceedingly pleased to see the decided stand you are taking against the further prptectiou of the turkey buzzard, and while this will undoubtedly meet with much opposi tion for a time until all the facts are laid hare, you may rest assured of the hearty support of serious thinking people who have given the matter attention, by having been brought face to face with facts. As a scavenger, the buzzard un doubtedly has had his place, but un questionably he is to-day one of the greatest spreaders of infectious dis eases among domestic animals, and any possible gervlce the buzzard can render as a scavenger is far out weighed by the seriousness of out breaks of deadly diseases, wjiich he undoubtedly spreads from place to p.ace. Such resistent organisms as those producing anthrax, blackleg, hog cholera and tuberculosis, besides a host of others, may be conveyed for long distances and deposited on heretofore non-infected ground, hence the mysterious outbreaks to which we are too frequently sub jected. The writer can recall the outbreak of blackleg on a farm whore the dis ease had not before been known to exist. Upon investigation it was found that during the previous fall and winter numerous buzzards had been in the habit of frequenting the small range occupied by the calves, while at five miles distance numerous cattle had died from the disease and were left to be devoured by buzzards. On a farm in Eastern Virginia hog cholera made a sudden appearance, yet no cholera had existed to the own er’s knowledge within several miles. No fresh pigs had been brought in nor were there known any other means by which the disease could pos sibly have been imported except by buzzards. These are costly experi ences. Mr. Editor, advocate the proper disposal and destruction of all dead animals, also the early destruction of one of the greatest enemies the stock raiser has to contend with to-day in the South—the turkey buzzard.—- John Spencer, Veterinarian, Experi ment Station, Blacksburg, Va., in Southern Planter. How Hay Raising Depletes tlie Soil. In general, T do not think it wise for farmers to run their lands in a long rotation, or to keep them in grass for mowing for a long time, writes Professor Massey, in Pro gressive Farmer. The main need of all the Southern uplands is a restora tion of the humus, and hence a short rotation in which the filgumes come in often is better than leaving the land in grass for several years. Some of the worst depleted lands in Pennsylvania are the naturally strong soils north of the city of Phil adelphia, where the farmers have been making hay for the city market and have run their lands in grass a 3 long as they could get a ton per acre, till the land has gotten into such a condition that they cannot make a crop of clover on it. Mowing hay from land year after year Is just as bad as gettivg any other crop off the land continuously, and single cropping in hay will run the land down as well as single crop ping in anything else. The Southern uplands need legumes more than grass, and for horned stock, cowpea hay and crimson clover hay are immensely better than any grass hay, and these have the ad vantage that if the supply of phos phoric acid and potash is maintained, theV will do away with the need of buying nitrogen. A Corn Harvester. Our illustration shows the details of a one row corn cutter, which will do good service. It is not difficult to make and will do an astonishing Good One-Row Harvester. Explanation: The guiding arm collects the stalks on the platform from which they are thrown a-t intervals. amount of work where it is handled right. Of course, the harvesters you can buy will do more and quicker work and are what you want if you have much corn to cut, but the home made affair we show herewith fills a place with the small farmer and is comparatively inexpensive. Oyster shells are inexpensive and furnish the grit and the needed lime for the egg shells. If more oyster shells were provided there would be fewer egg-eating hens. The Sunday=Sell 00l international lesson com ments FOR SEPTEMBER 20. Subject: Temperance, 1 Cor. 10:23- 32—Golden Text: Rom. 13:2 Commit Verse 24—Commentary on the Day’s lesson. TIME.—3 7 A. D. PLACE.—Ephesus. EXPOSITION.—!. Let no man seek his own, hot each his neighbor’s good, 23-30. Some of the Corin thians whose thoughts were entirely occupied with themselves and their own rights and privileges were say ing: “All things are lawful to me.” Paul, who was governed by the Chris tian principle of love, and therefore thinking of the effect of his. actions not only upon himself, answers: “Yes, all things are lawful; but all things are not expedient (or helpful or profitable).” A true Christian does not ask what is permissible, but what is profitable. He asks, not what I have a right to do, but what will “edify,” what will build up the Church of Christ, others as well as myself. ”i a it permissible for a Christian to attend the theatre?” one asks. Better ask, Is it profitable, will it edify? “is it permissible for a Christian to use the Lord's Day as he does other days?” Better ask, Is it profitable, will it edify? In all things "Let no man seek his own but each his neighbor’s good.” The be liever should not be troubled with a morbid conscience, he should not fear to eat anything sold in the markets because of a suspicion It might have been offered to an Idol and thus tainted. He need ask no question about that; for even If It had been of fered to an idol it really belonged to the Lord; “for the earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof” (Ps. 24:1; oC:12; 1 Tim. 4:4). • A glorious truth that, with many practical ap plications. If the earth is the Lord’s it Is ours also if w-e are His children. There are