The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-09-02
Farm AND GARDEN NOTES.

LOOK We'll 10 Guo "oGOAAHS
Keep the wagon axles well CREASED.
No "let up" on the weed nuisance.
Rainy day wOrk-Repairing tools,
etc.
Change of diet keeps up a good ap-
petite.
A successful breeder must be a good
feeder.
Work early and late, but rest at
midday.
Buy nothing you can produce as
cheaply.
Don't expect all the good qualities
in one animal.
Skinned milk and buttermilk are
good for horses.
Shallow culture of hoed crops is
now the order of the day.
Failures as well as successes teach
lessons. He is wise who learns from
both
A nice flock of good poultry is es
sential to every country and suburban
home.
Remember that one of the most
important cares of the farm is the care
of health.
The perquisites or free things of
the farm are equal to good wages for
me man.
The best stock raisers are now try
ing to grow meat instead of to accu,
mulate fat.
Whoever depends upon the public
for a market must consult the wants
of the public.
Don't let the rays of the sun fall
directly on your beehives. Provide
some sort of shade.
Good butter contains ten or twelve
per cent. of water, but it should show
no trace of buttermilk.
There is no benefit in applying to
your soil any ingredient which it al
ready has IN abundance.
Keep a vigorous growth of vegeta-
ton in all moist and malarial places.
1t will absorb the malarial gases.
Farm work is hard work, but who
a take a leisure day and feel it less
in his business than the farmer :?
AS soon as an animal is matured is
ceases to be profitable to keep, unlesf
it is a work animal and possibly sheep.
Butter should be kept cool during
the working, and also during the few
hours it may be left for the salt to dis
solve.
Do not expect any farm animal to
"pick up" its living. If you do it
need not surprise you if the crows
should pick its bones.
Have you feather eaters among
your stock "a Dad fault. Give them
sulphur twice a week in their soft
food, and give less heating food.
To make a fine quality of but.
ter, either dairy or creamery, requires
healthy COWS, good feed and ~judicious
handling of COWS, feed and milk.
Chickens assisted out of the shell
are generally assisted into another
world. If they are unable to hasch
themselves they seldom do any good.
To kill the future of creameries
have poor COWS, poor milk, poor ma
chinery, poor buildings, POOR maker,
poor butter, poor consumption, poor
price.
Cheerful, active labor is a blessing.
An old philosopher says: "The FREELY
only shines when on the wing; so it is
with the mind; when once we rest,
we darken."
AS soon as the salt is dissolved,
butter may be worked the second
time in order to correct any streaki-
ness which the first mixing of salt
may have caused.
Three quarters of an ounce of salt
to the pound will be the right guam
tity for most markets for immediate
consumption, and n ounce to the
pound for packed butter.
Loss of feathers is generally caused
by want of green food, or want OF a
dust brush; supply both. Local appli,
cation, mercurial ointment. The
feathers will not return before next
moulting season.
Milk cans should be washed in cold
or tepid water first, and then rinsed
in boiling water before they are ex
posed to be aired. The addition of a
little soda and borax to the hot water
will increase its cleansing properties.
Piedmont Seminary