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Tho Progressive Parmor, September 24, 100 1. CONCLUDED FROM PAGE 1. ewea at 13 Der head and bred them - 4k Tip. It must not be thought that the "hifrhftat standard of excellence has been attained in these nine years Horticulture. IMPROVING THE APPLE CEOP. Correspondence of The Progressive Farmer, The American apple crop is rapidly ri&JUTI M I I III M I I II-Z-I IKK llll V kj m I not at all. This year real fat fancy becoming tho leading crop of the lambs sold at from $7 to $12 per hun dred pounds ($6 to $10 per head) jn in the New York market. As to wool, there was for three years that my entire olip of wool, off from 300 to 550 head of thoroughbred United States as far as actual returns art concerned, and our exports of j - . these fruits are growing larger and more valuable every year. No grain or other farm product is more gen erally or more widely cultivated Merinos averaged from 13 tonearly a the apple. This frnit is by all -r, i ,.oo,Q r,ri I oaas our national iruit,. ia iulbvv. sold at from 20 cents to 18 cents ner nonnd. averasrinsr $2.70 up te r s 1 o - - $3 20 per fleeoe. So my illustration has not been drawn from the top nor the impossible : not at all. There is j- , plenty of room above it for the am bitions shepherd. from Maine to Florida now, and from the Atlantic to the Pacific It is eaten in every American home almost the year round, and England and Germany are rapidly imitating us in the matter of consumption. Our apples sell better in the Euro- I must modify this by saying it - c . nontax iruus, ana me prices iuub obtained help to swell the returns to our farmers on lands where wheat and corn fail through drought, or where these cereals cannot be raised would be better so for one who has a good knowledge of the business and nrflntine in handling it. but for the amateur who will without experi ence nut the sheen and plantation in anewseotion for sheep, three chances successfully. rmt nf fnnr. it would be better for Tne qnestion of improving him to buy the low grades and breed quality of our apples, and increasing nn annordins? to the illustration. ine 3 18 one Note that the total income above are actually interested in than that cost is $3,670, or an average of $486 of improving corn or wheat. Injury and a stock on hand at luo uppio urup may nut uauoo buuu the worth at least per annum, end of nine years $3085. Nor is this all, for we must now have a talk on the value of sheep ma nure as a fertilizer. Samuel Archer. Marion, MoDowell Co., N. C. SHEEP RAISING. b a m I J ruinous disaster to some lew estates as corn or wheat, but it will reach a wider number of farmers in the whole oountry. One of the perplex ing questions m apple growing is the dropping on of fruits wnen very small or half grown. The waste of apples from this cause alone is enor- mous. Spraying will not stop the less, for the cause seems to be deeper than the attacks of inseotsor blights. There is a theorv that the blossoms I enjoy reading The Progressive Farmer very much, as it is always in tho intflrest of the farmer and is one of the most reliable papers published are not properly fertilized, and that in the State. I have been particu- " fruit cannot consequently ever larly interested in Mr. Aroher's let- reach maturity. The apples are ters on sheep raising. I have thought doomed to fall off when half grown for several years that sheep raising an be wasted. Some experiments 4 Rnnth nnnihflmft wofikble have been made recently that help w-n mnttnn nrt wool. I have to confirm the theory. In a large vnt . fw shfien. a cross between orohard where the dropping off was Merinos and the common sheep. My serious handicap to successful ap pie raising:, the attempt was made stated, though I never gave them to prove or disprove this theory, the attention that they should have Right in the midst of the orchard, t -rrnrio-rf v wnioQ was ot nity acres, a score oi i i i j 3 mi l orfaTisirro arl Dee nives were looaieu. iuo uees had. the business on an but would like to see the business tried by some persons capable of man aging it. If any person wishes to engage in the stock raising husiness, and especially sheep, in this section, I would be glad to correspond with him. J. M. W. Alexander, Harris burg, Cabarrus Co., N. C. INTERESTED IN STOCK RAISING. of nfty acres, were located. literally swarmed in the orchard at blooming time, and the insects buzzed around tht blossoms in swarms. There was little more done to the orchard other than that of ordinary spraying. That year the fruit yield was from ten to twenty per cent, higher than oommon. The second and third year the same practice was kept up, and the increase was even t Vioan Man tv. a Pi-ntyroaa. more apparent. In that orchard at ive Farmer nearly twelve months, lea8t no apple trees were apparently I T 1 - a i IT m -m and it has put me in a great notion ueipea py iqb presence or tae oees for stock raising and pasturing. I Whether or not it would prove true have decided that I can get much in- in all cases is quite another question. formation out of Killebrew's book you recommend. Find enclosed 25 cents, copy. for whioh please send me W. B. H. a Duplin Co., N. C. The Poultry Yard. THE USE AND VALUE OF FRESH CUT GREEN BONE AS POULTRY