The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-06-09
BURDocK LEAVES FOR HORSES.

and purifying the blood. Though
bitter in taste, yet most horses are
very fond of them, and they do not
interfere with feeding dry hay as
other green heritage is apt to do.
RAISING COLTS FOR MARKET.
The secret of making profit in
raising colts lies in so breeding as to
have only good stock. A poor colt
costs as much to grow as a good
one, and after it becomes of market
able age must often be kept two or
three years at a loss before it can
be sold. The farmer who only
breeds good colts is in little danger
of becoming overstocked.
WHITEwASHING OUTBUILDINGS.
The hen house and other outbuild-
ings, if implanted, will be all the
better for a coat of whitewash. A
very little glue dissolved in hot
water before the lime is put in, will
make the wash adhere. This white
wash, combined with glue, should
never be used on fruit trees. 1t is
often so applied, but does more
harm than good,
BREAKING CALVES.
1t is as necessary that a calf
should be halter broken as that a
colt should be. The time to do both
is when the animals are young. A
COW that will lead easily is much
less troublesome to manage under
any circumstances. A ring in the
nose will greatly facilitate learning
to lead, and the lesson once we'll
learned will never be forgotten.
CONTINUOUS LAYING OF HENS.
1t is not fair to expect an egg
every day even during the laying
season. Even the non-sitters will
not do this for any great length Of
time. The size and nutritive value
Of an egg approach too nearly that
of the hen herself. An occasional
rest for two o II three days will allow
the hen to recuperate, and where
forty or fifty are kept together SO
many eggs will be got that it will
seem as if the hens laid without any
rest.
EGG PRESERVATION.
Eggs are now very cheap, but it
is doubtful whether it is any public
advantage to have them kept oven
in the halfdried up state that pre-
served eggs ire usually found in
when sold in Winter. 1t certainly
is no benefit to the producer. The
demand for fresh eggs is lessened
every Winter by the liability of
having old stock sold as fresh. If
Winter eggs brought what they
were worth more would be produced
and the business would pay better.
DESTROYING CURCULIo.
There is no use in trying to poison
the curculio by spraying plum trees
with water containing Paris green
or London purple. The little pest
which makes it's crescent-shaped
incisions in the plum, does not do it
by eating in, but only stings the
fruit. AS it never eats in it's perfect
form, no poison can affect it. But if
sheets are spread under the trees
and the latter then Jared, the cur
culio will drop off and can be easily
caught and destroyed.
FATTENING ON GRASS.
Stockmen know that at no time
will cattle gain fat and flesh faster
than on good pasture in June. The
grass is not so nutritious as many
other kinds Of food, but it's easy di-
gestibility makes all it's nutrition
available. To make the most of this
however, it is false economy
to rely on grass alone. A few hun
lred pounds of corn meal fed judici-
ously at this time will make more
gain than the same quantity at any
other season.
GRASS SEED IN DRILLS.
Newly drilled land is not good to
seed after, as the grass seed nearly
Ill fall into the depressions made by
he drill or is washed there by rains.
takes two or three years to make
perfect sod with such treatment,
and even then many bare places be-
tween the rows will remain. Har-
the ground with smoothing
narrow will make a nearly level sur
ace, and the seed will be distributed
more evenly. Then the roller will
press down slight inequalities with
'ut burying grass seed too deeply.
By this plan also the grass is away