The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-01-17

| we breed thoroughbred cattle or grade3
What are the best breeds of cattle for
bIttTr9 What are the best feeds for
milk prOduCtiOni What are the beat
methods Of raising calvesi w at are
the advantages of dehornir e cattl-H
What breeds of poultry are best
adapted to the farmers needsi How
TO make q good poultry house Are
ducks. turkeys and geese prOfita ble2
What are the profits of poultry raising
as compared with profits on other live
stock3
Fielding STOCK-Is corn preserved
as snsilA2e more valuable than when
preserved dryl Which is moro profit
| able, roots, mangRls. turnips and cor
rnte or enaiIagAf What ia the beRr rA-
! tinn to feed for producing milkl What
effect does feeding cOttOnseed meal
| have on butter! How many times per
dav should mich cattle be fed in win
teri What is the best ration f0l laying
hensf What IG the best ration for fat
teninS pOultry7 What is the best feed
for fatteninR pigsl How shall sheep
| be fed in win err What is the best
feed for weaninE pigeI What is the
most profitable method of feeding grain
to mich cattle7
BUTTER, CHEESE AND MiLK--Is the
| co operative creamery a sucsessi Rel
ative advantages Of creameries and
home dalries Can butter be made at
profit at 15c. p~r<1b2 What is the
| BEST way Of utilizing skimmilk7 What
effect does the manufacture of cleo
have up ~ the price of bu6ter7 Can
TnlIk f1e mad" at prnf5 at 23c per qti
OaCHARDING- Culture of apple arch
ards SnAn orchards be cultivated be
pasGured2 What sock Ia best to run
In an orchArd-6heep on pigsQ- When
and how shall apple trees he triEnmed?
How to fertIli28 the apple orchard,
What varieties are the most profitable
and what varieties should he Iu = well
planned OTchardq How to pick, ptck
and market apples. How to 8eIect
sclOns aRd when ana how TO graft
Should orchards be kept in moHing
land. pasture or broken uo2 What
sol an location arc thu best suited to
applesl What soil is best adapted to
to she UeaE2 How can the pear blight
be overcOmN2 How TO cultivate and
ferIil4ze the pear. Should ssarf or
stan hard pears be plan ed2 When and
how should pears be trimmed! What
soil dos the peach II quiref How can
the dangers % early AID late trOsts b@
avoided2 How shall peaches be fertil
lied and cultivated? What EOll and
treatment do plums require? What IS
thr black KnJt anu LDH sFal,~at be-
treated? WnET sOII ana culture rE,y
ounces required What SOIL Is best
suited to the grape2 Can grapes be
rsi~ed at profit at 2C. per lb2 How
Go care for and cultivate the grape.
What Ia the best system of pruning
aud training grapes? How to pack and
market grapes dOw to Cul lvaUe the
stra ~ berry. How to fertllJZo the
straw wberry. When should straWb berry
vines be covered ana hOw7
THE FARMS GENERAL What lessons
haa the past season taught us2 How to
make farm life attractive to the boys
w hat agricultural books shall we read I
What agricultural paper best repre-
sent the farmers interests and ls most
instructive in all branches Of farming ?
Snail we cultivate more land? Relative
value of large and small farms. How
and When to plan the nexs seasons
work How to keep farm accounts.
How TO make farming pay. Advaut-
age Of country and city life compared. !
How to prOtitabIy improve the farm. |
What constitutes a model farmhouse? ? |
Value of the garden to the farmer. !
What vegetables and fruits should be
in the garden? How can the farmers
garden be made the most profitable
part of the farm? Value of flowers on
the farm. The care and cultivation of
flowers. How can forests best be pre-
served2 What are the most valuable
forest treesR
SPECIAL CROPs-How to plant, culti
vate, harvest, cure and make tobacco.
What soil is adapted to tObaccOl How
to fertiliZe tobacco. HOW to plant
cultivate and harvest corn. Potatoes:
What is the best variety for market9
What Is the best for keeplng7 How TO
|fertllize, plant, guilty Lte and harvest
potatoes, What soil is best suited to
OniOnsR Preparation of ground for
onions How to cultivate, harvest and
keep onions What is the best grass
land7 How to prepare land for grass.
Can grass lands be kept up by top
dressing? What Is the best fertilizer
for grass7 What are the best kinds of
hay for feeding on the farm? Dies 1t
pay to irrigate grass lands? When and
how should land be seeded dOwn2 How
and when to cut, cure and harvest hay?
Does it pay to sell hay and feed ensil-
age or other cheap tOddtrS2 What Is
t0e value for feeding miiiet and Hun
garIan grass as compared with herd
grass. redtop and clover?
SOCIAL-How can the social and in
tellec .ual features of country towns be
advancedG Is it better to engage out
side lecturers and singers for social en-
tertainment or to rely on home talent?
What is the value of the church as a
social influence in farm life? Is it
wiser to try to support parate de-
nominational churches in small cOun
try towns or to merge them all into
one evangelical church of an undenom
national character? How can literary
societies best be fostered in sparsely
settled districts?
DOMESTIC-HOw to make bread.
What constitutes a complete boiled