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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-31

the meadows on most farms that it is
rather diff cult to plow and cultivate,
but yet with proper treatment a be
made to produce excellent crops of
hay. If these can be made smooth for
the harvesting machinery and a good
sward secured, they can be kept in
condition for q long time without plow-
ing by frequent top dressings of manure
or special fertilizers. For this purpose
a little and often" is better than a
single large application that is expected
TO last several years. No better use
can be made of farm manure than
spreading on land of this character. To
produce the best results, it should be
applied early in autumn, but CONNER
cial fertilizers IN spring.
1t may be advisable once in a few
years TO SOW on grass seed IN autumn
and harrow the land. This should also
be done early and would be better along
with the application Of manure. This
method will work well for land that is
somewhat moist, stony and hard to
cultivate.
We fad little benefit in top dressing
| good tiiIabie land after the grass has
/ become run out, as it is termed. In
| such cases blowing, devoting to other
crops and re seeding would be prefer
able. Then after a good sward has
beon established the yield Of hay can
b successfully kept up for a time if
desired by frt quent applications OF ma
cur8.
These are some of the methods which
II followed viii generally secure a good
yield OF nay from year to year, as well
as beUter facilities for harvesting 1t.
E. r. TOWLE.
franklin Co. Vt.
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SCOuRS IN CALVES.

Prof. Hayward, of the Pennsylvania
Station. writing in the National Stock
man on the treatment OF scours IL
calves, says that, in his experience
with the station herd, about sixty head,
nothing has been 30 uaiformly success
full in CHECKING this disease az subni-
trate Of bismuth. Does Of ten to If
teen grains, or what will lay on half
the length Of q jack knife blade, should
be given every three hours until the
calf is relieved. When the calf is IN
this condition, very little milk should
be fed, and a raw egg Oh two will serve
TO aid in the fleet OF the bismuSh.
II contagious SCOUTS should make
their appearance, the same remedy will
apply, but care should be taken to
carefully disinfect the walls and floor
of the stall the calf occupies with vitriol
Zone pound dissolved in a gallon Of
wa5er), to prevent the disease from
spreading.
A correspondent Of Hoard's Dairy
man saye, with reference to scours:
A very common cause is over feed
ing. In that case, reduce the foed and
give Il Or tTo raw eggs daily for q
week. This has not failed Of immedl
ate relief and Improvement, Les Chsn
have the esg and the shell also, as the
lime in the shell is helpful. Sometimes
a little rannet for a few days in the
food is helpful. The disease in epizo0tic
form hes Sometimes affected a few
herds in this vicinity, doubtless caused
by something IN the hay; has been
cured by feeding, in tbs milk, q strong
tea made from the bark Of the beeco
tree. a neighbor, whose calves, msny
of them, died some years since, said
this saved his calves every time.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-31
TO RAISE DUCKS SUCCESS
FULLY.

Mr. George Pollard, of Pawtucket,
r: l., has been in the duck raising bust
ness for the past five years, and, last
season, raised 5000 dncks, as we'll as
800 chickens. His success in duck
raising since the start has been greater
than that CT most beginners, and he
now has the business on a substantial
ard profitable basis.
Mr.. Pollard says that the foundation
of succese If this business lies in the
breeding stock. More failure occur
on account Of the breeding stock beiDg
weak than tTom any other csuee. Ihe
best stock, unless properly kept, will
soon get weak and worthless, says
Samuel CushU an 10 Rural New Yorker.
When mating breeding ducks in No
verl0er, he provides a drake for every
five ducks. Later II the seaeon, about
tbs last OF May, g. drake should have
as many as Six or seven ducks. For
breeding, ne prefers ducks and brakes
in their second year to those raised the
same geason, although q part o. those
used are young stock. No ducks ere
kept, however, longer than two r
three years.
NJ whole grain is fed the breedi-g
dUGEs. He gives them 8 mixture CON-
posed Of three parts OF wheat br u,
three parts c0rI meal and one part b f
scTps Oae part OF a cheap Craze II
four is also added TO hold the mast
getber. This makes il scatter less and
pTeveot5 Guch waste. I5 Is mixed
with hot water il winter to take eff
the chill. but not to cook it. Sound
cabbage ia aleo bought aud fed, a5 we'll
~ boiled turnlps aud clover. Crushed
atone or grit, the same as is fed TO h. ne,
is kept by them all the time, Is veil as
crushed oyster shells.
Inculd weather, the ducks are housed
at night, but they are invariably fed
out OF doors every day IN winter.
When snow is on the ground, & place
ia cleared in front OF the houae for this
purpose. E8gs are not secured in any
number until December. Although
the ducks are allowed the run OF their
yard during the lay ing eeason, pine
tenths CT n G z are laid in the house,
Tney co all their laying by ten o'clock
in the foreDoon, after which they ere
given tree access TO po4d or swim
ming place.
stalls as nests. but fnds them Of nc =
vantage. The ducks are liable to rush
from one end Of the room to the oGb. r
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N ITS USE.

