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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1893-04-21
Brains and Farming.

The farm boy who is snxiOus to be
a banker, or merchant, or something
else besides farmer, because he
fancies that farming Is less digni-
fed calling and requires lees brains
tuan Others, makes q great mistake.
One OF the most important lessOnr
that the farm boy can be- taught 10
that no vocation 10 more noble than
that OF farming. This is the false
notion that must be educated out of
the boys mind.
Aside from the fact that adverse
legislation has tended to depress
agriculture, and to make it hard to
accumulate money in farming, moth
ing has had 90 much influence in
leading the boys from the farms to
town, as tue false notion that In
making the change, they are step
ping up on higher plane. OF activity.
1t requires AZ much brains, aud o
much greater variety OF knowledge
to be u successful farmer than it does
to run bank. A boy OF good com.
mon sense, who " careful and Undue
triOus; who writes reasonable good
haad, aud with comparatively little
education outside of being good in
calculation, can 60 into bank, aud
in comparatively short time al
actual practice, learn to be q banker
But 1t requires years Of practice and
experience, aud as much business
tact, though OF different kind, to
succeed At farming as to succeed al
banking or any other business.
A very ordinary fellow cad enter q
law or medical school, and in COM
par >tively short time emeIge-%ith
a plug hat, cane, cigar-a full.
tledged doctor or lawyer. The
amount Of knowledge they have AZ.
quired is not oue-half az great az the
practical and experienced farmer has
Still it is not uncommon for the little
fresh-hatched lawyer or doctor tC
think aud act az though he had more
brains and was q much more i'm.
portant factor in the republic than
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1893-04-21
To Cure a Horse Of Kicking.

Bill Nye has heard Of a good re-
cipe for curing horse OF kicking
aud running away when it gets Itr
tai over the lines. This is quite
common" he says in a recent article
land many horses must have their
tail epitOmized on this account. The
mate has to go through the same OPP
Grafton in order to match. All this
trouble may be saved by putting a
surcingle on the horse, and after
placing a broom-haudle or other
round stick under the tail, tie it by
both ends forward to the surcinglt,
placing the stick horizontally. In
Que night he is cured. had once a
very fine horse, but he had this
fatal gift of kicking when some one
dropped the lines under his tail. He
would hug the lines with his mas.
sive tail and kick everything into
chaos and run like a frightened
comet with his tail over the dash.
board. l got hold Of this recipe and
had faith in it. / have yet, but it il
too much expense to take care OF 9
mans family after he has put thu
broom-hSndle under the horses
tRil.n
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1893-04-21
STOCK, FARM AND GARDEN,
Notes and Comments en- the TrSttSrs
and PAGERS.

Views and Facts en- Various Farm Sub
jects-EaisiRE Turksys-PlaattnG FrHit
Trees-Othsr Topics.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1893-04-21
How a Small FLOCK VI Sheep Paid.

hOW ~ ''hAoh u AVOA VI OhOOP "aNe
A. B. Delong writes to the National
Stockman, giving the figures no re-
allied on small flock OF sheep, rs
follows:
81 will give you my experience
with sheep see so much about
them in the pspeE, some think they
won: pay. bought in November,
1891, iOurteed head, thirteen ewes,
me wether, aud paid $50 for the flock.
The wether l sold in December for S.
that would leave balauce Of $45.
The ewes raised me thirteen lambs IN
1892. then | sold $26.25 worth OF wool,
and 3 lambs for $l2. Then bought
buck for IS, a part Shropshire, and
bred twenty-three ewes. One eve
died last fail. started to feed oats
the 25th Of December, ore pound PEI
head, when [ saw in the StockmbI
that half u pound was enough iUI
breeding ewes aud l fed them tha'
way until the Sd of March, when they
began to drop lambs; then / fed one
pound to those that had lambs; clover
hay all winter and corn fodder
March q / sold the flock OF % fol
1915 s.. Sheep will pay just as vel
as anything else il you tend to then
right, but there are so many farmers
who think stock can take care O.
itself, and that is wroug.n
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1893-04-21
Shallow Cultivation.

