The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-04-26
AGNICULrUHAL IrEMs.
HARRowING SPRING GRAIN

Now that time for sowing spring
Krain has come, there is one caution
which every grain sowing farmer
should heed That is, to harrow the
soil where the seed has been cast, not
only when it is sown, but after every
rain heavy enough to compact the sur
face and make a Crusted soil as it dries
out. II this is done once or twice be
fore the grain mes up, the grain will
grow rapidly and will itself prevent
further D. czmg # the aurface by rains
PLANTING BEANS WITH CORN
1t used TO De the practice more than
it is now to plant one or two beans in
each hill of corn that is eaten cut by
the cut worm. I5 makes much extra
work to harvest these beans. But the
plan is perhaps better than to plant in
late some more corn that will not be
ripened with the other, and can be used
only for feeding as soft corn. The corn
shades adjoining corr too much. Beans
of the busn variety will not shade 1t at
all. The extra sunlight which gels
down to the soil where hill of corn
has been destroyed makes the corn
hills on either side more prolific than
they would have been.
EXTRA FEED FOR YOUNG LAMBS.
The. young IanO grows very rapidly
the first few weeks of its life. But un
less given some extra feed besides what
it's dam furnishes the lamb Will soOE
get too little, and it's growth will be
stunted A little clover hay to begin
with may be fed TO each lamb, and il
this is followed by a gill of whole oats,
the lamb will thrive so we'll that it's
growth will never be checked. Even
less oats than this will be enough il the
lambs have all the clover hay they can
eat. This feed may be varied by Civ
ing wheat bran fed dry in the troughs
which should be made for that purpose,
and 80 protected that lambs cannot
put their feet into them.
SPRAY APPLE TREES EARLY.
The ii sc spray ing Of the apple or
chard ought TO be made before the buds
have burst into leaf At this time
tungicIdes may be safely used much
stronger than would be safe after the
tree is in leaf. There are many spores
Of fungus not yet developed on the
branches ready to burst forth and de-
velop their spores 80 soon as the leaves
appear. l this early spraying is thor
oughly done, it may make it unneces
70 Tho
leaves have become so hardened that
the lighter applications that will then
be needed will do no injury. While
the trees are being sprayed now, it will
De well 10 put 10 some Paris green to
head eff the young larva of the bud
moth, which always begins by boring
into the uuds sometime before they
burst into leaf
GLOVER IN STRAWBERRY BEDS
One OF Tue worst pests TO careless
strawberry growers is that their beds
on rich lands so rapIdly grow up with
clover. The white clover is much the
worst, as 1t, like the strawberry, prop
agate5 BY runners, which will make an
amazing large spread In rich land in a
single season. The only consolation
ne strawberry grower has is that the
white clover plants help enrich the
soil, though they do this much less
e1ectualIy than red clover. Not only
1.-THE white clover plant much smaller
@an red clover, but its numerous
small runners rob the soil of moisture
hney are. besides, too small to produce
tae nocUles on the roots which enrich
Tue soil 0y decomposing the air which
Sne Soil contains. This does not often
"appen clover plan ts till in the sec
oua Year of their growth. American
Cultivator