Provide your sheep some kind OF
shade-the lower the better-so they
can hardly walk under, but keep the
sides open for currents of air. Every
observant person has noticed that
sheep and lambs will crowd under the
bed of a standing wagon and prefer IL
to any sheds, barns, or trees to which
they may have equal access. A good
plan is TO select the highest and mcs5
exposed part of a iald, drive stakes
into the ground, leaving than about 80
inches nigh, and cover them with q fat
roof Of boards. For 100 sileep, such a
roof should be about 6 feet wide and
SO feet loag. When the CAD fy, tha5
lays the lar 90 of the grub worm,
buzzes around the sleeps head, ea
d~eavoring TO deposit the egg in it's nCs-
trI, the sheep will pu. iGs head down
close to tie ground and scurry to set
under this shelter. With very little
care and protection, a flock should
never be affected with grub in the
head" which it Is a difficult matter to
eradicate. The best treatment is to
mix one part Ct turpentine with two
parts of lard oil, hold the sleeps head
up, and pour a half tin cup full into
each nostriI; after two hours, blow a
little Scotch snuff into its nostrils with
ordinary insect powder blowers, that
may be purchased for ten cents at
any drug r The turpentine pene
trates the membrane Of the head and
the grub loosens it's hold temporarily ;
the snuff makes the sheep sneeze vic,
Iently, and some of the grubs are
elected and displaced. The treatment
should be repeated three or four times
at intervals Of four days.-Shropshire
Record,
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breed of animals succeed long that Is
bred for one thing only. The Funty,
dirty Merino sheep is the result or the
fine. wool craze. The runty, rattle
headed trotter is a product of thespeed
craza. Size and style and level.headed-
ness were neglected. but these qualities
are now being appreciated, and we are
breeding trotters to compete with
Hackneys and French and German
coarch horses. The effect will be to
grow bigger, handsomer t~rotters, good
for carriage, coach, road, farm, or cav
airy. and do their work better than
any other horse.
Yetsouud and handsome brood mares
of good disposition, and bred to the
stallion of style. action and size, the
colts will be good sellers.
The farmer who likes the slow draft
breeds a do better to raise them
They must have size and smootnness
and fair action to bring good prices.
The saddle horse, the fine carriage or
coach. and massive draft horses, do not
compete with the electric motor. IL is
the cheap, medium-sizad horses thar
are to be most affected by the trolley
and auto car.
If farmers are to grow horses they
must study the market, and then grow
and train such horses as the market.
demands.
AS it takes more capital and longer
time to breed and train horses, the
average farmer can do better to grow
sheep and hogs, as ne can turn his
gross and grain into money one
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-31

You wil, d. vour e, b cribers ereat
good It you will teach them ell ebo"o
sorghum raising. Sorghum for hogs
should be sown in drills like cottoE-
s0wed when danger Of frost Is passed.
Begin feeding 20 hogs as 5000 as beaded
cut. Cut only what will make one
feed or meal, end give them entire
fodder, stalk, seed. Ore planting will
furnish food for several weeks, but to
have it last es long as possible there
should be several plahtiDgs two or
three weeks apart. 1t should be sowed
neer hog lot, so as to be handy to cut
and throw in hog lot every day. Hogs
get fat on it and a very little corn If
the people knew its value they would
plant mere. For horses and cattle it
should be sowed broadcast. Breek
land, SOW two bushels seed to the acre,
NOW and rake the hay. 1t makes more
to the acre than anything perhaps you
can sow, and there is no better feed for
both horses and cattle. It often makes
two crops a year. What a pity the
farmers everywhere are not better
posted on sorghum raising for hogs,
horses and cattlel The ecre2ge Of sor-
ghum is being increased every year in
Texas. I hope some wide-ewake farmer
in every part of the country will re-
member this and at least try a little of
it next year. Would like to see in
Home and Farm something on the sub
jet in every issue, till the planting
time next year. Who will write?-R.
u. Brown, Claburne, T. xas, in Home
and Farm.
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THE DAIRY.
SELECTED DAIRY ITEMS.

