The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-26
5arm 9otes.
FEEDING HAY TO cows.

FEEDING HAY TO COWS.
Some are prevented from giving
cows an early bite of grass because
it's succulency will make them lose
relish for dry food. This idea is a
mistaken one So long as the grass
is watery and innutritious good hay
will be eagerly eaten. 1t meets a
want of the system which must be
responded to if the stock is to thrive.
MIXING SALT WITH MANURE.
One effect of salt is to make ma
nures more active and available for
immediate use. To this end it is a
good plan to mix salt with the ma
nure just before it is applied, taking
care to cover slightly to prevent loss
of ammonia. Salt alone is not a
fertilizer on most soils, unless it finds
in them latent plant food which it
cal. make soluble.
MANURE ROM A cow.
Every cow we'll fed and fairly bed
ded will make a load of manure
every two weeks, worth at least on
the farm 81 per load. But this ma
nure will not be worth this unless
the cow has abundance Of nourish-
ing food. On a farm at least half
the expense Of keeping a cow may
be charged to the manure heap, and
with this help it must be a poor cow
that does not give a profit to her
owner.
FATTENING l. cows.
If an old COW is quickly fattened
it's meat will be more tender than
where the feeding has been pro-
tracted. The great difficulty in feed
ing old COWS is in getting them to
digest large amounts of food. This
is the best done in Summer, when
fresh grass, which is the most easily
digested of foods, may be supple
mented with gradually increasing
rations Of meal, taking especial care
never to give more than will be read
lily eaten.
REMEDY FOR DULL TINES.
If any reader is attracted to this
item with the expectation offinding
some new theory expounded, he is
destined to disappointment. Ii prices
of produce could be made higher,
that would be one way for farmers
to remedy dull times. All that is
possible is to work harder, think
better and plan more wisely. These
are not heroic remedies, but they
have relieved the worst cases of ag-
ricultural distress and can be relied
upon.
PRUNING TRANSPLANTED TREES.
Wherever trees are set this Spring
the top should be cut back to a very
few buds. These will start and have
vigor enough to make considerable
growth Of well-ripened wood before
Fall. But the pruning should be
done as soon as set, and no harm if
done before. After leaves have
started cutting them off is a serious
check to the trees growth.
MANURE FOR PEAS.
There is a popular belief that ma
nure is wasted on peas. 1t will usual
ly make a larger growth of vine, but
without corresponding increase in
pod and grain. The heat from stable
manures is sometimes injurious, es-
pecially in dry Mineral
fertilizers are, however, always help
full, and a dressing of phosphate of
lime will usually pay on peas as well
as on any other crop.
NEw-PROCEss BRAN.
The bran left after making the
new-process flour is rot so good as
under the old plan. More Of the
gluten goes into the -four, and this
is really much the most valuable
part of the berry. The gluten may,
however, be cheaply obtained by
mixing wheat bran with equal weight
Of ground whole rye, which is at
present the cheapest feeding grain
for stock not fattening rapidly.
UNHEALTHFUL MILK.
When COWS give milk this affords
the most ready outlet for any i'm
purities in the system, either from
feed or bodily arrangement. What
throws a cow into a fever will
make her milk unfit for use. Proba-
bly, even the slightest excitement
from being worried by dogs or frcm
forced driving will have some inju-
effect. A fit of ANGER i'm a moth.