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8 THE COLUMBIA HERALD: FRIDAY, FEIJHUAHY 5, 1897. DOBBINS & EWING. 1897 Our Hew Tennessee Light Eunning Farm 'Wagon. There nre no other wagons on the market built like these. If you want awam-we cau sell you. Cook Stoves. Heating Stoves. ou should see our line of stoves and get our prices, if you want stock of Agate ware and tinware at prices never heard of before. Barbed Wire, Smooth Wire, or Wire Shorts, Builders' Hardware, Blacksmith and Carpenters Tools, Cross-cut Baws, Plow Gear, Blind Bridles Back Bands, flames, Bark Collars. " Oliver Chill Plows. We have these plows both in wood and steel beams. Syracuse Hillside Plowe, Hamilton two-hor6eCorn Planter, Wright's one-horse Planters, Aspinwall's Potato Planters. We sell for cash, and there is no houe in Columbia that can sell goods as cheap as we do. Just give us a trial and see. i Telephone 73..: Agricultural and Liye Items of Interest t farmers and HorsemfH. You can spoil your horee's temper by losing your own. The sky is durable, but it te the most expensive roof one an have .over farm animals. He is not a good fanner whose fields grow poorer every year in stead of richer. Don't waste time and effort trying to grow crops not adapted to your soil or climate. If a horse is out of condition there is a cause; find it. Has he been fed irregularly or improperly, or are his -teeth sharp or uneven? It will pay someone to make a spe cialty of raising and educating fami ly. hdrses horses that are brainy, level-headed and handsome. A correspondent of the Aineriean Sheep Breeder says that one Augora goat with a small nock or sheep is a better protection against dogs than a lifirb v re fence. Thevrenuire no feed, but little care, and will fight log to the last. There is no better way to break a horse of shying than to stop him and gently lead or drive him to the ob ject of his fear each time, talking to him pleasantly meanwhile. Whip ping and harshness only increases the difficulty. The New York experiment station found that in tho case of five cows the first pint of milk contained only three per cent, of fat, while the last pint contained (i.8.r per cent, and the mixed milk from the whole milking averaged 2.55 per cent. llev. Ill II. Hicks predicted a dis astrous drought in the southwest in lS'.Ki, and the goods were delivered. He now predicts a similar season for lt(J7. For this aud other reasons fanners should take every precau tion to provide against drought, not only the coming year, but for all coining years. "Potash ix Aurktiithk," is the title of a pamphlet, published by the (jerman Kali Works, No Y, Nassau Street, New York, N. Y. This book is known to many of our readers from its first edition, pub lished u few years ago. The second edition contains many valuable im provents. The contents embody a collection of results obtained with fertilizers at our Experiment Sta tions. It would appear from these conclusions t hat many brands of fer tilizers now on the market do not contain as much potash as they should for the production of the best results. It would certainly pay every farmer to write for a conv of this book, which we understand is sent free. Agrli'iiltim1. However true the old saying that "any fool can be a farmer," it is now as certainly true that no fool can be a good farmer. Any fool can be a lawyer, too, but if he is destitute of energy and good sense he soon goes to the wall. Farms aro no more properly asylums for human failures than are law offices, dissecting rooms or halls of commerce. Neither in words nor numbers can be told the work accomplished by farm journals in uplifting the agri culture of the country. Silently their teaching falls into the soil, anil we behold the harvest in the better returns which are reaped aud gath ered. They are enabling the farmer to place the foundations of his methods on the rock of correct prin ciples. The dead plant is prepared for feeding the growing plant through the action of that which we denomi nate ferments the same" low order of plant life which raises bread or ripens cream. There is much yet to learn, but we know that each suc cessive step is taken by a different living organism. The present condition of our roads and highways is an urgent appeal to our better tf.ise. If any one will travel for any distance from anv of Uesjiij'-.