Twas born and raised farmer, and
have been in that busin ess all my
l;fe, except twelve years spent in the
manufacture OF wooden goods in
Georgetown, Ky. 1 am now in my
sixty-secOud year, and during all that
time tsrmiug on the old or deep plan,
was unable to raise a heavy crop OF
corn, save when there was much
water, the yield averaging thirty to
fifty bushels to the acre, and when
dry much less. Five years ago, saw
a Communication in the Rural World
from the pen OF the highly esteemed
d. j. Bissell, on shallow Cultivs-
ton, n which was 80 satisfactory to
my mind, that L made arrangements
to cultivate on that plan, and so sat-
isfactory was it, that / have kept it
up ever since with an average yield
per acre of from sixty to ninety bush
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1893-04-21
Little BIgbr St.ck Faru.

The following stock will make the
season OF 1893 on the EIhert Wright
farm 6 miles sou h Of Columbia on
the CampDelIsvilIe pike.
Black Giant.
/ lie a black jack with white points,
4 years-oId, Is hands high standard
measure, WRs sired by Old Imp
Leon and dam by Buffers Kelley OF
Lincoln County. Black Giant has a
very tiue head and ear aud extraor-
binary heavy bone aud foot; he has
proven himself No. | breeder. He
will serve jeunels at $40 by the
insurance. To jeAnets Only.
Skylight.
Is b ack jack with white points,
5-years-uld, 10 hands high, waa sired
by Back Hawk; dam by Bedford
Forrest; he has fine head and ear
extraordinary good length, and good
bone and foot; he has proven himself
a good breeder, his colts being large
and fine. He will serve mares at IS
by the insurance.
Shamrock.
Is black jack with white points
5-years-oid 10 hands high and wa,
sired by Imp. Lem, dam by Cole
Eagle. He is a jack Of good weight
fine head ard ear and heavy bone
and feet; will serve mares at IS by
the Insurance.
Old Pete.
Was sired by NJ. r Jug, first dan
by Traveller, second dam by Prince
Pulaski (sire OF Matte Hunter.) NJ
I. jug WIS sired by Tom Hal sire OF
Brown jug 2:llA, Brown Hal 2:l2%
Hal Pointer 2:0413. NJ. r. jugs 1sl
dam by BOnesetter 2:l9.
He is q sorrel horse 1534 hands
high, fine style aud action; zoe,
all the gaits well under saddle anC
shows speed in pace. He has proven
himself good breeder; his colts ar,
large snd fine and all show saddl,
gails. viii serve mares ut IS by tn,
insurance.
All seasons of above stock dut
when fact is Sscertaiued that mare il
IN foal or property changes hands
We have one hundred acres in blu,
grass pasture, well waIered and viii
pasture mares and jennets at 81 pc
month. Pasturage due When stool
is removed. Not responsible for es
cspes or accidents. For further par
ticulars call on or address,
J. s. & G. A. WRIGHT,
apr2l-2t. Bigbyville.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1893-04-21
Machine Made Chickens.

A farmers wife tells in one OF the
farm papers, some of her experience
with breeders. She says:
GLOW many Of the farmers wives
who worry over the problem OF rails
ing chicks have tried the brOOder?
ave have = large. Old-fashiOned
barn and late in the TALL few hens
will steal their nests and come Off
with nice broOds OF chickens. Here
tofore these have persisted, but last
fall purchased brooder, one that
will hold from $50 200 chicks, and l
think can safely say l never tried
anything which proved such sue
cess and gave me 80 little trouble.
have only lost one chick this winter
and that got out and persisted. This
has been an extremely cold winter
and have not used one gallon OF
Decent oil week. Feed three times
a day. They do not require more
than one-half "a much in y brOodel
as when out, and l never had chicks
to do Sc nicely, l wish every farm
er's wife who does her own work and
raises chicks would try one"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1893-04-21

and thickened with bread, is excel
lent. Chopped onions may also bt
added to the mixture. Give them
anything they Will eat. They are
very dainty and will not accept all
kinds OF food. Wheat and cracked
corn may also be kept before them,
Until they "shOOt the read" which
will be when they are about ten or
twelve weeks old, they will be ten
der, but after that time they will be
hardy. They may then DO allowed
to forage aud help themselves. Tue
good care ut first, in Keeping them
dry and free from lice will bring the
loss down to minimum, and though
it may be tedious work, yet nothing
pays better than a good crop II
turkeys.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1893-04-21

els, wet or dry, and WAS never able to
pillow near late enough on account of
harvesting. This certainly is a good
showing, aud should decide every
farmer who reads it in favor OF shall
low cultivation. The cultivatOr At
tRchmentS advertised In your valued
paper, will do the work etfectually.
II cannot be improved, it Is perfect
r. P. A. In Rural World.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1893-04-21


the ordinary
70
Iton,
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tContinurd to Sixth Page.

