The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-03-25

farmers can apply the principles of
practical cooperation with the best
results.
It is Just as important to keep the
weeds out of q young orchard as to
keep them away from any other crop
Wherever weeds grow they absorb
some OF the plant food that otherwise
would be available and utilized by
the crop that we are attempting to
cultivate. One reason why large
orchardists usually succeed better
than those who only make the orch
ard a small adjunct to the farm, is
because the former plant upon a
scale that warrants, and, in fact, COM
pels, good cultivation, because the
orchard il their main dependence for
profit. California fruit growers and
orange growers in Florida aim to
keep their places absolutely free from
weeds, aud to this is doubtless due q
large portion of their success. If the
orchard is to be so much of side
issue with you that you can not afford
to give just as close cultivation as you
will to your corn field, it will be best
not to plant at all. We bave been
among the Florida orange growers q
good deal, and we fluid that the most
successful men are those who know
every tree in their groves individu.
aIIy-know their life history" and
the yield and profit Of each one, year
after year. These qualities of close
cultivation and Of detailed attention
are of prime importance in fruit grow
ing.
When you get into the earnest work
of the spring of course you will keep
ali the tools sharp and. in good repair,
so that they can do the full limit OF
good and rapid work; but are you
going to treat your horses as well, or
will they be sighted in the little
things that conduce to their comfort
and well-being? About grooming,
for instance. Do You know that
horse will feel better and keep
healthier with a clean skin than
without il? and do you not know that
upon his physical well-beiug depends
the amount and quality of the work
he can do for you-the money he can
make for you? and about watering
them when at work. Suppose you
90 into the field and pillow from morn
ing until night and only stop once
for a drink of water-when you go to
dinner. Do you think you would
find it an easy day? Unless there is
some spring or stream near the field
where you work, so that you can
easily bring a few buckets OF water to
your team, it will pay TO haul barrel
OF water out with you and refresh
the horses from time to time with
few mOuthsful. You can not better
prove that you are a humane man
and humane to your beasts than by
making a practice of this. 1t is
cruelty to withhold water from them
for many hours at a time when hard
at work In the pillow field.
There is room for Improvement Of
the live stock on most farms, and
probably a good many farmers have
decided that they will make a def
nate improvement in this direction
this year. Perhaps you are one of
them and you are just now question
ing in what line it will pay best to
direct your special efforts. Let US
suggest that your horses have early
consideration. By having good
horses you can advance your profits
in two ways-first, by getting more
work done with the same number OF
teams, aud, second, by producing
colts OF better selling value Use
mares as largely as possible for the
farm work, and have good ones.
Breed them to stations OF the best
draft or road type, and you will have
colts worth 100 per cent. more than
the ordinary farm product. 1t does
not speak well for a mans common
sense when he has fiue cattle, the
best breeds of hogs aud sheep, and
yet does the work OF the farm with a
pair of wOrnOnt and brok. n-dOwn
animals. The best economy of labor
on the farm is only reached Uy having
laborers-bOth men and hOrses-that
are in the best physical condition.
We all know there is no money in
employing a man who caEDOt do q
mans full work, even though we pay
him less than full wages. The same
rule will apply TO the teams, aud,
while we are upon this subject, to the
tools, also.
In growing any sort of live stock
there Is one certain precept that