some to-day afraid to sit down to the Lord’s table unless they have first carefully examined every one there and found that they are perfectly sound in doctrine and In life, lest they themselves be defiled. That Is sadlv confounding the O. T. laws with N. T. liberty. One can never know perfectly, and could therefore never have a conscience perfectly at rest. Christianity is not morbidness (2 Tim. 1:7; Rom. 8:15). The Christian might even go to a feast made by an unbeliever, and In case he did he should eat whatever was set. before him, and not be haunt ed by the torturing suspicion, “Per haps this was offered to an idol.” He need ask no question about this. But if some one should say, “This hath bee# offered in sacrifice,” then he should not eat, not because he would himself be hurt, but for the sake of the one who said it, that he might not be hurt. His liberty could not be judged by another's conscience, and he would still have liberty to eat as fab as his own conscience was con cerned, but his liberty would give place to love. Here are two great principles: (1) livery man’s liberty must be determined by his own con science, not another’s (cf. Rom. 14: 2-10). (2) Liberty must give way before love. The question is not what have I liberty to do, but what does love prompt me to do. If I do par take in grace, no one else whose opin ion may differ about what Is permis sible has a right to speak evil of me concerning that for which I return thanks to God. But if I am a real Christian (of. Jno. 13:35), I will do nothing that will cause another to stumble just because I have a right to and no one else has a right to con demn me for doing. 11. Wlmf.soever ye flo, do all to the glory of G«<l, 31-33. Paul lays down a very simple but very great principle for deciding what we may do and how to do it, “Whether there fore ye eat or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.” That principle will settle all our ques tions. Do nothing that you cannot do to God's glory, and whatever you de cide to do, do It to His glory. Then we can put away all troublings of our conscience and be free from all sense of condemnation. But how many things professed Christians are doing which if they stopped and thought they would soon see that they could not do to God’s glory. If you have any doubt about anything you are doing, ask yourself, can I do this to God’s glory? If you are not absolutely sure that you can then don’t do It. And if you do It be sure you do It to God’s glory. We should give no occasion to stumbling to any one of the three classes into which God divides men, Jews, Gentiles, the Church of God. Our own pleasure should never be our rule of action, but the pleasure and profit of others, even all men. Our own profit should be utterly ig nored (cf. Phil. 2:4), and we should live for the profit of others, 1. e., that they may be saved. We should be glad to give up our liberty or any right if some one thereby may be saved (cf. ch. 9:12, 22). How in tensely Paul was occupied with one thing, the salvation of others (cf. Rom. 10:1; 9:1-3; 11:14; 1 Cor. 9: 22). This is tbe Christian principle of total abstinence, abstinence for the purpose of saving others. Social Position. What satisfaction is it to have so cial position and political preferment U our conscience is dulled? —Rev. John Hale Larry. Sacred Truths. The truth of affection is more sa cred than the truth of science.—Rev. Lyman Abbott. DECEIVED. “Y'our feet are small,” the shoe clerk said, As he her instep pressed; The lady sighed and bowed her head. And gladness filled her breast. Eut little time with her he spent, A busy clerk was he; He sold her sires ere sue went — Eut they were numbered three. —Chicago Record-Herald. THE POET. "Do you believe in inspiration?” “Oh, yes. A call from a bailiff will always set me to grinding out verse.” —Louisvil’** Courier-Journal DOWN ON RIVAL PLANTS. Wife—“ John, the hens have scratched up that egg plant seed you sowed.” Hub “Blame ’em! Jealousy, I suppose.”—Boston Transcript. FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. “ ’Ow did ’e git on with the peg at Chaggivord, then, Garge?” “Oh, I zold en perty middlin' like, but ’er didn’t make wat I thought ’er wid. I didn’t think ’er wid.”—The Tatler. GLOOMY RESEARCH. “So you are again at your micro scope investigating germs!” “Yes,” answ-ered the scientist;. “I am the man you read about who is always looking for trouble.”—Wash ington Star. OH, MABEL! Miss Mabel “I heard mamma talking about your snooting a flume in the West, Mr. Weete.” Bill Weete—“Yes, Miss.’ ’ Miss Mabel—“ Tell me, what other big animals have you shot?” —Bos- ton Transcript. JESTING ON A SERIOUS MATTER. Wife—“ Short weight on the steak as usual. You never see the butcher robbing himself.” Hub —“I dunno, my dear. I’ve seen him steel his own knife.”—Bos ton Transcript. INTERSTING TO GIRL. “But what made you irritate her father?” “I had to do it. I wasn’t any too popular with the girl until her father forbade me the house.” —Louisville Courier-Journal. FICKLE, FICKLE GIRLS. Elsie—“ You remember, dear, that young man you were sweet on last year at the beach. I suppose you will go to the same place this year?” May—“Oh, no; he might be there.”—Boston Transcript. THE BALD TRUTH. Polite Hairdresser—“ Try a bottle of this preparation, sir. Splendid thing for baldness.” Customer (sarcastically)—“So it may be, but I’ve got all the baldness I want, thank you.”—Pearson’s Weekly. THERE WAS HAIR-PULLING. Mrs. Scrapp—“John, are you go ing to Mr. Brown’s wife’s funeral?” Mr. Scrapp—“l guess not. It makes one feel awkward, you know, to go to anything and not be able to return the invitation.”