The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1893-04-14

These warm spring DAYS ana ralus
have turned the wheat fields into
solid green and the cOrn Is peeping
up all down the line.
Now is the time to 90 out over the
fields and stop the gullies that the re-
cent rains have started. A stitch In
time saves nine when 1t comes TO
this and no mistake.
Columbia horsemen are glad to see
that Mr., Morris j. Jones mare Alex
has reduced her record to 2:lO. AK
and her owner will always be kindly
remembered here.
Kremlin is in all respects a grand
looking horse. HIS head is distinc-
lively OF the Boston type, inherited,
no doubt, from his paternal great
grandam, who was a daughter OF the
renowned sire OF Lexington.
Four yearlings have entered the
2:30 list this year. Two are by sons
of George Wilkes and one by agrand-
son of that horse. The remaining
one, like the three members OF the
Wilkes family, is descendent OF
Hambletonian 10.
Racing trotting horses is getting to
be sadly overdOne. III the people are
not allowed rest they'll take n men,
tai vote on it and all the village asso-
Citations where tin cups are manu-
featured will pass into "lnnocuous
desuetude."
Now for Baby Ruth's Jersey heifer
on the White House lawn. We
claim the credit Of having made this
prediction last spring aud now since
the grass and Baby Ruth are both up
and out, nothing stands in the way
of its fulfillment.
Hal Parker No. OBS, record at three
year-old 2:2l Qast half at :O6), by
Brown Hal 2:l2h, will make the
season OF 1893 at Spring Hill, Tenn,
at $25 by the insurance. For further
particulars address
]. w ALEXANDER, ACT.
Spring Hill, Tenn. marlO6t
The stock parade on the first Mop
day, while not 81 large as some
former ones, made up IN quality for
what 1t lacked in quantity. The
day Of the little peaked, leggy staI.
lion is over and the man who persists
In offering such horse to the public
ought to be boycotted together with
his horse,
The Country Gentleman says:
I'he conclusion OF the whole matter
digging and storing potat"es-is com
prised in these five points: !, Har-
vert the crop as soon rs it has ceased
growing; 2, Store the tubers when
Perfectly clean; 3, Keep them uni
formly cool; 4, Never allow freezing
air to reach them; 5, Ventilate only
to remove and prevent foul air.
The PAGER Guy 2:O634 is now
claimed to have Teen sired by Ten
nessee horse. His dam 10 said to
have been by son Of Old Traveller.
No wonder ne can go out and go in
1867. Old Trave or was one OF the
greatest pacing sires that ever lived
and az the years go by his descend
ants are growing in popularity.
The following is said to be "sure"
remedy for the scratches. Boil
enough white oak bark to make two
gallons Of strong juice; in this put
one large teaspOonful OF sugar OF
lead and two teaspOOnfuls Of alum ;
wash the legs with cloth "a soft
sponge would be better, having the
juice warm.
What has become OF the Lamb
Club? 1t is about time for steps to
be taken in that direction. There
are thousands of lambs now being
dropped in Maury that would bring
more IL the owners would all unite
and find a market for them. Mr.
John Barrow, the efficient secretary
of the club, will please give US some
information on this.
A Kentucky farmer claims to have
made q valuable discovery in the
treatment OF brood mares in prevent
ing the slipping Of foals. Instead o
the well-tried preventive OF hemI
seed he has substituted green coffee
He found some difficulty at first IL
inducing the mares to eat 1t, but 1t i
said he is now reAPing the very bes
results from the experiment.
Tn6T6 - y lhtuucE III 1VWh WIN u0
but thirty-six acres Of land aud VIII
plants nothing but wheat, clover an
potatoes. He hAs done 30 we'll tina
he has grown independent and ricl
He says clover is the finest crop i
the world to restore run down Ian
and by judlcious rotation of thes
three crops he has, made his land s
rich that he now raises an average
forty bushels OF wheat, three tons {
clove1hay and two hundred and fit
bushels Of potatoes per acre. He In
tiled drained some OF his land at
cost of sixty dollars per acre. He
independent and supposed to
happy.
Some time ago subscriber wro
to US saying that his branch alwa!
rose before rain. Another writ
ridiculed this assertion. A writ
from Pennsylvania has this to s.
Of it:
al have a pipe leading from
spring TO a trough i'm my yard.
has become decayed so that it do
not furnish water 1T the trough q
the time. After sufficient rain to i
crease the flow from the spring, wat
runs through the pipe aud, ii q
weather is dry, the amount stesdi
decreases until noue flows during q
day. vet slight flow follows for sc