The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-04-08

and this IS not desirable CONDITION
Tor the small fruits. The goose6erry |
IS almost the only thing that will do
well when heavily shaded, although !
the currant and raspberry will stand |
shade if it is not very dense We |
prefer 10 cultivate tue young orchard |
in hoed vegetable crops, which may |
be stopped any year without losing |
the labor already performed upon |
them, but when this is done there
must be heavy msnuring to make up
for the double drain to which We
have subjected the soil. 1t will be
found good practice to sow rye as
AS soon as the vegetables are gath
cred, and then tura it under in the
spring.
The care of the mich COW in sum-
mer il apparently a simple thing-Ao
simple that some farmers appear to
think the only thing to do is TO turn
her out on pasture and milk her twice
a day, but there are one or two things
more that it will pay to observe. I'm
less the pasture is ample it Will add to
The profit to continue feeding small
ration Of grain Some dairymen
even seem to find this advisable OF
full summer grass, aud the grass Is
not the only thing that determines
whether the pasture is good or bad.
There should be provision Tor a
permanent supply of good, pure
drinking water. When the COWS are
left to drink from small steams and
ponds they are apt to get stagnant
water in the summer, and this will
not only make the milk impure, but
viii eudau ger the health OF tho &
Tho drink it, and breed disease in
| the COWS "a well. Another thing that
! IS often neglected with cows out at
! pasture is the regular supply OF salt
| In the summer this is more needed
IMAM in the winter, as so much sue
| ..ulsnt food calls for greater pro
! pOrtiou OF salt than does dry fo0def-
! Common salt, however, is one OF the
constituents of milk, aud cows re-
! Iujre ii a. all times Ii the salt Is
! ...v.a To them Trgui trly, or is Kept at
! ii! Zines within th"iT react, they
| will new eat too much, but If de-
| priVe.i II il tor II time and then al
,o,ysd access - a supply they iuay
.ak- enough to iujurC them seriously
Good land, well fitted for the crop
hat IL is to grow, IL the Vvry De-i
basis for pros uerity that farmer cal
nave. Ii is slow work getting ahead
| with land which IN the best seasons
and with the best cultivation vii
! D-Oduce ONLY moderate crops, anC
|
most nothing when the conditions are
at All untoward 1t is true that auci
land does not represent as large az
Investment Of capita as richer lane
does, nut il does not return as large
nor as sure sn interest upon the III
vestlnent. Very often when a maj
starts upon a farm Of hi9 own he il
compelled to purchase where ah'
what MS mems will permit. Srm'
meu, with certain amount o
money to invest, make the mistake
Of purchasing large poor farm, Ill
stead Of a small rich one. III The,
have the capacity for a long siege q
:iard word and patient waiting theI
NAV eventually bring the pOor farm
up to high state of cultivation, AM
30 reap a fine profit from the invest
: meut. but it requires better farme
20 do this than it does to make tn
l. small farm pay. The majority o
men will endeaVer to crop thel
whole area at once, and so they ant
their farm will both grow poorer.
. man who finds himself with such
5 farm on mis- hands can wisely pursu
l but one cOurse-that is to crop OIL.
; so much as is necessary to aftOr'
] sustenauce to himself ami his stock
!. and devote every effort toward bring
4 ing the land up to high state of fer
I tility and consequent productiveness
/ 1t will be best not to undertake to
much, but to try an6 make one o
>, two fields thoroughly good, at tn
e start, and then go on with furthe
f work of the same sort as means an
: opportunity permit. There Is none
= i'm buviug a poor farm and "bringin
8 il up'1 if q man has the faculty
V managing toward that end.
v J. r. E.