The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-11-20
STOCK FARM AND GARDEN.

Although a great deal of money
has been made in it by certain lndl-
viduals. vet the fact remains that the
breeding of trOtting horses Is very
uncertain business aud for the farm
er is almost certain to result in loss
II after long and expensive training
the trotting bred colt does not develop
into something fast he has to be sold
at q loss. 1t is much better to have a
moderate aim that ia easily reached,
such as the production of a good draft
or coach horse that is almost sure to
let you out with a fair profit.
Do YOU know that the wheat and
Oat chaff, which is usually thought so
worthless that it Will not pay Tor the
labor Of saving, has Eeen proven by
analysis to be worth twice as much a.
straw for feeding, pound Tor pound.
II this is too late to do you any good
this year, save and apply the knowl-
edge next season. This good item
to paste in that scrap book that you
are keeping. To make the best use OF
the chat it must be saved under
cover, wet and mixed with ground
grain, and then fed in tight manger
BY the way, this chaff is one of those
valuable waste products" that we
have been talking about in the past.
II you are not in peach growing
district-we mean by that not dis
trict where peaches are made specl-
alfty and are grown in immense guam
titles for distant shipment, but yet
are where peaches can be grown, you
will probably find this fruit will yield
as much net profit as any that you
could plant. Some of the most sue
csssfui peach growers in the country.
from a financial point OF view, are
those who have isolated orchards;
that Is, an orchard in district where
peach growing Is the exception, ana
mot the rule. One reason for this Is
that they have the advantage OF q
home market, for any country town
will consume the product OF good
sized orchard, aud another is that
their fruit will soon acquire a repu-
tatiOn so that it will command spe-
ciaI price, for it is q fact that no
peach can have such color or such
flavor as that which Is ripeDed upon
the tree, and this is possible only
with local growers for q nearby
market.
Fall pigs are not go desirable nor
usually 30 profitable as spring pigs
because il takes q good deal OF eXpen-
sive food to run them well through
the winter; but il you have them,
give them warm quarters and plenty
to eat, so that they will come out In
good shape in the spring and ready
to 90 upon the clover and turn II
rapidly iutO money. This is the only
way YOU can bring them to marketa-
BILE size at profit. There is, how
= ever, in most city markets good
mid-winter demand for pigs just
large enough to roast, aud IL your
fall pigs are not too large for that
purpose by the time they are wanted,
they will often sell for as much then
as If they should be fed on until
sprinR. This demand Will not begin
until steady cold weather has set IN,
about Christmas, although we now
ocoasionalIy find one making roast
mig the chief dish at the Thanksgiv-
ing dinner. This is branch of the
oorII business that could be prof1ta-
bIv cultivated near the large cities,
and some farmers are now DOING II
. with marked success.
There are some objections to the
nIan of hauling out the manure dur
inc the winter, as made, as placing II
in niles about the field that is to be
fertilIzed. If the field is one that is
To he plowed early, this often delays
the work, as you have to wait for the
,,iIas fo thaW out, which they some
time will not do until days after the
aeId is in condition for the pillow. 1t
- nravents an even distribution OF
IT, manure. for much of the fertiliz
tn, Elements will leach out OF piles
dn,ino the winter, making those
oats n,cl1 richer than the rest OF the
az This may be Objectionable II
go IN vrain or grass, as the grown
yraS, be no rank a. to Gauss tne Sr"p