The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-10-23
STOCK FARM AND GARDEN.

The profit in hogs does not always
consist in making them hog lat me
heavier they get the more feed 1t VIII
require to produce each additional
pound of flesh.
If q colt has once broken loose ana
run away he will never be wholly
safe afterward. Tie him aud harness
him securely, even If you have TO use
chains instead of straps. Do not give
hiu a chance to test his strength until
YOU have taught him how to use Ii.
We notice the statement OF an
Indiana farmer that he has cured
he Lves in his horses by withholding
hay from them and substituting green
food in it's place We would b. glad
to have some further testimony ON
this if any of our readers have tried
il.
In the making of manure Is com
prehended the idea of addition to the
Quantity from every available source,
aud also the retention OF the llqulds
and the volatile elements so FAR AS Is
l.Q-sibIe. Muck, dry earth, leaves,
straw, etc, anything having a per
0entage of value in itself ana power
to retain these elements may al
ways be used to great advantage.
The greater the variety of good
0rnsses in the pasture, the better for
the thrift of the stock that feeds there
An especial advantage IL that mixed
rr2sses give longer season OF Soou
Dasturage. An early variety shades
the tender blades of later one ana
il in turn shades the exposed roots oil
one that has passed the more vigorous
period Of its growth.
Good care is even more of factor
in m aking the dairy profitable than
il good feed. The good care costs so
little more than poor care that the re-
hul,s 90 almost wholly to the proht
araount. Grooming, SO as to keep the
skin clean and free from all accumu-
lntions of filth, aud fresh, clean, dry
bedding, will help increase the guam
tity and quality OF the milk every
time.
Although there is a big crop oil
com and we all feed little more iTee
handed than we did last year, still II
VIII not be a good idea to use much OF
mi. corn in wiutering old hogs. Feed
nm all that you can into marEetable
StnDe before cold weather, and get
them off. Then put the remainder OF
the corn in the crib, and 1t VIII 90
more than earn its own interest De-
fore spring.
lis not good management to allow
the cattle the range OF the farm our
thus get more exercise than IS pest
for them, besides which they trample
the fields and make muddy paths.
The frost-bitten food that they PlcE
M il of but little benefit, aud would
h. of more value If left to decay ana
uourish the soil than it Is to the cat
tie.
II the opponents of "speciaP' farm
inc should look about them they
vnuId see that the men who are max
inc the best success in other lines oil
amnlOvment are such as are deVotlng
themselves to some speciality. rms
10 true both in the business world ana
I'm the professions. The man VINO
concentrates his energies in one nhe
aud does not scatter himself too VIDE
Iv is very apt TO accomplish some
thing.
Ote of the ways in which you can
helm to make your stocK-keePlu
profitable this winter will be to holu
6v.r no more animals than you can
Droperlv aud comfortably shelter
II ia sorry business to feed good nay
and Grain TO shivsring cattle III
Ijeak barnyard. Keep no more than
I'm can nut in warm and secure sCali
% soon as anow flies and cold WHO'S
HIN to blow. This will be poor
Car to burn feed for fuel.
Dnring the first few weeks OF
caiFs existence it should be lea tnr
tines a day, aud only m'qeIaIe
snouat at each meal. rms Is DetLei
Sban 10 allow il all that 1t VIII tahe,
And thus distend Its stomach Win