Itch, mango and scratches Of every
kind, on human or animals, cured in
80 minutes by Woolford's Sanitary
Lotion. This never fails. Sold by A.
r. Rains, druggist. mays ly.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1893-04-21
The Improved
Hamilton
Riding CultiVator'

has the same adjustments as
the walking. aud has other
improved arrangements for
adjusting to the weight OF
man or boy, and II Is pOsit-
lively the only Riding Guilt
vaLor that is perfectly bal
Rnced when the gangs are
raised at the intuTning.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-08-03
LIVE STOCK NOTES.

WHEN sheep dies it leaves enough
to pay its debts.
SEE that the horse collars are kept
soft and free from dirt or sore shoulders
will be sure to result.
KEEP lambs growing well during the
first year by giving them the choicest
pasture with some grain.
GIVE the work horses plenty of grain
food with enough protein or muscle
forming food to keep them in condition.
GIVE sheep a handy shelter into
which they can go in case of storms. A
wet fleece is one of the sleeps worst
enemies.
GIVE calves milk which has been
brought to blood heat, Cold milk, sour
milk and too large quantities of it at a
time are some of the fruitful causes of
scours
IF possible give the bull the range of
q good sized pasture. If this is imprac-
teal. at least build a large paddock for
him to exercise in and supply him with
succulent food.-Orange Judd Farmer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-08-03
COM MENTS Or THE PRESS.

The washed SOW returns to her
wallow The republicans are again
preaching McKinleyism. Before the
Fifty-third congress is far along they
will be granting in the force bill
depths-St Louis Republic.
The same republican organs that
were shTieking themselves hoarse for
an earlier session of congress are now
disposed to hold the administration ac-
countable for the fact that this climate
is addicted to hot weather during the
dog days.-Detroit Free Press
The attempt of exPresident Har
rison and others to put upon the demo
cratic administration the MAN respon
sibility for the present financial
troubles is little more than some OF
the most thorough-going party organs
can stand There is point beyond
which the human intellect revolts
against the requirements OF partisan
ship.-Providence Journal.
The democrats ought not to allow
the silver question to become a party
issue. If when congress meets 1t
promptly repeats the Sherman act, or
at least its purchase clause. the repub
licans will be left in enforced idleness.
They will be destitute of working
issues. and must content themselves
with pecking at the petty faults and
mistakes of their opponents.-N. \.
Times
There are two kinds Of veterans,
and the honest veterans far outnumber
the frauds. They may not be able to
control the action of the grand army
encampment - although It is to be
hoped they will do so-but they will be
found standing as squarely and as
bravely by the side of President Cleve-
land and the honest veteran at the head
of the pension Office as they stood by
the flag thirty years ago.-Boston Post
The robher barons may exuit over
the temporary observation of the ,arih
issue They may gloat over the hopes
of having an apostate in the elected
chief of the tariff reform army. They
NAV fancy that the silver muddle will
keep the Mckinley swindle in the back
ground. But they reckon without their
host. No one man is essential to tariff
reform. No: even the weakness, or the
recreancy OF an administration can
stay, though it may retard. the march
of free trade in America--LonisvIlls
Courier-Jourpal
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-08-03

board fence between the feeding floor
and the pens, to a height of three feet
or so. thus keeping the lambs from
coming through from the pens to the
feeding floor and soiling the floor and
hay. But if the tiocks are fed directly
from this floor, let perpendicular
opening be provided for each sheep tc
feed through rather than the long hor-
izontal opening provided by the re-
moval of one board from the partition,
which is SO commonly seen, but which
necessitates the wearing off of all the
wool above the Sleeps necks, to the loss
of the wool and to the Sleeps manifest
Disagreement. These upright openings
can be made by removing at least two
boards from the partition, and using
Stats, or rounds just far enough apart
to admit a sleeps head and neck with
the greatest comfort. If the barn is to
be used for dairy purposes. an interior
arrangement, such as is seen in Fig. s,
will be found convenient. In either
case hay and fodder is placed in the
second story by driving the hay carts
into the central feeding floor and rails
ing their contents through central
"well," or large opening in the center
of the second story floor by means of a
hay fork, this well being properly pro-
tected by tight wall around it four
feet or more in height. To make it inn
possible for children to fall through
such an opening, even though protect
ed by high wall, the opening may be
covered. when not in use, by a hinged
grating.-D. Worcester, in Agriculture
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-08-03
vENTILATiNG HIVES.
There Is Really Little Danger OF Chilling
the Brood In Summer.


