The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-04-22
STOCK FARM AND CAMDEN.

6, me butter makers have not yet
learned that butter should never be
rubbed with the ladLe, but always
pressed. Press il to get the brine out
nress IT into the lar or tub. Rubbing
destroys the Rranules-makes IL greasy
Oats supply better than any other
available food the materials needed TO
develop bone and muscle. These are
what are needed in the colt, and II you
can get them, all other things, such as
form and flesh, will follow III due sea-
son.
a correspondent has asked us bow to
prevent hens from laying sOft-shelled
eggs. First, we must understand why
the shells are sometimes soft. The
shells of eggs are made of lime, and un-
less there is an adequate supply of this
in the food the hens have nothing to
manufacture them from. Give them an
additional supply, which may be in the
form of oyster shells, finely powdered,
as in broken and crushed bones, or even
in wood ashes. 1t Is estimated that one
pound of lime is needed for the shells of
each seven dozen eggs.
1t has taken us long time to get down
to the fact that "breaking" colt is a
very different thing from educating and
training it, but we are beginning to re-
aliZe this at last. This training can not
begin too young, and the sooner 1T be
gins and the more steadily, firmly and
kindly it is carried on, the more Valua-
should be handled from his youth up;
should be made so accustomed to haV-
ing human beings about him that he
will not start when approached uneX-
apectedly; so accustomed to kind and
gentle treatment that he will come to
any stranger to be strOked or petted.
When he has reached this stage 1T Will
not be any trouble to put harness on
his back nor bit in his mouth.
A good selection of apples for a small
"a rH TrinpinallU for home and
one that is applicable to IA wide range of
territory, would be as follows: Early
harvest or Red Astrakan for summer
Use, Porter or autumn Pippin for early
winter, and Baldwin, Rhode Island
Greening or Northern Spy for late Win
ter. 1t is better to cOnfine the list to
few. known good sorts than to expert
ment with many varieties. We would
also advise buying direct from a we'll
known dealer or nurseryman, instead of
from itinerant tree peddlerS, AS with the
latter you could not depend on getting
the sorts ordered. Plant the trees 30
feet apart. Prune the roots to cores
pond with the head of the tree, and then
set in holes large enough to permit
them being well spread out Cover with
rich soil, well tramped down, and mulch
to retain the moisture.
The society for the prevention OF
cruelty to animals has been coming to
the relief of the balky horse and his
owner, with some advice to the latter
az to how he may get "move" on the
former. The simplest device seems to
be the placing of the hand over the
horses nose, thus shutting Off his wind.
He will soon want TO go where he can
get more air. The brain of a horse can
contain but one idea at a time. and
whipping only confirms his stubborn
resolve to stay where he is. To get
him to move you must give him some
thing new to think of, or time to form
new desire of his own accord. If the
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tinue by letting some person drive the
horse who does not know how to over
come it, it will grow worse and worse,
until the animals becomes practically
worthless a horse that shows dis
position to balk should he put at once
into the hands of horseman who is at
once patient and firm.
In the garden tillage is manure, and
the operations should be planned so
that you can give each aud every crop
the maximum of this that it can posi- |
bly, require. To do this without too |
much expense you must have proper
tools, such as will enable you to accom- |
plish the greatest amount of work in the |
best manner in the shortest time. In !
the earlier work small hand plOw--a |
tool that can be bought for a few dol
lArs-will be found a great aid. With |
1t you can open the rows for seed much |
more quickly than with a hoe or any
other implement, and ii your soil is in
proper condition it is just the thing To
cover with. Then in the early Guilt
walton, when you merely wish to stir |
the surface without throwing much (
earth to the row, 1t is as equally useful. |
II is so light that boy can handle il |
easily, and as much work Of thiS sort
can be done with it in a day as with
horse cultiYator. When you are buy
Ing, get Qne with different cnltivator
10 see the variety of uses to which it
can be put.