The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-10-13
farm 9otes.
WILLOW FARMING.

commanding, WneH ullo"' a.
as the leaves and bark sell at 20
cents a pound baled, the enterprise
pays better than cotton.
@ TO BUILD A CORN CRIB.
A little forethought displayed
when erecting a corn crib to have 1t
mounted on posts several feet from
from the ground, and these capped
on the top with inverted metal pans
will save enough grain from the
rats and mice each year to pay Tor
the improvement.
TOCK QUICKLY PROFITABLE.
The pig is emphatically the poor
mans friend, though it may be sup
plemented by the cow. More meat
can be made from the pig with the
same feed than with any other AMI
NAL. Besides, pigs breed so rapidly
that even small stock is quickly
increased, and it is an animal that
is always salable at something near
it's market value.
PERMANENT PASTURES.
Glover is excellent for the soil but
it is not a good pasture on account
of it's instability. 1t cannot be
depended on more than one year
and is not good feed for milch cows
even then. Cattle will turn any
time from a field Of thrifty clover to
eat the shorter and sweeter heritage
in fence corners where the pillow has
not recently disturbed it.
IN INTER
Hmanure is made in large heaps
and notcompacted too much it will
compost even in the coolest weather.
If it is largely horse manur care
must be exercised to prevent fire
fanging. The heap should be turned
over when it shows too high a tenn
perature. By turning once the part
left on the outsideSat first may be
subjected even in Winter to destroy
most weed seeds.
SHEEP IN WINTER.
Ewes bearing lambs may be profit
ably turned u in open weather
during Winter a few hours a day.
The bite of grass they get, even if
frost-bitten, is better than dry hay
or straw. Whenhhe ground is frozen
and free from snow sheep may be
turned on Winter wheat or rye
without injYfy to the crop if the
pasturing% not excessively close.
Many farmers believe that light
pastaffng of wheat is beneficial.
NOsE-BLEED.
The best remedy for bleeding at
the nose, as given by a prominent
physician at one of his lectures, is
in the vigorous motion of the Jaws
as if in the act Of chewing. In the
case a child a wad Of paper should
be inserted to be chewed hard. 1t
is the motion of the jaw that stops
the flow of blood. This remedy is
so very simple that many will be
inclined to laugh at it, but it has
never been known to fail in a single
instance, even in the severest cases.
WARMING MILK.
The advantage in warming milk
in Winter to make the cream rise
rapidly and thoroughly is not gen
orally understood. In a cold day the
natural warmth is largely withdrawn
before the milk is set in pans, and
as most of the cream rises while
the milk is cooling much of it
remains in the milk unseparated.
The temperature in warming should
not be over 100 and from that
down to 1000. Too great heat will
break the butter gIobules prema-
turely.
DRESSED BEEF o NEW YORK.
Last year 100000 of
dressed beef were brought from
Chicago to New York. This was
one-third Of the supply required by
New York, Brooklyn and Jersey
City, which, combined, constitute a
population that in numbers ranks
mex to Paris if it does not exceed
it. Every year our urban popuIa-
ton increases faster than than the
country on an average. Can the
meat, and especially the beef, supply
be kept up to meet this steadily
increasing demand?
THE VALUE OF BONE.
The bone industry of the country
is an important one. The four feet
Of an OK will make a pint Of meats
foot Oil. Not a bone of any animal