The progressive farmer and the cotton plant. [volume], March 28, 1905, Page 3, Image 3

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Tuesday, March 28, 1905. :
PROGRESSIVE FABMER &KD COTTOK PLAKT. : ; 3
inch rubber hose about eight feet
long, having . the : spraying end at
tached to a liht stick the same
length, will raise the nozzle high
enough to -spray most trees. If the
trees fcre very- large, one can climb
into them, draw up a bucketful of
mixture, set it firmly among the
branches and send the pray over the
entire tree. Farm and Fireside.
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Veterinary Inquiries Answered.
Messrs. Editors: Last fall ; I
bought a five-year-old horse which
I use to ride and drive only. He
was thin when I prot him and has
pained very little flesh since. He
eats grain well,' but will eat very
little hoy or corn stover. Have very
best timothy hay. He Seems to crave
dirty, dead grass, and even dirt.
J. M.
(Answer by Dr. Tait Butler, Veteri
narian North Carolina Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
The horse is evidently suffering
from some derangement of digestion.
Eating dirt is -a depraved appetite
frequently resulting from an exces
sively sour or acid condition of the
stomach.
Your correspondent does not state
the kind of grain fed, hut if this be
corn, and his coarse fodder be tim
othy hay and corn stover, the ani
mal is not heing fed a properly bal
anced ration which may account
for his condition. I refer J. M. to
my article in The Progressive Farm
er for November 8, 1904, which treats
of the feeding of horses. For this
animal, I would recommend such a
variety of food as will supply the de
mands of his body and of the work
he is doing. If your correspondent
will indicate the feeds available,
their prices, and the work the horse
is doing, I will be pleased to suggest
a suitable ration for his horse.
For digestion, regular, but moder
ate exercise, is essential. To aid in
correcting the present trouble, one
grain of strychnine and one ounce
of hyposulphite of soda, night and
morning, will be serviceable: In
conclusion, I advise cutting down the
feed of this horse to one-tenth hi3
usual ration and then adding one
tenth each day, thereby having him
back to full feed at the end of -ten
days. By this time he will probably
be ready to eat all that he should re
ceive. Sitting Leghorn Hens.
Messrs. Editors: Wb read with
interest all Uncle Jo's "Poultry
Talk," but in his last article he in
forms an inquirer from Harnett
County that it is useless to try to set
a Leghorn hen. It is in her behalf
that we ask of you this space, and wc
hope you all will pardon a little per
sonal reference.
We have had as many as one sit
ting at once, and if Uncle Jo or any
Progressive Farmer readers will
come to our farm in April or
May we will show them fine broods
of chicks following their hustling,
ever-watchful Leghorn mothers. We
have a Brown Leghorn pullet that
has laid all winter now sitting on
fourteen lovely white eggs.
Not full blood? Why, they're
been bred for seven years, and every
year replenished by stock from both
North and South from best of breed
ers. MRS. E. L. McNEILL.
Moore Co., N. C.
Spraying the Orchard.
Hundreds of people who own small
orchards would like to spray their
trees, but are deterred therefrom by
the cost of a spraying outfit usually
recommended by writers. For spray
ing a few trees all the outfit that is
necessary is a barrel to mix the
poison in, and a small sled. One
made of two planks four feet long
will do. La-- them side by side and
fasten them securely to-gether by
means of strips of board nailed
across them. Chip off the under side
pf the front edges, set the barrel on
it, mix the spraying materials, and
with one horse draw it into the
orchard and wherever needed. A
good snray-numD . for a few . trees
does not cost much ; a piece of half-
Chufas, A Valuable Nut Crop.
The chufa (cyperus esculentus) is
a variety of "grass nut," but should
not be .confounded with cocoa or nut
grass. Although it belongs to the
same species, it is easily eradicated
and never becomes a pest. "Earth
nuts" and "earth almonds" are other
names for the same plant. - It grows
on light, sandy soil, producing
starchy roots or bulbs about the size
of peanut kernels. Great numbers of
these bulbs are attached to the
plant's roots, ancl lie so near the sur
face that by pulling up the plant a
handful is easily obtained.
