The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-02-17

curing large yields is tosgive heavy ra'
| tons of grain and oil or cotton-seed meal,
all of which with dry feed derante the
digestive organs and predispose dis
We can feed higher when q COW has
green feed, and the ability to feed larger
quantities of grain and meal may prove
one of the important advantages OF en-
silage.
HISTORY OF THE Potato.
In 1885 the potato was first brougl I
into Germany. The first seed potatoes
in Saxony were a present IN 1871 from
the Landgraye of Hesse to h Elector
of Saxonv. In 1647 they were grown as
exotics in gardens at Leipzig. Swedish
soldiers brought them into western Ger
many about the conclusion of the Thirty
| Years War. In 1717 they were relntro-
| duced into Saxony from Brabant, and
within twenty-five years they began 10
be regularly cultivated, their use being
much developed in the famine period of
l77O-71. In the year 1882 over 9,OOO,-
600 acres were given up to the cui-
t~iyation of potatoes in Germany, the
produce amounting to 100000 IN
MORE LAMBS THAN EWES.
1t is not uncommon for well-bred,
coarse-wooled sheep to tarrow twins, and
if welled cared for the number Of thcs
will exceed the losses from accident o
cold. The Down varieties of sheep are
most likely to bear twins, and the ewes
have vigor and milking qualities sutfi-
cient to enable them to rear two lambs
until old enough to eat other food. But
unless additional food is given early and
regularly the extra lamb will be no profit.
THE VALUE OF AN APPLE TREE.
Let any farmer compute the sun
which a full annual crop of apples would
produce, even at a low rate per bushe',
and he will be surprised to find no"
much more valuable his apple orchard
g than any part of the farm devoted t.
grain growing. With good management
and manuring a full crop of apples Il ay
be grown every year, with as much GER
tainty as n grain crop, and with less
expense.
ENsILAGE IN PENNSYLVANIA.
William NJ. Singerly, the millionaire
publisher in Philadelphia, has a fine
farm in Montgomery County, Fa., where
last Winter he wintered $50 head of neat
Cdltlo, oOO SIlccp anu OF uOEStS ~ ~
southwest end of his main barn, sepa-
rated from it by a covered driveway, are
his silos, stone structures sufficiently
large to hold 800 tons of ensilage each.
His cattle are fed on ensilage three times
a day, with also a liberal supply of grain
in the r%ations. Mr.. Singerly States that
ten acres of grain fodder will keep sew
enty head of cattle during a term Of six
x>~~kl, AIo,1 %ha ,x~-o 80 oo- -,
and soiling. During the Fall about
1000 tons of ensilage have been stored
on this farm.
WHITEWASH FOR BUILDINGS N
FENCES.
Take white unslacked lime Stake
with warm water, by pouring on gradu-
ally enough to keep the lime from burn
ing but not enough to drown it. After
it is thoroughly Stacked, reduce it to a
thin wash SO that is not pasty. If put
on too thick, it does not penetrate and
after q few coats have been applied it
will begin to fake off. If the wall is We
ry rough, mix salt and ashes with the
first coat ; if smooth, salt only is requir-
ed, A very little blueing should be put
into the last coat.
Another formula For a good white
wash mix some fresh Stacked lime with
water till it is the consistency of cream
dissolve a small lump of copperas in
warm water when cold mix with the
lime water. Lay it on the walls with a
large brush, take care to stir up the mix
ture every time the brush is dipped in it.
THE CROPS OF 1S95.-The estimates
of the statistician of the Department
of Agriculture for the principal c.
reals r computed, and the aggre-
gate bushels r as follows, in round
millions:
Corn, 1886; wheat, 357; oats, 629.
The area of corn is $4,000, 900 acres;
Of wheat, $4,000, 900; of oats, 49,.
100000. The value of corn aver
ages nearly 33 cents a bushel, and
makes an aggregate Of $685. OO, 900,
100000 less than the value of
the last crop. The decrease in
the product of wheat is 80 per
cent. and only II per cent. in
valuations, which is 1915, 600, 900.
The valuation of oats is $3.50, 900, 900.
The reduction in wheat is mostly in
the valleys of the Ohio and in Cali
fornia. The States of Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois, Missouri and Kansas last
year produced 1000, 900 bushels,
this year $4,000, 900, a reduction of
so, 0O0,0 600 bushels. The production
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