/ have always had more or less
trouble every season with combs melt
ing down and causing the bees to leave
the hive. Swarms that are hived on
empty combs and extracting supers
often break down, especially if they
are set in the sun. In the majority of
my frames the combs are not wired in,
but built from starters am not
sure but that it is more economical in
the end to have combs built from full
sheets of foundation that have been
firmly braced by line wire. I have new
err had any trouble with such combs,
but the cost is considerably more than
when built from starters
Some of my hives are exposed to the
sun, and when large swarms are placed
on unwired combs they are very apt to
break down unless well ventilated or
shaded. Extracting supers are still
worse, for when the combs are nearly
filed with honey and break it makes
q very nasty. dauby mess. By giving
thorough ventilation we can overcome
this trouble to great extent l often
raise the hive about one-half inch from
the bottom board, and also raise the
cover. This gives direct draft clear
through the hive. Generally, it will
be sufficient to raise the cover daily.
Sometimes, during heavy wind storms,
they will blow off unless a weight is put
on them. l have had colonies get quite
a drenching by the cover getting blown
off; but never could see that it did them
any injury, as they can quickly dry
themselves.
On a warm day we can always see
quite number of bees at the entrance,
rapidly moving their wings: evidently
they are trying to create a current of
air through the hive, perhaps, for two
purposes-to ripen newly gathered hon
ey, and to keep the hive at the proper
temperature.
l have seen statements where the
writer thought they were young bees
testing their wings. 1t may be, but l
think the main object is to ripen honey
and ventilate the hive. They are much
more noticeable in strong colonies
than in weak ones, and the strong ones
generate much more heat. l have my
bees in the shade when convenient: and
also ventilate them.
There is no danger in chilling the
brood. or making the wax too cool for
them to work unless the weather is very
cool. This applies to the honey season
only, or when the weather is petty
warm, and not for spring or fall treat
| ment.-E. S. Mead, in Ohio Farmer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-08-03
DON'T SLEEP IN LINEN.
1t Is Not Exactly the Ideal Bed Dressing
After All.

HI IS NOT EXACTLY INC Iutai A>eu DEeSshiS
After All.
The world. or this part of it. at least.
is full of houseieepers who think that
there is no material for sheets and pill
low cases comparable to linen.
They don't always have it. to be sure,
because it is expensive. but they always
covet it and finger the shining breadths
lovingly and wonder if the time will
ever come when all these things shall
be added unto them.
But the truth about linen is that it
isn't the ideal dressing for beds after
all. 1t is cold and slippery and insures
sensitive persons the dream of sleeping
on an iceberg. which does well enough
for an occasional experience. like sea-
sickness, but which pals on too fire.
ouent repetition.
Besides that il wrinkles and tumbles
in spite of its heavier body much more
than cotton does. giving a bed after one
nights use most slovenly and unin-
viting appearance.
Nobody recommends linen for body
wear. Its firm texture and hard sur
face make it wholly mona bsorbent. 1t
allows the body to become chilled by
refusing the perspiration, and so has
been known to bring on serious illness.
For outside wear in summer linen may
be tolerated as clothing. but nowhere
else.
Where. however, it is. at its most,
useful and best. is in household uses.
For Ia bic service. for the toilet and for
minor ornamental details it is simply
invalua ble-its smoothness of texture.
its brilliancy. which laundering even
increases. its exquisite freshness, makes
it the one ia brio fit to drape the dining
table and to use in the toilet. while its
suitability for needlework decoration
makes il adlnira BILE for all kinds of
fancy work. And here it is rightfully
used. but to wear next the skin and
sleep in-no.--Chicago Times.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-08-03