These nuts, when dry, are very
palatable and nutritious, much relish
ed by children both young and old
but are mostly grown in the South
for fattening hogs. There is no
more convenient or desirable crop
for this purpose, as the hogs not
only harvest the crop, but feed them
selves while doing so, taking on
flesh rapidly and making pork of
fine quality.
Poultry are very fond of this nut,
and the . scratching necessary to
get them give active exercise chick
ens are supposed to need.
The plant thrives on sandy, lands
in the lower South, and produces
well on soil that is too thin for arti
chokes. Potash fertilizers, however,
are desirable. Cultivation is about
the sp.rne as for peanuts. Plant in
April in rows three feet apart ten or
twelve inches in the row, cover light
ly and give clean but shallow culli
vaiton. Crops muture in September,
and remain in the ground until
wanted. The plant reseeds itself,
as the nut can remain in the ground
all winter without injury.
There is much of value in this
crop if properly handled, and its ex
tended introduction on sandy South
ern lands for ho-raising is cer
tain to produce desirable results.
American Nut Journal, Petersburg,
Va.
Timely Hints for Stock Men.
Feed the brood sow oats and bran
and very little corn Do not allow
the brood sows to become fat or the
pigs will lack vigor.
Make pens warm for the sows to
farrow in. Many pigs will come this
month before the weather is warm.
It pays to watch the sows closely
and give needed assistance.
Early calves from the dairy herd
that are not sufficiently valuable to
raise can be profitably made . into
veal. While veals that are raised on
whole milk are the finest and bring
the best price, skim milk can be fed
to a large 'extent and still produce
prime veals. March calves reach
the market when veal is high.
There is a large and growing de
mand for real lamb meat, less than a
year old, juicy, tender and well fin
ished. The lambs dropped this month,
if pushed, will be in form to datch
the top of the market. The ewes
should be well sheltered, have plenty
of dry bedding and be judiciously
fed.
Give the mare and colt a warm box
stall and allow them to run out in
the barn-yard or paddock for a short
time on pleasant days. March colts
are not as desirable as those foaled
later, although it is sometimes con
venient to have the mare ready for
spring work. Farmers' Voice.
Mr A
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Thousands of dairy farmers are going: to buy a Cream Separator
this Spring. The purchase of a separator is a most important invest
ment. Great care should be taken to make no mistake.
No other farm investment is of equal importance to the cream
separator. It makes or wastes money twice every day in the year,
and it may last two or twenty years. '
There is easily a difference of from $50 to $150 per year between
the benefits and savings of a De Laval machine and a poor one. A De
Laval machine lasts at least twenty years with small cost for repairs,
while other machines last from two to ten years and cost a great deal
meanwhile.
So far as advertisements and circulars are concerned, about as
much is claimed "on paper" for poor machines as for the De Laval.
Some of the biggest claims are made for the poorest and trashiest
machines. '
If the buyer wishes to be guided by the best experience of others
and best of quality he must purchase a De Laval machine, and he can
surely make no mistake in doing so. - '
Ninety-eight per cent of the creameries of the world, which have
been using Cream Separators for twenty-five years, now use De Laval
machines. Almost every prominent dairy user does so. Six hundred
thousand farmers scattered all over the world, or more than ten times
all others combined, do so. Every important Exposition for twenty -five
years, ending with St. Louis in 1904, has unhesitantingly grant
ed Higest Honors to the De Laval machines.
But, if from any imaginable reason the buyer wants to get his
own experience or make his own choice, then let him TRY as many
machines as he pleases, but by all means TRY- a De Laval before he
reaches a conclusion and actually invests his money in any of them.
There are De Laval agents in every locality whose business it is
to supply machines in this way, and who are glad of the opportunity
to do so. If you don't know the nearest agent send for his name
and address. It will cost you nothing, and it may save you a good
deal. - .
By all means don't make the foolish mistake of sending you
money in advance to -some "mail order" concern and getting -back a
"scrub" separator not actualy worth its weight in scrap-iron. If
content to buy such a machine, at least SEE and TRY it first before
you part with any money.
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