FOOD. II. Correspondence of The Progressive Farmer. It takes time and labor to grind It is a matter, however, that deserves some more extended experiment, for if bees in the orchard will perform such a useful function to our apple crop they should be raised wherever commercial apple growing is an im portant industry. S. W. Chambers. HANDLING PEACHES. In his annual report R. K. Price, Horticulturist of the Texas Experi- green bones or even to pound shells ment Station, Bays that the peaches irom me station orcnara were mar- up for the poultry, and a great many who start in nobly soon give out. Probably they look at it in this way : the time anfi labor spent in grinding the bones, if paid for at regular rates, would represent much more than the actual profits of the eggs. It is hardly economy, therefore, or good sense to do a work that is irksome and not very profitable. But how else will you spend your time to make up for the difference? There is no other way on the farm in win ter to put the idle moments to actual profitable use. Consequently it will more than pay to grind the bones or pound the shells as religiously as you feed your chickens every night. Annie C. Webster. Carbon bisulphide is a colorless liquid with a strong odor, which evaporates ( freely in an ordinary temperature. It is heavier than air, highly inflammable and a poison, al- in canning fruit, with a view to en though a small amount is not injur- abling producers to can their surplus ions. It is exceedinglv useful in fraits profitably. It has been found keted just as would those from a pri vate orchard. Two years' experi ence enabled him to reach the follow ing conclusions : 1. It paid us well to build up a local market. 2. After a local market was built up it paid us best to ship to one com mission house. 3. Careful packing paid about 15 per cent, more than ordinary pack ing. 4. Peaohes just ripe enough to eat here were too ripe to ship to Houston, a distance of ninety -five miles. 5. It paid us best to place fruit of even size throughout the paokage, and the red cheek of the top layer uppermost. 6. The one-third bushel basket was the best paying paokage that we tried. The station is also experimenting ' treating stored grains for killing in sects. Make the bin as nearly air tight as possible, then place the bisul phide in small dishes on top of the, grain, close up the bin and allow to remain for 24 hours. This will even tually rid the bin of all insects, rats and mice. Warehouses, mills, eleva tors, stores and the like may be treated in this manner. Exohange. that one bushel of Mamie Ross peaohes will fill twenty-two 3 pound cans, which, at 20 cents per can, gives a value of $4.40 per bushel, lees the cost of cans, labor and sugar. But even after deducting these items the work will still be found profit able. tnU",i".,.,,'.use8aarPles Cream Separa W?ChSS uslnesa Dairying" & Cat. 285free Farm Miscellany. CUBING GULLIES. New York has inoreased the penal ties for selling oleomargarine in vio lation of law from $25 fine to$0 as a minimum and $200 as a maximum fine for the first offense, while for the seoond offense the minimum penalty is six months imprisonment. This, it is believed, will go far to en force the law in that State. On many Virginia farms there are deep gullies, and little gullies which in a few years will wash out into deep ones. In the lower Mississippi, Eads discovered how, by sunken jetties, to use the same water-foroe whicli created snallows and bars in I find by experience the most destroying them. So in gullies the effeotive way to kill loousj trees is same force whioh oreates them can to deaden when in full bloom by be turned to account to fill them up. peeling the bark down to the ground, To accomplish this engineering feat commencing three or four feet above it is only neoesrary to have cedar or the ground. This done at that time pine boughs or brush. The brush and in the manner stated will posit- should be laid in the gullies "against ively kill the roots as well as the' the our rent ;" that is, with the butts trunk and branohes. Virginia Yer- pointing toward the lower end of the bett, Piney Flats, Tenn. gully. Freshets of water will not wash them away, as would be the Mr. T. B. Terry thinks that the case did their limbs trend with the man who saves the solid manure flow of the water, but on the oon- from his animals, and lets the liquid trary earth will be washed and lodged wherever there is an acute pound, run through a leaky floor, to angle formed by a orotoh, and the go to waste, and then buys artificial crullies will gradually fill up. until in fertilizer to eret the elements that were in tnose liquids, is very muon the same kind of a food that a man would be who saved his skim milk, threw away his cream and bought butter. The comparison is a strong trimmings can be distributed about one, but if farmers had been educated a oouple or three years only a gentle depression will remain, which can easily be leveled, if desired, with a plow. Brushing gullies is good win- ter work. A few loads of fire-wood ASHSTRONO McKELVY Pittsburgh. BSYHEB-BATXKAN Pittsburgh. DAVIS -CHAMBERS Pittsburgh. FAENESTOCS Pittsburgh. ANCHOR ) Cincinnati. ECKBTIIN i ATLANTIC BEAD LEY BE00KLYN JSWET7 ULSTER UNION New York. fiOTJTHEEN ) J Chicago. S THERE