-:--- - if vk ,r--.fcfc:i.:" : - I" L k Bobbins k Stock Department. our American towns or cities he will not consider the subject debatable whether or not our road laws need readjusting to our changed condi tions and our higher progress in science and civilization. Always avoid growing two straw crops on the same land in succes sion. Success demands a system in rotation. He who thoroughly un derstands his business would never think of raising any cereal on land where a similar crop had been grown the year previous. Sow crimson clover the last of Au gust or the first of September, and never seed it with fall grain, as it matures too early. This clover is of little value sown in the spring, and it has proved a failure at this time in whatever climate tried. The time spent in turning under weeds and other refuse will bring back much more than its cost. Veg etable matter is nature's fertilizer, and all which can not be used to jtfoou purpose in teecliug sliould De l " "uuei . misisaiuio wuiuii should have very few exceptions An item of knowledge is not a jewel in every one's possession, for he who receives good advice must he able to adjust it so that it will fit his own latitude and conditions. Kvery fanner must do a little think ing for himself before endeavoring to apply the wisdom of agricultural teachers and writers. With almost 100,000,000 acres de voted to corn culture in the United States, perhaps not one-fourth of the stalks was last year converted into cattle food. The waste is large enough to support all the horses and cows in the country, and yet m many districts contiguous to the corn belt thousands of cattle starve to deatli every winter. It requires but a small amount of capital to get a start with sheep, and in opening up a new farm they will help materially to commence the in come, consuming much which would otherwise go to waste, both in the pastures and in the stables. Lambs are valuable property to have in the fall. It kept growing gradually through the winter by careful, generous feeding, they will double in value, or more, by spring. Fat Iambs are always in good de mand at that season of the year, and at good prices. It will be a stroke of enterprise if a farmer will go about his region in the late summe1- and buy half grown lambs, whether in good tleshor poor, if he is prepared to keep them cheap ly. To feed and prepare these for the early spring market is a profita ble labor. To keep the fleeces of your sheep from clialf and grass seeds, have the hay rucks for them resting on the ground, that the sheep may eat from the top or sides. Endeavor to fill these always while the sheep are away from them, and avoid the fouling of the fleece. llorrifg. For several reasons it is more d sirable to have colts come in the fall than in the spring. It is no little item that they are not so worried bv flies and boat. They seem to stand the change better when weaned at the spring of the grass than if taken from their mothers in the autumn. It is claimed that nothing polishes a horse's coat, like an occasional feed ot carrots, i ins nourisiung root is line feed for horses, and it can be easily and cheaply raised. henever a horse is compelled to wait for his feed he begins to fret and this means a certain loss of tb sh; therefore, always be punctual at the stable. Then, he should be kept clean for health's sake, and the quarters pure, that he may live in a heathful atmosphere. No one ration is best in all condi tions. The cost must always be con sidered, for what will be best with one Tanner will he too expensive with another. Bather let him make value received, J ust received a large up a ration best suited from what he has, as a foundation. On neither horses nor blue grass does any state have a patent; both will grow wherever the land is rich enough. If you have plenty of oats, clover and corn fodder, buyers will come to you if you have a large se lection of horses, whether the indi vidual animal is better or not. Beat three eggs into pure fruit vinegar, and after about three days, when the mixture is well together, add a pound of strained honey. This will be found an excellent remedy for heaves. A tablesnoonful can ii mixed with the meals three times a day. It is better to keep stallions 'where they can have free access to open space, so that they can take exer cise at