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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-10-30
Agriculture.


Mix lime with the compost heap,
for the reason that vegetable mat
ter disintegrates more readily under
action of ammonia when mixed with
earth if there is this alkaline addi-
ton.
No part of the country is so badly
handicapped by bad roads as is the
South. A large. part of the yield
of cotton seed never reaches market
because of the awful state of the
highways and the excessive rail
way charges.
TO say that weeds are in no de-
gree conquerable is sheer nonsense,
as is evidenced by the contrast be-
tween the fields of the diligent farm
er and the sluggard. Most weeds
come from seeds, and are ANIMALS.
The work lies in preventing the
seeds from maturing.
AS a rule we find the best stock,
the best barns and the best farmers
where the wind mill towers loom up
among the buildings. There are no
long drives of the cattle to the rivers
when the drouth comes, neither any
thirst among the stock in busy
times.
Make the farm work as light and
pleasant as possible to the young
folks, remembering that they car
not see it from the same point as dc
their elders. Routine work is tire.
some to young or old in any calling
In many ways can the monotony be
avoided.
If we acquire ain interest. in the
agricultural journal, such a journal
will become invaluable to us. Lei
us not neglect it because we arebusy
There are hints therein, which, read.
ing today, we. will find use for to-
morrow. ..-. .'.t -... 4,
Go little out of the way, this fall
to overhaul your machinery in gen.
eral; see that it is well cleaned anC
we'll oiled where needed. If not put
away in proper shape it can not b.
expected to do service year aftel
year. In this regard slime upoI
line, precept upon precept" seems
necessary.
There is no business pursued b.
man for livelihood which requires
I'M order to be successful, NOR,
thought, study and n more scientifi,
I education than that of farming in it
various departments, yeti receive
less in the great majority of. cases
Our ten millions of farmers do no
make five.per cent. upon their. in
yestment, and can it not be thu
accounted for? .,,. s-.t' 3.
Y There is a wonderful work of In
vestigation and progress deyelope,
by our experiment stations, and it i
strange that their free bulletins ar
not More highly appreciated by tn
mass of farmers 1t is in then in
terest that the expense of investiga
ton is incurred, but many do no
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-10-30

ask for even their own state bulle-
tins.
So important has the potato be-
come in all parts of the world that
its great commercial value has de-
velOped the highest skill of the ex-
perimenter and grower in the i'm
provement of the varieties and in
the culture, together with labor saw
ing potato machinery. Variety, soil,
planting, manuring, cultivation,
disease, digging, are each a study.
There are some pastures, or por-
tions of them, that should never
have been cleared of timber, and
where practicable it would be better
to allow such places to grow up
again to woods as a means of reno
walton or of future income. What
robbers we have been of our virgin
forests.
Clean land is as essential to pleas
ant farming as rich land is to profit
able farming. Growing of renovat-
ing crops helps us to keep the land
clean; If we have perfect stand of
some fertalizing crop it will smother
out the weeds. If, like clover, it is
improved by cutting, we can soon
kill out all the weeds, and in a few
years have absolutely clean fields.
1t has been the fashion to spread
ones self out over a large area OF
farming land with view to reducing
the cost of production of crops. This
day has passed; things have
changed. If the farmer of to-mor-
row expects to continue to hold his
possessions he must give more at
tention to each individual acre and
see that it does it's share.
No danger of over crowding. The
farms must be reduced in size, fol-
more than one reason. New meth
DDS in farming will necessitate it.
The extension of irrigating systems
and the growth and expansion of the
subsoiling idea are destined to lead
in the direction of more intensive
farming in the great West.
Corn shocks do not need to be
small to procure ventilation, and
then we should remember that in
the fall months there are apt to be
heavy rains which beat through and
through the shock, and the corn is
damaged and the fodder ruined
Large shocks, compactly built, mai
their leaves together on the outside
and form waterproof thatch.
1t is wasteful practice to feed
whole seed or to use it for fertilizer
Haul away the corn, if it can not be-
ground at home, and bring back the
j meal and the bran; dispose of the
whole cotton seed and buy back the
cotton seed meal. There will be {
saving in the use and gain in re.
Isults,
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Poultry.


