The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-03-04
STOCK FARM AND GARDEN.

You can save the interest on the
self-binder by investing part OF 1t II
paint.
What your cattle now lack in breed
make up in feed. In future nave
breed as we'll as feed.
Have low fences II you want t.
teach the stock to jump weak fences
if YOU wish to make them breachy
IL YOU take better care of your tools
the manufacturer will not get rlch sc
fast; but that is not your lookout.
Perhaps you made, some mistakes
last year; most OF us did but we are
great ounces il we repeat the same
ones this year.
Now that the gentle spring is com
ing, do not overstock the pastures.
That Is the most foolish OF all the
foolish things you can do.
Glover begins to draw sustenance
from the air as soon as its seed is ex-
hausted. That is why we can use 1t
on poor land as nenovator.
II YOU have attended the Institutes,
enioved them and learned something,
does it not suggest that your hoy
might do the same at the agricultural
college?
The best and surest way in which
a farmer can add to his capital is to
increase the productive power OF his
farm. The better the soil the larger
the interest it will pay.
Corn planted in rows three feet
apart, stalks 10 inches apart in the
row, one ear to the stalk, aud 100 ears
to the bushel, will give 100 bushels to
the acre. Are you not farmer enough
to do that?
Now-a-days, when we see man
farming with Old-fashioned tmple-
ments, we think he is pretty poor
farmer and behind the times. DId II
ever occur to you that farming Win
old-fashiened, scrub stock - about
the same thing.
At the beginning OF growth plant
lives upon the substance OF its seed,
out il eau not do that long. 1t soon
reaches out for something more.
That Is when and where we need
'available" plant food. The food
may be there for the plant, but it is
not "aVailAble" il the soil il coarse
and lumpy. That is why we need
filth before planting.
Feeding hogs on the ground is one
Of the old-time practices that should
now be followed only by such farm
era as are still using n crooked stick
for a pillow and are planting by the
moon. Feed them on floor, and the
gram will be eaten up cleaner aud the
hogs will not he compelled to take so
much dirt with it. Give hog half
chance, and he is quite a gentleman
at his feeding.
mo foot no horse" is an English
axiom in which there is a good deal
Of sound sense, yet a visit to many
OF our stables will show that we do
not have much regard for it. A
filthy floor will not make q sound
foot, but just the opposite. The feet
OF young horses are often permanent
ly injured Ly standing upon inn
properly constructed floors, floors
that are too hard or that are not kept
clean. How is it in your own stable
Just now?
There may be some diversity OF
opinion as to wheather we can make
mutton a popular meat IN thi~
country, but there is no question at
all as to the fact about lamb. 1t l.
universally considered delicacy,
and brings the highest price of all our
meats. 1t is a luxury that can nO'
often be purchased by those who
must practice economy. So long as
this is so It can not but offer favor
aoIe outlook for the producer. l.
you Cdu grow my hASeNe 90 -
lamb.
FoaIs should be taught to eat grain
while yet with the mares, and then
the weaving process will not check
their growth il properly supplied with
food aud drink. If there is any milk
to spare it can hardly be put to any
better use than feeding it to the
weanIIngs until they get we'll started |
on regular rations OF hay, grass and !
grain. Perhaps they will not take to |
the milk kindly, but, let them go |
thirsty one day and there will be no |
further objection.
1t is possible that the hides OF cat |
tie may become of much more value |
than they have been, and so add to |
the profits OF the cattle growing in
dustry. We have before spoken OF
the fact that the rough Galloway
hides are used as substitute for
buffalo robes. Now the hides of An
gus, Short horn, Red Polled, Jerseys
and HOlstein cattle are manufactured
into great diversity of articles,
among which are overcoats, rugs,
gloves and mittens, and many things
for which fur skins have heretofore
been almost exclusively used
In stocking the farm aim to adapt
your stock to the land. On q rough.
billy farm you will not have much