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2 TalKs to. Small Farmers. No. 7. Making" the Most of Your Stock Some General Suggestions Look ing to the Increase of Farm Profits in Cash and Happiness. ., Messrs. Editors: - In all farming other things on hand that will not there should be as much live stock as can be kept on the farm to advant age. However, T confess that I am ndt qualified, either by sufficient ex perience,, or otherwise, to give spe cific advice ; along this line.- From week to week others are giving in The Progressive Farmer needful in formation about stock: You will, my dear small farmer, do well to con- eirlof - thoip a Axriot .nnH: nnf - it irxtn practice as far as you possibly can. A preier a. gouu periuaueui pasture for stock to fencing and pasturing the cultivated fields. But your own - situation and conditions must help you determine which is the better plan in your case. - . Getting Most Value From -Manure. What I do insist on is a proper care and use of the manure. Manure is of untold value to any farm. Man age . to keep all stables well littered with straw, or other material. Man ure is best kept under feet of ani mals and well trampled by them till it can be put on the field. The place I have advised for it in the rotation (inntiHarod was nn tho 1arr tn trn in corn. The summer manure you can not put there. This you may use in any way you find best. Part or alT of it may be used on the truck patch. , the garden, and the orchard. It would be an advantage to use some, at least on poorer places, for the peas and the wheat. Scatter all manure as evenly as possible and avoid leaving it in Vinrite nror fh . TTco1 Vrra Ana est it will help more in building up land, and this is the safer way in case of drought. Used in rows, if season is good, may bring a larger, crop for the one year than broadcasting would. This latter is more the case with: some plants than with; others. In truck raising it is worth while to remember this fact. Usually I pre fer scattering broadcast. Use a Manure Spreader if Yon Can. If manure will not go over entire field it is better to use it on poorer parts to even up the land. . If field is uniform in fertility put the manure spread on one part one round of rotation and on other part next round. But make an effort to have manure for entire field each round. If you can get use of a "manure spreader," by all means do so. It helps by saving labor and by scatter ing' better than can possibly be done by hand. .1 Don't Undertake Too Much. Now, I will give a piece of advice . I do not look for you to follow. I have not yet been able to follow it myself. But let us "try, try, again," as the little old song says. . We should not undertake more than the labor at our command will justify. It pays better to do well what we un dertake than to undertake what wo can only half do. And being .over crowded may make farm Jife burden some where it might be a happy oc cupation. Particularly, better not have too many of what I may call side-shows. You must have some . truck, some fruit, some poultry, but beware of enlarging ; in such things till your attention is diverted too much from your general farm work Leave specializing to others, unless you choose to make general farming a secondary .matter. ; And then I pre dict that if your specialty pays you well, your general farming will pay you poorly in proportion. As - well give up general farming if you are not going to give it the attention and time it really needs. If you can have hinder you in general 'farming, well and good. They may be made helps. Indeed, they may be diversions and restful to mind or body, or both. In this way they may be contributors both to your profit and pleasure., - Don't Neglect the Beautiful. However, on : the other hand, 1 "would have you plan to have "some leisure for even the ornamentals of farm life. Have flowers - around if any of the family is fond of them, as all should be. Encourage reading in the home; - Do any like music? Let it have its , place. Encourage ex change of visits with neighbors. Let the youth and the children go some; Let them bring friends to their home. Make life joyous for all. This all is correct theory, no doubt. Let us try more and more to ; practice as we theorize along these lines as, well as in things we think more needful. Take also time to help -the sick or those in distress. At any rate, have sympathy for the bereaved. Never get too busy to spare a few hours now and then f,or such things. Be Systematic. By planning properly you can have time, perhaps, for more than you would think.- Therefore, plan your business. carefully. System in every thing will help you much. This is one reason for these talks. I want to help you to systematize. , Some times alternate plans are in place. I mean wheri-plans cannot be followed, or miscarry, be ready or speedily get ready with a substitute plan. But al ways have some general plan or sys tem, and if you cannot always follow it entirely, get back to it upon first opportunity. About That Rotation. As to the. rotation I have given, it may at first seem unsuitable for you. Consider it well, and if you cannot adopt it, then study out your own plan. I can say advisedly that I have only given what I have after much meditation. .There are difficulties in the plan. I have only outlined it as probably the best (all things consid ered) for the very small farmer. But even he may wait to compare it with my next outline of a rotation plan be fore settling finally for any system. For a sligHtly larger farm, I greatly prefer a four-year rotation, such as I am intending to indicate in my next talk. RECLUSE. Sylvan Retreat, N. C. Planting Strawberries Fall vs. Spring. ; It has been ar matter of consider-: able discussion as , to the advisability of planting strawberries in the fall. The undersigned has been practicing this method for several years with satisfactory results, but seeing so much opposition from oiir Western and Northern growers, I determined to give the matter a thorough test last fall, and set the matter forever at rest so far as I am concerned, and in this immediate section. Realizing all facts are established