any Pure White Lead nowadays ? Yes and it is made in the old- 1 1 1 " T 7 -- asnionea.wav bv tne "od IJutri of slow corrosion. I " I 4 8HXPUAN COLLIES 1OSS0USI BED SEAL SOUTHERN St. Louis. process The brands named are genuine, and with seed Oil, they make in mar pure the gin Lin-only JOHN T. LEWIS it BEOS CO Philadelphia. M0ELEY Cleveland. SALEM Salem. Mass. CORNELL Buffalo. rarrucxT Louisville. durable and satisfactory paint. For any color or shade required, use NATIONAL. LEAD COM- rftwss fure wmte beaa Tinting Colors. Pamphlet sent upon application. - . iree National Lead Co., ioo William Street, New York. on most farms to good advantage. Gny E. Mitchell. Keep a spool of copper wire (wire the size of a large knitting needle) in the wagon or bnggy, so that if yon shonld have a breakdown while on the road yon have the means to make repairs. A piece of wire two yards long may be coiled np abont the size of a watch so as to be carried to know the real valne of those liqnids when they are properly ab sorbed and nsed on the soil, they wonld not often be so foolish. American Cultivator. TO NON-SUBSCBIBEKS. If the person to whom this copy of The Progressive Farmer is sent is not a subscriber, this number is sent as a in t,hfl Mrt. tho find hfiin wnW sample, as an invitation to subscribe. aronnd the coil to keep it in place. Ane 8ma" bum Ul wu T mi in xi l 1 -v j i 3 I vy in uiaao o t idcuuw t kh uva uu xiiis win men aiwayo uo ut uaiiu , j A , . i vonr home three months, 25 cents ; waimn. tool. In fact, almost Avflrv- six months, 60 cents ; one year, - 7 ' " I -l n 1 1 m .r thing that is subject to breakage I any varuiina or xnns i ax- may be stoutly mended with copper wire, whioh is flexible and tough. Mrs. Sadie Shroyer, Humboldt, Neb. mer suDscriDing now wno ieeis at expiration of subscription that he has not received full value, may have his money back for the asking. VALUABLE FARM BOOKS. DESTROYING WEEVIL IN GRAIN. To prevent insects from getting into newly threshed wheat care should be taken that' the bins are perfectly clean. If bins or store houses are thoroughly cleaned and whitewashed before the grain is placed in them, many cracks and crevices filled with insects will be stopped up. The granary should be made as tight as possible and thor oughly disinfected eaoh season. Be fore the adoption of bisulphide of i j t n carDon, one remeay practiced was farming. It is written by a man of heating the infested grain to 140 de- great ability who knows his subject grees. It was left in this tempera- by long years of actual experience ture for 8 to 10 hours. The remedy a?d scientific study. The farmer wno secures a copy oi xnis worjc Principles of Agriculture. By Prof. Ii. H. Bailey, of Cornell University. Handsomely illustrated. 300 pages. Price, $1.25. We really do not believe that the averaere North Carolina farmer can anywhere invest $1.25 to better ad vantage than by sending that amount to us for a copy of Prof r L. H. Bailey's "Principles of Agricul ture." This is a work which tells the "whys and wherefores" the Drincinles of the 4 4 business " of remedy was difficult to adopt and was not extensively used. Tobacco, sulphur and many other substances have been recommended, but have not been nsed with satisfactory results and studies it during his spare moments this summer will not only find much pleasure thereby, but will find greater interest in his work, a broader view of his profession and tho nrnhn hi htv nt mi lrmpr ttihtiv where large large quantities of grain more dollars as a result of his study. There are many books upon the market, but not for many years, we are stored The simplest, most effeotive and least expensive of all remedies for stored grain insects is the use of bisulphide of carbon. To insure grain from the attaok of insects it should be treated with bisulphide thoroughly after being placed in the bin. It is a foul smelling liquid whioh evaporates very readily. The fumes are heavier than air and pene trate the grain, 'producing an atmo sphere in whioh no insect can live. Although explosive, this material can be handled without danger if care ts taken not to have lights of any kind around during the fumiga tion. The material can be thrown directly upon the grain without in juring it either for seed or edible purposes. Aoout one pound, equiva lent to a pint, is necessary for one ton of grain in store. It should be poured in soup plates or tin pans, set about on the surface of the grain. The prioe of bisulphide of carbon varies from 15 to 30 cents per pound, depending on purity and quantity purchased. There is a grade known as fuma bisulphide of carbon, espe cially manufactured for the disinfec tion of grain and seeds. Amerioan Agriculturist. firmly believe, has one been issued which the average reader of this paper so badly needs. The work is handsomely bound, well illustrated, clearly printed and contains 300 pages. Send us $1.2 o and get a copy. We guarantee satisfaction. A SPECIAL PRICE. We have now decided to send" a copy oi this valuaDie worJK and a year's subscription to The Progress ive Farmer to any address for only $2. This offer is made at a sacrifice in tne nope oi placing tne wotk in the hands of more of the thousands who need it. 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