The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-02-05

readily, but doubtless there is much
used that is so when it comes from
the COW, but which we have not here
| tofore been able to pass correct judg-
ment upon. When COW is diseased
/, the milk is the first thing to become
affected, and an expert can now de-
| tect by micrOscOpial eXaIni nation the
approach Of garget or milk fever a
week or 10 days before there Is any
outward Sign. AS milk is especialIy
sensitive to all UNIV lolesome in
! fuences, there can be little doubt but
| that it must contain to some extent
the germ ofdisease when drawn from
an animal that is suffering from even
the first stages. In cities the health
of the children, and in many cases
even their lives, depends upon the
purity of the milk supply, and the
authorities can not be blamed for
exercising strict supervision in this
respect A conscientious and self
respecting dairyman will not feel
himself hampeTed or wrOnged by any
regulations that are made toward this
end, but will endeavor to so conduct
his business as to meet in advance all
requirements. Attention to the
health of the cows and the cleanliness
of their quarters is profitable, if only
because it inspires the confidence of
the public. We believe that the
greater portion of country dairymen
are now observing these matters more
fully than ever before, but there are
many city diaries that are conducted
in a disgraceful manner and are
constant menace to the health of their
patrons. If a customer could see
where his milk comes from it would
be the most efficient system of in
spectiOn that could be devised.
Old bones are a valuable fertilizer,
as we all know, and in may places
may be procured very cheapIy from
the butchers; but, having procured
them, it is sometimes a more serious
question chow to make them available
Fresh ground bones contain about %
per cent. of their own d-y weight of
phOsphOric acid, and this is worth
about five cents pound. Pure bone
meal is therefore worth about one and
One-half cents pound solely on ac-
count of this ingredient, beside which
they ALEC contain three or four per
cent. of nitrogen. Thus, if we have
the bones, it will pay to take some
trouble to use them. If applied to
the ground whole many years would !
elapse before they would be sufficient
ly decayed to answer the purpose of !
furnishing plant food. They may be !
ISuuCeu Will SUI puuTlC dClu, OUT LnaC .
method is expensive, and somewhat |
unless one has prepared |
well for the work. Our own method !
is to reduce the bones to power by |
and then crushing. This is
an operation that any farmer can per-
form with little expense, except the !
required time and labor. The bones /
should be piled with enough dry !
waste wood to burn them perfectly |
white. Being greasy, they will make |
D very hot fire of themselves, 80 that
it will not be necessary to use very /
much wood. All that are not red uced |
by burning may then be removed to q
plank floor, and by the aid OF . wood
sn FOUNDER easily made, into q fine
meal. Where the bones are. sold, 40 I
cents q 100 pounds is about an average
price, and at this figure it will pay |.
we'll to make the bone meal as in the
instead OF buying it already
ground. If one wishes TO use whole
bones, the best way to get any value
rom them is to bury them about the
roots of vines or trees. J. r. E.