The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1893-07-07

Stanford will probably not be started |
this year, on account of the death of
their owner.
The 5000 pound steer that was sold |
at Chicago for $500 recently has prov
ed white elephant for his owner and |
and is again Oh the market.
A farmer near Buena Vista, o.,
owns horse with a well-developed |
mustache. The hair on this horses |
nose is stiff, of different color from
the hair on the rest Of its body Snd |
curls back gracefully, resemblance to
a mans mustsche being real aud not
fancied.
The National Saddle-Horse Breed
ers' Association has decided tn give
Breeders Cup, valued at $780, for
the best herd of saddle horses, con-
sisting of n mare, stallion and a
gelding, Of any age, shown under
saddle at the Worlds Fair, August
10 to September Is
The perfect saddler NOWADAYS must
possess greater variety of gaits than
formerly Not less than five distinct
gaits are now required-the walk, the
running walk, the pace, the single
foot and the canter. Animals trained
to all these need not hunt for buyers,
at price that pays well for the time
spent in their education. This train
ing is not usually difficult with sad
dle-bred horses, which soon acquire
the proper ways of going.
One should select patch of his
very best corn, give it little more
attention than the rest Of the field,
keep The weeds from choking it,
when the ears are fully matured top
and blade the stalks, top one inch
above the ear. Wheu real ripe husE
out, pu: in dry crib where the mice
wont bother il. When the weather
gets cold, 30 that you think it will
freeze, take out, put in some place
where you are sure it wont freeze.
The fact that the nitric element of
clover and peas is in the roots of the
plant, and not in the top, renders it
useless-worse than useless, to pillow
und,r those crops wheu green and
heavy. If they are moved, fed to
stock, the manure left on the farm
and then the stuhbie plowed under,
the farmer gets the full benefit OF
"all thoNe is IN it," Indeed, by p!oW-
ing under the stumble of clover the
soil retains al the i.rogen contained
in the plant. which il It's true fertlliz
ing property. some soils ore def
cieut in vegetable matter, which
would justify tile blowing under OF
one crop, and that in cool weather
to prevent the Injurious fermentation
that ensues if the clover IS turned
under daring hot SUMMER day..
Expectation of hay, which has
heretofore been almost unknown, il
likely Ia be quite considerable during
the coming year. Fodder crops Of
Europe, especially France and Ger
many, are very light on account OF
the long continued drOuth Hay has
sold as bign rs $40 per ton in Paris,
with prospects of higher prices
Englsnd's hay crop is also short
We noted recently an expectation of
100 tons from Baltimore to HaYre
Ocean vessel room has also been en-
gagged to carry hay to Liverp DOL, at
so shillings per ton.
Stallion owners report that their
horses have had mucn less patronage
this season than for many years. 1t
is possible, however, that this falling
off in horse breeding generally is not
so great as individual reports from
stallion owners here and there would
indicate. We must remember there
are great many more stations than
formerly while the number of mares
suitable for Bleeding has not increased
in proportion. Thus each stallion
might have much less patronage
than in mauy previous years and yet
a good many mares be bred.
1t is certain that fewer mares are be-
ing bred but there is tendency to
underestimate their number.
A fertiized egg when raised to a
temperature of - degrees starts into
life, says Farm and Home. This
process begiLs and stops during hot
days and cooler nights Of the sum-
mer, and after few starts the en-
bryo chick dies aud rOtting begins.
If the egg WAS never fertilized it IS
evident that it could not spoil. The
remedy is to take away the rOosters
and let the hens run alone. One
rooster on farm is sufficient, and
he should be kept by himself except
during the breeding season, when ten
hens can be put in yard with him
and eggs obtained to set. INFER
tilted eggs keep twice as long as
Others and are better favored,
II have been breeder for twenty
five years, said General w. H. Jack
son to a reporter of the Daily Ameri-
can, land with tif Y years experience
of my predecessor at Belle Meade
General Harding = would make
seventy-five years of acquired and
experimental knowledge, aud l con-
tend that horse must be raised like
a man who trains for a prize-fight,
just like John l.. Sullivan. The
breeder must be student Of the
blood and To so learu after a while to
know how to mingle that blood with
best results. Obesity in stallion or
mare is fatal. Money cannot over
cone tXpETieDce in tue thoroughbred