The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-05-15

re tho farm will not now pro luce
.t,a crons that were once easily " own
unon ii. begin at once to apply vi.
remedy. Restrict your aGFeaee' 0
tiyating half the land, OF even Aess'
aud concentrate all your hahe III
on that norton. Soon the crops WIN
he iaroer than you have been procuI,
inc from the whole, less expense VIII
he Incurred, and the portion tnaG Is
nnused will improve by the rest given
| it.
| That there is room for Improvement
in our dairy stock aud methods may
be seen from recent report OF the
! Aoricultural Department upon TINS
subject. This states that the one and
lOne.half million mich cows OF the
State of New Xork probably produce
an average Of less than 100 pounds OF
butter per year, and tots is IN the lace
of the iact that whole herus na oce
bean brought up to an average Oh oVU
hounds. This leaves too Wide .
margin between what is and what
might be.
There is in progress in this country
, a marked readjustment of the lines OF
, agricultural immigration. The set
ltiement of the farms in the West
y vent ahead of the building OF the
: towns. Now the failure of the crops
| in Western Kansas, and other causes,
are turning the home-seekers toward
= new fields. Many are going south,
where the recent growth of the towns
!, hos much exceeded that of the
I country. while some even are turn
ING back to the deserted and once de-
spised hillside farms of New England
The College farm at Fort Collins
J., | Colorado. has become notable Tor
some of the great yields of grain that
: have been made there. The land
was q few years ago only swamp
where nothing grew but PUSHES, cat.
: tails and weeds, 1t has been ditcheo
= and u lderdrained, aud has become
II highly productive. Many farms con
r, tain similar pieces of land WhleA are
o neglected aud allowed TO remain vic
l. wear after year, when, If once CLEARED
up, they would prove to make th'
is most profitable fields, soon repayins
ii their extra cost.
d We notice that the annual recon-
20 mendation of the juneberry ma
s, cropped out in some of our exchanges
The writer has some thrifty bushes
Y which produce every year quahtlt.
I'd of this fruit. The berries are yer,
~ handsome and attractive in appear
It. anoe-aud there the matter ends
he they are insIpid, and should not 20
n, given a place Ia the fruit garden
81. anything eise-currants, go9seoerrle'
at blackberries, raspberries, etc.,-ca
or he proouFed. A single bush, how
to ever, might be tolerated az an orns
cd mental plant.
re During ler"p years large number
IN of PeroherOp horses, mostly stallion
of have been bought to this coHntr,
and through the Central WesteI
he States they are rapidiy p+cQInlng X
Id favorites or the farmers. and are di
no. niaci ;. - = heavier and more stu
he rish CIydesI a!e4. Crossed upon Il
in ordinary mares OF this region, thi
u.s. prove mgre satisfactory than al a.
other breed. AS Farln n2fsp u
,au Percheron has the ya'uaoie qualltl
81 of quick and spirited movement,
u.s. 3, inc FAST With heavy loads on There's
,at OF at the plow they are always rap
viiI walkers.
as More attention should be given
he making the buttermilk a prot1tat
rye factor of the dairy business. VINE
ever il can be had in sufficient qua
IN, titiss aud fresh it is in good dema
M as q summer bevsra&e:. dhEsipia
Lne advocateIts use, and as 2 therapeu
.nu' agent il 10 givaI to invalids vii
U.S. n0thiu:- - j owed 1t is also
' ~ uhwpriu. nerve tonic. For people
inv cIined to dyspepsia IL Is better TN
r4ts sweet milk, becag Sc one of the di
the gestion-is removed at once, 1T
and buttermiik having already &c
Inc through one process of dlgesti'
the Near towns of any size good butt
oy milk trade could easily be establish
vii and as a "by-product" it's sale wol
eeF undoubtedly yield better net pre-
than the sale of sweet milk.