Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1855-01-01
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III. Order ! heaveaa frsti NV. lei Al.
things be doe IN ordd = sSaf
2. Have 4 place 4 everything, and
keep everything ID its otted place, when.
not in use.
s. Whatevs Is wort doing at al, Is
worth doing ven.
A. Keep, the farm wo always done up,
Let it be done iather bel b than after the
usual season, Did ney, suffer anything
thatshould be Zone tdbe neglected til
out 5of season. HencePe not scarce of
help, but alwayskeep a kificient number
Of hands employed.
q 8. Let all crops be prin in the proper
season and in the best OR, and be thor
oughly cultivated; as a good crop Is
more profitable than sey4poor ones.
6. Keep plenty Of goo IDOLS and nipple
ments, and keep Thorn ilgood order.
Try to keep from borrowif.
I. Calculate we'll. KrF the profit on
each crop, and on each fk4 ofstock. and
turn the principle attentioI othose which
prove the most proftabldpr term Of
years.
8. By. all means use 1onibut good and
clean Seeds, and keep none good breeds
of animals. s-- - 49,
o. Endeavor to pillow i lid deeper each
time, that the quantity and lsality Of the
soil may continue to increa$ ST
10. Keep daily recordpf the work
done. 1t viii make an irapsant basis to
calculate from.
! IL. Afarmer, to suceeed.Tell, should
endeaYor to work himself, 3
H. Commence the days sork early in
: the morning and quit early mhe evening.
a rs. Earn before spendings
! ID. Live economically, BOZ for health
and wealth.
Is. All stock should be lbt in good
strong growing. order neitlR poor nor
fat---as the same amountof fa will pro-
duce more when eaten BY aninls in pro-
per order than when fed TO. lsser NUM-
Der of poorer animals. Hene keep no
more stock. than can be well ken
Is. Asa general rule, men att animals
are kept in the most healthy stateoy eating
the coarsest food which viii kee, in pro.
per oenaition. Hence let hay All fodder
De theprincipal feed for those KIDS that
cat such food, with just enough grain 10
keep them in proper condition.
+. II. BE, punctual in all THINGS. ID
prompt afall times. Make no positive en-,
gagements but make it a point toI rigidt
fulfill all expo Citations that are eiyen. ash
they were positive engagensents.
l8. As a general rule sell produce a III
stock when they are PAYING a good profit,
without waiting for higher1priees.
10: Insrnall things deal promptly but
sly,
hold deteeEer cquivocate, deceive, or with
the law Of l5Shhen selling, but remember
81. Be unselfisahll business transactions.
70 the good ofthe nei i5sSisll e selfish; look
that ofthe family. Hencse as well as
that are really useful to mankIiiSisase crops
no grain for brewing or distillfng; or e s.a,se
for wine, for it surely has a tendency =
harden the heart and blunt the 6ner sen
sibifities OF our nature, to deyoo our tim,
and our lands to the cultivation 81 inos
crops which are not only useless, but ten
TO destroy human health and happiness.
A 90. Last, but not least, subscribe an
pay in advance for your county paper
Farmer.
II CuRrSG> HAMs-In the last Patent OF
fee Report, Mr. james Campbell, Of Yves
ton, N. j., gives the following as. q supe
rior process for curing hams:
The best methodI have found for curin
hams is, after the hams have been cut, K
them lie out on shelf, where they ca
have plenty Of cool air, SO that the amin,
heat is entirely out of them before you Al
tempt to put them downin salt; then cor
them down for two or three days; afte
which drain off any bloody water wbicI
may come out; andthen make the f6llow
ing pickle sufficient to cover thori: Tax
nine pounds Of salt, three oupces Of salt
petsc, one ounce of saleratns, four pound
Of brown sugar or molssses,I and six gal
Ions of water; let them lie in the aboy
pickle from three to six weeks, according
to the size of the hams; whenyou take ther
out and smoke them with good hickory o
apple wood until sufficient to suit you
taste. They should be taken down an
hung up in dry, cool place, in bags,
protect them from the flies.
II have hams cured after the above me
thod, which were almost as fine whe
eighteen months old as when taken fror
the smoke house. And while upon th
subject of hams, / would further say tina
when you boil them, they should be boile
until done, in good, soft water, and whe
nearly done, throw in a handful of clea
Timothy hay; itabsorbs allimpurities whic
may be around the outside Of the ham,
AS soon as done, take out the hay, b
leave the ham in the water until nearl
cold, when you may take tout.
SAVE YorE Coat AshEs = Afanyof. d
farmers are so situated that they burn har
coal part orthe whole year, and 50 far |
our observation extends, they are accu
toned to get rid Of it in the easiest mann'
possible, BY throwing it into the road /
out-of-the-way place; this we think a vast
ulHpolicy. These cinders contain more
less wood ashes, from the charcoal used
kindling, and hard coal itself yields mo
or less valuable fertilizing materials. "
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