CAN GET TOGETHER
IN BUYING FEEDS
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Farmers Can Reduce Freight
as Well as First Cost of
Feed if They Cooperate.
HOMEGROWN PRODUCTS
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Wherever Possible, Farmer Should
Use Grains and Forage Produced at
Home?When Necessary to Purchase,
Co-operate With NeighborsSome
Suggestions on Feeding Under
Present Conditions of Feedstuffs
Market.
The prevailing prices of some feeds,
especially cotton seed meal and hulls,
are just cause for considerable ineuirv
as to what are the most economical
feeds available for our livestock.
.Many or our rarmers nave pronteii
by advice urged upon them last year
to grow more grain, produce more
forage in the form of cover crops, etc.,
and build silos where their conditions
Justify.
Wherever possible, a farmer should
make use of all home-grown grains
and forage, thereby reducing his feed
bill to a minimum. Oats, corn, rice
meal, wheat bran. etc.. in addition to
cottonseed meal, are all good feeds to
consider In making up the rations for
livestock. However, the economy of
feeding naturally depends on the cost
of the production and market conditions.
In mailt Instances farmers
have some grain or roughage thai has
been slightly damaged by rain or other
causes. To market such products
would he to Hell al a low price nnd
often at a loss Much of this feed
can bo used profitably by the producer
who raises livestock, provided it is no!
damaged by mold or rot. In fact, some
of these feeds are practically as goo!
for feeding as the brighter and higher
priced feeds.
Whe*' it is necessary to purchase
feedstufTs, a considerable saving can
he realized if neighbors will co-operate
in buying large uuautities. Ten
tons of foodstuffs constitute the mintmum
carload in tliis state and buylti"
In carload lots will reduce the freight
rate as well as the first cost of the
feed. If ho'vrht in such quantities,
wheat bran and ri'*o meal can be pur
chased for around $110 per ton. oeven
considerably less, at which
prices these feeds can bo used as a
part of the ration with some profit.
Cottonseed monl is very high in priest
present, but we must not lose sigh!
of the fact that It has a very high feed
value, especially for beef and dairy
cattle end horses and mules. Union-:
this feed runs ropsfuorab'y over $3.r#
per ton. It will still prove economical
to use cottonseed meal as* a part of
the ration.
The ration nav be improved by the
use of romt ami-cob meal, ground oats
or wheat bran. nr. 'ueh foods lighten a
ration and also add variety, which
fends to keep up appetite, an essential
to successful feeding.
R. L. SHIELDS.
Professor of Animal Husbandry,
Clemson Agricultural Collogs.
The profit In fruit trees Is In ho
pruning shears and the spray nozzle.
Won't try to get something for noth
Ing from your orchard.
A NEW THREE-YEAR <
A good winter task for farmers I
low is a new three-year rotation that
farmers hv Clemaon College. The old
has proved satisfactory, but the new o
spects and there is a reason wl\y Tar
once. This reason is that it will da
farmers should become used to it be
Carolina at a date that cannot now h
COTTON Gi
In Sept. or Oct. sow When gi
K outs and vetch in vested, sr
o middles and cut for for hay (
eo hay or harvest for ing if pre
oc seed the following low peas
< spring If wheat is ber by cri
^ preferred to oats uimI or vetch.
vetch, land may be clover, st
Jjj tnrnod after harvest- fore plan
cc lug cotton, and wheat the follov
sown after first frost.
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a GRAIN C
O When grain is ha?*- IMant vol
^ tested. now to peas corn or s
for liay (or for turn- in middle
ing if preferred), l-'ol- . fall or
< low peas in Sept em- plant to
uj her by crimson clover thorough
> or vetch. If own to ing. (A
q clover, strip seed lie- may he s<
z fore planting to corn crop affe
0 the following spring. Ing Ky<
ut disced be
w in early
CORN CO
a IMant velvet l r:nw In In Sept.