FIG. 1.-PERsPECTIvE VIEW OF BARN.
separated from the manure pit by a
tight wall. A perspective view of the
barn is shown in Fig. 1.
Such a barn is excellently adapted
for the keeping of sheep, three sides of
it being devoted to the pens for these.
while the feeding of all the sheep can
be done from the main floor: or, it can
be very well made to serve the purpose
of dairy barn, with a siio in one
corner. extending from a cemented
floor in the cellar to the hay and
fodder floor. When arranged for
sheep, the pen can be advantageously
arranged, as shown in Fig. 2, each pen
having communication with the
neighboring pen, and also with the
feeding floor.
An inside feeding rack may be used,
into which hay and other fodder can be
pitched directly from the feeding floor,
and this, in some respects, is the best
plan to pursue, for it permits tight
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-08-03

The following directions are given
for introducing queens: After removing
the cover, note the condition of the
queen, and if she is all right, proceed
to introduce her. First remove the
slip of card from the end of the cage
containing the candy. Lay the cage on
the frames directly over the cluster,
wire-cloth down, SO the bees can be-
come acquainted with the queens cover
the cage with the enameled c4o:h, or
quilt. put on tho cover, and do not mo-
lest the hive under any circumstances
for five days, at which time You will
likely find her out and laying. If you
have a fat cover on your hive, just tack
thin strip of wood across the back of
the cage, spread the frames, and hang
the cage, face down, between the
frames. Before introducing, be sure
your colony is queenless.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-08-03
STOPPING FRAUD.
The Good Work lnaugurated by Commits
siOner Lochren.

The Good Work Inaugurated by Commits
siOner LOchren.
The great obstacles to pension reform
have heretofore been an indispositIon
or inability to effect snything by the
administration of the law and the i'm
possibility of getting anything except
more extravaganza from congress.
There is change. The new secreta-
~ and commissioner are now effectlug
reform by stopping frauds and correct
ing abuses in the administration of the
laws
Payments have been suspended on over
TWENTY-FIVE hundred cases of alleged
total disability" in regard to which
there is evidence that legal disability
does not exist. Commissioner Lochren
has issued an order calling for the COM
plete record of every applicant for a
pension under the demoralizing and
extravagant dependent pensions act
With the country scraped by the pen
sion agents drag net. and certificates
issued 10y the corrupt Raum at the rate
of one thousand day, thousands OF
claims have been not only unjustly but
unlawfully allowed.
An annual expenditure of one hun
dred and sixty million dollars and a
pension list swollen to q million pames
emphasized the need of reform No
patriot and no deserving veteran need
fear a discriminating injustice under
the present administration. There has
never been at the head of the pension
bureau so good a lawyer as Judge
Iochren or a better soldier. Any re-
form that he executes will be just and
lawful But the list will be pruned
and purged.-N. Y. World
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-08-03
PICKING THE GEESE.
The When and How Depend Upon the
Feed and Care.

The When and How Depend Upon the
Feed and Care.
In answer to the query: "How often
in one season ought geese to be picked?
a farmer with fourteen years expert
ence answers, in the Philadelphia Farm
Journal, that it depends entirely on the
feed and run and explains the whole
situation as follows: They feather out
more quickly where they are permitted
to run on green pasture and have abun-
dance of good water to drink. Every
ten weeks should find them under such
treatment with a good coat of feathers.
Do not pick until laying is over. Geese
cannot be artihcially molting and pro-
ducing strong eggs At the same time.
Never pick them in cold weather.
When ready to pick, which the expert
enced geese raiser can tell by the color
of the plumage Gf ready there will be
no yellowish tinge on the white feath-
ers, but to be sure pick a few from the
breast of the goose), the feathers come
easily and are dry at the quill end. If
not ripe. they are soft and bloody. And
this is one of the reasons why store
bought feathers sometimes have such a
disagreeable odor. The best guide, ex-
perience, tells us to take only small
pinch of feathers in the fingers at q
time, and with quick downward jerk,
from tail to neck, displace the first
coat of feathers with only very little
of the second coat, the down. Do not
pick the holsters, those large feathers
under the wings. If you do, the poor
creatures wings will droop continu-
ally. When the goose dies we can
strip these off for filling pillows for
home use But never take them from
the geese while living.