The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1882-1884, 1882-09-07
A corn broom is best, since it takes out
the dirt and does not hurt the horse.

the dirt and does not hurt the horse.
There are over sixty corn-c canning
establishments in the state of Maine,
and the number Of cars of corn annu-
ally put up is nearly 100000.
In the year 1919 wheat sold for
% cents per bushel, while WOODEN
blankets were worth from $40 to $25
per pair. Now wheat is worth 81 so
and blankets from So to $40,
The raspberry is native Of noun,
tains or cool northern climate. Hot,
dry soil is its abomination, and it is
always on the alert to run OUT in
these situations.
DR.. Ellis of Russell county, Kan.
a large wheat-grower, understands
the value of sheep upon land so thor
oughly that he advertises he will pay
10 cents per head for sheep to pasture
upon his fields.
1t is easy to give advice to thorough
y Gull the focks and herds; to cas-
trate every inferior male, and as near
ly as practicable convert all females
not up to a satisfact tory standard
into beef, mu ton or pork. To fully
carry out this practice requires more
resolution and self-denial of imme.
diate profits than the average breeder
l.,
breeds even quite inferior animals
can usually be sold for breeding pur-
poses at higher prices than they will
command in the general markets. 1t
is often true. also, that inferior ap.
pearing animals often prove success.
full as slres or dams equally often
that unpromising youngsters develop
into really excellent animals. All
these points are apt to present them
selves to the breeder as he thinks of
"culling.' There is, fortunately.
strong argument in favor of any reas-
enable degree Of wedding out. The
animals turned off for meat will, or
dinarily, give fair profit. There is
no absolute loss, only reduction of
profit as compared with what would
have been realized had they been
good individuals kept for breeding
purposes. 1t may also help to right
| decision to remember that sale Of
inferior animals usually is bad for the
reputation of the herd. The purchas-
er will pretty certainly report where
he made the purchase, and MANY
may form their opinion Of the stock
from one poor specimen. In our
own view. what should be done in
such cases depends largely on what
the inferiority consist in. Ifthe an
! imal be seriously defective in con-
stittition, or of bad form, it oug Int not
to be allowed to reproduce such de-
fects. If its inferiority consist in
being Of unpopular color. or other
such matter Of taste, or if it has met
with an accident leaving it blemished
it may be the very best way to con-
tinJe it's use in breeding. The repu-
tation Of breed Or of a herd will cer-
talnly suffer in the long run unless
careful selection be made. Selecting
firsu.cIass sires will do much, but re-
tanning inferior females will partially
lose the gain thus secured.
Farmers SO habitually follow in
the timeilonGred rnts Of their athers
that they do not take kindly to inno'
Walton Of any sort. Seeding grass
with root crops, however new to our
old-fashioned, roundabout practice,
is nevertheless a good piail. Sowing
grass seed with grain Of anykind is
u aannnhllosonhical. inasmuch as grass
and grain. bring plants Of the same
natural family, make similar drafts
upon the soil Root crops draw diff
ercnt elements from the soil-at least
in widely different proportions-so
that clover and the grasses follow
naturally in the rotation. Land ought
not to be laid down under any cirCum-
stances unless it is in condition to
carry a grass crop several wears. For
this, as is well kown, the soil should
abound in residuary manure that is,
in manure which other crops have
failed to take, and which is therefore
left as an accumulation of fertility
in the soil. We can ordinarily plan
so as not to have considerable resid
uary manure left after every mauured
crop; SO we put grass at the end of
the rotation. to occupy the soil SC
long as it makes good returns. To
seed down with turnips sowed broad
cast, the turrip seed may he mixed
with timothy and clover, and thus
sowed very evenly, at all event:
much more evenly than if sowed BY
itself. When seeding with red top
orchard grass, or any of the lighte
seeded grasses, it will not do to mil
J the seed, for in casting, the heavy
) turnip seed would go much further
To seed down upon root crops in
drills, the grass seed is not sowet
until the roots are well established
|, : and have been once or twice hoed
This will have leveled down the
ridges to nearly a fat surface. The
grass seed is sown broadcast just at
ter the last hoeing. which will suffi
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