The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-08-03

MUM in county exhibits at Tennes
see State Fair 1916, and at Tri-Stat
Fair 1915 Maury county is consid
cred one of the best wheat producin,
counties in the state. Maury count,
produces greater variety of crop
than any other county in the state
Maury county can produce two crops
per year, a pay crop and a wintel
cover crop. Maury county was tn,
county which the Tennessee Expert
mental Station selected to grow the
first beardless barley. Maury county
produces more melons and asparagus
than any other county in the state
The Culleoka district shipped SO ca,
loads of cantaloupes in 1916. Maury
county took nearly all first and sec
ond premiums on apples at the State
Fair in 1916 and topped Cincinnati.
market on early apples. Maury coun
ty farmers buy more farm machin
cry than any other county in the
state. From a stock raising stand
point, Maury county easily stands at
the head of the list. Maury county
produces and ships more hogs than
any other county in the state. 1t is
the only county in the state that has
produced $1,000 hog.
Maury county was the only county
in the entire south and one of the
three counties in the United States
selected by the United States Govern.
ment for hog cholera demonstration
Maury county is the headquarters Of
the American Breeders Association of
jack and jennets. Columbia is the
largest street mule market in ths
world. Frequently 100000 or more
mules change hands in one day. In
six months in 1916, the British Gov.
eminent bought and shipped out of
Columbia, Tenn, 1880 of war mules
Maury county produces as many
beef cattle as any county in thf
state. Several hundred head of thor
oughbred bulls and cows were i'm
ported in 1916. One of our farmers
sold one shipment of beef cattle for
$12,500 in 1916.
Maury county has produced the
richest strain of Jersey cattle in the
world and has produced two frs
champion cup holders for highest
tests in butter fat. Hundreds of car
loads of grade Jersey cattle are
shipped from Columbia to northern
markets every year. Maury county
ships more lambs than any other
county in Tennessee and tops the
market.
Maury county is the only county in
the world that has produced two har-
ness horses that have gone mile in
less than two minutes. Star Pointe,
1:59A and Napoleon Direct 1884.
Maury county ships more phos.
plate rock than the other IS counties
Of the state combined. Maury county
excells in the bee industry. One of
the largest apiaries in the state is
located at Spring Hill. John Davis
the owner, ships about $4,000 worth
Of queens annually. Another apiarist
sells seven to ten thousand pounds
Of honey annually. Bees thrive on
the rich clover and other fragrant
foliage Indigenous to the soil of this
county.
Maury county leads in the poultry
business. There are four large poul,
try houses that have their headquar-
tiers in Columbia and branch Offices
in several adjoining counties. During
1916 one produce house did $4,000.
600 business. The poultry business
is considered by-product on a Maury
county farm, but taken collectively is
one of the largest businesses in the
county. Poultry thrives where there
is so much surplus that produces,
stimulates and develops. A Maury
county hen took first prize in compe
tition with the state at large in a
alying contest held at Nashville, in
1916.
Maury county is the annual meet.
ing place Of the National Fox Hunt
ers' Association of America.
Maury county has produced a mum.
Der of busienss men that have &C.
CURED a million dollars or more out
of the products of Maury county.
Maury county has furnished a pres