The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-02-20
STOCK, FARM AND GARDEN.


The high feeding value of linseed
meal is not generally understood.
the eminent French |
chemist, estimates that 100 pounds of
it is equal to 300 pounds OF oats, 318 of
corn, or 767 pounds of wheat bran.
In planting a pear orchard one |
should aim to have q succession OF
fruit from July 4 up to the first freeze.
To ensure this one might choose, in
this order, Doyenne, Clapp's Favorite,
Bartlett, and Duchessed' Augouleme.
For a winter pear try the Iaminette
and the Mt. Vernon.
1t has been demonstrated that when
fed with heterogeneous foods corn fodder
has a feeding value equal to 80 per
cent, of the same weight of timothy
hay. Think of this, you fai mers, who
are feeding hay that is worth from $lO
to $40 per ton, while the corn fodder
stands wasting in the field.
Worms in horses should always
have prompt and effective treatment
as soon as discovered. For colts, the
addition of a little pulverized coPperas
to the regular ration of salt will be
sufficient-say two tablespoonful to
each pint of salt. For older horses
give tablespoonful of powdered
gentian once per day for three weeks.
Veterinarians believe that the sight
of horses Is sometimes injured by
keeping the animals in dark stable.
Wheh they are brought out into the
bright sunlight the pupils of the eyes
are suddenly and painfully con-
1 frontn6 on6 Fanntitinn of GnGh
treatment can not fail to be injurious.
Give the horses well-lighted as we'll
as well-ventilated stables, and they
will be the better for it.
Good favored food Is necessary in
order to procure good favored butter
A sharp competition at Maine fair
was once decided in favor of young
dairyman who, it was subsequently
learned, had picked bright clover
heads each day for the pet Jersey that
was giving the milk, Improper
foods, whose flavor are not OF q stan
dard sort, will not give the best
products. Dairymen will do well ;
think Of this when determining what
to feed.
The reaction against excessively
; heavy hogs is bound to be complete
> The United States Minister at COpen
! hagen reports that Danish pork il
preferred in other countr a. over tina
o raised in this country, because Danisl
). SWINE are slaughtered earlier thar
4 ours. hogs being usually fattened ant
. killed at year old. In most Euro
> pean countries q hog weighing 20
> pounds is preferred to those of create
\ weight. american pork is general.
too fat, and would be much more de
n sirable for table use if 1T were other
4 wise,
= The way to have q good road is t
keep itagoOd never letting it get il
p to bad repair. A lesson can be learn
/, ed in this respect from the Roads I'm
>, provement Association of LondOI
= which neverallows a hollow, a rut or
y puddle to remain on a road, but fill
up at once with ''chips" from stOn
L heap. These chips are used for patch
!, ing and all repairs during the sum
: mer months, Dust or mud are neve
: allowed to remain on the surface G
a road, and the middle of the road
: always kept little higher than tn
sides.
& Let US keep the sheep question
: steadily in mind. There is no indus
q try connected with our agricultur
= whicn will more generally stand tn
e "develOpment'' process, without fea
of being oVerdone, than this. UpO
:. this matter Secretary Rusk says j
his recent report: 1.-The better pre-
e lection of wool will open larger dc
e nestle markets, as it has already ad
J. vanoed prices, There ls an Increase
a interest in the production OF muttol
If in the Central West, and of earl
, lambs In the populOus East, indica
30 lions of progress that promise increas
of profit in sheep husbandry."
:, An English dairy authority ha
been conducting experiments to ascel
l. certain the effect upon the product
le giving to or Withdrawing salt froI
1t cows in milk. 1t was found that COW
Is without salt for the period of a wee
g the quantity, and that it was of il
If ferior quality, turning sour on a
/. average in "a hours, less time tina
@ milk drawn from the same cow whe
e receiving salt every day. This show
e the Importance of giving a regula
y supply, and the best way to do it is b
keeping a lump of rock salt where til
l. cattle can help themselvs as the
y need it.
. The consideration of most intereS
- from an agricultural standpoint, n
garding the work of the best sug.
- factory at:Grand Island, Nebraska,
=, not that sugar has been successful
" produced, but that sugar beet CROWN
=; has proved Femunerative to the farm
10 ers. Notwithstanding that the pa
I season was one of unusual drOutl
n cutting short all crops, many yielC
- of beets were obtained that gave a N
p profit of from $40 to $50 per acr
> Any industry which enables us
@, diversity our crops, or to get large
=, net yield per acre from our land, is {
n great and direct benefit to our who
agriculture.
j. Although there is, of course, son
"a diversity of opinion, the great pr
N ponderance of testimony is to the e
Is feet that soft food is better in I'll
n dairy than dry feed, and that wit
plenty of good eusilage it 10 no trOub
is to keep up the summer flow OF mil
v all the year. The ensilage exper
- ment may be tried so cheaply, in
j. small way, that there ia no excuse Il
"a any farmer who has suffered from
n short supply of winter feed for nc
=, trying this matter for himself PlaI
\ an acre of ensilage corn this year an
, put it in the cheapest kind of silt