The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-07-29
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Always be systematic anu
Arrange supports for climbing
plants.
Crown corn and clover as con
querors.
Keep the fence clear of
weeds this month.
Keeping the field clean is better
than making it clean.
Never forget that pigs in clover
enjoy themselves and grow.
A wise farmer profits by his mis-
takes as we'll as his successes.
Don't let the wheat stand too long
you know it shells badly.
Oil, and a wrench, are cheap pre-
servatives of mowers during haying.
Don't clay by" the corn until
obliged to get at the haying harvest
AS soon as a crop is off put in an
other pillow up before weeds go to
seed.
1t is useless to expect a large crop
of plump oats on land lacking fertility.
Remember the team enjoys the
shade as well as you while resting
these hot days.
An occasional scattering of wood
ashes around the sweet pea vines will
help them.
The practical farmer, so far from
disdaining book knowledge, viii! read
all he can of the writings of profes-
sional agriculturists.
Sow Hungarian or Millet or plant
some early corn for fodder, if you
have any vacancies of considerable
size. If small spots, SOW turnips.
Don't forget the oil the next time
you go to town. 1t don't pay to
make trips to to wn often, during hay
ing, or any time for that matter.
The bale of cotton that brings only
$40 into local circulation as a bale OF
cotton, would bring in 500 or more
as a bale of calico or cotton stripes.
A crop of oats cut when the berry
is in the milky stage and cured, is
excellent for stock and serves as an
agreeable addition to the regular diet
in winter.
1t is evident from the opinions ex-
pressed in the discussion now going
on about the silver question, that the
great majority of the people want
silver money.
One essential qualification in the
boy who works on a farm is that he
shall have a love for animal life, and
be able to tell intuitively when an
animal is sick.
Do not dose yourself or your stock
with medicine for every little i'll.
Diet and rest Sleep, and a moder-
ately empty stomach, are the best
medicines in the world.
Keep the farmhouse in good repair
if only a sod house or board shanty.
This is necessary to comfort and con-
venience, which may be secured even
in the humblest dwelling.
Grass should be cut for 6ay at the
proper time, and that is just as it is
done growing. 1t has then acquired
all its natural strength and aroma, and
will not become harsh and brittle
from overripeness.
In South Carolina with but few
exceptions perfect stands of cotton
are reported throughout the State.
The rice crop, while needing rain in
some sections, is in better condition
than at the same time last year.
Better farming is to be secured by
more intelligent effort on the part of
the individual. Better laws can be
had only through the organized efforts
of the producers at the caucuses, con.
ventions and polls.
Agriculture and manufacturing
should go peacefully hand in hand to
secure the highest development of a
country, and the efforts of political
demagogues to array one against the
other should be promptly defeated.
When you have moved the weeds
from inside the road fence, go outside
and NOV, or you will not get the full
benefit of your work. Burn them
when dry. Better still, keep them
SO short that there viii not be enough
to pay for burning.