The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-12-25

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venience permits. If it can be placed
there it can usually be built, and well
built. at cost not exceeding 81 per
ton of capacity. In building it you
must remember that its use will
surely increase the stock of the farm,
aud your plans must be made accord
ingly. Otherwise, within u year or
two, you will find that it is too small
There is no mystery about silo, nor
about the manner of constructing one.
1t is merely an air-tight and nearly
frost proof room. To make it so it
must be double-walled. With this
information you can go ahead and
build one nOw-this is just the time,
before the spring work begins to
crowd you; but study the location for
it carefully and get as near the man
gers as you can, so as to save labor
in feeding. 1t means q good deal of
work to feed out so or 100 tons OF
silags, and you do not want to cary
it far.
The small farmer, that is, the man
who is farming an area of hundred
acres or less to diversified crops, has
always a serious problem before him
in determining what machinery he
can afford to own. Such farm needs
every thing from threshing machine
down to pitehfork at some time dur
ing the season; but, of course, the
farmer can not afford to own them
ALL Certain things he must have, as
hand tools, plows, harrows, cHltivat-
ors, rollers, etc., but when it comes to
drills, mowers, binders, horsepower
and cutting box for the silO it is o
question whether his crops warrant
| the outlay. We believe the difficulty
might be solved in many cases by
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! the more expensive implements, any
where from two to twenty joining
together in their purchase. There
might be some little difficulty from
the fact of various ones needing the
same machine at the same time, but
in the main we think that neIghbors
who desire to do so could dust these
! differences tremendously. Would 1T
not be well for some of our readers to
| try this plan before buying this new
gang-plOw or new seeder next spring?
The carrot is undoubtedly the most
valuable root that we can grow for
! feeding, both on account of the great
yield that may be procured per acre,
and because of their intrinsic value
per unit of quantity and adaptability
of all kinds of stock. In England
they are more appreciated than here,
and are grown in immense quantities
| There the chief use made of them Is
in feeding horses and colts, in which
they promote growth, strength and
VigOr, and have peculiar effect in
making the coat soft and glossy
They are excellent feed for young
stock of all kinds, inducing rapid and
healthy growth. Sheep eat them
with avidity, and they increase the
milk flow in COWS and give fine but
ter color without any rank taste or
order. A yield of 10 to Is tons may
be easily had on good soil with good
cultivation, and they can be easily
stored in pits and kept for winter
feeding, when such succlent food is
especially relished. Eastern farmers
are beginning to use them more than
in the past, but in the West, where
corn is so plentiful, farmers seem
more slow to adopt new practices in
feeding. This IS one, however, that
we can confidently advise our readers
to try.
Timothy or herds-grass is the best
| known and most used of any grass in
all of our Northe rn and Central
States; yet, while we are familiar
with it in a general way, few of us
can name its especial good or bad
points. It possesses both, as we shall
endeavOl 10 show. 1t stands up well
ana makes ROOU nay, WuIcu IS edslI
cured and heavy for its bulk, but it Is
rather course, and is not well adapted
to sandy land. A timothy meadow,
if sown for profit, should always be
on clay or loamy soil. 1t is not well
adapted for sowing with red clover
for meadow, as it blossoms two OF
three later than the latter. Orchard
! grass is better to mix with clover for
meadow, as it blossoms at about the
, same time. It is not good grass for
pasture, as close feeding, such as it If
likely to have if horses or sheep are
turned on, will injure it quickly, and
eventually kill it out. 1t may also be
} hurt by close moving, and some
. farmers, in their desire to get the last
pound of hay, will set the knife of the
mower so low that it Injuries the corn
= or tuber, and then wonder that the
, meadow "runs out" 1t starts slowly
, in the spring, and makes but slight
second growth after cutting; but 1t is
not subject to disease, and if properly
treated and top-dressed with good
coat of manure, will last long time,
and paw well-for meadow, not fol-
pasture. 1t makes the most popular
; and highest priced hay in the market
and many farmers would get better
, net return from their acres, with less
outlay of labor, than by growing
grain crops. ). H. Il.