The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-06-02
farm gotes.
FEEDING WHILE MILKING.

FEEDING WHILE MILKING.
A mess Of feed given to a CO"
while she is being MIXED draws her
attention and she will not hold up
the milk as COWS are apt to 40 when
the calf is taken from them. Inc
milking can be done more thorough
" as well as quicker, when the COW
is quietly eating. And if fed turnlPs
or cabbage at this time the odor VIII
not affect the milk.
, RUST ON PLoWs AND CULTIVATORs.
Kerosene oil will take rust off
from iron if time enough is given ;
but for quick work a few drops OF
sulphuric acid rubbed on the rust is
preferable. But the iron must be
well secured and a little oil poured
on as soon as the rust is removed.
The acid will eat into the iron and
form more rust unless this precau-
ton is attended to. t.. .....
MEDICINES FOR HOGS.
While not believing much in dos
ing any farm animals or even human
beings, there can be no doubt that
occasional doses of t%urpentine, sui
phur and charcoal, mixed with their
feed, help to keep pigs in good con-
dition. If these are given once a
week, the hog cholera will not ap-
pear. ..-. .s... "
PRESERVING EGGS.
The very low price of eggs has
this year come unusually early, and
it is now so much lower than it has
averaged Of late years that the
chances are rather for an advance
before Fall. Certainly eggs at pres
ent rates are cheap food and who
ever will preserve them until winter
will be pretty sure of a profit. Dip
ping the eggs in strong lime water
and then packing in salt is a safe
way to preserve them. They should
be in a tight box, which should be
turned over every two or three days
to prevent the yolk from settling
down so as to touch the shell.
WHEN MANURE SHALL BE APPLIED.
Most farmers draw what manur
they have on their poorest land,
thinking the best rich enough to be
proftably cropped without. The re-
suit is a fairly good cropfrom a large
acreage, but with low prices little if
any more than the necessary eX-
pense Of growing it. The reform
here needed is getting the poorest
land in grass where it will be least
expense, and will be, however slow
ly, growing more fertile. Then APP
ply what manure a be got on the
best land, grow large crops and use
the profits on those in improving the
remainder of the farm.
DRAINS IN CLAY SOIL. ILL.,.
Water soaks slowly through clay,
especially when it has been cultivat-
ed thoroughly. If under-drains are
run in clay fields there is danger
that at the upper end, if consider
able water flows in, it will carry with
it sediment and thus close up the
tile. To prevent this sink a we'll at
the head Of the ditch, two or three
feet lower than the bottom of the
outlet. This will hold the dirt, and
by clearing out once ayear the drain
will keep in order forever. Where
the drains run through clays the
water will soak down to them bet
ter after the frosts of a few winters
have opened the soil. sf.H
FENCES AND UNDERDRAINs.
A fence adds nothing to the pro-
ductive capacity of land. 1t simply
enables the farmer to secure in a
most expensive manner, that of pas
turing, a diminished product. The
fences, at least on Northern farms,
have cost more than the farm build
ings. If the money thus spent had
been used in Undertaking how
much better would have been the
return. Draining cost money as we'll
as labor, but it makes land SO pro-
ductive that it's owner can devote
more of it to profitable crops and
maintain a larger stock by soiling
than would ever have been possible
by pasturing. By draining the far
mer Is able thus to sellmore produce