The sciene of breeding and of man
agement with poultry is much the
same as with other farm stock. A
good strain of good breed will pay
better than a variety of breeds; and
breeders must establish their reputa-
tions as trustworthy and successful
breeders of pure bred stock.
Sell all the surplus hens and cocks
now and feed the laying hens more
literally; in fact, if there is no rea-
son to the contrary, sell every cock
off the place, and replenish in the
spring. Then rid the hen house of
vermin if you expect to get eggs this
winter.
1t is certainly unfair to leave the
chickens for your wife to attend,
and then take or demand the egg
and chicken money for your own
use. Not only prepare for her fowls
the best of quarters, but lend hand
at all the heavy work in keeping it
clean; and then tell her to go in and
win.
Concerning incubators and artifi-
cial incubation, it is much as it was
with the introduction of reapers and
mowers. Many declared their ma
chimes would not work, while others
worked the same without trouble
So some succeed with incubators
while others have nothing but fail
ures.
Eggs are high now. If you have
not good, warm quarters for the
poultry, tear down the old sheds
and build comfortable houses, Of
boards or bricks or whatever you
have. If you keep the hens warm
and feed them good mixed rations.ot
grain, vegetable, meat, bones, milk
and always good fresh water, yor
can have the eggs to sell.
Poultry should never be over
crowded space is too cheap for that
Let them have sufficient grounC
room, and also ample in which t
roost. Bad air is worse than colo
air, and there will be no thriving il
it. Get in load of road dust fol-
their use beforelthe ground freezes
they will want bath nowand then
1t is too often the case that The
nest is the Matching place of vermir
as well as OF chickens. Better re-
suits are obtained in Kidding the
coop of them if the frequent coats o
whitewash are applied hot. Always
empty and scorch a box in which {
mother has Matched a brood.
One of the best foods for change
is spurted grains. There is no bette
way feeding corn meal than to mil
it with boiled mashed potatoes anC
milk. Cracked wheat is excellen
for the little ones after they arr
three weeks old.
Much fat producing food is no
best for fowls when growing or lay
ing, and should only be used whei
finishing them for the market; aa(
it is always Of prime Importance t,
feed the focks food which is sound
sweet and nutritious, rather than t,
pamper their appetites with condi
mentS.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-10-30

We give below list of the best
pacing records of the year TO date:
1t will be seen that two of these reel
ords are held by the EwellI Farm
'ssire, McEwen. .t., M "
rS-trsf PAGERS. S.- a o.
TFwo-year-old colt-The Searcherc :
~ by Bonnie .Steadman, dam Lucy
b., untraced ................ 2;l7H
Two-year-old fly Cricket Hill,
by William NJ" Hih, dam by Sell ,e-
kirk .........--.-t .......',.,,... .2:19h
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is not besdto rush outlof pig raising
because of the low market, and then
rush in again when it comes up yet
there are great many who 90 just
this sort of thing.
A young SOW does not produce as
good a litter of pigs as does an older
one, and it is a good plan when a
good mother pig proves to be such to
keep her for her worth for several
years, rather than to try young sows
every time. There is much differ
ence in the motherly qualities of
sows.
Hogs should positively not have
access to ponds or wallows, for these
afford most favorable conditions for
the development of disease germs.
The drinking of water should be
from deep wells. The same rules APP
ply as with human beings; and the
food should be clean and fed in clean
vessels or upon clean floors.
If n sick hog has been separated
from the others, and RECEIVERS, it
should not be returned to the herd
for several weeks, as it may be capa-
BILE of giving the disease to others,
though apparently well. Neither
should sound hogs be placed in pens
where there has been disease for
three months.
The actual worth of potatoes as a
stock feed is greater than any analy-
sis will show, because of the value
of the tubers as a promoter of both
good condition and appetite. 1t is a
question whether it will pay to sell
potatoes at 20 cents a bushel when
we have hogs to which to feed them,
The reason that diseases of swine
cause greater loss than that with
any other class of animals is because
of unnatural and detrimental condi-
tions. They are compelled to Stake
thirst in stagnant pools, and sleep
and eat in filthy quarters. Even
the stencil of many hog pens is a
is menace.
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Three-year-o colt Agitato, by
Steinway, dam by Ferguson /, . 2 :O9H
Three-y earo old colt-Sulphide, by
Superior, dam Maggie H., by
Iron Duke... ,............... 2:09I4
Three-year-old tilly = Eyelet, by
Gambetta Wilkes, dam by Nut
Three-year-old gelding-King of
Diamonds, by Velocity, dam not
traced NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1907
Four-year- old colt-Calypso, by
McEwen, dam by Tennessee
Wilkes ............... g.. .... E. 2:l0H
Four-year- old filly - Miss Jen-
nings, by McEwen, dam by High
Private ...... ...,........,... 1851
Stallion--John r. Gentry, by Ash
land Wilkes, dam by Wedge
wood ..... ..........'.... -. 2:OO1
Mare-Lottie Lorraine, by Gambet- "
ia Wilkes, dam by Garrard
Chief go. ...... 80. 49,. 2:O61
Mare-Pearl c., by Roy Wilkes,
dam by Abdallah Bruce 30. .. 2:O6],
Gelding- Robert j., by Hartford,
dam by Jay Gould ...............2 :0l \
Team-Miss Rita, by J. ]. Audi
bon, and Josie b., by Chatter
Y
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while il also includes all minor depart
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poultry yard, entomology, bee keeping,
greenhouse and grapery, veterinary re-
plies, farm questions and answers, fire
side reading, domestic economy, and a
summary of the news of the week. Its
MARKET REPORTS are unusually
complete, and much attention is paid to
the prospects of the crops, as throwing
light upon one of the most important of
all questions-when to buy and when
TO sell. 1t is literally illustrated, and
contains more reading matter than
ever before. The subscription price is
$3.50 per year, but we offera special re-
duction in our
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Swine.


