The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-09-22
9arm gotes.
VALUE OF YOUNG SEEDING,

sidered good clover seeding worth
from $40 to SIS an acre. Thisis more
than the profit of any grain crop,
and it can be had when grain is
sown by the outlay of $1.25 ia $1.5O
for clover seed. Here is a profit of
1000 per cent. in six months, with
out interfering with other crops.
KEEPING POTATOES TWO YEARS.
1t is possible by putting potatoes
in a cool place to keep a few over
until the second year, but it will
not pay nor be practicable on a
large scale. Even if potatoes are
kept from sprouting there is a con-
siderable loss of weight from drying
out, and the second Spring, if left so
long, they are scarcely fit for either
planting or eating. We are practic-
ally dependent each year for u
seed potatoes on the crop grown the
previous season.
THE PRESERVATION Of EGGS. .ur
In laying down eggs for winter
mse see to it that the shell is entire
ly clean. The shell is porous and if
any filth is attached to it, no matter
how carefully it is handled other
wise it will spoil. Any means that
will exclude air is sufficient. Pack
ing in salt does not leave the egg so
good for Winter as keeping in lime
water or coating with varnish, but
is a good way, because easy, when
eggs + to be kept only for a short
time. s.-.t E.. tu
MOVABLE FENCES.
Happy is the farmer who has 100
rods more or less of movable fence.
1t will do him better service than
any 400 rods of permanent fence he
has on the farm. We do not believe
in pasturing clover or grass seeding
while young, but about this time
clover will begin to be in bios
som and can be fed lightly with
advantage, enough at least to pre-
vent the formation of seed. A NOV
able fence to shield the clover lot
from corn or other growing crops is
essential to this. III
IMPROVING THE SHEEP FLOCK
Now is the time when the careful
sheep owner will be looking about
him t o find improved bucks with
which to increase the value of his
flock. A buck should serve sixty
to eighty ewes, and with some care
in letting him serve a eve only once
this number may be increased. The
buck should be fed literally on oats
for some time before being turned
in with the ewes, and while with
them. Sheep grade rapidly with a
good buck, and it needs but slight
difference in the progeny to make a
tn oroughbred animal soon pay for
itself.
SAVING HENS FEATHERS.
1t is a too common practice in
many families to burn the feathers
of fowls killed for the table, under
the idea that they are not worth
saving. Chicken feathers are quite
valuable. They do not make so soft
a bed as those of a goose or a duck,
but are superior for pillows where
too much elasticity is not healthful
Uncomfortable. They have, besides
too much manurial value to be vast
ed, being very rich in ammonia.
The coarser feathers should be
thrown into the manure heap, where
their decomposition will add largely
to it's value. erHe" ,v
OUR NATIVE COWS.
The early settlers of New England
came from England, by way of
Holland, where they resided several
years. They brought with them
the best combination they could
get Of the good points in the breeds
Of both countries. 1t cost so much
to bring over a COW that only good
ones would be shipped. The best
milking cows Of our native breeds
show the dark-marking character
istic of the Dutch and Holstein
breeds as imported now. Only lack
of definite aim has BEEN the reason
fra failure to build on this good
foundation a superior breed. But,
Of course, lack of aim is always
excuse sufficient for not hitting any
thing,
yI WHEN PIGS GAIN FASTEST. 3af Il
The rule that young animals gain
more rapidly in proportion to the
food consumed has1Can aiappa1 1T
exception in young pigs eAs soon