It is very poor economy to allow a
COW to shrink in her milk for want OF
sufficient food.
As warm weather comes on see that
the stock in the pasture have plenty OF
good water and good shade.
The quality of milk depends prima-
rily upon the COWS producing IT, and
secondly upon the feed and care given
to them.
The value of all cream is based on
the dry solids it contains, and this will
vary with different COWS and at differ.
emit seasons.
The COW should be MIXED to the last
drop, and as the last portion Of the
milk is the best, the udder should be
left with nothing in it.
To a very considerable extent it is
the perfect separation Of milk and
cream that determines the amount IF
profit in good butter making.
So far as can be done, make the
change of pastures with the STOCK after
a good rain. The fresh grass will be
cleaner and will taste sweeter.
On an average, four pounds of but
ter can be made from 100 pounds OF
milk, and 10 pounds of cheese can b.
meps from the same weight OF milk.
Give the best of COWS that give the
richest cream, give them the best feed
and care, and only q start has been
made IN the production OF fine butter.
The bsst proof that there is fair pCoiC
in raising good cattle may be found In
the fact that the men who handle that
sort are not complaining about tbs
business
It is quite an item to use only the
best and purest salt, Of uniform fine
ness Of grain; from three quarters to an
ounce should be used to every pound
of butter.
Although there ia much in favor Of
other rations, oats is about the best
thing we can give to calves. Mixed
with corn meal it is a great milk pro-
Queer for COWS.
With regularity in feeding and milk
ing and kind treatment at all times,
the COW will become gentle and stay so,
and will give a larger quantity Of milk
for a longer time.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-31

HEN MANURE IN SUMMER.

The MANURE from hene, unless grain
fed in summer, is usually less valuable
than it is In winter, Bat it is none the
less well worth taking care Of. It viii
heat very rapidly in hot weather If
Z ept in piles. as it is usually deficient
in pbosphatee, it is a good plan to mix
some of the commercial phosphate
with the manure, as it is heating. 1t
always contains enough suIphete of
limo or land plaster to absorb the
ammonia, while the phosphate with the
nitrogen which the hen manure
abounds in, will make q fertilizer
very nearly equal to guano. American
CuItIyat5r,
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SOME HINTS FOR THOSE WHO
RAISE THEIR OWN GRASS.

Correspondence of The Progressive Farmer.
The time of haying furnishes a good
opportunity for ascertaining what I'm
provements need to be made in the
moving fields, as we'll as what particu-
lar course should be pursued in the
matter Of fertilization and seeding.
It should be the aim of the farmer to,
as far as possible, have his meadowe-
the part devoted to hay and cultivated
crops-in the best condition as regards
the largest production and the ease and
facility with which the work can be
done.
II possible, this part of the farm
should be compact, readily accessible
and not 0 far away. Convenience,
q OF working and productivenese,
are essentials not to be overlooked. In
these days it will not pay to cultivate
and gather crops from a poor, rough
or stony field. If with reasonable ex-
pense these parts of the farm can be
manifestly improved, then the work
should be performed as soon as possible,
but il this is impracsicable, the next
best course would be to turn to turn to
pasture or allow TO grow to wood.
Some farma-and Of good soil too
are more or less stony, and where this
is the case a good deal Of work is re-
quired to clear the land from these ob-
structIons, but where this can pTac
tically be done, the good work should
go on until completed.
In running the moving machines
over these fields If any stones are IN
the way, they are sure to be found. AS
soon after harvest as may be is a good
time to attend to this work, before 1t is
forgotten. The email rolling stones
and the sharp pointed ones, sticking
out of The ground and ready to inter
sect with the knives Of the mower
should be removed, as they are a hui
sance that hes no Duchess 10 the field.
The larger stones or rocks are always
In the way of good cultivation, but
many or most Of them can, with mod
ern methods, be removed, and where
thi5 is the case it should be done, as
the land is too valuable TO ne occupied
with these distractions, as much bet
ter results with less labor can be OBJ
tanned after their removal.
BriaTs. bushes end weeds really have
no place 10 the meadows o. cultivated
fields, and Uheir growth should be care
fully kept down. Every farmer ought
to have s3me sort Of rotation OF crops
for his iand, and Of a kind that expert,
ence teaches him is best for his purpose.
But even with this from various causes
special work Will need to be done from
time to time. 1t is desirable to have
the best possible returns from the NOW.
ing fields, and as the crop was being
secured it was quite easy to note what
particular places or fields needed most
Seentlon There are some portions o.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-31
THE KIND OF HORSES NEEDED

