The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-01-29
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help you out, because it will lessen
the damage from drouth. Level cul
turA is better than killing for the
same reason it keeps the moisture
just where it is needed, and good,
medium seeds, cut to about two
sound eyes for each piece, will give
the largest crop 10 proportion to the
seed used In addition-tO these, lib
eral tillage are always CT 1duclve to
profit.
When planting young trees and
shrubs the coming spring let US eau
ton you to do the work well, and it
is not well done unless you firm the
earth about the roots. Many valua-
BILE plants are lost every season be-
cause of the neglect of this simple
and easy precautiOn. After packing
the ground thoroughly two inches of
the surface may be IoOsened to act as
a mul ID an keep h. soil below from
drying out. In getting plants well
started everything depends upon
bringing such conditions about their
roots at will at once enable them to
begin gathering plant food, and
which will stimulate them to put out
new rOotlets at once. These con1i-
tions, as we have intimated, are
gained by having the roots in close
contact with moist, fine soil.
If the plan of selling fruit at auc-
ton were more generally adopted in
all our large markets we believe there
would be less cause for complaint at
the commission dealers, and the
growers generally would be better sat
isfied. Thus far where tried it has
met with much favor. In New York
oranges, lemons, bananas and most of
the tropical and sub-trOpical fruits
are now largely handled in this way.
To show what it can accomplish in
clearing up a market, we may note
that the first car load of California
cherries Il 200 boxes) that came into
Chicago last season were put up in
this way, and were all taken within
20 minutes. By this plan the goods
are bound to seek the level of their
true value, which can only be deter
mined by their quality and the needs
of the market, and the seller is pretty
sure of getting a straight return.
There is no doubt that growers % often
lose greatly by shipping to irrespon-
sible dealers who are entire strangers
to them, and allowing them to make
private sales and report such returns
as they see fit.
Some Of our correspondents have
asked for further Information upon
the subject of raising ducks, not be-
ing quite satisfied with our recent
statement that they could be success
fully handled without the aid of
pond or stream of running water. In
reply we would say that some of the
largest duck farms in the country are
without such accessories, only enough
water for drinking purposes oeing
provided. 1t is not any more neces-
sary for ducks to have a place in
which to swim and battle than it is
for hens. To those who contemplate
engaging in the business we would
recommend either the ROuens or
Pekius. The former are dull and
heavy in appearance, but are hardy
and thrifty, good breeders, and grow
and lay on fat very rapidly. The
Pekins are much handsomer, and
perhaps produce flesh of somewhat
better quality, and their plumage, be-
ing creamy white, is of considerable
value. We believe that beginners
would have better success
with ducks than with hens, as they
do not so quickly succumb to disease,
and are better adapted to being kept
in large numbers. Upon the same
expense for food and housing a bet
ter income can usually be had from
ducks than from hens.
Where a farmer has a sufficiency of
good permanent meadow it will per-
haps not pay him to grow hay crop
that must be sown anew each success
sive season, but where there is any
lack of this il is good policy to so
plan that few acres of millet or
grass may be put in.
MiIlet and Hungarian are practi-
cally the same, the varieties that
make the larger heads being known
under various names as "millets,"
while the smaller headed are given
the latter name. This grass, when
cut at the right season, is very nutri-
tious, having about l019 per cent. of
flesh forming constituents, as against
about 10 per cent. for the best blue
grass Therefore, it is worth high
as food for domestic an
imals, but many who grow it fail to
get as much benefit from it as they
might, because they allow it to be-
come too ripe before cutting, or to
bleach out aud lose much of its nutri-
tious value when being made into
hay. 1t should be cut before the seed
is at all ripe; in fact, just as it begins
TO turn into the dough stage, and af- |
ter being cut it should be cured and
put under cover with the greatest
despatch possible. In very many re-
yions millet hay has fallen into poor
.epute because the proper condi-
ions in cutting and curing have not
,een observed, and so it has turned |
tut coarse, woody product Of small
yalue.
In the care, the feed and the hous.
nR OF the cows Is where the foundAA
ion for really fine butter must al :