The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-01-22
STOCK FARM AND GARDEN.

Do not make the mistake of buy
ing large, overgrown trees for your
spriug planting. Those which are 3
to 70 inch in diameter are quite large
enough, but they should have smooth,
straight trunks and good roots. Old
or trees are more apt than young ones
to have lost their best roots in re-
InovaI;; and it is best to buy of nur-
seryInnen instead of peddlers, and so
save money and receive just what
YOU purchase Ten dollars per 100
will buyathe best of apple trees at the
nursery, and other stock in proper
tion.
Straw, of which very little account
is made on many farms, may be fed
to sheep, and SO turned into money
at a good profit 1t should be fed
plentifully, in combination with a
little gFaini and the leavings each
day sweptup and used for bedding.
A farmer of our acquaintance kept
last year 200 head of sheep on straw
and Extraordinarily, feeding one and
one-half bushels of the grain every
night.r The sheep were thus kept in
fine condition at an actual expense
for the winter (l61 days and oats at
80 cents per bushel) of only $72.45.
The straw being reduced to manure,
in addition to the manure from the
grain, returned to the farm much
more than its original value. There
is profit "A the proper management
of sheep, and this man had got hold
OF one of the proper aud profitable
methods,s Thirty-six cents head
for over five months feeding. The
fleece OF that flock will easily pay for
its keep.
Ii was the general practice not very
long ago, and widely accepted as the
correct method, to Freed any mare
that was not good for any other use.
II she. was unsound or tricky she
would still do to raise colt, and to
this practice is largely due the great
number OF poor horses that our farms
are now burdened with, for, of course,
these horses staid at home upon the
farm where they were foaled, became
so worthless that they could not be
sold for enough to pay the cost of
raising them. 1t will be long time
before we can wholly eradicate the
effect OF this poor breeding, but we
believe farmers are wise enough now
TO practice the widely different plan
OF breeding the best they have, and so
endeavoring to perpetuate the most
valuable Qualities OF their stock, in
stead of the poorest. In no line OF
stock does good breeding have a surer
effect upon our profits, and II a man
can not breed q good mare he had
best not breed any.
We have all of US come pretty well
to the conclusion that it is not a wise
policy to attempt to carry cattle
through the winter on ration COM
posed OF q sin9le item, IL we desire
them to make any gain proportion
ate to the cost OF the feed consumed.
We find that by adding somewhat of
klran- OF meal or of oil cake we not
only get back the cost of this addi-
tionaf feed, but we get better return
for the other as we'll. The next step
for us TO take in this direction is to
reform our practice in pasturing.
erase alone, even in the flush or sum
mer pastufage, is not the most profit
able food.- II only q small quantity
of lfnseed or cottonseed meal is added
the cattle will make a much more
rapid gain, and the pasture will carry
an added amount of stock. If four to
ak pounds day are fed-a mixture
OF corn meal and cottOnseed is good
the cattle will fatten rapidly and
come off from pasture in fine form,
and all ready for the butcher without
stall feeding. BY giving a diversity
OF foods the greatest good is derived
from each, and this will apply to all
kinds OF stock at all times.
Every farmer who has good forag-
ing room should aim to raise good
flock Of turkeys each year, eommenc-
ing on. q small scale aud increasing
the number somewhat as he becomes
to handling and caring |
for them. The largest varieties give |
the hest pFofit. 1t is best not to have |
the young birds Matched before May /
]. as they do not flourish If exposed |
70 the cold rains of early spring. The
chicks should have no food for "a
hours after leaving the shell, but after
that give them food every two hours
until YOU, can see that they have
good start. Keep them dry until three
on four weeks old, but let them have
plenty OF exercise. During this time
iced them hard boiled eggs, curd,
.csIded corn meal, and spice their
Tood with pepper or onion tops.
Haavv dews aud rains outside, or
IamDness inside the poultry house Is
fhe worst thing with which they can
have to- contend Keep them in
morninos until grass is dry, bring
no when storms al e coming, ana nave
dry authenticated house. Then,
with suitable food and plenty OF 1t,
vou will doubtless reap q satisfactory
kofit.
mo farmer will attempt to work
Mont tools, but in making up their
ID many OF them seem to forget
lmoks are tools. Not only this,
~ also teach how to use other
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