The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-09-18

and while the grasses and legumes I
am speaking of are filing the South
ern soil with humus, they can be
grazed by the brood mare that will
produce high-sel1ing horses We sold
396. 977 cattle in 1900 and received
$50, ,628, 768 for them. In addition to
this we sold many cattle products.
We can produce such cattle meats as
are wanted in foreign countries,' and
bring the best prices there, cheaper
than they can produced elsewhere;
and while the humus is being put
back into the wornout fields of the.
South, the dairy cow and feeding
steer can turn the GRASSES intomoney.
! O.. EARLY SPRING LAMBS. nt
The same can be said of sheep: The
Southern States can just as well fur
nlsh the Northern markets with
early spring lamb as they can with
early vegetables and fruits and
while grasses and Q legumes are re-
placing the humus in the Southern
soilsY high-selling sheep can be graz
ing there pretty much the year
round. &C sos IooaG
II f1 BACON S.-I4ARD HOGS. -
The bacon hog is a popularity Of
the South, and has been for many
years. The finest bacon hams of
which we have any knowledge have
been produced in the South and are
produced there now. The bacon hog
is product of nitrogenous feeding
-of grazing of -pastuFing in the
woodsS etc. It consumes the by
products of the dairy, and sells for
one-third more money than is re-
ceived for the lard hog The South
perhaps could not compete success
fully with the Northern States9ip
the production of the lard hog, but
the South can compete successfully
in the preduetion.of fine bacon hanas,
II vALUECOF5 COTTON SEED ~
When we consider the, production
of meats and dairy products, we
find it necessary to have at hand an
aaa.Indance of nitr6gezfous grains.
Last years cotton crop amounted to
nine million bales. The cotton seed
that grew when the lint grew
amounted to 1850, 900 tons. This is
an amount Of -frst-c1ass nitrogenous
food stuff so vast that it is difficult
to grasp the idea of it. I'VE might
make some comparison. IF thel396, :!
or head of cattle we Shipped abroad
last year to foreign countries, bring
ing back tous a return of over thirty
million dollars, had all been finished
with cotton seed meal, and 4hulls,
they would have used only small
percent. of the cotton seed meal Of
the South 1t has been demonstrated
by actual trial and careful expert
ment that cotton seed meal stands at
the head of all nitrogenous by-prod-
ucts. 1t is more effective than corn
or bran or fax meal or by any other
by-product of the mills. The fertiI-
ity of Southern fields can be recov-
cred by growing grasses and feeding
them to grazing cattle, with cotton
seed meal as a grain ration. The
Southern farmer should not permit
Single pound of this food to go any
where else in the world. Northern
people who have abundance of cheap
corn find it'prof1tab1e to feed it. :
People in foreign countries, Q who
make meats and dairy products to
c5mpetG nwiTh ours, in the world s
markets, find it profitable to feed it!
But it is just as wise f6f the South
eff producer to utilize his cotton
segd meal at home as it is to build
factories to Work up the fiber Of the
nftHt0Go9 '1syC-19! rs @30t
I } caaIrGRAPR GROWING. os.5 c4gEG G
The superior flavor and high quail?
| 1tyy. of the choice varieties Of Euro
pgan table 'grapes have long tempted
| fruit growers TO under take their pro-
ductioh in the eastern United States.
Experiments along this fine have
BEEN conducted at various places
. from time to time since the days of
the earliest settlers. These expert
ments have almost invariably re-
suited in failure and the death of the
vines, within a few years after plant
ing The, exact causes of failure are
not clearly understood In some re-
gions the principal cause was IN
doubtedly by phyllYox}eera, a minute
insect, which does, its worst injury