The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-06-05
NOTES OF THE FARM.
BY W. F. MASSEY, of A. & M. College,


0ur farmers are not so generally aware
o.. they should be, that the Department
,f Aorfculture at Washington publishes
- series of Farmers Bulletins for free
distribution. which are sent to any
farmer on application to the Secretary of
Agriculture naming the Bulletins wanted
and its number The following can still
Lp had and we believe that We will be
doing the farmers a favor by giving the
n.t The Department will not list your
name for all bulletins, but will list it to
send you from time to time a list of
those ready to send out and from this
you can select such as you want.
No. l6-Legumnous plants for Green
,uanuring and Feeding, "a pages.
no. 19-Important Insecticides; Direc-
lions for their preparation and use.
no. 20-Washed Sells; How to prevent
md reclaim them.
40. 21-Barnyard manure.
No. 22-The Feeding of Farm Animals
~ pages, a very valuable book for all.
No. Goods; Nutritive value and
cast treatise of human diet.
80. 24-tog Cholera and Swine Plague
telling all about the disease and cure.
No. 25-Peanuts; Culture and Uses, "a
lages on the cultivation of this crop.
40. 26-Sweet potatoes; Culture and
Isee SO pages on the culture of this
crop.
No. 21-Flax for Seed and Fibre in the
tinted States. Is pages.
No. 2S--Weeds and how to kill them.
g. pages. illustrated, on killing weeds.
No. 29-Souring of Milk and other
changes in Milk Products.
No. 31-Alfalfa CT Lucerne, "a pages,
giving a full account of Alfalfa growing.
SO. 32-Silos and Ensilage, telling how
ro build the silo and make ensilage.
40. 33-Peach Growing for Market.
r1lug all about growing the trees. etc
No 35-Potato Culture. "A pages on
The cultivation of the Irish potato.
40. 36--Cotton Seed and its Products.
Treating of oil making and feeding meal.
No. 31-kafir Corn, Characteristics.
culture and Uses either for grain or for
age.
No. 3S-Spraying for Fruit Diseases.
Treatment Of diseased fruit trees.
40. 39-Onion Culture. 81 pages de-
rnrcG To the growing of onions for mar
No. 40-Farm Drainage, "a pages on
The methods of draining soils
SO. 41--FCWls; their care and feed
n2 - pages on poultry and how to
feed.
shout milk. its composition and uses.
No. 43-Sewerage disposal on the farm
and The protection of drinking water.
80. 44-CommerciaI Fertilizers Com
IGaition and Use. very valuable book.
No. 45-Some Insects injurious to
e"red grain. How TO kill weevils, etc.
No. 4I-Insects affecting the cotton
"Iaut. Valuable for all cotton farmers
No 4S-The Manuring of Cotton. A
treatise on the fertilization OF cotton.
No. 49-Sheep Feeding, telling all
about the subject Of lamb raising.
No. 30-SOrghum as a Forage Crop.
telling how 10 use sorghum for hay, etc.
No. 53-How to Grow Mushrooms. De-
'@0Hng me process necessary to get them.
No, THE dairy herd its formation
:Hd management. Valuable to all.
30 5e. 81 So 70. 7S, 20. 81. 81, o.
Experiment Station Bulletins.
No. Butter Making on the Farm.
- manual all farmers should have.
No. Bee Keeping, telling all about
~"lng bees and making honey.
10. G0-Methods of Curing Tobacco.
Various methods detailed.
No, Gl-Asparagus Culture. 40 pages
..Foi"G 10 the cultivation of Asparagus.
No. G6-Meadows and Pastures For
-.@ton and Cultivation in the East.
p'-F OTeSlFy 1Or FARMERS WndI
800 farmers should know in this State.
NO. 6b-The Black Rot of the Cabbage.
''FIH2 treatment for prevention.
NO. THE Grain Smuts; How they
are caused and how to prevent them.
Nc" '6-Tomato Growing, for Market
ana canning purposes, 80 pages.
NO. 1.-THE Lining of Soils. val
'@ole treatise on the of lime in farm
.ng
No, S1--Corn sCulture in the South
g." should get and read this
NO. Sow peas. A treatise on the
-'HeIn pea. poor presentation of it.
.''' 'V-The Manufacture of Sorghum
P' - pages, Of great value to all.
.''- ~ Potato diseases and their treat
H. 'Featlng Of blight and rots.
NO. suggestions to Southern Farm
'7. N pages of good advice
NO. 100 Hog Raising in the South.
~ - and read it carefully
"f 'I ihe above, and many more, can
" Oh Application to the Secretary of
lure Washington, d. C. | have
'!hpiy those that will prove of
general interest to our farmers.
3D. are many other circulars issued by
.''b'rtment for free distribution.
me Ii"i giving the titles Of all will
"' on application as above.
course at this busy season of the
'"flhcfa have little time for read
"'' should accumulate matter of this
i"r The leisure season, and to get
, D1iore the supply of any one OF
"@"'catlons runs out The day has
S "hen farmers ridiculed book
'''I''"ilcns runs out The day has
I''F' ana the man who wishes to
,.| up "th the procession must be
I.t
c season for cultivation of the field
.''@ is now wen on ana trnet maj
'.." AT least of those who read these
may be induced 10 try for them
'i't eject OF shallow and rapid