The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-08-19
Mnury County for stock and Agri
culture.


culture.
Man very soon finds out what his
country is best suited for. The ms
tory of nations shows that they adhPi
themselves to the eXigencieS aud
requirements OF the phySicai coh-
dilions that Surround them. Maury
Conntv settlers, even those who came
in on The heels of The red man, both
knew and understood this great law
of the natural world. Hence as an
agricultural and s;Ock-Ialsing coul-
try, this couJay mas always been .lhe
foremost in Tennessee.
The livestock of the county itself
ia an argument conclusive OF tlIS
nropo2itiou. Take some of our horses
to Finland and in few generations
they will deteriOrate into ponies DuJ
bring their horses hero, ana AFTER
awhile they will devotion int" game
and speedy, nervous and high-strung
companions of man.
AS proof Of this, it is almost M
possible now, after only fifty or sixty
Years of breeding the Tennessee
ii,rht harness horse, to find one, car
rYing the blood of our good old slrc7
OF old, that is not both Lircicss, mi OF
spirit and often extremely fast on me
| track. We venture the assertion mat
| Maury County has in It's b"rderS To-
day more well-bTed dams and sir"s
whose colts, with proper framing
| would be II. ost certain to go iaSt, than
any county in the United States
Take the dams Of the following, Tor
instance: Hal Pointer 2:0ol4, BroWn
| Hal 2:I216, Brown Jug 2:ll4, Matte
Hunter 2:12, McEwen, trOtter, Isl,
| Ifhis great mare, Mary NJ, is dam OF
four, three of them with an average
record of nearly 2:20) Monogram
Ella Brown and many others. we
do not oVerdraw it when we say JhaI
we believe there are hundreds Cl
other mares around here Whlchl IL
they had the chance, would swell inns
fable to unprecedented numbers.
In question of agricultural produc'
ton, the county easily leads all oth-
ers in the State. Nor could one hhc
n soil. better adapted tor the raising
of every kind of grain or grass needed
for livestock or their owners.
This is an age of sPeciaiismi anC
If nature ever gave this county any
) one product and pointed with q sufel
finger 10 wesIth in the development
OF that product, she did IL Wheh SUI
blessed him with the character OF th'
soiI AMI the race of horses now almos
indigenous to that soil. seeing this
Great interest in this occupation ma
been steadily growing i'll the county
ul,dl now the county can boast
bsiug the best equipped, III aolt, grass
race-tracks and good barns ana renee
for the rearing, feeding, developing
and caring for the horse, OF any coun
} ty in Tennessee. If you do not tninl
2 so, ride with us out over tie t"eiV'
pixies leading into Columbia, ana se'
. for yourselves.
l. 4 q IN n
a,n horse countries is this! In Mich
!. ipau. we notice that the grass Is al
g ready gone and grain feeding is nov
| resoTted to by the stock raisers. gu
: grass, ON an average, will last hef
!. until December. The writer recall
I the fact that in 1887 he had twent.
;, Jersey heifers that ran on biue-grhs
e tiII after Christmas, and were Drough
t to the barn in fine fix. They wer
{ turned out April iTst and had nOtb
| ing but salt till January hrst' L
. rearing our horses, this TACT siOb
d cuts a big figure in the cost OF thel
e productions and when we c"hslae
h The fact that the grass they do get
n exactly adaI.ted by nature for tn
formation OF the best Of bone an
e muscle, II comes with still stronge
g emphasis.
V track in the world, by the record
d And by the way, the L. & N. r. h
a line to the kite track is NV com
: pleted, and visitors coming to tn
II ereat meeting in October can b
:. faken directly to the track Her,
y also. is located a gem of q half mi
k frack-aIso the fastest in the Sout
,r bv the records; and here is also
r haIf-nile track over which MOI
lhorses have TAKE n their nrst lesson
(which afterwards have become gree