The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-03-17
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In a good crop of corn not planted
too thickly the weight Of grain and
cob will exceed that Of fodder when
both are dry. In drilled cor the
reverse of this is true, mainly be-
cause corn in drills is usually too
thick and there is too large a pro-
duction of stalks without ears.
vr FERg14rT NEAR THE sgRFAtoE9TE
Most crops excepting clover de-
rive their food mainly from the first
five or six inches in depth Of the
soil. If we can keep the he's surface fer
tile, nothing more is needed. Pul-
verizin;g the subsoil by the subsoil
'plow is useful mainly to enable it
to hold more moisture and to open
it SO that roots may 60. down in
search If RI" hHF Tfth ~s'i'H
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PRICES OF CLOVER AND GRASS SEED.
l., There has not as yet been much
advance in price of either clover or
grass seed. Those who intend to
use either should lose neptime in
buying, as the clover-seed croplwas
a failure in many places at the West
from whichi the bulk of the seed is
now taken. Il Timothy seed has for
several years BEEN so lowlin price
that there has been no profit in it,
and it's production has naturally de-
creased. 80 H. #ian tsa ~'t III
F.. FLOWING SQUARE FIELDS.
IF, square field is plowed around
for a, term of years, there will be a
deep furrow extending from each
corner to the centre, and a ridge
against the fence on, each side, into
which much of the best soil has
been tramped down by horses when
ever planted with cultivated crops.
1t requires good management to get
such a field into shape again, and it
can only be done when the field is
free! from, sod, ' ,'
/. tiail a9y SORGHUM FODDER ~,g~
.t'a Although sorghum in it's green
state is excellent eedlit is not adapt
ed to using in Winter. Aside from
it's greater value for the production
Of syrup and sugar the fact that it
is so full of sap makes it almost Inn
possible to cure it dry 1t will rot
and spoil unless spread very thinly,
while if kept in lofts, where air cir
culates through it, the stalks become
much harder and more woody than
those Of corn.rl The stubs from sor-
ghum make very difficult blowing
in the Spring" t'7z2 81 !tt3" ="
ROTATING tMANUR1EEs FOR GARDENS.
Most gardens suffer from too little
variety in the kind of manure they
receive. The horse stable usually
furnishes the garden manure year
after year, and though this is
as good as any one kind it does not
always supply the elements of plant
faed Undue
ing some vegetables other fertilizers
are veryibeenSeMHeial,y aS Tor example,
phosphate for turnips and cabbages.
The practice Of some successful
market gardeners is to manure heav-
lily and change every year or two
CLOVER IN ORCHARDS.
:. One of the difficulties in keeping
orchards fertile is that clover, the
great renovating crop, is not in the
best condition for using until the
trees are in,full leaf, at which time
blowing OR otherwise breaking their
roots is a serious check to their Wig
In an old orchard Summer
blowing makes an end Of trees
which, if plowed only when they
were bare and MANFRED heavily
would be productive. But with
vigorous trees Summer root
pruning may be needed to induce
And in such cases the
orchard should be seeded with Glow
er so a to have al much to piow
under as possible.
dtlI 81 AGE OF CATTLE. II lyq4tJ
There are two ways of determin-
ing the age of cattle. In COWS rings
appear upon the horns which serve
as a guide, though not always relia-
BILE. If a heifer calves when she is |
years old the ring will, come
then, in which case add one to the
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