will. Conflninir them and rubbing them down continually with brush and comb makes them 'irrita ble, and is a prime cause of their be coming dangerous. otten farmers keep too many horses. They are cheap, but it costs to keep them for a year, whether they be good animals or poor ones. When a horse does not pay a fair per cent, of profit on his keeping in service, it follows that his cost must be deducted from the general profits. Ialry. The dairy deserves success, in that the enterprise is credited with re taining nil the fertility of the soil on the farm, furnishing skilled labor for the people, and elfecting a sav ing of freights upon riw products. I no oieo interest must henceforth rise or fall upon its merits only. I t is interesting to note that the nues- tion is now viewed from a purely business point by the dairy interests of the country. By means of the separator is the most cleanly way of removing the cream. I t is taken at once from the milk, and the bulk necessary to hold and guard against destructive fer ments is reduced at least seven- eights. 1 he milk from ensilage fed cows is been found to yield as much cream and is as sweet and good as that from cows fed upon summer grass. A Uorchester man feeds rM cows for nine and one-forth cents a day by means of his silo, and finds silage and cotton seed meal a Per fect forutre. A s mi ply of succulent food for cows is a necessity to economical winter dairying. Farmers have been accustomed to look to their root crops to meet their require ment, but certainly in ensilage we appear at last to have found a better and cheaper article. Half the milk cows of the country are continually cheating their owners, and these owners are none the wiser, because the cows are all milked into one common pale, and the composite product is all that the owner has for determining the worth of his herd. It is not p.)s-)ible to locate defects, doing thus. Poultry. A man who keeps 70 cows and 400 hens says that the hens pay the most profit in the end, as he feoJ. them properly and has a stream of eggs going to market all the winter, when the demand is groat and the prices remunerative. Keep the droppings under the roosts well cleaned up. There is no better way of caring for them than to mix them, either on tho fioor or in the barrels after taking up, with an equal quantity of dry sand or road dust. They thu bocomo a must valuable fertilizer. When live fowls are to be shipped do not make the coops so large as to be hard to handle, lest they receive rough usage from those who have to handle them. Let them lie strong enough to be secure, and light enough to avoid heavy express charges. Chickens, like sheep, can not h crowded together in large thicks without breeding disease and be coming an easy prey to prevailing maladies. Keep them awake ami the blood stirring by making them hunt for their food, even if it must be scattered among the litter. Linseed meal is excellent for poul try, containing the nitrogen which is of a benefit to them. A spoonful once a week is not ut of proportion, and it will serve as a tonic to the bowels as well as a food. It is not intended as a daily food. 5one, feathers and shells contain and demand phosphates, therefore lime should be a factor in feeding. To this end broken oyster shell is valuable and easily got, usually. Klements instrumental in the growth of bone are more needful at times than food. Horticulture. Do not think it a waste of labor to give the orchard attention before it comes into years of bearing, for during its early years of growth the care is needed most. A well grown, thrifty tree may survive a few years of neglect, while the younger tree would die of such treatment. The horticulturist of the future will bean entomologist. His knowl edge of insects will enable him to discriminate between insects bene ficial to horticulture and the deadly foes which wreck his hope of profit. Science will help him to success. He will know friend from foe. It is an old but foolish practice to plant the seeds of cucumbers, melons and vegetables of this class upon hills. Better plant them in furrows below the level of the sur face than above. They will retain moisture better, and can be irrigated if desired. The larger the sugar beet the smaller the ratio of sugar, for the reason that large cells In over grown beets thin down the sugar contents