The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1903-04-17

's=re longer than almost anyone
else: iu Cact from boyhood. says
he always considers "a load OF ua-
nure worth ST.
Generally speaking. oats is not
a good crop with which 20 sow
clover. Bat if obey are To- be
sown toce 8 r. let the oat seed
ing be iIgh'
Judging FROM the number Of
farming implements that are
now being sold i'm Hickman,
there Will be "a lot Of work going
on soon.
y common handsaW can very
often be used to good advantage
in trimming the horses feet. For
trimming the feet OF % colt or
unruly horse, a common wood
chisel with three-fo0t handle is
a good thing, as you can stand
~ alongside of the horse out of
harms way. Pays TO keep them
we'll shaped up.
Where one has large herd Of
hogs that they want TO get early
spring pasture for, there is no
spring sowm grain that will give
as early or as good pasture as
barley. Ii only lasts few
weeks, SO for a small herd % linn
tied area should be- sown, or i'm
case of the larger herd, it should
be fed down before the grain be-
comes hard. As barley grows SO
fast the pasturing should COM
mence as soon as IL commences
to shoot. The forage Of barley
is more nutritious than that of
other grains. This coupled with
the fact that it comes so early,
makes it valuable for spring pas
ture.
The woman who is always stud
ying seedsmen's catalogues and
looking into June and fancying.
her flower beds all abloom Will
be glad to know how TO be able
TO transplant her seedlings so
they may thrive and grow, says
a well known raiser.
Commence now To have your
egg shells carefully broken and
saved. When the time comes to
start the seeds in the house put
your soil into these halves of egg
shells, bury your seeds in it, AMI
set the shells in tray Of moist
sand. When the plantlets have
reached the age of open air life
carry your tray of egg shells into
the garden, and when the hole in
the flower bed is made gently
break the shell and slip the
plantlet into its resting place
without disturbing the roots.
The woman who gardens can
have on hand a supply of excel
lent fertilizer if she will have all
the grass clippings thrown into
an ut-of-the-way corner where
they may be occasionally
drenched with the kitchen soap
suds.
The successful horse raiser
must have a definite purpose in
view and select the best sireS for
his purpose. Select we'll bred
horses of good size, style, action,
form, color, sOundness and sub
stance. Let cost of service be
the last consideration. A good
bred colt will bring you twice
the amount at birth as poor
one.
Joe Leech, the popular Sassa-
fras Ridge farmer, has suffered
considerable loss recently in
stock dying with a disease SINH
lar to blind staggers. He has
lost Is head of horses and mules.
GOOD ROADS.
Good roads mean the making
of more money. Those who have
expert knowledge of scientific
road making and of the expense
saved in transportation, say that
it costs approximately two-iifths
to one-fourth as much to haul a
ton over good road as over a
poor one. Usually TWICE asmuch
can be hauled in one-half the
time by the same number of
horses. And this point is of no
slight Importance, for farm pro-
duce must oftentimes be sold at
the very periods when work is
most urgent, and time and horse
flesh, not to mention human
flesh, are matters Of prime con-
sideration.
In Minnesota estimates have
been made that If only the worst
places in the roads should be
filled and repaired it would cost
but $500 to market a ton of
wheat or potatoes, whereas ii
now costs $500 ton.
A year ortwo ago the secretary
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