—Boston Transcript. SCARED FROM RURAL SCENES. “What do s’pose it is dat is over crowdin’ de cities?” a3ked Meander ing Mike. “I dunno,” answered Plodding Pete, “unless it's dis habit farmers is gittin’ into of advertisin’ fur harvest hands.”—Washington Star. A FAIR MAN. “Then you don't insist on having your money’s worth of everything you buy?” “No; only a reasonable percentage of my money's, worth. I’m willmg to let the other man make a fair profit.” —Louisville Courier-Jodrnal. TAKING WHAT HE CAN GET. “Why is it that you don’t mani fest more concern about being ar rested for fast motoring?” “Well,” answered Mr. Chuggins, “to tell you the truth I’m so delighted when the machine goes at all, that I am willing to pay for the extra speed.”—Washington Star. HE LOST HIS NERVE, ANYWAY. A Wichita man was cussing be cause of his aching teeth. “Why don’t you go to a dentist?” asked one of his friends. “Oh. I haven't got the nerve,” was the reply. “Never mind that,” replied the friend, “the dentist will find the nerve all right.”—Kansas City Star. FORTIFYING THE CANAL Government to Spend $7,500,- 000 on Defenses at PaTnama. MANY FORTS TO BE BUILT The Canal and Immems Locks Will Be Protected By a System of Im pregnable Fortressea. Washington, D. C.—When the Pan ama canal is completed, it will be defended by one of the greatest sys tems of fortifications in the world. A ieporter saw the sketches and the plans for the defenses for the great est engineering work of history. It was learned that the plans for the forts and other defenses of the ca nal were carefully gone over by Sec retary of War Dickinson and Major General Bell, chief of the general staff of the army, during their visit some months ago. The locations on which forts will be erected were inspected with great caie and the general plans of the for tifications cf the canal discussed at length and from every apgle. The plans, which later were begun by en gineer officers of the army, have been in process of formation ever since. “These plans are very comprehen sive and provide for an outlay of more than $7,500,000,” a war depart ment official said. The plans contemplate • the expendi ture of about $4,000,000 at the Pacific mouth of the canal and about $3,500,- 000 on the Atlantic side. The plans for the forts on the Pa cific include heavy • batteries of 12- inch guns on the small islands lying off- the mouth of the canal for ten miles. In addition to battries on these islands the plans include forts at Ancon and San Juan, respectively, on each entrance to the canal. The battery at Ancon would be adjacent to Balbao, the new name for the port to be located near the place where the canal will empty into the Paci fic. It is proposed to construct an other great fort at Pedro Migugl, six miles inland. The great locks of the canal will be located at this point, and this will be for their immediate protection. At Culebra, a point half way across the canal, the plans in clude the establishment of a large military post, which, under the pres ent plans, would cost $500,000. The fortifications for the Atlantic mouth cf the canal are to be erected at El Boco point, just across from Colon, and will be equally extensive. FOREST FIRES COSTLY. $50,C00,C00 and Fifty Lives Lost Every Year. Washington, D. C. —A startling sit uation has developed as the result of a taking of stock of the forestry re source? of this country, according to Treadwell Cleveland, Jr., expert in the bureau of forestry. “It has shown,” Mr. Cleveland de clares, “that we are taking from the forest every year three and a half times as much wood as is added by the new growth; that lass than one third of the growing trees felled by the lumber men is ever used at all, so that two-thirds of all the timber cut is simply destroyed. It has shown that one-eleventh of all the forests are swept by fires every year, and that on the average, since 1870, the forest fires have cost $50,000,000 in timber and fifty lives. “It has shown that over 99 per cent of the forests in private hands,which comprise three-fourths of all the for est land and four-fifths of the -wood, is devastated by destructive use and the sweep of unchecked fires, while less than one per cent is properly handled for successive crops or effec tively protected from fire.” OPERA SINGERS BLACKMAILED. They Have Been Paying Money to Escape Being Hissed. New York City.—Detectives have been retained to break up an organ ization of men who are said to have netted a considerable income from grand opera singers who prefer ap plause to hisses. Rumors several sea sons old that certain opera singers employed persons in the audience to applaud them, were given credence by the managements of two opera houses when they declared that such singers had been the victims of black mail and that whatever money they had given was more to prevent being hissed fhan to obtain applause. According to several well known singers they had been approached by members of this band, who had plain ly informed them that unless they paid liberaly for applause their sing ing would be hissed. Experience had shown that those who did not pay were hissed. The managers declare they will break up the practice. LAilNtl) S2O,OO^FORIMJRCh. Bedridden Woman Turned the Money Over to the Church. Mattoon, 111. —A story of woman’s patient and disinterested labor of love during the ttventy-seven years that she lav bedridden, was toid at the eighty-sixt-h session of the Illi nois conference of the Methodist Epis copal church. A telegram was read to the confer ence telling of the death of Miss Liz zie Johnson, of Casey, 111. It was then related that Miss Johnson, dur-, ing the last twenty-seven years, while! confined to her bed by a lingering illness, had earned for the church conference $20,000 by embroidering Scripture book marks.
