The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-09-18

of the thing there will be no end to
the expense to the farmer. Let
those benefited pay in the way of
small taxes; this will be hard upon
no one, and the Government will be
fully remunerated.
Let those who have the RESPONSE
bility of getting the fodder into
shape for the winter bear in mind
that frost is liable to come at almost
any time. At best, there is to be an
immense loss of food because of fail
ure to get it cured in good season,
and covered from the elements.
Summer following is of some value
in restoring worn or weedy land, but
the same result can be accomplished
to much better purpose by growing
and blowing under green crops. Soil
is always recuperating if we are not
robbing it; if we at the same time
feed it, so much the better.
Agriculture and chemistry are so
closely allied that every person who
attempts to practice the one should
make some study of the other. This
is what our boys at the agricultural
colleges are doing, and there is no
reason why the farmer class should
not be the most cultured and en-
lightened of all men.
Very little can be done for the
wheat crop after it is started. The
initial step of preparing good bed
is the all important thing. If we
would raise 80 bushels instead Of 10,
we must plant it where it will grow
best. Plow month or more before
sowing time; harrow and roll, har-
row and roll, harrow and roll-keep
it up.
We know now for certainty that
a great deal of the wheat rust is
brought upon our farms through
seed, and the spores of rust are held
from year to year. All such seed
and all bought from seedmen should
be subjected to the hot water test,
which is the only sure way of kill
ing the rust.
We must learn to know cheat
seeds; and when they are in the
seed we buy, we should reject the
whole, or have the cheat sifted out.
1t is one of the worst weeds which
affects our fields, and until it bios
SONS can hardly be told from wheat
as it grows. The idea is forever ex-
ploded that wheat will turn into
cheat.
To unwind barbed wire, run bolt
through the reel, fasten the ends of
two thin straps to this, and make of
them pair of shafts by which to
roll the reel behind you as you cross
the field. This will save an extra
man, and will leave the wire straight
upon the ground, just where you
, want it.
Upon the heavy four-wheeled We
hicles used for hauling loads in
France the tires are seldom fewer
/ than six inches in width, and the
rear axle is about fourteen inches
, longer than the other, so that the
/ hind wheels run about an inch out.
side the track of the fore wheels
, Such wagons are regular road max
, ers.
, White clover seems to spring uI
I spontaneously along the roadside:
+ and in the pastures, and it should bt
q encouraged. 1t makes good pas
ture. Let blue grass be sown with
| it. While the mammoth clover /:
best from which to get catch, white
p clover and blue grass are stayers.
Most believe that lumber is supe
rior to masonry or concrete for silos
q because it is nOuconductor of hea
or frost; also, that small silos ar,
! better than large ones, because lesi
q silage is exposed to the atmosphere
I while using. This depends, o
q course, upon the number of stool
n fed, but good silo is about u by II
o feet.
, Have you rivulet running
2 through swampy piece of ground
Dam it and make pleasure ground
a a valuable place for fish, source o
I ice for the winters supply, and 81
beautify the banks that it will b,
: indeed an attraction upon the farm
Such an acre or two may becom,
the most valuable spot on the place
After a garden crop or crop o
clover is off field can be sown t,
:, buckwheat in July. The soil need
t to be but medium in fertility, bu
n the culture should be good. If tn
d ground is too rich the grain does no