At q recent meeting of the Oxford
(Ollc) Farmers Club in the course Of
a discussion Of the horse industry the
following sensible ideas we're advanced:
It is time to bt gin breeding horses
again.
Auegree that We have common stock
enough. The demand Ia for first claes
dragt, coach or drivers, and gaddiers.
The fancy buyer will always pay a big
price for what suits him.
There is a fad now III the East for
high sFeppers Of Hackney blood-one
described them as the horse with
string halt in four legs" They have
strong limbs, we'll rounded form. coed
style, but little speed. They sell we'll.
The best all round horse is tine Ameri-
can trotter. Unfortunately we have
too long bred for speed only. There
never was, and never will be, n
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and the whole flock are liable to go
slam bapg egainet them and pile up in
them, il they happen to be in their
course.
The house floor is covered with
planer ehavinga, and the DUCKS make
their nests right on the floor, andless
eggs are broken or lost than under any
other plan followed. Placer sbevinga
suit Mr.. Pollard best for bedding,
though they hurt the value OF the ma
nuro. Cotton dirt is * ,~alleDt, and is,
eIeo, OF value as menure.-Wegtern
Rural.
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POMONA HILL NURSERIES,
POMONA, N. G.

Two miles west of Greensboro. N. O.. op -.
Southern Railway. Well known for th3rs
years. Up with the times with all the new SIS We
as the old fruits that are suited TO my trsEae
which extends from Maine TO Texas. The u.
Japan fruits and all other good fruit and fou
ers 1 have, as shown In my new iuua5rs1r
catalogue, free to all. Agents wanted.
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CaEAYES? RICH T arm
RICHEST CHEAP IILgD

IN America. Best sugar. cotton an@ org
Try on earth. Also Uns uTpa-s'o Ii w
a mp Tamie, Potatoes, me o. ~ o. ~
plusi s, : caches, figs gra p-s brITies La!''E,
amt live stock. some fine rice -ah--
never fell. dETv' st something cFe.a
Within 80 mi es Of rapid y growing c -
WOeaCh OihexpOrt ports. Crops To5 e. 81
toy frs1ghts and WRITER FEEDING .a7"
ga~Ge1s green all Writer, ant ruI.
Than in North , aroma. Five u - I'D e
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health arc cool Del. nm
prairie and the C~hJCOiste sets ~ III
"a ey," the richest in the world, q = 5'b h.
$50 PEI acre. hole fields aVeTsg ga = NJ
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readily at So II S5. Taxes soc. on. tl9 sdiD
til River and Gu f transp rtatlo4' o. on d
new railroads headed this way. tet Trad.
ground floor. LANDS are adya c5nz' i,npr
40 t. &C COO acres, improved a. f - cdf
All sol Is of terms Fiji opening IoI he q
Living cheap and lands produce from rant 2
For fullest Information, state YOU RR9Ys Z
enclose stamp to County Attorney ="
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ELECTRIC BITTERS.