? (om or sow ?vpoas oatn nn<
q it middles T nil i:i middles s
fall or winter a ul liny or
t hint to rot ton a "? t Heed th<
^ thorough snrl 15 disc- spri"t? I
ui fng (A'iruT/.! rye preferred
may ho si w i ' ? rnvor vetch. lai
q crop after fn'l break- turned nl
a: 'rsr Hye should ?<e in* cottoi
^ 'is-e he"ore turning miwu aft<
I- In early unrinu.)
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GLANDERS CASES
SELDOMSEEN NOW
Dread Disease Almost Eradicated
from this State, Where
It Once Prevailed.
LAW STRICTLY ENFOREED
Control and Eradication of Disease
Made Possible by Statute Protecting
State Against importations of
Uninspected Animals ? Only One
Case of Glanders in South Carolina
in Eighteen Months.
Glanders, ore of the most destructive
diseases of horses and mules and
one that may he contracted by man,
has been almost eradicated front
aoutn C arolina nr. Kouert t>. reetey,
State Veterinarian at Clemaon College,
has announced that In the laat eighteen
montha only one case of glanders
liaa been found In the state. For
three years, in fact, casea of glanders
have been scarce and It Is believed
that with a continuation of precautionary
methods this state need not
fear outbreaks of this malevolent dis
sease. Dr. Feeley attributes the control
of glanders in Boutli Carolina to
the enforcement of the law prohibiting
the importation of animals without
certain certificates.
Several years ago. when the law
that Is now Section 522 of the Criminal
Code was passed, glanders was
quite prevalent in certain sections of
the state. Section 522 made it unlawful
"to bring into the state any horses,
mules, asses, cattle, sheep or swine
for work, feeding, breeding or dairy
purposes, unless sinh animals hav?
been examined and found free from"
Slanders, tuberculosis, scabies, and
a number of other diseases. This free
dom from disease must be established
hv a certificate of health from an official
veterinarian In the place of shipment
There are other provisions in
the law, all of them making it possible
for the veterinary division of
Clerason College to control outbreaks
of contagious diseases in this state.
This law was put into force by the
veterinarians of tho college as soon
as it was passed and it was especially
effective in checking glanders. Whereover
a case of this disease was found
tho animal was destroyed and the
premises disinfected carefully. Little
by little the disease has retreated before
the vigilant fight that has been
made. The law has. of course, meant
much in the control of other contagious
diseases also, but it Is In glanders
that the effects have been most
noticeable.
"Practically all states now have
such a law about Importing animals."
said the State Veterinarian. "If there
were no such law In South Carolina,
our state would he a dumping ground
for diseased stork from all parts of
the country. This law is a great protection
to our farmers."
When there is hog cholera in votir
nerd or in the herd on the noxt farm,
do not wait. Order serum for the well
hogs from the Veterinary Division of
Clnmson College and get in touch with
the county agent.
OLD CROP ROTATION
a the planning of a crop rotation. Bein
recommended to South Carolina
three-year rotation is simpler and
ne given here is better in certain remars
of this state should adopt it at
>t itself to boll weevil conditions and
fore the boll weevil arrives in South
n very distant.
IAIN CORN
rain is har- riant velvet beans In
>w to peas corn or sow cowpeas
or for turn- in middles. Turn in
ferred). Fol- fall or winter and
in Soutem- plant to cotton after
mson clover thorough spring discIf
sown to Ing. (Abruzzl rye
rip seed be- may-toe sown as cover
ting to corn crop after fall breakring
spring. ing. Rye should be
disced before turning
in early spring.)
ORN OOTTON
vet beans In In Sept. <>r Oct. sow
iow cowpeas oats and vetch in
s. Turn in middles and out for
winter and hay or harvest for
cotton after seed the following
spring disc- spring. If wheat is
bruzzi rye preferred to oats and
>wn as cover vetch, land may be
r fall break- turned after harvest>
should be ing cotton, and wheat
fore turning sown after flrst frost,
spring.) j
TTON GRAIN
or Oct. sow When grain is harl
vetch in vested, sow to peas
ind cut for for hay (or for turnharvest
for ing If preferred). Folr
following low peas In SeptemIf
wheat is ber by crimson clover
to oats and or vetch. If sown to
id maj' he clover, strip seed barter
harvest- fore planting to corn
it. and wheat i the following spring,
first frost. I
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