The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-07-29

meanness that is kept up.
The man who thinks he can make
nature lie by turning musty hay and
sour sW;ll into sweet favored butter,
will find he has TO do his own lying.
Flying Jib 2:1414, the red hot PAGER
in the Salisbury string, is very near a
thoroughbred. The hot blood OF the
runner figures largely in his tree"
Kirk Bros, Mason City, Iowa, the
owners of Storm 2:1512, by Brown
Hal, have decided to close out all
their trotting stock and breed PAGERS
alone.
lst Farmer-"TrOubled much with
smut in your parts ?" End Farmer
ayes, a good deal of it. Mostly in the
State and Congressional 'lectiOns."
Exchange.
Cityside: "Pray, what are those
animals running abOut?" Country
side: "Oh, them's the lambs cuttin'
capers." Cityside: "Ah, l didn't
know before where they got the
caper-sRuoe. n-American Farmer.
A New York dairyman dOub led the
yield of butter, per COW, Of his herd,
in one year, by testing every COW
and dispCsing OF the poor on s, and
feeding little better his new herd.
Both acts are in full accord with mod
ern dairy gospel.
Language Teacher-"$1O0 q lesson.
How many studies will you take up,
and for how lOng?" Fair Applicant
THE more the better, but needn't
study any of them long, / suppose.
You can't tell what is going to hap
| to say yes in at least q dozen Ian
guages. "-Amerieau Farmer.
The ground in your orchard should
| be stirred. If trees are young, the
| laid may be plUwed deeply, except
near the trees. IL they have reached
the bearing age, the blowing must be
more shallow, lest the roots be dis
| turbed or broken. This as to peach
or apples. Pears need special trtat-
ment-American Farmer.
In cases of garget put bag all
around the Cdder with holes for the
teats, and put in this bag wheat bran
mixed with hot water. Keep 1t hot.
Give internally EpsOiu and Gla'Iber
salts, each l 10. Ginger 3 drs.;
treacIe. S oZs., in water enough to dis
solve. This is DIR. Millers remedy
before the Vermont Dairy Association.
If the fever is high give about 80
drops of acOnite. ClOthC warmly.
Give dry food.
Hon. Valancey e. Fuller, the man
who first made Jerseys famous i'll the
test of Mary Anne OF ST. Lambert,
and who founded the st. Lambert
herd of Jerseys, is i'll the town look
ing after the Jersey cows which are
to 90 to the Worlds Fair. Mr.. Fuller
i has entire charge of this department
of the Worlds Fair, which is source
OF qualification to all who know him.
| He is one of the Drainiest lawyers in
Canada, and one of the brainiest men
living Our herds around town VIII
send : good quota of the cows to
ChicagA
Old SiTNertail has proven nimse.f TO
be one of The most remarkable horses
that ever lived. He won his maiden
race ten years ago, since which time
he has managed to win ffiy-one
heats i'm $50 or letter, while Joe Kea
gave him his record, 2:lGl2, at De-
, trOit, in 1855. Last year Myrtle Peek
drove him a IN 10 at the Cleveland
circuit meeting, with running mate,
in 2:07, and this spring he appears
again, plump and risky as hVe-
yesr-Old, aud at the Point Breeze
meeting marched off the distance in
2:O5.-Western Horseman.
The rapid increase in the number oil
"great brood mares" is one Of the
most striking proofs of the strides
+ taAt trotting-horse breeIing is max
, ing. 1t may not be very long before
mares will be graded more by the
quality and speed of their produce
than by mere numbers in the list
. Indeed, in popular judgement, the
dam OF Nancy Hanks or a Maud .
will rank far and away above tht
dam of three or four of ordinary 2:3I
performers. The mares that produces
race horses and extreme speed arr
the ones that are now sought after
Mere 2:30 speed, without more, II
not what the progressive horsemen O
the day are looking for.-Kentucky
Stock Farm.
Henry Stewart says that "silage tina
ia sweet and free from acid is good foOC
for sheep, if not given in excess. one
half of the feeding may safely be made
up OF silage, and, as 1t is succulent anC
digestible, it will fill the place OF root
for the winter feeding of flock; and
where corn is more easily grown thar
roots, it may be provided in the form
silage with great advantage"
I In this connection we beg to agail
call the attention OF farmers to tn
good qualities of ensilage. 1t ma.
, he raised and housed at u cOEt of 80 t
as cents per ION, and Is a fine food 70
10 nd 70 noffIn IF no SfoN w
art claims, il Is also good for sheep
y then by its aid sheep may be raisef
at mere nominal cOst per head and
il fed ensilage aud hOused as they
o should be, to eat it, they will not b.
:. eX posed so much Of winter nights II
dogs. A large shelter under which
e the shtep may be fed will answer
;, and we doubt not but the lambs viii
come in in better fix.
r The following pretty yarn will eX
plain itself. There is probably enough
truth in it to keep one from thinking
3 it is all fiction:
!. speaking of Bayard Wilkes, re
minds me of story Mr.. Drake told
a ride he took behind the speedy
/ pacer last fall. After his return
= from the breeders meeting where h
paced a mile in 2:15@, the horse wa
logged daily oIi the road, to a llgh
O wagon and the intention was not T.
! start him at speed again for the sea
son. Mr.. Drake at that time owne'
favOrite greyhound, which wa
: noted for his fieetness and jumPiD
d qualities. Between the horse and tn
greyhound there existed a feeling o
good fellowship, and when the hors'
, took his daily drives, which he did ii
~ an open bride, The greyhound wa
allowed to accompany him.
This happened daily until one day
coming out of a cross street into
le broad and level avenue, the hound
u seeing the team turn for home, cam
up behind with a rush. Bayar'
Wilkes saw him coming and starte
Is up at full speed. The road wa
70 smooth and level for a short die
ance, and Mr.. Drake gathered u
he reins enough to steady him, an
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