Electric Bitters Is a medicine suited for
any season, but perhaps more generally
needed when the languid, exhausted
feeling prevails, when the liver is torpid
and sluggish and the need of a tonic am
Alternative is felt. A prompt use Of this
medicine has often averted long and
perhaps fatal bilious fevers No medi-
cine will act more surely in counteractine
and freeing the system from the mala-
rial poison. Headache, Indigestion, Con-
stipation, Dizziness yield to Electric Bit
tiers. SOC. and $1.O0 per bottle at any
drug store.
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day.
Train on she Scosland Neck Branch Roan
leaves Weldon 10 p M. Halifax % d m. Ar,
rives Scotland Neck 20 p m, GreenvKIle 81
p m, Ktnston 66 p M. Returning leaves KIN,
ston 50 m, Greenyille 8 81 a M. arriving Is
Trains on the Washington Branch Ieav.
Washington 20 o m and l 90 d m arrfvass
Parmele 10 am and 240 p m, returning leave.
Parmele 35 q m and 80 p IA, arrive wash
ineton II 90 a m and 720 In, daily sxcepa
Train leaves Tarboro, N G, daily. excepr
Sunday, sop ia. Sunday 05 m. a rfves
Plymouth daily except Supdby. 7 40 n m :
6 90 m. Returning leav Plymouth daily
except Sunday, 30 m,and Sunday 8 90 q M
arrives Tarboro 10 O5 a M, IL 90 a m.
Train on Midland N. G. Branch leave
irving Smith field 80 a m; retnrnine Iasva
Smithfield 500 m; arrives at Goldsbcrt
10 25 q m.
Trains on Nashville Branch leave Rock,
Mount az ~ p m, arrives NashvilIe6 O6 D m
spring nope 3 30 p m; returning leaves
Spring nope % m, Nashville 50 q ID, ~,
rives az kocky Mount 8 06 q M, daily, excepS
Train on Clinton Branch leaves warsaw
Tor Clinton daily, except Sunday, al 20 q
M ano4 10 % m: returning leaves Clinton A.
90 m and so q M.
Train No. IS makes close connection As
Weldon for all points North ally, all ran
via Richmond, also at Rocky Mount wftF
all points North via Norfolk.
IL. Nj. EMERSON, Gen'l Pass. Agent
j, Il. KENNY, Genn Manager.
Il. Nj. EMERSON, Traffic Manager.
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Apropos of bodies rather than souls
have you seen the girl who, having beel
Cooks tourist in England, now pro
nounces Charles as if it were in tw
syllables?
Don't you expect to meet the girl VIII
goes yachting for one afternoon and al
forwards talks as if she spent her summe
in cruising and wears her yachting cos
tune day and night? At least, her init
mate friends say that he'd Dightgown ha
a sailor collar on it.
Don't you expect to meet, during you
peregrinations, that dainty young gentle
man who, having heard that the hars
American voice is objected to in London
has got his tones down so low that yo
cannot hear a word he says, and you ar
under the impression that his genera
idiocy has affected his tongue?
Don't you expect to meet the man who
having played three games of golf an
ridden a bike twice, does nothing but tai
of athletics and outdoor sports?
Don't you expect to meet the child VIII
is impertinent through al 1.-The long sun
mer days and who comes home in grea
need of immediate treatment from tn
professional spanker?
Don't you expect to meet on Broadwa
the actor got up to initiate Booth an
who is overanxious to tell you that h
might have played leading parts, but tina
he preferred smaller ones?
Don't you expect to meet the girl VIII
goes in for being tailor-made, who's
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clothes have not ben touched by q wo-
man. who II immensely proud Of being a

good fellow, and who, to be bit vulgar,
is neither flesh, fish, nor good red her
ring? Oh, you'll meet them all! They
come in with the mosquitoes and the ex-
treme heat and the other pests of the
summer time. But you can be sure of
one thing-you won't be able to put on
that list the name of Bah.
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Bowen &Co. ,
RALEIGH. N. G.
AFRICANA
CURED GEORGE MINER OF
SCROFULA.

Greensboro, n. @.
Africana Co., Atlanta, Ga:
/ had been a great sufferer from Scrof-
ula for eight years. had the best medi-
cal skill employed in my case-as many
as half dozen physicians, first and last
with no signs of improvement, but grew
decidedly worse. Fortunately l heard of
"AFRICANA" and tried it with the best
result possible. / am now entirely well,
and hearty and going to school every day.
l heartily recommend "AFRICANA" to
all who have this dreadful disease.
GEORGE MINER.