The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-07-28
farm Aotes.
HoEING BEANS.

Yet the work In hOelng beans, II
done at the right time, V an
equal amount of labor when they
come to be harvested, besides the
advantage to the crop.
FOR HOME USE.
However low the price of berries
may be, the farmer who grows them
for market can make a profit in hav-
ing a free and abundant supply for
his own family. He cheats himself
badly if he does not do this. And the
difficulty of getting berries just when
and as wanted makes it the duty of
farmers to grow enough for home use
rather than to rely on the precarious
supply that may be, but oftener is
not, bought.
BARREN COWS.
Ifa cow after repeated service fails
to get with calf keep her carefully
from the bull three months or more
and then try again. Let her take
the bull as near as may be to the
end of the heat. The excitement of
this period often causes COWS to dis
charge or destroy the vitality of her
semen. Throwing a pailful of water
on the cows back and sides after
the service is said by old farmers to
be a sure method Of getting a COW
with calf provided she is not hope
lessly barren. tr
TURINPS AMONG CORN.
There is yet time for growing a
white turnip crop among the corn.
In fact, it is better sown the middle
or last of July, and it is almost the
only crop that be got with corn
which will not %injure it mor than
the crop will be worth by prevent
ing late cultivation. The turnip
makes more of it's growth after
corn is cut by frost, and in the shade
of corn leaves in July and August it
i, safer from attacks of the fly than
if in a patch all by itself.
sUccULENT FOOD FOR COWS.
As the pastures become dry and
parched the flow of milk diminishes
in part because COWS do not get
enough moisture in their food. Early
in the spring fresh grass makes a
large flow of not very rich milk.
The lack of substance in grass and
stimulation of milk glands make it
advisable to feed grain or meal to
keep the COW in good heat. Now if
meal is fed it should be so diluted
with water that a large proportion
will 90 to making milk. If this is
not done the COW will soon fatten
and be fit only for the butcher.
SUCKERS FROM BEARING TREES.
It is not a good plan, though a very
common one, to get suckers that
sprout from the roots of old trees
and graft these for orchard planting.
One difficulty with this plan is that
the plague of suckers is always ours
ing the man whose trees are thus
procured. The root of a sucker is
long and horizontal. Wherever it is
cut off or in any way injured, new
suckers will speedily appear. In
seedlings the mass of fine roots near
the center if evenly distributed on
each side, and with proper cuItiva-
ton may be kept far enough down
not to be distributed.
FEEDING LITTLE I
A pig will learn to drink milk as
early as will a calf, if from any cause
it cannot get a sufficient supply from
its dam. Many .sows have more pigs
than they have teats, hence feeding
one or more becomes a necessity.
1t will be best to feed several times
a day, and only a little at a time at
first. If the SOW is confined in the
pen she should be literally fed and
with a large proportion of skim milk.
When the pigs are two weeks old
they may be fed a little milk in a
yard adjoining the pen, where they
can eat by themselves. Throw a
few handfuls of oats for the sow.
The pigs will soon learn from her to
pick up the grains, which will be
excellent for making strong, healthy
growth, and the oats are probably
the best grain feed to make the SOW
give an abundance of milk.
CORRECTING ACIDTTY IN SOIL.
Where land is sour this effect is
always caused by stagnant water, the
getting rid of which is the only
cure. 1t ia imnosihla fo mt on lime in