The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-12-06
FARM ITEMS.

lou Can never grade up the caH,
unless you use better animals for bsS
ing.
A boar that is selected for brao3,.
should do but little service until 5oS
a year old.
There is more profit in raising bo,,.
that will sell than in those that ~
will have to trade.
The time has gone by for kpenir,,
steer until he is four years old ~
sending to market.
EStock that is continually tempt43bl
weak fences should not be blamed /,
becoming "breachy."
A box six inches high and twots
square kept filled with clean, dry m
makes a good dust bath.
Don't buy a COW with high head ai
eyes starting from sockets. Sheis 4
IN disposition, and you will be a los
If ducks can have a free rangeduT
the day and comfortable quarters
night they can readily be kept HEALTHY
Milking should be done with N
greatest regularity. An hours TIM
out Of the way is harmful to the COZ
every time.
Next to the Jersey Red, the POlm
China breed is considered to rank bib
est in regard to hardness and abilg
to resist disease.
The calf is not so stupid as he lOlh
When his mother fails to answer BIZ
demands he gives her a milk punch
and the old lady comes down.
Light hogs prepared for early mar
ket often being far more profit than
kept until later when prices are low
because of the rush of fresh pork.
The wheels of the moving maohHs
are made use of for constructing low
down wagons with wide rimma
wheels, that prove to be just the thll
Provide plenty of bedding for d
sheep during the winter so as to E
the wool out of the dirt, and at .
same time it will aid, to keep the 8hs
dry.
A well known Australian wool grON
raises 200 acres of rape for his SDa
and he speaks in the highest tern'l
it's value. He has fattened tEeN
sheep per acre on his rape field.
If YOU have barb wire fence aFani
your pasture it may pay to tie ssr
of tin or some other substance 9~
wires to prevent the animals l~
running against il without seelngA
Scaly legs are eyesores. With :s
simple remedies as applying VasI
or lard, to which a few drops Oh "a
bolic acid has been added, there , =
excuse for their presence in a TsnA'F
flock of poultry. ,a.
The chaf from wheat is one o. y
best materials for use on the 19 s5T
the poultry house. Keep the cnsrI
and under cover. 1t not only pa 1T
of easy cleaning of the house, Ous o.
as an absorbent and also saf,eS
litter in viii n the hens may
for food.
A large crop of apples may BE- g 2 h
when a hive of bees is statloleI fr6n
orchard. The pollen is ru 100 Il thou
their bodies against the plsIus bsc0ns
sands of flowers, which tnus as feat
fortified. Many of the Str Shs to the
of hybridizing varieties ait
A writer in speaking Of the PsEsi IN.
the Shorthorn says that tns3 4meris
proved the herds of cattle y red CATH
more than all other imPto Tbgl
that were ever brought n reight d
have raised the average 10 from ~
tho usands of our beef ca I'D reduced
to 500 pounds per head snr besides
the selling age a whole price.
greatly increasing the Sein ducks
It is not necessary t1a mann or pond
should have either g large part O
as many suppose; i oo,ld be throap
their especial feeding c 3oter sunk i9
into shallow tubs OF Great belPp
the ground it would De hid grCfI
them so far as health. Iapt conce
and general vigor are ,orT for %
Swimming is not nece
ducks. FarmSl.
c.-+nbor Is the most oO omsFq