The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-11-24
farm 9otes.
POTASH IN POTATO.

pairing potatoes; and it IS best
removed by oxalic acid. This alone
should be a sufficient hint as 10
the kind Of fertilizer most needed
for potatoes, and is the reason why
this crop soonest fails on sandy solls'
where potash is usually deficient.
THE CANADA THISTLE.
The secret in killing the Canada
thistle is in not giving it a chance
to breathe until the close of the
season. Many farmers carry on the
warfare thoroughly for a time, but
fail after midsummer, and let enough
shoots appear in September and
October to renew the lease Of life
for another year. This is especially
true on land where wheat or other
winter grains have been w Cut
out the thistles. 1t will not injure
but improve the wheat crop.
EXPORTS OF WHEAT
The exports of wheat during Sep
TENDER were 1O,565,936 bushels
against $685. 58 the corresponding
month in 1885, and of wheat-four
82O, 942 barrels against 6O7,686 in
September, 1885. Corn fell off nearly
1900, 900 bushels, and corn meal
over 10000 barrels for the month.
The total value Of breadstuffs ex-
ported for the month noted was
$14,282,5 2S against $9,OO7,713 in
in September, 1885. and for the
three months ending September 80,
values were SAC ,967, O33 and $685.
439,371 respectively.
PARTURITIoN OF COWS.
Cows that have plenty Of exercise
and green, %succulent food will usu-
ally calve without other difficulty
than the too great a flow of milk,
causing in1amed or caked udder.
But as they are kept up for Winter
those that are to calve before Spring
will need greater care. One of the
best feeds at this time is whole oats
boiled until they are soft and then
fed warm. If this is given for a
few days before calving there will
be no difficulty about the retention
Of the afterbirth. A few ears of new
corn given daily are also excellent
for cows at this time. So, also, is
linseed meal. The danger from par
turition in Winter is, firstly, in con-
stipation, which makes a feverish
condition Of the system, and, sec
ondly, from colds induced by expos
ure to inclement weather. Cows
about to calve must be kept housed
during storms, be- fed laxative food,
and on no condition allowed for a
week after calving to drink water
which has not had the chill taken
off. Cold drink is the main cause of
most troubles among COWS in par
turition, and especially during severe
weather.
DIVISION OF LAND IN GERMANY.
In Germany the extent Of land
devoted to agriculture amounts to
78,4O5,OOO acres; apportioned into
holdings of p acres and less, 1850
600 acres; of % to rs acres, 2O,225,-
600 of rs to $50 acres 81, 1000, 900;
Of $50 acres and more, $1,000, 600;
comprising meadow land $4,000, 600;
cereal, vineyard and gardening land
$4,000 600, viz, cereals and vegeta-
bles, Al, 200 $1,000; fodder, 5000, 900;
pastures 8, 100, 600 gardening, 1890
600; vintage, $4,000; rape, $780, 900;
flax, 100000, hemp, $4,000; hops,
10000; sugar beet, $4,000 and
chicory $4,000 acres. The area of
occupied by houses, yards, roads
and highways, and covered by
streams amounts to 100000 acres,
and the extent of pasture, heath and
and poor land is $4,000, 900 acres.
forests and woods cover an area of
3 100000 acres, distributed as fol-
lows: deciduous $4,000, 600 and con-
ferrous $4,000, 600 acres. The follow
ing is the number of farms and farm
lots into which the whole of the g.
OOO, 900 acres O farable land is divided:
Of23 acres and less 2%,323,316; % to
25 acres, 2.274,096; 25 to $50 acres,
653,941; $50 acres and more, "a, 991;
total, 7,276,344.
THE WILD CARROT NUISANCE.
There is no question that the wild
carrot is the degenerate offspring of
cultivated carrots, left to seed and
grow for years without cultivation.
1t is all the greater pest from the
fact that it will thrive on any kind
IF land and will both orovy onJ GOOD