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any Vsrp blc:J, rcr thtt It melt be
of the came I reed as tha Biro tis&d,
but wo lnc!:t on tba use of a pure
bred boar and continuing, to na one
of the Eame Ire: J started Trlta." it
is, however, lid t'jf
.Judgment
to start wlth common scrub bows
when rcmdci jztt Yto ' vaTokzzeA for
so slight an Increase In, cost. Jo not
purchase an Inferior boar.1 -Even $50
is not ' too inucU to "pay t qt 4 a; nrsV
class boar, but one of fairly good
quality,' fronv 3 fo $ inontKa old,, may
do usually ottalnca.for a little lzs
money. : ; ; . ;
To start h?g raising" right, ctady
me "wnoie .question.. thorou"hly:
proTide ample feed, aa muclj as three
fourths of;. which U ' to be taxr csted
by the hpss bu,t do not, neelecl" the I
.Qtheft fourth;. of, the ration. which
should be corn or some other con
centrated feed f buy as firstss, pure
bred boar a.nd arrange- to' give the
hogs regular : and ' ; Intelligent ' care
every day In theVyear.
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7E IIUST RAISE .IIORE HORSES.
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The Income Prom Farm Labor is Almost in Db;proikrti0a4
to the Number of Work Stock Used Good IachtoerjlTJglc
IVlthoiit.:Goc41Iorsei',a lUJ.. nsHMtteH-'. -4 f,' --"
O MOTO , Important problem
confronts' the XJdutnenr farm-
er than that of ; horse-power;
It Is to his interest to get the largest
legitimate profit from hia; farm; and
to dox that. he Vmust till more ' acres
and till them better. Machinery espe
cially ;adaptcd to operations will, do
twice or thrica as iauchiwbrk as hu
man muscle, and do it better. But
this machinery would he utterly use
less without horse-power to operate
it, and 8v EuQcicncy ot horse-power
is the very thing' in' which4 most
Southern farms are most conspic
uously lacking.. ,;.w t T v.
In thbs iCtatssJvwhere if agricul
tural machinery extensively jased.
and the profits of : farming corre
spondingly large, from two to five
horses are used.T Tho pressnt supply
ot work animals -the farms of the
South Is not auflclenV to operate ef
-fectlvely even the -scant andf crude
implements now in use; and I can
say from personal knowledge that
the greatest hindrance . to-day ? to
profitable farming bn half the plant
ations in some of xthe ?richesVP;arts
of the State is elther'thb lacRTbfa
sufficient number of work animals or
the poor condition of those in use.
This is already aj serious roMem;
ana, with the : growing . general ten
dency towards the Introduction; and
use of improved farming machinery,
it promises to be still; further, inten
sifted. . - . ,
This is not an argument against
farming : machinery; It is an argfu-r
ment for more horses and mules and
better ones on ! our, farms , Let ; us
have more machinery' and the most
efficient that money will buy; but let
-us 4have, also,; inbre dhorse-pbwer
with which -to run it t That : horse
power pays Is easily shown by a com
parison of the statistics of ' agrlcul
turb for the various States.; For in
stance: : In Iowaj)wherp 8.f jhorse?
to each laborer are used, the average
; labor income is $611;ll;5while in
South Carolina, where only .5 of a
horse to each laborer! is used,! the
average labor , income Is only' $144
t46V.'In Illinois, where- S.3ibrse$ to
the hand are used, the average labor
income is $425.13; while in Florida,
where only .6 of a horse to the hand
Is used, the average labor income is
. only.$il9.72.;':'--'.-: 'Vv i$.:
But these are comparisons between
cotton State and grain States; let us
see if similar comparisons obtain be-
tween the cotton States themselves.