Packers and lard refiners have
learned the art of substitution, and
can use millions of pounds of cotton
seed oil annually in the lard re-
fineries. The wastes of the cotton
gin have come into competition with
the corn field, and corn fed porkers
are not priced for their lard as they
were before these days of degener-
acy in the lard business.
There is more than one reason why
we should strive to procure q large
percentage of lean in our pork per-
haps the most important is that we
may increase the consumption OF
our pork, while one almost as i'm
portant is that it enables us to in
crease the vlgor and stamina of our
herds.
There is a positive must in feeding
the hogs something more bulky
and less concentrated than corn il
the feeder expects them ina health
thy condition for any great length
of time. There is nothing much bet
ter or cheaper than pumpkins tC
! feed with corn, and when thus fed
they will fatten faster than wheI
upon corn only.
Pig raising is almost a necessity
where cows are kept and there il
plenty of skinned milk. Pigs car
not be kept on this only, but it is 8
great help, and it would often be {
question what to do with. the mill
if there were no pigs to drink it up
The calves and poultry. would no
suffice unless the dairy was small o.
the feed ers many.
! 1t is the steady, even going farmer
who comes out best in the end. /
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This is the best material, most du
rable, best ironed and painted wagon
on the market; heavy rims and tires,
deep beds. We sell more wagons
than all our competitors puttogether.
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RAILROAD TIME TABLES.
Louisville and Nashville Division,

Chattanooga b ST.. Louis Rail.
rOad-Duck River Valley Division.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-10-30
SOMETHING TO KNOW,

1t may be worth something to know
that the very best medicine for restor-
ing the tired out nervous system to a
healthy vigor is Electric Bitters. This
medicine is purely vegetable, acts by
giving tone to the nerve centres in the
stomach, gently stimulates the Liver
and Kidneys, and aids these organs in
throwing off impurities in the blood
Electric Bitters improves the appetite
aids digestion, and is pronounced by
those who have tried it as the very best
blood purifier and nerve tonic. Try it
Sold for 50 cents or 81 per bottle at VOL
bridge Il Irvine's Drug Store.
mayS-lyl2l
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MEN AND HORSES.

