The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-11-19
Farm Miscellany.
NEW FARMERS BULLETINS.

/ u0" Vi cAO p'EpO4a
series known as Farmers Bulletins.
These bulletins are for free distribu,
ton and can be obtained On applica
ton TO Senators, REPRESENTATIVES
and Delegates in Congress, or to the
Secretary of Agriculture, Washing
ton, D G.
FARMERS BULLETIN No. 1873.
This bulletin il entitled expert
ment Station WOrk-XVIII., and
was prepared in the Office of Expert
ment Stations by w. H. Beal and
the staff of the Experiment Station
Record It contains articles on
1.-The value of stable manure"
"Altalfa as a fertilizar," Effect OF
lime on different crops on acid Soils"
celery culture" "UtilIzing the
greenhouse in summer, Resistance
of strawber les to FROST" ga fumi-
gator for small orchard trees"
"Foundation for comb building"
GA device for Kidding houses of
fies," "Slop for pigs" "B4rlev a.
food for horses "Water in butter, ="
and "L0sses in the preparation of
sllage."
FARMERS BULLETIN No. 134.
"Tree Painting on r lral School
Grounds" is the title of this bulletin
It was prepare by VIM l. Hall, AS
.;aAo-A 7,o~ir%on1op IF Troo
Painting, Bureau of Forestry.
The bulletin calls attention to the
fact that II great number of school
| houses in the United States lack tue
surroundings that make for comfort
and contentment. City school
grounds are often so small that
planting is out of the question,
though where space permits, 1t is not
uncommon to find them carefully
laid out, with a good arrangement of
grass plots, flower beds, and shade
trees. In towns and villages, also,
may be pointed out many examples
showing great care and attention.
In the country, however, an i'm
proved school ground is rarely found.
In hilly, forest regions they are
often denuded of soil and full of
stones aud stumps, and on the prairie
many are we'll nigh as bare, bleak,
ndinhOspitable as when they formed
a part of the unsettled plan. The
paper points out the needs of rural
school grounds and indicates meth
DDS for their Improvement Import
ant lines of study are suggested for
te 4ohers and schools in connection
with trees and forests, and the in
formation and advice given apply TO
country church yards and to school
yards in many towns and villages.
FARMERS BULLETIN No. 1877.
Owing I'D t0e great popular inter
est manifested in the Anglra goat
industry as a result of the circulation
of previous publications on that sub
jeot, the Department has just i sued
Farmers Bulletin No. 1877, en- titled
"The Angora Goat" it was pre-
pared by George Fayette Thompson,
E litorial Clerk, Bureau of Anima
Industry.
This bulletin states that there are
about 400, 600 AngOra goats in the
United States, and that our annual
production of mohair is about /,
900, 900 pounds. These goa which
have been heretofore almost wholly
G nnf ed to the West and Southwest,
are now being shipped tt every State
in the Union. They are among the
m 0st useful of the d mestic animals,
and their usefulness is manifested in
various ways. The fleece, called
"mohair," furnishes some of the
finest fabrics among ladies' goods
and is used in various other manu-
features Their habit of browsing
enables them to help the farmer il
clearing away brush and subjugating
the forest.
The bulletin contains much infOr
nation concerning the origin, his
: tory, and Lses of this domestic AM
NAL, which will be of special intere,
: t. all who may contemplate embark
ing in the AngDra goat industry.
: Lass year we made the mistake O
keeping our seed potatoes, FIR lat
planting, in too dark a place in GU
, potato house. consequently the!
were covered with long, viii