Note the following table:
the operation o machinery; and tljey
show; rturther, that to make lamg
reasonapiy ; prontapie ; at lev.Mo
good mules or horses to the hasd are
required.:; Ju; view; of these facts; I
repeat that there is no more pressing
necessity on our farms than" that ' of
more horses and mules. , ;
ThQ best way . to . get : them la to
raise them. It may be that the rais-
ng of horses and mules as an indusr
try per se cannot be made profitable
in the Cotton Belt; but theye can be
no question4 that almost any intelli
gent farmer can raise his work stock
cheaperTthan he can buy them. The
mares ' can be used in the ! ordinary
work pf the farm almost oontinuous-
ly throughout their reproductive life;
and the abundant productiveness of
our soils in the . principal forage
of colts comparatively cheap. A few
good- mares should be - kept on the
plantation, the best of horses and
jacks should be used and good shel
ter and plenty of grazing the year
around should be provided. None bf
these things are costly; yet they con-
fraught I with uch importance to
most oi our iarmers. ;r
; 1 1 Lv A. MARKH AM.
No. of hones Arer&s l
or mules to , labor
each laborer u income.
r-K ZA i "-$468.93
- ; 18.53
2.7 S06.63
.7 -146.75
; 1.1 216.47
" .7 143.98
These firures show that the labor
income from the farms'bf .the South
- very .'i&cirly prrUonal v to ' the
8TATE3
Oklahoma
Mississippi
North Carolina.
Louisiana . . . . .
Alabama
'Equipment fqr the .Dairyman.'. .
Messrs. ; Editors: , ,he. equipment
of th'b dairy farm is a Very important
matter. Inhe equipment every posr
sibIetj?iecV "of; labor-savig machin
eryr shouldr )o. used. ; The) manure
spreader I consider k the; most valu
able , next comes smli boiler and
steam" turbine separator , One who
has never useda steam -turbine sepa
Vator instead pt the hand mach
has no idearof the saying it is of
time; and the boiler is an almost in
dispensable thing yeii properly cleans
ing the dairy utensils. ;y
A: room .should be built some little
distance from the barn for .the sepa
rator bOiler.1? This need, not be ex
pensive; 10x10 feet is, large enough
if one wants to oe saving, it buouiu
haye ; cement .floor, and, rif possible,
cement1 -'plastered ' walls to admit
washing. The boiler can be set un
der a shedV knd to1 the side a stand;
ntnA run nine throueh the Wall t6
jtsr . w - : w ,.
the separator and one for sterilizing.
.The equipment of this room lor.a
dairy bf .twenty cows would be about
as follows: - 1
.... . ; . , . . .... . . , . .
Low-pressure steam turbine '
:. separator j . i -f!1000
SlnEle-fiue boiler '-Y. Hv 35.Q0.
WiH uinlr . . . . ... . . . . : . 12.00
f MWM mmmm- ...... "
Churn and butter worker .... 15.0 0
nutter mnlda v.. . .rr . . r V. . 2.60
.......'
Total,....;.;..... $164.50
4 There are many little things that
will: be needed but nothing expen-
slve. ;.C J( ,vviapv
Carroll Co.. Ga.
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dairying prosperity ' the. world oyer for the rast thirty years
has been the DE LAVAi; CRBAM SEP ARATOR, and favor
ab)e cpnditionsvafford more
continue doinp; so during the bew year of ?Qio.
; j, The DE LAVAL was the first cream separator and has
always le4 in every step of cream separator development and
improvement P$ lyAVALf Cream Separators lire as much ;
superior to other '' separators as such oier separators are to
setting and skimming systems.; Greainerymen have long since
come to' use, DE LAVAL separators elusiyely;and year by -year
farm and dairy users are eoming to appreciate the equal
importance of separator differences in this smaller way. (
: There was' never a better time to -make thei purchase bf
a DE LAVAL Cream .Separator. The high prjee of dairy ,
. products helps . it , to $ave :its cost twice as soon as would
otherwise be the1 case. I Hence it . does this now within a few
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other separator in use; - . . : ' , ,
DE LAVAL Cream Separators still possess many patent
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