Alex Mckay says he will let Satin
Slippers pace next year.
Ketehufn & Walker won their full
shar@f the money in West Tennes-
see. ~
ThEdemand for prospective race
horses will be good next spring.
We learn from several exchanges
that Charley Lyon will be with
Smith Bros. again next season.
Says the Breeder q Turfman:- Ed
Geers is under contract to remain
with the Hamlins another year, and
he will probably winter his cam
paigning string at Selma, Ala.
The season has closed, and still
the trotting record, 2:03A, remains
untouched. But next year, or some
other year, it may be caught and
passed.
In his race at Lexington, Star
Pointer stepped the last half of the
third mile in 1:011&. The first half
of the first mile was negotiated in
1:014. .S}fift i..
One of the good ones that Ed
Geers will campaign next year is the
three-year-old Gerald Rex, by Rex
Americas 2:ll4, out of the dam of
Robert ]. 2:0lR. He has great
speed, and if he trains all right will
be hard one to beat in the green
pacing classes.
The Buffalo Horse World has
found championship record for
Bright Regent 2:06A, crediting him
with being the fastest "tdickey-
legged PAGER now racing. We pre-
sumo that we are divulging no Sc
cret wheuwe call attention to Star
Pointers record Of 2:0215, and to the
additional fact chat no less man
than Mr.. G. ]. Hamlin credited that
horse with having a bad leg during
his racing career in Mr.. Geers
hands. Probably since Robert J..
front legs are both in bad shape and
always have been, his record OF
2:0l1a will not count in this dickey-
legged contest.
Myron McHenry added new lau-
rels to his already great reputation
as driver when he got up behind
Pat l.. at Lexington and beat those
crack performers Fantasy and Beu-
zetta.
John r. Gentry, in his effort
against time at Terre Haute, Ind.
October 20, was only able to negoti.
ate the mile in 2:041S. Andrews
pledges the failure to lack of work.
Some of the worst scrubs we ever
looked at were bred to the queens
taste, but could not be sold at any
but plug prices, and hardly tn EN-
Breeding is all right, but "the horse
is the thing
Black Dick, by Dick Turpin, the
pacing-bred trotter that John Fitz
gerald sold last month, was the win
ner of the first race in which he
started at Mansfield, Ohio, recently
The time made was good for slow
class over a half-mile ring, but il
nothing like as fast as the black
gelding is capable of going. Blacl
Dick is the first of his sire's get L
enter the 2;90 list. Summary:
$3.50 class; trotting purse $500:
Black Dick, blk ACKNOWLEDGEMENT i
Rosa L...... .'.... ............Z y y
Guy Baron. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Time-2d5l, 2;g7I4, 2;25ji I; 2;25jl.
We give below list of the hes
pacing records of the year TO date
Ii will be seen that two of these rec
ords are held by the EwellI Farm
s@sire, McEwen. .t., '
rsnst PAGERS. j.. 4 e
!. F,,.,,.>-,a, ola colt Tho Caarobar Ia
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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1896-11-26
HULL's TRIAL.
Dhc, Prisoner'x Daughter Breaks
Down While TestifyinH

The Prisoners Daughter Breaks
Down While Terrifying.
ST. Paul; Nov. 10. In the trial
to-day of Rev. J. c. Hull, who is
charged with attempting to poison his
wife, Mrs. Hull was submitted to a
rigid cross-examination but did not
change her testimony in the slightest
degree. From the questions asked by
the attorneys for the defendant it is
evident that the defense will attempt
to show that Mrs. Hull is the victim Of
hereditary insanity, and had frequent
ly threatened to commit suicide. The
officer who arrested Hull testified that
Hull threw away bottle. which the
officer recovered, containing nearly an
ounce of arsenic; also that he found
nearly an ounce Of arsenic in pack
age in Husl's pocket when he was
searched. Blanche Hull, the thirteen
year-old daughter of Rev. and Mrs.
Hull, testified regarding the scene in
the kitchen when her mother accused
her father Of giving her poison. There
was trunk in the kitchen, and in this
Mrs. Hull charged her husband with
keeping the poison. Hull opened the
trunk in Blanche's presence and hasti-
~ took out a bottle. This she de-
clared to be- the same as the one her
father attempted to throw away after
being arrested. She became confused
under cross-examination and cried SO
that she was taken from the stand.
Hull's attorney was roundly scored by
the judge for his method of examining
q child.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1896-11-26
MARKET REPORTS.
Latest Quotations From Grain and
Live Stock Centers.