upon data and evidence, we prepared some six acres of old strawberry land by turn ing and sub-soiling and planting to second crop of potatoes. The cultiva tion of the potatoes left the land in fine condition for reception of plants; in fact, it was ideal, had it not been so extremely,; dry, the dry weather lasting - up to the middle of Novem ber. Notwithstanding -the leness of the season when the rain . came, we commenced to plant the middle, of November and completed the work in December. Soon after" the work of planting was completed everything froze up and stayed frozen I with In tervals of thawing and freezing, when "finally the ground Jhawed out com pletely the first of Mar'ch. Observa tions revealed the fact that many of the plants, had heaved and lay on top of the ground, completely uncovered. Knowing 'if plants should be allowed to dry out they would, soon die, we went over the ground and trod upon each plant, and when the land dried out somewhat we took hoes and drew dirt upon the roots and thereby saved almost- every plant, demonstrating the feasibility of fall planting of strawberries even under unfavorable conditions. Had it have been season able and we could have planted about the first of October as planned, and the winter had have been an average one,- the plants would .-. have made some growth in the fall and early winter and have saved ; any heaving in the spring. . This would have saved the ; labor ; of tramping the plants bajck into the ground. The small amount of labor exerienced by this extra work is a very small Item compared with the t advantages of having plants when wanted, when growth starts in spring. The result is, we have almost a perfect stand of strong, vigorous plants, with less cost than any we have ever had. The ad vantages of fall planting are the ab solute safety and more time to spare in preparation of soil for reception of plants, the getting rid of a certain amount of work to help along the spring rush, the early setting of plants, thereby insuring a more pro fuse development of fruit buds, the basis upon which the planter must base his hope for a big crop of fruit. There is a true saying, "Nothing suc ceeds like success," and fall setting of strawberry plants with me Is a grand success to the extent that we intend to practice planting them whenever it Is possible to do so. -W. W. Wallace. A canvas cover may take the of the glass, although it is, of course less satisfactory. I have' even -seen in this latitude, mustard, lettuce and radishes growing in mid-winter with no other protection than a coverin of fine brush. This was, to be sure a makeshift, but it shows the possib'il ity of having these things in the winter-when anything green tastes good .Those; who like greens should sow a patch of seven-top turnips or Essex rape in September or October. Un less the winter is unusualy severe these will furnish a supply of greens all through the latter part of the win ter and the - early spring. e. e Miller, Hamblen Co., Tenn. Selecting Cottonseed. That like produces like, is a law of plant life to be observed in all de tails. From your, best field of cotton select the best portion, and in thi3 choice division mark the most vigorous-and productive plants, showing short joints and, fruit limbs near the bottom. -The entire plant should be an exceptional fruit producer. Seed should be selected from these mark ed cotton stalks, but the top bolls and the bolls on the ends of the limbs should not go into the lot for seed; they tend to make the cotton later. The bolls selected for seed should be picked by special field hands, sent in advance of the regular pickers. This seed cotton must be stored In a dry place and watched to avoid mixing. Special care must be taken at the gin, that the gin and 'floor are free from all other cottonseed before gin ning. Store this seed in a dry place. Where greater length of staple is desired, select; for seed sueh bolls only as show the longest staple. By careful selection almost "any desired qualities, or characteristics, can ulti mately be secured.- Dr. S. A. Knapp, Lake Charles, La. Some Easy Winter Gardening. All over the Southern half of the country it is possible for the farmer to have a supply of "green truck" al most all winter with very little trou ble or expense. If he has a hot-bed he can raise a great many vegetables; and with only a cold-frame he can grow the hardier vegetables, such as lettuce and radishes throughout the ordinary winter. A bed with a southern exposure, dug put fifteen to eighteen inches deep, filled with eight or ten inches of soil, and covered with a sash, is all the eauiDment that Job P, Vyatt & Bros. If you want the best and latest Improved Farm Implements, . write to or see us. Job Pi Wyatt & Bros., Raleigh, N. C. Feedstuff and- Farmers' Supplies. THE ' PEERLESS' PEAgHULLER. Indestructible teeth. Halls- Peas, Sorghum Heed and Velvet Beans Write for delivered prices to PEERLESS PEA HUL- L.EB CO., DAiiTON, - Georgia WOOL V, . 'a - If you have wool to sell for cash, ex change tor goods, or be manufactured, ship it to CHATHAM MANUFACTURING CO., ELKIN. X. C. They pay highest market price and guarantee satisfaction. Write them lor terms and samples. x Seed Wheat, Oats and Rye. Purple Straw Wheat, recleaned, per bushel, f. o. b. Hlilsboro, N. C 1 10 Pool, recleaned, f.o. b.-fcHilsooro, N. C, 1 10 The Pool W heat stood at tue head of tne tests at Tennessee Experiment Sta tion four years. It Is a promising smooth head wheat. Fultz, f. o. b. Richmond,-Va., per bus., 1 10 Red May, f. o. b. Rlciimona, Va., per bushel i io Purp e Straw, f. o.-'b. Richmond, Va., per bushel . 1 15 Golden t naff, f. o. b. Richmond, Va., ner ousnei : - i Rearaed fc'uicaster; f. o. b. Richmond, va., per Dusnej 1 10 Red Rust Proof Oats, f. o. b. Richmond, Va., per bushel :. - Virginia WlBter Gray, Fancy, f. o. b. Richmond, Va., per bushel . Appier Oats, Choice, f. o. b. Richmond, va., per bushel. 63 70 Winter Rye, f. o. b., Richmond, Va., per bushel , 80 Price of other seeds on application. T. B. PARKER, S. B. A., RALEIGH, N. C. I isnecessary for growing these crops. -
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