The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1893-06-02
STOCK, FARM AND GARDEN.
Stock and Horse MEASUREMENT OF
Apple and Pear Orchards.-Makins
Farming Business.

date the jack has covered 80 mares
and the stallion one. The moral ni
which is that mules will be sold by
the string for year or two and the
saddle and trottjng stock, the supply
having diminished, will find a
reader demand"
A Minnesota genius has invented a
mechanical saddle horse. 1t is Tro-
PEELED by treadles lthe etirrupsl |
which operate three cog wheels, and
they in turn lift and swing forward
the legs of the horse. IL is guided
by pulling the head to one side It's
hOOfs are rubber and prevent slipping
or lar. 1t might be called the poor !
mans horse, Oats may rise or tall.
1t matters not to its owner.
A sensible rule is laid down to
govern races 81 GAINESVILLE, WIS, for
the spring meeting, June q to 30,
whereby races will be declared ended !
at the conclusion OF the sixth neat.
The idea is to prevent long-drawn'out
contests which weary the spectator,
tire the horses and serve no good END.
After the sixth heat the pure will he
divided as per summary, which Is
lust as fair aud satisfactory ~ II the
contest had lasted twice the period OF
time.
The drouth in parts of Mexico hss
not been broken and the cotton and
corn crops will be a total failure
again this year. The supply of water
from the Nszos river gave ont Last
September and there has been none
No nalna al
opened three years ago, has so di
vided the supply that neither OF the
two extensive districts irrigated by
the river gets enough water.
Asa fertilizer clover has also value
in restoring fertility to soils exhaus.
ted by other crops. By careful analy-
ses of the tops of second growth
clover and the roots in the first nine
inches of soil they have been found
to contain an amount of nitrogen,
phosphoric acid and potash, which II
bought in commercial fe tilizers
would cost from $40 to $50 per acre.
G. D, Brill, a New York Institute.
The area OF wheat harvested in
Illinois last year was 1,75l, 900 acres,
and the crop was 2S,310OO0 bushels.
The addition at harvest was 50 per
cent. The area sown last fall SO per
cent of the area harvested, was ST.
4SS,000 acres. OF that % per cent was
winter killed, leaving $4,000 acres
to be harvested. The condition on
this acreage is stated to be 70 pei
cent; so that Illinois has q prospect
for less than half crop.
An old farmer who possessed &
good mind and reasoning powers
once said to us: "The great mistake
of my whole farming life has been il
trying to cover too much ground.
measured my years operations by thu
number of acres titled, and not b.
the amount OF the crop. | had t
spend 80 much time getting over
large amount of land that / neve
had time to cultivate anything thor
oughly. Ny advice to my boys nov
Is, little farm well titled"
A Memphis man has a patent 70
an electrical vegetation eXtermiDatol
which is designed to kill the ran
vegetation that grows along railroa
beds and highways in tropical coul
tries, The apparatus, including dy
namO aud engine of batteries,
placed on car and furnishes a cul
rent which is sent through all To
adiscent vegetation by means OF
brush when the car is moved aloH
the track, The same principle is FL
piled, OF course, to the weeds an
grasses Of cultivated field.
A remarkable exhibition Of ins.ipt
was exhibited by horse at Oil Cit.
Pa, Que day last week. Sunda
night the horse was brought into Il
stable lame, and the stableme
thought it was from sprain. The
were rubbing the leg with Thinner
Monday morning, when the nor
broke away from them and ran inIO
blacksmith shop in the LelghbO
hood. Here he wheeled up TO Il
hOrseshoer aud lifted up his Ian
leg. The man examined the leg al
foot ard found that au improper
driven nail had penetrated into Il
quick oil the foot. The shoe was I
set and the horse returned to t
barn.
Although the application Of pne
matte tires to sulkies and fOl
wheeled rigs for track purposes W
first attempted in this country, o
English cousins have scored a poi
in street vehicles by using indis-ru
Der tires Oh the wheels Of hansC
cabs in London. The absence OF t
usual din and rattle Of cabby and
rig puts city foot passengers
guard but the unwary countrym
met with so many frignts and nc
dents that bells were ordered
tached to the harness of the hors
1t is to be hoped that when the ind
rubber tirer are put on the cab a
omnibus wheels in our cities
bells will be more musical than
alarm of the cable ears which rs
ones nerves.-The HOrseman.
The Ohio Experiment Station mi
some careful experiments with stO
whest, and found that when grain
threshed dry from the field the |
in weight by storage is only 2ls
cent on the average. The last wei
ing was made when the grain
been in the bins three years. Ano
er experiment proved that cOndit
of weather affects weight of stO
grain. Twenty bags of dry VIII
were put in bin in January l
and left through the eXTaordinal