The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-07-17
DObbinS & Ewing.

same demand as ever, while the call
for larger draft and coach horses is
by no means being met?
Sheep should babitually rest on
sod or on soil covered with straw
the soil, coming directly in contact
with the wool, absorbs the oil and
leaves the ends of the fibers dry and
harsh; also, the earth works into
the wool, giving it frowsy appear
ance. Buyers back heavily on
dead tips and "frowsy WOOL
OF the turnip family, the quick
growing kinds which are sown in
July are much more easily grown
than rutabagas, but the latter are
better keepers and more nutritious.
This and the mangel wurtzel are the
chief reliance of English farmers
for succulent food for winter stock.
Brood sows should be kept and fed
by themselves, on food which will
produce strong bones and good
muscular system, that they may
show in their progeny the effects OF
careful and intelligent treatment.
Limit the ration of corn, and give
oats, ship stuff and milk.
When feeding on a small margin
that the best results at the lowest
cost can be obtained, and a very
small amount in the price of fat hogs
will often determine the question of
profit and loss. Hence it is quite an
item to have the hogs ready for
market when prices are the best.
Itpays to keep stock even when it
is low in price. We all know that
stock growing keeps our farms in
better heart than grain growing.
By steadily growing wheat and corn
and selling it our farms must run
down, unless artificially kept up,
while, if covered with stock, we can
keep them up to high state of fer
tility.
If the farmers of the great West
think they can afford to raise wheat
for 90 cents a bushel or less to ship
away to Europe, and with it send
the very life blood of their soil, there
is nothing to prevent their doing so,
but they will be obliged to buy it all
back some day in the shape of COM
mercial fertilizers, or abandon their
farms.
The natural food of the horse is
grass; there is nothing else upon
which he Will grow so large, keep 50
healthy or live so long. No horse
should be fed on hay only; with ii
he should have grass or roots, if his
work does not demand grain; but no
| lightly worked horse should be
highly fed upon grain. This is a
common, foolish practice.
Sheep raising requires less labor
than any kind of farming, and is the
most profitable if rightly conducted
The mutton breeds are all right if a
man keeps but few sheep, but he
who wants a flock of all round,
hardy sheep must do as the Western
ranchers do-choose these possess.
ing Merino blood largely.
Were it not that good horses were
so high in Europe we might import
them, but we must content ourselves
with importing stations and mares
for breeding, and as fast as possible
breed up to supply the city markets
with high class horses. The demand
is upon us, and increasing.
Good breeding helps much toward
early maturity, but for all that it is
mainly a matter of the proper feed.
ing of young stock. If stinted il
quantity or variety while forming
bone and muscle, early maturity il
the calf, or the colt, or the pig is out
of the question. Know how and
what to feed, if you would be stock
raiser.
A very little neglect gives stock Of
any kind an opportunity to fall of
in condition, and such loss is only
to be regained at great cost. KeeI
the stock in the best condition at al
times, Good food and the right care
will enable you to do it.
If possible, have the pit so arrang.
ed that all the manure can be thrown
into it and thoroughly mixed before
it is spread out upon the land. Diff
ferent kinds of stock, fed in different
ways, will produce manures differ
ing in qualities, and we should tax,
advantage of this.
Keep little better stock than you
did last year. 1t will not cost a dol
y lar more to do so. Look about anC
see in what line there is the bes