The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-01-08
STOCK FARM AND GARDEN.

BY keeping a variety of stock upoI
q the farm the different products cal
be used to the best advantage. VIVA
one animal will not turn into none,
another one will.
The practice of breeding immature
stock should be discouraged. 1t hal
q tendency to weaken the cOnstitu
tional Vigor and make the animals al
easy prey to disease.
Possibly insect enemies are some
times a blessing. IL they had moi
been around this year there would
have been 30 much fruit that it would
not have paid for harvesting.
In making ready for market hogs
require more grain In proportion tC
their value than do any. other ami
mails. Think OF this before saying
that hogs pay the best profit.
A Hudson liver peach grower sent
200 baskets OF choice fruit to market
and received 81 net for the lot
aere was something wrong either
18th his7paeking, the transportation
or his dealer. .,F
II your cellar is damp put box OF
lime there to absorb the moisture. II
will also serve to prevent foul and
unwhOlesOme odors. Lime Is q great
purifier, and we are somewhat too
chary in its use.
In fattening hogs slops will not
4 take the place of water. We have
seen swine that had plenty Of slOp
almost climb out of their pens in
their anxiety to get good drink of
water, unmixed with any thing else.
The Indiana Institutes Act'' pro-
hfbits the allowing of the bill of any
speaker who, at the Institute, en-
cages in political speech, partisan
: discussion, or q TRADE against men
engaged in other pursuits.
Horses and mules and sheep are the
animalst that require the least grain in
proportion to their value. This af-
fOrds q good reason why a man with
ample pastures and plenty of winter
fodder should be partial to them.
Good shelter during the winter
means that less grain will be needed.
It is cheaper to keep up the animal
heat from the outside than from the
inside. When cold, cattle burn feed
for fuel. Then they make no gain
upon it.
The advantage to be derived from
fall blowing for spring crop depends
largely upon whether the land is
drained. IL not drained the winter
rains will compact it so that it will
not dry out much sooner in the spring
than any other.
Cribbing is not itself disease, but
, ~ almost always produces derange-
meht Of the digestive organs, so that
cribblng horse may safely be classed
as unsound. They are especially sub
iect to cOlic-a trouble always liable
TO lead to fatal results.
We do not think q trotting stallion
is the best thing farmer can breed
to, as it is likely to give rise to great
eXpectations;"but II he can keep speed
out of his head and train the colt for
good roadster, such breeding will
often pay him we'll.
In covering seed carelessly often re-
suits in getting it too deep. Then 1t
fails to terminate, or else too weak te
push itself to the surface and through
the crust that may have formed above
1t. We have often seen even strong
growing plants smothered in this
way.
The Pennsylvania Experiment
Station says that OF the average feed
ing value in the whole corn crop as it
stands awaiting harvest, 81 per cent.
IL In the stalks, leaves and husks
What proportion Of this do you get
by turning cattle into the stalk field ?
In a recent report upon the hog
msrkets ct St Louis it is stated that
"weights of the better class of stock
ranged from 100 pounds to go
pounds.n This Is suggestive as show
ing, aud as to what the buyers con-
slider the 1betteri class" Time was,
and not 30 very long ago, either, when
hogs of the foregoing weight would
Ahave ranked low, both in class and in
price, but now, II they are we'll fin
3hed, such rs these will easily top the
Imarkets l.is..t e. ....... .s-.3 ,..
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sRnds, doubtless, In the aggregate, is
Wasted every year in buying fancy
Varieties OF fruits aud worthless nov
elites, instead OF the old standard
sorts Of which we are sure, and that
we know to be adopted to our soil and
climate. II you are making an order
ready now for spring planting, do not
be misled by glowing pictures in the
agents catalogues, but take day to
, investigate in your own neighborhood
aud find out what sorts are giving the
best results. Many of the high
priced novelties OF to-day will be
Wholly.unknOwn five years hence.
It viii soon be garden-making time
again, and we shall keep it in mind
and give you some practical hints on
the gardens as soon as the season for
! real work approaches; but meantime
we want to say 3 word about the ma
nure for It. Good manure is impor-
tant Il you want q good garden, and |
you must have plenty of 1t. We
would, suggest that you haul some of
your best there now and spread it |
5ver the whole surface, good and deep. |
Then have. as much more piled up in |
convenient places, so that you can !
use it for special fertilizIng in the hill, |
the row, &c. 1t is only by this double !
process that you will get enough there. |
bu depend upon the single appli- |
tion you will be sure to stint the |
iuantity.
Sheep are continually and properly |
advised as being the best stock for |
poor or cheap lands. This should not |
be- taken TO mean that sheep will not
pay on valuable and highly culti- |
afed farms. In England they are
.tgrown with profit on lands worth $500 |
|per acre, although, to be sure, they |
Vet q better price there for mutton |
Imam we do; but it is true that almost
Anywhere in this country sheep can
Ne made to pay at least as well as ANY
Der stock on our very best lands. |
nm our expensive lands there is al
this ia favor of the grower, that |
re nearer market, and so the |
transportation for their pro-
be less. Growing for mutt !
(abs, as we'll as for wool, |
NFI zee. be practiced in order |
E.. latest advantage from |
|'N markets. With these |
he need not be afraid |
almost anywhere. !