The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-04-29
The Farm.

Ino tarms
Now is the time of the year to see
that the bitches are well open for the
/ egress of water, and after the rains
cease, look to the condition of your
water gates.
Cattle will not do well yet on clo-
yer; it is too succuleut and is more
apt to bloat them than to do them
any great good. If they can have
access to an old wheat stack they
will do better while on clover.
There is no crop equal to clover in
it's general usefulness, both as food
crop and fertilizer. All kinds Of
growing stock do better on clover
nay than on any other kind of hay;
while as a fertilizer it will save many
wagon loads of manure. 1t is natures
restorer to tired land.
This country is greatly blessed
over other farming sections in that
very little drainage is required for
land, only a few bitches to be opened
for the natural flow of water.
Those who have lived in the South
and seen the wet pairie fields that
would often acquire days of sunshine
before being ready for the plough, can
appreciate this fact.
Farmers who do not consider the
SJGdW SldCh VI any NdluS bluOJ
this item, aud then cut it out and
place it where it can be seen this fall.
Good wheat, oats or barly straw con-
tains about three per cent. of aibu-
minoids, or flesh forming elements.
Timothy hay contains about five per
cent and clover hay, cut and cured
properly, about eight and one-half
per cent. Therefore, one ton of clio
yer hay and one ton of straw mixed
would have almost exactly the same
feeding value as two tons of timothy.
One of the best ways in which very
serious loss in the winters feeding OF
cattle may be prevented is by max
ing better use of the straw than they
have been doing.
The surest way to increase the
profit from a given crop is to lower
the cost of production, rather than to
look for higher price, and the surest
wav to lower the cost of production
is to grow larger crops from a given
area. The value Of almost any crop
depends, first of all, upon it's pro-
ductiveness, for there is expense in
growing any of them, and more eX-
pense in growing the more valuable
ones than in growing those which
sell at less money, but neither class
will repay expenses without a fairly
good yield, and the better the
yield the better the profit. Pro-
ductiveness depends on good seed,
fertility and nature of the soil, mode
of cultivation and sufficiency of
moisture. Have all these well I'M
der control, and you have the key TO
profitable agriculture
The Lower House of Congress has
passed the bill putting cotton bag
giug, cotton ties, cotton gins and hoop
IRON for bailing purposes Oh the free
list, Ivy vote of 167 yeas to As nays.
Toe ties nay be used for hailipg hay,
rail fastening or other purposes. The
main ground for passing the bill, how
ever, was the relief of the cotton
growers OF the South, VINO produced
last year S, 200, coo bales. Strong OPP
position to the measure is expected
in the Republican Senate, not so
much on account of any instrinsic
faults in it, as for the reason that 1t
would serve as an entering wedge for
a flood of other anti-tariff bills from
the Democratic House. Many other
considerations besides the merits or
dement's of piece of legislation have
weighty influence on its success in
passing through our National and
State Legislatures.
The Times see farmers who saved
thelr clover SEEDS laSU lalli Haue
very fine profit on them this spring.
Then they could have been bought
for So so to So 90 per bushel, while
now they are worth $3.50 per bushel.
This beats raising cotton, to say moth
ing of the roots enriching the soil.
Watch the markets for the next
few months and see how high the
prices of spring lambs may go. Then
wonder why farmers do not have
more of them to sell. A good sheep
gives three crops a year, her lamb,
her wool and her manure and the two
last named will surely pay for the
feed she has, if he has en- ugh.
"NI.r in the Tennessee Farmer, says
the best way to raise good cabbages is
to plant late and let the grass and
weeds take them till August LIST, then
clean out the weeds and grass and let
them grow. His reason is that the
cabbage fly lays its eggs in July and
not afterwards, and we suppose the
fly cannot lay an egg on plant it
cannot see. Another writer comes
along and says he plants his cabbages
between his potato rows and the stalks
answer the same purpose, as the po-
tatoes are dug in August