The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-01-30

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Farmers who wish TO get all the
facts and information about sugar
beets that are available up to date,
should send to the Agricultural De
partment for Bulletin No. q, which
has recently been issued. This con-
tains a resume of all matter hereto
fore published on the subject, and
brings the history of the industry
down to date. III we will, we can
within 10 years be making all the
sugar i'm the United States that is re-
uuired for our own consumption.
We have alluded elsewhere to the |
fact that the producer does not ordl-
narily, under existing conditions, re-
ceive a due share of the ultimate
profits arising from his labor. Much |
that should be his goes to the manu-
facturer, the midd eman, the retailer
In this con ection we find in an ex-
change figures showing diHcrence
of more than 100 per cent, between
the prices of beef as received by the |
producer and as paid by the con
sumner. This fact in itself is sur
ficient excuse for Alliance, for combl-
nations, and for cooperation.
Wood ashes are a fertilizer that
seem particularly adapted to dry
weather. President Smith, OF the
Wisconsin Horticultural Society, says
that his experience has been that In
dry seasons there Is no fertilizer that
produces better results on straw
berries and potatoes. A. we have mol
vet reached the point OF surely lEe-
dieting the dry seasons, it is 'omfort-
ing to know that ashes are valuable
in wet sessops as well. They are one
of the things that may safely be used
on almost any land, for almost any
crop, at almost any time.
The State of Massachusetts, in
studying entomology In earnest IL
is attempting to check the ravages OF
Gypsy month, and for this purpose II
has appointed special commission
and made an appropriation OF Y5O.OOO.
The work consists, in the main, III
destroying the clusters OF eggs when
are found on the branches of trees ana
shrubs. on fences, walls, buildings.
piles OF lumber, &c. The pftnclpAI
means of destruction is by llghted
torches, by which the eggs are burned
in the positions where found. The pest
at present is confined within limited
area. and it is sincerely to be hoped
that it's spread may be eflsctua!ly
prevented.
Every farmer knows from expert
ence that corn is especially a heat
producing food, and. therefore, III
summer substitute oats as much as
possible for working stock, This sug-
gests another fact, that is especially
valuable for winter use, and not Tor
working stock only, 1T should form
ii principal item of food for fowls IN
The winter, but not in summer. Corn
is gely starch, in summer VIII soon
make hen Over-eat, SO that she VIII
not lay at all. In winter 1t keeps her
warm and helps to MAINTAIN the con-
ditions of temperature necessary OF
production of eggs. Do not waste
corn any longer by feeding it to the
hens in hot weather.
There are so many "branches" to
the sheep business that almost any
farmer who consider the matter care
fully in ali it's bearings will find some
handle by which he can grasp 1t TO
advantage. One may find his best
profit in feeding sheep, another IN
raising mutton lambs, another in mn
ishing sheep that can be bought up
eheaply as stOckers. In this way the
business offers good inducements for
keeping a small flock. Larger farm
ers, who have good areas of pasture,
will find their best profit in handling
for wool, or for wool and mutton to-
gether. There is no question but that
at present selling prices mutton can
be made cheaper, proportionally, than
any other meat.
The great enemy of the apple Tor
wears has been the Goblin moth, and,
II, horn q q hun6-
antly or sparsely, for a long time II
has been extremely rare 10 find sound
fruit. For a while it wholly batfled
the ingenuity and perseverance, OF
orchardists who attempted its de-
struction, but now we have definitely
learned how to cope with it, and each
year sees the extension of the practice
of spraying. There is no doubt that
this practice must be adopted by all
who expect to grow sound and mer-
charitable fruit. Those who neglect
to make use of this means will have
only wormy fruit, which will COM
maud but a low price in the market
Such as do not take the pains to pro-
cure sound fruit will be driven out OF
the market, while those who do will
get better price, which will amply
Justify the added pains and expense.
al crop WulGA Cdu NC
grown to a much greater extent, and
over a much larger area of county,
than is now done, is the common
navy or field bean. We do not now
grow enough to satisfy home de-
mands, many being imported every
year, although it is a crop OF COM
paratively easy cultivation, and one
that pays better than most field crops.
Clean land, of good quality, should
be selected, aud the beans planted in
drills immediately after the corn is in.
Cultivate as soon as the plants are
above the ground, and when there is
no dew or rain on the leaves, as that
will spot and spoil the foliage. Guilt
vate thoroughly until the growth of
foliage covers the ground and stops
the growth OF weeds. When twO-thirds
of the pods are ripe, pull by hand and
lay in rows until well dried. Thresh
on dry, clear day, otherwise the
beans will not all come out OF pods.
The same land may be used again and
again by sowing rye each fall and
blowing it under in the spring.
Under equal conditions, as many
bushels of beans as of wheat can be
grown per acre, and the selling prices
of good, clean stock is commonly
twice as great. The labor OF Guilt
waiting, or rather of harvesting aud
threshing, is somewhat greater, Out
still leaving a much better profit than
can possibly be obtained from an or
binary yield of wheat.
The more fully that farmer can
combine the business OF manufact-
urer with the work of growing crops
from the soil, the more certainly will
he be able to retain within his own
hands the ultimate profit that ac-
erues between the raw product aud
the finished product as it reaches the
hand of the consumer. This OF course,
demafls The use of capital to an extent
not always within reach of the farmer,
but it is almost always within reach
81 an association of combination of
farmers. We have bt fOIe pointed out
in these columns how the business.
features of buying, selling and manu-
featuring may be combined with ag
riculture, and we are glad to see that
such journals as the american Agrt- |
cuEturtst are now urging farmers to
this course. By the application of
such aids a market may be controlled,
or an out ct made that would not |
otherwise have been available. AS |
an Indication of what one man can do |