Latest Quotations From Grain and
Live Stock Centers.
Chicago, Nov. 22.-Wheat = Novem-
Der, IS 1-4c; December, Is lie; Janu-
airy, Is lie; May. 70 1-Sc; July. 76 3-8c.
Corn November and December,
% 3-4c; May. 26 1-2c. Oats-November,
1Sc; December, Is lie; May, q 1-2c.
Pork-November and December, $685.;
January, $40; May, $7.75. Lard =
November and December, $3.67 10;
January, $3.50; May, $40. Ribs-No-
vember and December, 1892 10; Janu-
airy. $3.50; May, $3.50. Flax-Cash,
N. W., TIC; December. 75c: May, SOC.
TimOthy-Casil and November, $3.50;
December, $500.
Chicago, Nov. 22.-Hogs-Market is
slow; light, 3.1Oa35O; mixed, $3.1Oa
$40; heavy. $2.90a3.O5; rough, $2.9Oa3.
Cattle steady; beeves, $3.4Oa5. O5; cows
and heifers, $1.6Oa4; Texans, $2.75a4;
Westerns, $3.2Oa39O; stockers and
feeders, $2.7Oa3.SO. Sheep steady to
firm.
Milwaukee. Nov. 22.-Flour steady:
Wheat weak; No. 2 spring, II 1-2c; No.
Northern, Sic; December, Is 1-2c.
Corn steady; No. 5, 24a26c. Oats in
light demand; No. 2 white. 19a2Oc; No.
3 white, 17a19c. Barley steady; No. ..
36c; sample, 24a36c. Rye quiet; No. l,
81 1-2a3Sc Provisions quiet; pork,
S6.35; lard. $3.50.
South ST. Paul, Nov. 22.-Hogs- Mar
ket steady; quality not so good; yards
cleared early to packers and Eastern
buyers; sales at $2.75a3. Cattle-Fat
strong and in good demand; more good
stockers and feeders wanted; common
slow but steady; sales at $1.75a2.G5.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1896-11-26
KELLY WILL II ANG.
ONE OF THE WYOMING, MINI,
MURDERERS CONVICTED.
The Jury, After Being Ont IN Hour
and n Half, Brings In . Verdict OF
Guilty. and the Judge Immediate.
~ Sentences Kelly to Hnng-His-
tory Of the Atrocious Double h1ur-
der.

Center City, MIMI, Nov. 2l.--In the
Wyoming murder case, up to i O'clock
to-day, the time was occupied by the
attorneys in summing up the case. At
torney General Childs, for the state, in
4 mastery, solemn address Of two
hours duration, summed up the evil
dence, showing terribly strong case
against Kelly. The address of the at
torncy for the defendant was quite
short, his principal effort being to make
the crime murder i'll the second de-
gree. The charge of the court was
fair, precise and short.
After being out for one hour and
thirty minutes the jury brought in
verdict of guilty as charged in the
Indictment" The prisoner was not
visibly affected by the terrible news
read by the clerk. a solemn hush fell
over the spectators, but the expression
of their faces Indicated satisfaction at
the verdict. After fifteen. minutes the
prisoner was brought in for sentence.
and when the usual question was
asked Kelly, he said: II don't know as
there is anything [ can say, judge"
Judge Crosby then pronounced the
solemn words: ''rhe sentence of this
court is that you be hanged by the
neck until you are dead" The trial
has been enormously expensive for the
county, and as the treasury is already
empty it will be two or three years be-
fore warrants viii be paid after their
presentation.
On the night of June 20 George Kcl
~, Bob Wilson and James johnson en-
tered q restaurant at Wyoming, killed
Ed Paul and Jacob Hayes and left Dr.,
Foster Of st. Paul for dead The muir
ders were for the purpose of robbery.
A posse pursued the murderers and
Wilson was killed while resisting ar-
rest. Johnson and Kelly were cap
tured. and johnson confessed. He said
that Kelly did all the shooting. John
son was tried few days ago and ac-
quilted.