with the moisture contained. The practical sugar irrower tries for a regulation size of from three-fourths of a pound to a pound and a half. Nursery trees dug before the leaves have fallen have no commercial value. After roots leave the ground the leaves draw the moisture and nutrition from tho trunk, and the brandies exhaust it; and then a great mistake is often made in planting them on ground which is too new and not properly prepared. It used to be thought that an orchardist should be a large raiser of stock or buy large quantities of stable manure in order to keep his trees thriving; either this or feed his sheep in the orchard ; but of late the use of commercial fertilizer on fruit trees is becoming very popular. (iarwood's Sarapnrilla for the blood guaranteed to cure. A. B. Bains. MELANGE. NitiiHHiiMe ami Xi'wn, Odds mid Wine and Otherwise. II tin, The man who tlslies for minnows never catches whales. You can't tell the size of a man by the noise he makes. "Tommy," said the teacher, "what is meant by nutritious food?" "Something to eat that ain't got no taste to it," replied Tommy. Happy the man who early learns tho wide chasm that lies between his wishes and his power?. Goethe. Penelope "I hear you nre en gaged to Miss Dingbatts at last.1 Reginald "Yes; she refused me six times, but I persevered." Penelope "Then you were well shaken be fore taken." It is a great mistake for the young to despise what the old have learned by experience. Ram's Horn. The longest word in the English language that has yet engaged the attention of Dr. Murray's great dictionary is disproportionablcness, with twenty-one letters; nearly an alphabet. Sobersides "I had an uncle who knuw a week before the exact day and hour he was to die." Wagstaif "Who told him'." "The sherilf." Tit-Bits. Trying to make tho world better and doing nothing to destroy the saloon is a good (bvil like trying to kill a nake by pinching the end of his tail. Rain's Horn. CASTORIA For Infants and Children. Tie fee ilmilt tl nature Of is M ewj irrapjer. ( 0LUMU1A MARKET REPORT. Corrected weekly by E. W. Gamble Gioeery Company aud R. Holding. Country Produce. Cotton h Sorghum, from wagon lsi ifl) H.ilier 10i$ 16 Ivggs !l Keailiers 30 Wool 4( 10 iiliseiu; 2 00(42 25 Mens 15 'M Neese. . -&i Ducks 15 Spring Chickens 7(312 It neon. Shoulders 4 'ienr sides ,rSj 5)4 Hams 7(2 8 Klvl.l Sertl. Crimson Clover 3 00 Blu Urass 75 Oieli trd Wrass 2 00 T'mothy 2 on Rod Top 76 Grain and Hay. Wheat !V)iii X Corn. 22;i4 2."i dan :t." , C!ov( r, from wagon 'Mid :ih Tim. !hv ,troni wagon. ....... 5C(i. (15 tlrtfreri. liHrd, from wagon "(i 6 Flour, per hli 4 .! 25 'Sinrr, granulated 5,'2 K', I'nilee l."8 v'5 Meal, from mill 2"t 30 1NMH.VKNT NOTICK. Hiivinsr this dny siii.'ut'Hiwl the Insolvency of l In' lnti'or tii'orire Sliickanl (colored') .ti-:himI. t his is In nol ify nil persons liolil iiii! i-In i ins. iiiituiisl Kiiil I'sl.'itc to Ilk- tin-ill with I lie Cleric of the County Court of Mieiry County, duly nut hent ieuteil. m or lii Tine I he lsi ii day of .1 uly, ls:i7. or I he Mime will le forever burred, i'liis the lsth day of .Inioiiiry, lv.iT. W.n. (iimiiiiN. jnn-.' 4t Adininisl inlor. Annua! Combination Sale. The Tennessee will hold their sixth annual sale at South Side Park the second week in April, to which entries will posi tively close MAR.CH 1.3 tlx, 1897. WE want nothing but animals in condition, for the sale ring. First-class business horses will be in greater demand this spring than ever be fore. Begin now to get your stock in condition. For entry blanks and lurther information, i ddress SHELTON &J3ALE, Columbia, Tenn. Or JOHN P. 3UUAW, Jr., at A. W. Totter Livery Co. Janl5t 1 t " r ; . 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OA "PTES juneS ly THE IS Sale Agency SEE THAT THE FAC-SIMILE SIGNATURE OF- IS ON THE WRAPPER OF EYEET BOTTTE OF Castorla li trat on In ona-slzs tottles onlv. II 111 not sold la balk, Don't allow anyon to tell you anyttnng else on tne plea or promise that it is "jtst as good" and "will answer every pur pose." 3 gee that you get G-A-S-T-O-B-I-A. TfcefM- Of wrapper.: and Dealers In Cnll and see ua before buying elsewhere. fun ly If so, you would do well to wend vour steps toward our store, where you can find anything in that line you want. North Main Street, Columbia, Tenn. PE D THE PAPER FOR THE LI mm