Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1823-12-04

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.Mmtinsbarg, December 4, 1928.


lures. aIhere is an issue in the division
OF each boot, a little above the hooi;
some have enormously supposed 1t TO
be living worm. When the sheep
stand long IN the wafer, it affects the IS
sue Of their feet, 50 that an inflammation
takes place, and If they are not removed
10 dry pasture. tlra feet will rst OIL
Perhaps it would be better tor those
whose land is low, to take out those IS
sues, which may be easily done by put
ting the finger on the unlsrside CT the
foot. and pressing upward, then, with
sharp penkaife, cut through the SKIN
around the mouth of the issue, and with
strong p<ir Of tweezers it may be pull
ed out; the place VIII then heal, aid the
sheep will not be Isle to the rot in the
foot, though, they should run ia wet pas
lures. But when the pastures arc dry,
which. on the whole is best for sheep,
think it not proper to pull out the issue:
for tins reason, the God of nature has
made them thus, and undoubtedly for the
benefit OF the sheep, as much as the is
sue in the legs of hogs.
: To make Fet md Ya;le Fxt-Shut
calves in dark, warm, small pen. Give
them Indian corn sneal daily, small
bundle Q: fine hay tied up, and lump
of chalk for them to lick, which will
proven acidity in the stomach. Keep
their pen very dry and clean. Bleed
them in the mack every third day during
the third and fourth week. Feed the
cows upon good hay and pumpkins, and
boiled or steamed potatoes. A handful
of ground iinseed cake may occasion
ally be aded-
On lie .a!nond.-The soft-shelled al
mond, that fruit SO remarkable for its
nourishing power and pleasant taste, has,
by suppostion, (for by no other way can
l account for ii been thought TO belong
to tempera:es and warm climates alone,
and that we Of middle latitude must be
exempt and dependent on them for
supply. But if asricultunsts will make
the trial, they win fnd the fallaey of this
opinion. Tley will discover, that, like
I the vine of temperate Europe, their al
mond may be successfully cultivated.
Nor does il require the tender care or
constant watching due TO the vine to
make It succeed; but, Ike the peach, it
springs up from die stone, one OF the
most handsome, aud by far the earliest
trcein your garden. This circumstance
requires that they should stand on the
north side OF the house, or northern
slope of . Aili, yet where a sufiiciency
Of sun may reach the nut to ripen it;
bat not where tlts warm days Of saaTch
and April may open its buds. Although
TO have success in bearing a northern
aspect must be chosen, yet they should
be planted ia warm sandy loan, in a
sunny place. The tile in Sussex to
cover them in the ground is about the
first of April, in the upper counties, per
haps the middle would be more proper.
Some five or six year, ago, being in
Philadelphia, procured five or six fresh
nuts from vessel from france, and
when | returned home, planted them
and in two or three weeks | perceived
them looking above the ground; but |
had no expectation of their surviving the
winter However they did and this
year, being their first bearing, collec-
ted from every tree from twenty to Sc
venty nuts. No person can say bat that
the climate has expended its strength on
Witness the cold and cutting
winter OF 1920, s. the late frost in April.
1921, which, indeed, nipt the Spring buds
and PERHAPS would have destroyed the
hope of fruit that year had they bore.
But such frosts happened early, like
other productions Of nature the almond
of course must sometimes fail; yet |
must recommend TO farmers, gardeners,
and others, the cultivation Of the nut,
which surpasses the most Of those of A
merican culture.
FARMER OF SUSSEX.
THE TREE Some par
Gel of seeds or nuts of this valuable
tree, have been introduced into ST.
Augustine, for the purpose OF trying
Its cultivation in the warmest and
most congenial parts Of Florida. The
seed was procured from the wesi
coast of Africa, where the trees is
highly valued by the natives; the nuts
;sfiording them atwoiola supply, first
ofan oil EXT acted from an outer coat
and next an Interior pdh or substance
an alogons to lard or butter, which,
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