The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1893-06-16
STOCK, FARM AND GARDEN.

Horse aud Stock NOtes-CuttiRg Hay
Sow Whest-Deep or Shallow CHl.
tivaJlOn-POuItry FGrmlng-Te Make
Hogs Profitable.
At Denny Bros recent sale, at
Ligonier, Pa, four foals out of tue
same mare sold for total OF So, 100.
Nancy Hanks would not be in it in
trotting races in Denmark, as all
horses under l534 hand are excluded
from the races
Mascot showed the good results OF
covered track training by going n
mile in 2:09l5 at Baltimore last week.
At the closing ont sales of Short
horns of Isaac Johnson, at Lincoln,
Neb., IS females sold for an average
Of $152.45 aud 8 bulls for an average
of $l47,50.
1t looks like the PAGER, Mascot 2:0t,
that caused such excitement last sea
son, will Keep his reputation above
reprOach during his season. Recent
ly at Baltimore he showed 2;O9la
gait.
The largest trotter with a fast
record now on the turf IL the Kansas
stallion Patsy Curtis 2:l6Ia. As II
four-year-Old he measured 1903
hands over the withers aud 17.l4
over the hips.
]. B. Hoggin OF California sold 1875
yearlings, June Let, at Morris Park,
New York for $l5,625, an average OF
$l,1l5 "A. The best figure WAS $500
Tor chestnut colt by Salvador. Two
others by Salvador, brought $1,000
and $50, respectively.
There is marked improvement in
the dimensions of the purses offered
gait is slowly but surely overcoming
prejudice, AMI the full need Of JUS
tice will be awarded the side-wheeler
at u period not far distant.
A Nebraska farmer tells an ex-
change that remedy for scours, that
has never failed for colts, is raw eggs.
The best way is to break the egg in a
cup, hold the animals head up, open
the mouth and drop in, keeping the
vi uiNll DIV 1BIu Wv
afraid of giving too many, anywhere
from four to six at a time, aud then
in short time repeat the dose; have
known as high as two dozen to be
given in day. Milk, in which NUT
ton cAul fat has been boiled, ia also al
excellent remedy for scOurs.
For the first time in the history Of
the trade new potatoes are selling
cheaper here than the old stock,
which are offered side by siIe by the
various dealers. How long they will
retain this lead in value it Ia impos-
sible to tell, but the facts Offer sons
food for reflection to the trade. 1t IL
true, the old stock is in fine cOndi-
stock quite abundant, New OrlsAn.
and Mobile contributing good deal
Mississippi, too, will be shipping
freely within . week st. Louis
Rural World.
A Pennsylvania farmer, who breeds
several varieties Of ock, says: ~
has been my experience that when
stop breeding certain kind Of stocl
because it Is low aud drug in thu
am not in it, Aud now that horser
have reached low-water mark, 1 in
tend to ju.t keep on breeding tn,
same as l did when they were highe
in price. Some farmers say hOrse
never will be much higher than the,
are now, but have more faith in TIN
business of raising them than that
There is nothing that will tend I,
create love for the light harnes
horse among the masses more thar
the establishment Of speedways AM
boulevards. In every city where 10
Cal horsemen have banded togethe
and established driveways and bOule
wards, over which their fleet-foo,e
animals can be driven without dan
ger or injury, there exists a health,
market for good roadsters, and n
good reason can be given why tn
same condition should not prevail il
every city OF any consequence in tn
whole country.