The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-03-10

some
found to be almost invariably infe-
rior to the representations made by
the seller.
UNIFORMITY IN MILKING.
Whenever possible COWS should
be MIXED by the same person
daily and with little variation in
the same time. If required to hold
milk much longer than usual much
of it is absorbed in the bag as the
easier way to hold it, and this dries
off the COW rapidly. Some good
farmers insist on having COWS
MIXED at six o'clock night and
morning throughout the year.
A ROUGH COAT. H
It is a bad sign for cows or horses
at this season to have a rough,
coat. It shows neglect of groom
ing or lack of food during the Win
ter, and this cannot easily be made
up afterwards. A rough coat is
usually accompanied by vermin;
which always take to animals in
thin flesh. If a COW is poor in the
Spring, she will not be worth much
as as a mixer the following Sum
mer. '-'
EARLY PIG AND LAMBS.
Unless very warm quarters are
provided, there is no advantage in
having sows or ewes farrow very
early. With careless management
-o,,oI 1o,o I'LL ~..,, and with nuynS
dropping only one lamb the profit
of an entire year is sacrificed in a
night. With a litter Of pigs every
one dropped in March can be made
worth three to five. dollars, more in
the Fall than one narrowed a month
later. . .s..g $3.50 e.E-af
STRENGTHENING WATER COURSES.
The natural course Of any stream
of water is crooked and interferes
with profitable cultivation ever for
grass, as in these days all the now
ing has to be done by horse power
and machine. 1t is a great advan-
tage to open straight open
ditch through a meadow where the
brook runs. The fall will be better
in a straight line, and if tile or stone
drains are run into the open ditch
from all the low places, the land
thus recovered will almost certainly
be the most productive on the farm.
POTATO PARINGs.
The Feelings and refuse cut away
from potatoes in preparing for cook
ing are usually thrown in the swill
barrel and fed to the pigs. This is
not the best use that can be made
Of them, especially in Winter, when
green food is scarce If the small
amount thrown out every day is
saved for the horses or mich COW,
it will increase the appetite.and help
keep the animal in better health.
Fed to a COW, it will increase the
milk supply, and thus feed the pig
nearly or quite as we'll as raw po-
tato parings would do. .f.a..
KEEPING HARNESS CLEAN. 1is
The practice Of hanging up har-
ness o. hooks back of the horses is
is very Objectionable. If any trouble
occurs in the night some Of the ha1r-
ness will probably be found in the
morning under the horses feet soiled
if not broken. Besides, just behind
the horses the harness is exposed
to all, the orders from the manure,
and this alone is sufficient to rot it
rapidly. The ammonia from horse
urine is especially destructive. r A
separate room for the harness will
avoid this. 1t will cause some
0 trouble and expense, but it
will pay. - '@"
CATS ARoUND BARNS.
Most farmers have enough cats,
as where a stock, however small.
exists, they breed rapidly. and soon
become too numerous. If petted at
all, they learn to hang around the
house in Winter and grow fat. on
scraps from the table. But the
same cats, if driven out of doors.
will find a good living in barns and
granaries, where they will save
many dollars worth of grain. Barn
cats r always good mousers, and
they transmit this tendency to their
young, so that even for house ser
vice, it is better to get a barn kit
ten and tame it. s.f7. Z. =r.5
VALUE OF SKIM-MILK.
In portions Of the country where
butter is made in quantities it is