The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-12-11
/ NOTES OF THE FARM !
BY w. F. MASSEY OF A. & M College.


ing some during the winter &c ~
i've through then the snrnlns o,,n ''ll
salable. Il want to plant . hadno 4t az
VII turn any kind of stock. Nv col
- nlgh and sandy. | see thai ~
1i!l'r - Barberry is recommended fo,
'liiS purpose. DO You know anytb;no
'pout II We do not know any sncb
plant as the Amur Barberry The
Aiilur fr1Vet Is recommended for tba
piailtlhS OF ornamental hedges. but iS
hot suited to- a defensive HEDGE Fo,.
d defensive hedge there is notbino
oetter than the hardy sour oranoe
Iitrus 1rifollata. This will grow so
dehse with formidable thorns that
d d, snow bird can hardly get through it.
though real orange it is nerfec4lv
hardy Ours have made two crons 81
httle oranges this season. and are nov
ful of them. The plant is not eyer
green like the sweet orange. but the
Ddrk OF the stems is bright green and
.he hedge looks green after the leaves
lail. The oranges are sour, bitter and
1ull OF seeds and not fit to eat. but
they make pretty show on the
Observation-Disclosures
trees, and the blossoms in spring are
pretty. You can get the plants from
t. }. Berckmans, Augusta. Ca. at
about $50 per thousand for hedging.
lhe plants are perfectly hardy any
where in the State.
From Caswell CO.: .Tbere ;s
good demand here for a general pur-
pose milch cow and | am thinkinp of
breeding such COWS as will sell for
this purpose. Have been thinking of
trying the Holstein and wish your ad
wee about them. | know the Jersey
is the best butter COW. when she is
we'll treated and we'll fed, but the
Jersey Will not stand the rough treat
ment and rough bulky feed such as
wheat straw. shucks. etc. that COWS
are fed on in this section. and I
thought probably the Holstein. being
larger. was probably of more robust
constitution and could probably as
simulate rough food that farmers in
this section feed their cows The
only animal that viii fit your case
is the piney woods scrub. The Hol-
stein is larger than the jersey and
needs more feed too.
The Holstein would be large enough
TO make more beef after She is no
longer OF use as mich COW But |
have no more faith IN a general pur-
nose" COW than ! have in a general
purpose man. \ Observation-Disclosures is
generally d poor stick at amy OF them.
If YOU want a dairy COW. breed one
of the dairy breeds. ii Il beef animal
! get a beef breed. The general purpose
| cow is good for neither. If a COW is
| worth keeping at all. she is worth
| feeding we'll and treating well. Neither
| Il Holstein nor Il Jersey Will be of any
value to the man who feeds COWS
! wheat straw and shuckc and lets them
! stay out in the weather. You cannot
f',tHs-
| treated as YOU say viii never he pro
! fitable to any one. ard | would hate
to raise COWS TO sell to such men.
/ Nothing but the scrub will suit those
conditions.
From Davidson County: I'VE lind
il almost impossible 10 keep our
mules shoulders from eettin" sore
! when breaking land in spring ard
| summer. Can the mules pull as well
in our clay lands with breast straps
as with collars? We would buy a full
| blood bull c.alT OF a beef strain but can
not decide which to buy. Our farm IS
a mile from town, and many families
in town keep a COW for their own use.
We want Il bull to use with these
COWS and then to buy the male calves
/ and turn them INTO bee1. he HeoP'G
want to raise the heifer calves and
! f@o'''
fear that if we get a Shorn horn or !"
Hereford they Will object TO them be
cause of their being poor nnIlkerS-
What breed would YOU advise we
olive this extract from a long letter
from a gentleman who is taking an ac-
five interest in farm lmproFenehll
and the feeding of stock. We Go no'
think YOU can work mules to a plo"
win breast straps. We have Eeeh
nIoo,,cd i'm the same way. ana a leNT
wears aoo we concluded 10 try &H'
ncvder advertised by Moore
Rrctbers. OF Albany. \. " VINO are
reIiabIe veterinarians. We fcHhd TINS
nerfcctIv effective when used IS or
rected. and ii not only tou9hened 'he
shoulders, but sore shoulder Woci,
met we'll with the mule at WORK az
Tho time Now as we haNe SAD above
we do not believe in q general purFoSt
GOV. The best beef animals ana TIE
hest dairy COWS are not IN 'iiS q =,
breed The nearest YOU can zS'' =
,,b.t Won are after is to get a peEo!i
rbrv make good beef anI are 'a'!
,,;I;.erc The Holsteins would MI 'h'
biu for the dairy and the caiN 9,
would make passablc beeEeS, n'l' ~, ~
harder to- fatten than f''
hraed. Of the beef brrS..a ~ -
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